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ELECTRONICSTALK
The Independent Weekly Product Information Guide
for Electronics Design, Development and Manufacturing Engineers
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ISSN 1475-2913 - Free subscription
Published every Tuesday from the UK.
Issue 81: 17 September 2002
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7293 product announcements and technical articles
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In this issue:
* Editor's Message
* Our Top Ten new Products Selection
1. Core cuts cost and complexity of Bluetooth SoCs
2. Free EDA training for unemployed engineers
3. Reference design puts PSoC MCU on LINbus
4. Universal PCI high-speed communications card
5. DC/DC convertor chipset meets latest Intel specs
5. 30V BiCMOS process has designs on smart power
6. Low on-resistance MOSFET aids convertor efficiency
7. Solution for integrated optics interconnection
8. Acquisition system takes thermocouples and more
9. RTOS gains sound support
10. GaAs MMIC range shows up in Milan
* New Technical Articles and Case Studies
* ...And take a look at these stories too...
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Laurence Marchini, Editor, writes:
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THIS WEEK'S INDUSTRY NEWS
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FAIRCHILD AIMS TO DOUBLE MARKET SHARE IN EUROPE
Fairchild Semiconductor has launched its four-pillar Power Franchise strategy aimed to double its market share in Europe by the end of 2004.
National Semiconductor, 11 September 2002
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SINGAPORE OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS ASIA-PACIFIC OFFENSIVE
Esmertec has opened a new Asia-Pacific head office in Singapore, highlighting the importance the company places on this region.
Esmertec, 12 September 2002
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MILESTONE IN POSITIONING
CPS has welcomed its 25th customer project to its world-leading location technology integration centre and plans to double its size to meet soaring demand for its services.
Cambridge Positioning Systems, 16 September 2002
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ALTIUM RETHINKS SUPPORT OPTIONS
After complaints from long time customers, Altium is to scrap its current Altium Total Support programme and make all service packs for its products freely available to all customers.
Altium, 17 September 2002
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ANSOFT CLOSES IRVINE TECHNOLOGY CENTRE
Ansoft Corp has refocused operations on its core software business.
Ansoft Corporation Europe, 17 September 2002
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MULTI-TECH TAKES OVER SOCKETMODEM BUSINESS
Multi-Tech Systems has agreed on terms to take over the manufacture and distribution of Conexant's SocketModem business.
Multi-Tech Systems, 12 September 2002
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ACQUISITION EXPANDS COMMS TEST PORTFOLIO
EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering has signed an agreement to purchase substantially all the assets of Gnubi Communications, including its technology, expertise, customer base and inventories.
EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering, 16 September 2002
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OUR TOP TEN NEW PRODUCTS SELECTION
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1. Core cuts cost and complexity of Bluetooth SoCs
The DesignWare BlueIQ core is a complete solution enabling designers to quickly add Bluetooth capability to SoC designs. DesignWare BlueIQ offloads the host CPU of all real-time Bluetooth activity by providing an intelligent integrated subsystem that includes baseband controller hardware, as well as the link manager software running on an included industry-standard microcontroller. Targeted at high-volume consumer applications, the BlueIQ architecture optimally partitions the application and Bluetooth processing, leading to significantly reduced application cost and power. The DesignWare BlueIQ Core provides a complete environment for SoC designers, including both VHDL and Verilog RTL source code for the baseband, as well as C-language source code for the link manager firmware that can reside in RAM, ROM or Flash memory. Also provided is a complete verification environment.
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2. Free EDA training for unemployed engineers
Mentor Graphics UK is offering free electronic design automation (EDA) training to electronics engineers who have been recently made redundant. Through the new Displaced Worker Programme, the company will offer free course places to unemployed engineers on a 'space available' basis for its public enrolment courses. The programme enables engineers to enhance technical skills and gain experience in the use of leading-edge technologies for programmable logic design, printed circuit board (PCB) design and integrated circuit design and verification.
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3. Reference design puts PSoC MCU on LINbus
Cypress MicroSystems has a reference design that enables automotive engineers to build advanced applications with LINbus (Local Interconnect Network) communication capabilities, using a single PSoC microcontroller. The LIN Protocol Specification Version 1.2 is a low-speed communications standard used in many automotive applications, including body control, driver information, multimedia, climate control, safety equipment, cockpit electronics and human machine interface (HMI). The software-configurable PSoC MCU can replace thousands of custom microcontrollers in a broad range of embedded systems - speeding time to market, reducing the number of chips and decreasing overall system cost.
