Posts by Brian Lee

Over the last 12 months, the electronic components industry has experienced unprecedented challenges. Covid-19, elevated demand for consumer electronics, unexpected demand in the automotive market, and tensions between the U.S. and China have all conspired to create a perfect storm. The pressure on global supply chains can be felt across every sector, but none more…

Watch Crystal Shortages? The world’s most popular tuning fork watch crystal has been the 3.2mm x 1.5mm package for a long time. Suntsu’s equivalent watch crystal, the SWS312 series, has been popular among our customers! Unfortunately, this part is becoming harder and harder to find in the marketplace, and lead times on the SWS312 are…

Shortages Continue Into 2021 This last year has been challenging to say the least. Not only have families been separated, livelihoods threatened, and social calendars put on hold, but global manufacturing has been interrupted. COVID-19 has had effects on our industry that many did not expect. As we get back to work, people are realizing…

Suntsu now offers foot switches! Foot switches are used to turn electrical equipment on and off by using your foot to trigger the switch, depending on the application. Some common applications of foot switches include guitar pedals, sewing machines, medical bed controls, tattoo guns, soldering machines, industrial machinery, and more. The right foot switch can…

Battery-powered, wireless communication products require not only a high data rate but low current consumption to reduce power loss. Suntsu is introducing a new set of oscillators, the SLO series, to meet these market demands! With the lowest current consumption and unmatchable phase noise performance, the SLO series is the only way to go. The…

As many of our customers know, U.S west coast ports have been backed up for various reasons. Although things were expected to ease up this month, there is still congestion off the West Coast due to rising cases of COVID-19 among international longshore workmen. There have been approximately 700 COVID infections out of 9,000 ILW…

Introducing Suntsu’s latest and most powerful cables: USB Type C connectors! USB cables have been used in electronics for years, but these new developments make the USB-C the new industry standard. Recently, it has been incorporated into computers, phones, and tablets. Large companies like Apple are getting rid of older, larger USB’s and making way…

In a few short years, Strymon has become one of the most highly regarded pedal builders in the guitar industry by leveraging a unique blend of analog and digital signal processing to achieve exceptional sound with a wide sweet spot of playability.  Strymon has focused on building studio-grade effects processing into a simple, easy to use pedal without the…

Micro Crystal AG has introduced the RV-3032-C7 Real-Time Clock Module. Suntsu is proud to be able to offer free evaluation boards with this RTC (Real Time Clock) at our UK location. This is Micro Crystal’s most power efficient, accurate and ultra-compact temperature compensated RTC yet! The new RV-3032-C7 has added functions to ensure you are…

Suntsu Electronics is the perfect partner and manufacturer to support us in offering custom solutions for a wide range of our products. We look forward to building a strong and successful partnership over the upcoming years together.”  – Product Marketing Manager at Blume Elektronik, Mr. Christoph Hassenflug Blume Elektronik Distribution has become one of Suntsu’s valued partners! They…