Brussels, Belgium, 21st February 2019 – Avnet Silica, an Avnet company (Nasdaq: AVT), announced today that it will work with Miromico, a provider of IoT sensors and gateway products, to enable an easier access for its customers to IoT hardware.

Miromico’s portfolio includes LoRaWAN-based, feature-rich sensor modules and gateways as out-of-the box solutions for use cases like: remote monitoring, predictive maintenance, home shopping and tracking -- where the combination of long-range wireless communication and low power consumption are ideal. Other application areas are: agriculture, smart city, healthcare, facility management, factory automation and retail.

“Together with Miromico and our other partners we are able offer complete Edge to Cloud solutions which significantly shorten the time from idea to proof of value,” explains Juerg Siegenthaler, responsible for 3rd party management at Avnet Silica. “Nowadays development and proof of concept are crucial for every system solution, and with this addition to our linecard, we are able to provide a development and proof of concept process with hardware, software and support out of the box.”

“Through the cooperation with Avnet Silica, Miromico is able to distribute its IoT powered modules, sensors, and gateways worldwide cost-efficiently and effectively to provide customers with the highest level of technical support,” said Schekeb Fateh, Business Development at Miromico. “B2B clients can easily and quickly develop and scale full-stack IoT solutions with the broad portfolio of Avnet Silica's products and solutions."

Avnet Silica and Miromico are both members of the LoRa Alliance (https://lora-alliance.org/). The LoRaWAN standard is quickly gaining popularity to connect sensors across long distances (up to 100km), whilst keeping batteries alive for almost a decade.

Avnet Silica will showcase a complete LoRa solution incorporating Miromico products at embedded world in Nuremberg from 26th – 28th February 2019 in hall 1 booth 370.

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About Miromico

Miromico is an innovative high-tech company, focusing on design services in the areas of integrated circuits, electronic systems and software. It has many years of technology experience in the field of RF technology and in particular the Internet-of-Things (IoT). As LPWAN solution provider, Miromico is providing its customers leading-edge sensors and gateways that are at the forefront of technology. Learn more at miromico.com.

About Avnet Silica

Avnet Silica is the European semiconductor specialist division of Avnet, one of the leading global technology distributors, and acts as the smart connection between customers and suppliers. The distributor simplifies complexity by providing creative solutions, technology and logistics support. Avnet Silica is a partner of leading semiconductor manufacturers and innovative solution providers over many years. With a team of more than 200 application engineers and technical specialists, Avnet Silica supports projects all the way from the idea to the concept to production. Avnet Silica is a regional business unit of Avnet, (NASDAQ: AVT) with European headquarters in Belgium (Avnet Europe Comm. VA). For more information, visit www.avnet-silica.com

About Avnet

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