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4. Universal PCI high-speed communications card
The FarSync T2U is a very high performance intelligent bus-mastering universal PCI communications card that will support both 3.3 and 5V bus signalling. The card offers considerably improved performance at high line speeds compared with the current FarSync T2P card. The card, which can be configured for one or two ports, handles X.21, V.35 and V.24 physical network connections. The half-length card will work in 32bit, 64bit and PCI-X slots running at either 66 or 33MHz and will enable operation in newer 1U rack-mount PCs that have just a single 66MHz 3.3V PCI slot.
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5. DC/DC convertor chipset meets latest Intel specs
The ADP3205 multiphase core controller and its previously introduced ADP3415 dual MOSFET driver form the first three-phase controller/driver chipset that is fully compliant with the Intel Mobile Voltage Positioning (IMVP)-IV specifications. The IMVP specifications are designed to maximise the operating time of notebook computers by carefully minimising the CPU's core voltage and frequency, thus scaling its performance to meet the demands of the system. Computer OEMs can now use the ADP3205 and ADP3415 to build a dedicated triple-phase core controller with balanced current sharing and superior transient response.
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5. 30V BiCMOS process has designs on smart power
PolarFab's PBC4 0.5-micron BiCMOS process has been qualified for volume production. The PBC4 process, which accommodates power levels up to 30V, is designed for power management and smart-power applications, making it ideal for motor controllers, gate drivers, and microprocessor supervisory circuits. PBC4 provides the ability to integrate dense 0.5-micron CMOS with high-voltage drivers, enabling the fabrication of extremely complex smart-power chips.
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6. Low on-resistance MOSFET aids convertor efficiency
International Rectifier has introduced the 30V IRL3713 series of HEXFET power MOSFETs available in D2Pak, TO-262 and TO-220 packages. The IRL3713S in a D2Pak, with a maximum on-resistance of 3mohm, has half the on-resistance of the previous generation device in the same footprint and can offer up to 1.5% higher efficiency in an isolated DC/DC convertor. The IRL3713 series devices are optimised for secondary-side synchronous rectification in 48V input isolated DC/DC convertors.
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7. Solution for integrated optics interconnection
Radiall has developed a wide range of fibre arrays to connect optical fibres with a variety of optical components including planar splitters, WDM circuits and switches or any arrays of active components. Products benefit from proven submicron-precision silicon wet etching technology and Radiall's long-standing expertise in assemblies, and fibre arrays are fully qualified per Telcordia specification GR-1221- CORE.
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8. Acquisition system takes thermocouples and more
Offering top-end accuracy, DynaRes is a complete hardware, software and signal-conditioning package, ready to use out of the box. It consists of a PCI card which can sample voltage input signals at high rates at the same time as low noise thermocouples and high speed digital input, along with ready-to-use software and drivers for DasyLab, LabView, and Windows-based languages including Visual Basic and C++. There's also cabling and a screw terminal/signal conditioning pod.
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9. RTOS gains sound support
4Front Technologies' Open Sound System (OSS) v3.9.7 software is now available for LynuxWorks real-time operating system, LynxOS 4.0. The solution is the first integration of audio capabilities to LynxOS, further enhancing the feature set available to customers designing mission-critical embedded applications in a real-time environment. The OSS solution will provide 100% compatibility for all Linux audio applications running on the LynxOS 4.0 operating system, offering developers the ability to integrate audio record and playback capabilities into new telematics applications.
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10. GaAs MMIC range shows up in Milan
Bookham Technology will launch a portfolio of GaAs MMICs and foundry services at the European Microwave Week 2002, to be held from 24th to 26th September in Milan, Italy. The first new product from the company's increased investment will be a 5W GaAs X-band power amplifier, due to sample in the fourth quarter of 2002. The amplifier will complement the company's existing X-band low noise amplifier (LNA) and driver products. Bookham Technology is building its presence in the GaAs MMIC market by developing its facilities at Caswell, UK, acquired from Marconi Corporation in February 2002.
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New Technical Articles and Case Studies
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LOW-COST MICRO IMPLEMENTS USB AND PS2 INTERFACES
(Cypress Semiconductor, 13 September 2002)
When CKS Holdings wanted to add USB versions to its successful range of industrial keyboards, it found a low-cost microcontroller that supported both USB and PS2 functionality.
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CUSTOM TEST SYSTEMS CHECK RF CABLES IN A TYPHOON
(Anritsu (UK), 13 September 2002)
Anritsu's European Applied Solutions Centre has developed two complete custom test solutions to enable BAE Systems to test the high-performance RF cables on the Typhoon aircraft.
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DON'T BE PROSECUTED FOR SUPPLYING UNSAFE PRODUCTS
(TUV International UK, 13 September 2002)
Recent prosecutions for supplying unsafe products have highlighted the responsibility of manufacturers to take reasonable steps to ensure the compliance of their products.
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POWER CHIP TAKES ON HIGH- AND LOW-SIDE GATE DRIVE
(Agile Systems, 11 September 2002)
Agile Systems has developed a new digital power IC targeted to power conversion and power management applications.
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IP PROVIDES SINGLE-CHIP REMOTE-TERMINAL FPGA
(Actel Europe, 11 September 2002)
Actel has developed a MIL-STD-1553B remote-terminal core for space, avionics and military applications in which high-reliability and system redundancy are essential.
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WIRELESS LAN REFERENCE DESIGN APPROVED FOR WI-FI
(Intersil, 12 September 2002)
Intersil's PRISM 3 reference design for WLAN cards has received Wi-Fi certification from the Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance (WECA).
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MEMORY MODULES TAKE ON A SMALLER FORM FACTOR
(SMART Modular Technologies, 12 September 2002)
SMART Modular Technologies has a new lineup of small-form-factor DDR DIMMs.
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WIDE OPERATING VOLTAGE RANGE FOR DIGITAL POT
(Analog Devices, 13 September 2002)
Analog Devices reckons the AD5263 digital potentiometer is the industry's first +15V quad-channel 256-position potentiometer with a selectable digital interface.
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DSP RUNS NEXT-GENERATION WINDOWS MEDIA
(Texas Instruments, 13 September 2002)
Enabling IP-based streaming media appliance OEMs to capture the next wave in digital media, Texas Instruments has ported the Windows Media 9 Series encoder onto its TMS320C64xT DSP platform.
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COMPACT CONVERTORS POWER SUB-1V MICROPROCESSORS
(Maxim Integrated Products, 13 September 2002)
The MAX1927/MAX1928 step-down DC/DC convertors are the first such devices in a 10-pin microMAX package to provide over 800mA at output voltages down to 0.75V.
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INTERFACE CHIPS ON SHOW AT IBC
(Gennum Corp, 16 September 2002)
On its stand at IBC, Gennum Corp will showcase its family of SD-SDI and DVB-ASI interface chips that are also pin-compatible with similar parts that support combined SD-SDI, HD-SDI and DVB-ASI.
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INDUSTRIAL DRAM KEEPS DEVELOPERS ON THE RIGHT PAGE
(Apta Group, 16 September 2002)
A new series of fast page and EDO DRAMs from the Apta Group are suited to a wide range of industrial applications, including point of sale (POS) equipment.
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SENSOR PROVIDES A DEGREE OF CONTROL OVER FANS
(National Semiconductor, 16 September 2002)
The LM63 is a +/-1C accuracy remote diode temperature sensor with integrated fan control.
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DIGITAL MEDIA PROCESSOR FOR NEXT-GENERATION VIDEO
(Texas Instruments, 17 September 2002)
Texas Instruments is claiming the industry's highest performance for its new fully programmable 600MHz digital media processor.
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PHASE-LOCK LOOP IP JOINS FOUNDRY PORTFOLIO
(1st Silicon (Malaysia), 17 September 2002)
SoC designers can now access essential Parthus phase lock loop intellectual property from 1st Silicon as part of the 1st Silicon (Malaysia) foundry service.
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SINGLE-CHIP GPS RECEIVER SLASHES POWER BUDGET
(SiGe Semiconductor, 17 September 2002)
SiGe Semiconductor has entered the global positioning by satellite market with its PointCharger family of GPS devices.
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CMOS RF SECTION ENABLES SINGLE-CHIP BLUETOOTH
(Toshiba Electronics Europe, 17 September 2002)
The TC35654 Bluetooth LSI integrates RF and baseband circuits on a single chip that fully conforms to the Bluetooth ver.1.1 specification.
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DUAL-CHANNEL DEVICES JOIN PIPELINED ADC FAMILY
(Wolfson Microelectronics, 17 September 2002)
Wolfson Microelectronics has extended its range of devices for the communications and instrumentation markets with the of the WM2124 and WM2125.
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MICROMINIATURE SWITCH TAKES ON DETECTION
(ITT Industries, Cannon, 11 September 2002)
ITT Industries Cannon, C and K has a new series of C and K microminiature detect switches.
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HYBRID ELECTROLYTE CAPACITORS OUST SOLID POLYMERS
(NIC Eurotech, 11 September 2002)
The NSPER series of aluminium electrolytic capacitors uses a new hybrid solid-liquid electrolyte to achieve low ESR, high ripple current performance at low cost.
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CDMA HANDSET DEMAND DRIVES DUPLEXERS
(Agilent Technologies, 12 September 2002)
Agilent Technologies is now shipping more than 1 million of its FBAR (film bulk acoustic resonator) duplexers per month.
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FREE SEMINAR LOOKS AT PCB AND FPGA DESIGN
(Mentor Graphics UK, 12 September 2002)
SolutionsExpo is a combination of hands-on workshops and technical seminars on FPGA and PCB design techniques.
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C COMPILERS AIM FOR LATEST PIC PROCESSORS
(Computer Solutions, 12 September 2002)
Computer Solutions is now offering a range of C compilers that support the latest range of PICMicro processors from Microchip, along with a totally free version for some PIC16 variants.
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EMULATOR FUNCTIONS REPROGRAMMED DURING USE
(Hitachi Europe, 13 September 2002)
Hitachi's new Compact Emulator is a powerful low-cost tool for most debugging needs.
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TOOLS SUPPORT NETWORK PROCESSOR DEVELOPMENT
(IDT, 13 September 2002)
IDT has developed the industry's first simulation model for the Microengine Development Environment of the Intel Internet Exchange Architecture software development kit (IXA SDK) 3.0.
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SYMBIAN SUITE FEATURES INTEGRATED TARGET DEBUGGING
(Metrowerks Europe, 13 September 2002)
Metrowerks has begun shipping the industry's first development toolsuite to provide integrated on-device debugging support for developers working with Symbian reference platforms and development kits.
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THE SIMPLE MACHINE FOR COMPLEX DESIGN
(Lattice Semiconductor UK, 17 September 2002)
Dubbed "The simple machine for complex design", the latest generation of the ispLever design tool provides developers a simple powerful tool to use with all of Lattice's programmable logic products.
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UPGRADES BOOST INTERACTIVE DIGITAL TV DEVELOPMENT
(Wind River Systems, 17 September 2002)
Wind River Systems has released the next generations of its WindML embedded multimedia graphics package and JWorks PersonalJava operating environment software.
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BLOWER RANGE HAS 26 HIGHLY EFFICIENT VARIATIONS
(Thermaco, 11 September 2002)
New from Sunonwealth of Taiwan is the highly efficient PMB series of blowers, available in 12, 24 and 48V DC versions from UK agent Thermaco.
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CARD CAGE ADDS FLEXIBILITY TO PC/104 SYSTEMS
(Parvus Corp, 13 September 2002)
New from Parvus Corp, the PC/104 variable railed card cage is a flexible board-mounting solution used to contain PC/104 modules within an embedded computer system.
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AIRBORNE RACK ACCOMMODATES 6U VME64X BOARDS
(Thales Computers, 17 September 2002)
The 3/4ATR-WA-M28 airborne rack is an off-the-shelf enclosure ideal for airborne, ship and ground mobile systems, as well as other harsh environment applications.
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ADAPTERS TAKE ON 28-PIN SSOPs
(Aries Electronics, 11 September 2002)
Aries Electronics has expanded its line of Correct-A-Chip adapters that allow new SSOP devices to be used on boards designed for older SOWIC packages, without board rework or redesign.
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BOARD-TO-CABLE CONNECTOR LOSES ITS PINS
(ODU UK, 12 September 2002)
ODU has introduced surface mount versions of its 2.54mm grid Flakafix IDC board-to-cable connector, which can also be specified in straight or right angle form.
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HARD METRIC BACKPLANE CONNECTORS RUN TO 6.4Gbit/s
(Honda Connectors, 17 September 2002)
New high-speed differential signal interconnection for next generation 6.4Gbit/s telecomms backplanes and high-speed measurement/control systems has been added to Honda's NCB hard metric series.
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FLAMELESS BUTANE TORCH ASSISTS FIELD SERVICE
(Genalog, 13 September 2002)
Now available from Genalog is a flameless butane torch for portable high-volume flameless heat repair.
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BONDER JOINS COMPONENT ASSEMBLY WORKSTATION
(EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering, 16 September 2002)
EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering has added a bonding option, ProBond, to its ProAlign 5000 component assembly workstation.
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MOUNTER HANDLES BARE CHIPS WITH CARE
(Assembléon, 17 September 2002)
A new semiconductor component placement machine delivers an unbeatable speed/accuracy combination for applications involving tight tolerances and critical handling restrictions.
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HIGH POWER VISIBLE LASER DIODE AIMS FOR DVD-RAM
(Photonic Products, 11 September 2002)
Available now from Photonic Products, the HL6512MG is Hitachi's latest high output red laser diode, with a rated CW optical output power of 50mW (70mW pulsed) at 658nm.
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BLUE LEDs SHED LIGHT ON DISPLAYS
(Fairchild Semiconductor, 13 September 2002)
The small size and low power consumption of three compact new surface-mount blue LEDs make them ideal for lighting and illumination applications in compact, portable products.
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DSP MOTHERBOARD TARGETS SPEEDY IMAGE PROCESSING
(Nallatech, 13 September 2002)
A new PCI motherboard with Virtex-II and three Dime-II slots offers teraOPS performance for next generation reconfigurable computing.
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RELIABILITY BOOST FOR 24-CHANNEL DIGITAL OUTPUT
(Kontron North America, 16 September 2002)
The newest addition to Kontron's growing line of I/O boards, the CP382 is a 3U/4HP board with 24 digital output channels.
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BUDGET PRICE TAG FOR PENTIUM 4 SBC
(BVM, 16 September 2002)
The WSB-7651 Pentium 4 SBC is available now from stock at BVM.
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I/O BOARDS SUPPORT PC/104-PLUS SPECS
(Adlink Technology, 17 September 2002)
All NuDAQ products from Adlink Technology now support the PC/104-Plus specification.
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GIGABIT ETHERNET SWITCH MAXIMISES FLEXIBILITY
(SBS Technologies, 17 September 2002)
Sabre 2000 is a 6U CompactPCI extended fabric switch that provides maximum flexibility and high switching density.
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THE FIVE BIGGEST MISTAKES COMPANIES MAKE
(Peak Production Equipment, 11 September 2002)
The Peak Group has produced a booklet explaining how to avoid the industry's most common test pitfalls.
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MINIATURE PROBES FOR ELECTRICAL CONTACTS
(Peak Test Services, 12 September 2002)
Two new miniature probes for battery and other electrical contacts have been added to the P900 Series from Peak Test Services.
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HIGH-VOLTAGE FLASH TESTER AIDS SAFETY COMPLIANCE
(SPS Electronic UK, 13 September 2002)
The HA 2200 series of high-voltage flash testers is supplied in a 19in/4HU case and equipped with a fully electronic high-voltage generator.
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FIREWIRE SOFTWARE SIMPLIFIES DIGITAL IMAGING
(Firstsight Vision, 16 September 2002)
Unibrain's Fire I software for IEEE1394 cameras provides full plug and play compatibility with any DCAM compliant camera and any OHCI compatible Firewire card.
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DATA ACQUISITION AT A LOWER COST
(Talisman Electronics, 17 September 2002)
The PCI-DAS range from Measurement Computing Corp is a lower-cost equivalent to the National Instruments E Series of data acquisition boards.
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MATERIALS SOFTWARE AIDS COMPONENT TEST
(Ametek Lloyd Instruments, 17 September 2002)
The latest version of the Nexygen MT materials testing package holds a vast library of international standard tests to check the strength of components and materials used in electronics manufacturing.
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