ECN-Electronic Component News articles from April 2005

ECN-Electronic Component News archives from April 2005

Waste high.(EDITOR'S VIEW)
April 1, 2005... My home computer--a four-year old, previously virus-laden Dell Dimension--came home from the repair shop yesterday. Interestingly, it was also garbage day. I reasoned again that, yes, I should have just forked over another couple of hundred...

High-voltage, low-ESR pulse supercapacitors.(Passive & Discrete Components)
April 1, 2005... AVX has announced advances made to its BestCap[TM] (Battery Energy Saving Technology Capacitor) Series of electrochemical supercapacitors, resulting in what are said to be the highest voltages available in the industry for low ESR pulse...

Thin film flat chip resistor.(Passive & Discrete Components)
April 1, 2005... Vishay has extended its family of Beyschlag thin film flat chip resistors with the introduction of stable, precision devices in 0402 packages. Available with values from 100[ohm] to 221 k[ohm], the devices are said to offer the industry's...

SMT Oscillator with low voltage, current in a compact size.(Passive & Discrete Components)
April 1, 2005... Raltron has released a series of SMT Clock Oscillators with low supply voltage and current requirements in a new ceramic package measuring 3.2 mm X 2.5 mm X 1.0 mm. These oscillators are suitable for applications requiring miniaturization and...

Lead-free crystals.(Passive & Discrete Components)
April 1, 2005... The HC49USM Series of lead-free crystals offered by ILSI comply with the regulation RoHS 2002/95ec. The HC49USM is an industry standard crystal covering a frequency range of 3.5 MHz to 70 MHz. Its size is 13 mm X 5 mm X 5 mm. The devices are...

Directional coupler from 2 GHz to 50 GHz.(Passive & Discrete Components)
April 1, 2005... Krytar has introduced its Model 102050013 directional coupler. Its frequency ranges from 2 GHz to 50 GHz; coupling (with respect to output) is 13[+ or -]1 dB. Frequency sensitivity is [+ or -]6 dB, 2 GHz to 26.5 GHz and [+ or -]dB, 2 GHz to 50...

Low VSWR termination resistors.(Passive & Discrete Components)
April 1, 2005... Low VSWR termination resistors from IMS are suitable for applications such as isolator circuits in microwave and RF amplifiers and antenna systems. The geometry of the resistor chips is designed to optimize high frequency performance and high...

Aerospace and defense crystals.(Passive & Discrete Components)
April 1, 2005... Saelig Company offers HC35 (TO5) crystals from its European supplier/manufacturer Euroquartz. Suitable for aerospace and defense applications, these crystals are housed in an industry standard TO5 resistance weld, hermetically sealed package...

Magnetically Shielded SMT Power Inductors.(Passive & Discrete Components)
April 1, 2005... API Delevan has introduced Series SDS130 Magnetically Shielded SMT Power Inductors featuring ferrite core and shield. Designed in a low profile, compact package with a maximum height of 0.118" (3 mm), these inductors offer low DCR with...

RoHS compliant trimmer capacitors.(Passive & Discrete Components)
April 1, 2005... Tokyo Cosmos Electric's G32 Series of RoHS compliant sealed SMD trimmers is lead-free, measures 3 [mm.sup.2] and will meet global environmental standards. Key features include their automatic adjust cross slot design; black housing color and...

SMT Inductor Catalog.(Passive & Discrete Components)
April 1, 2005... Renco's Surface Mount Inductor Catalog. has over 100 pages, more than 50 unique products and over 1,000 specific values including what is said to be the world's lowest profile shielded SMT power inductor measuring under 1 mm. Many styles are...

Low distortion MLCCs in 0402 case size.(Passive & Discrete Components)
April 1, 2005... Taiyo Yuden, Inc. has added an ultra-small EIA 0402 case size (1.0 mm X 0.5 mm X 0.5 mm) to its CFCAP[R] line of low distortion surfacemount multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCC). Designed for high-frequency applications, CFCAP MLCCs are said to...

SAW filter line in smaller packages.(Passive & Discrete Components)
April 1, 2005... Epcos, Inc. is integrating its line of SAW filters and resonators for automotive and short-circuit device (SRD) applications into smaller ceramic SMD packages. According to the company, it has cut the size of its narrowband filters by 42...

SLEDs for high power density applications.(Optoelectronics & Displays)
April 1, 2005... Superluminescent Light Emitting Diodes (SLEDs) from AMS Technologies are light-emitting diodes utilizing amplification by stimulated emission, but having insufficient feedback for oscillations to build up and to achieve lasing actions. The...

ChLCD for embedded controllers.(Optoelectronics & Displays)
April 1, 2005... Kent Displays, Inc. has announced its 1/8 VGA "No Power" ChLCD with onboard controller and Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI). The combination of a "No Power" ChLCD with exceptional optical performance and SPI will enable integrators to rapidly...

Interface Board for Elma's IPM Sentry Shelf Manager.(Advertisement)
April 1, 2005... Interface Board for Elma's IPM Sentry Shelf Manager offers flexibility in how and where the shelf managers are plugged into CompactPCI, AdancedTCA, or other system architectures. Designed specifically for the PICMG 3.0 AdvancedTCA...

Series 33.(Advertisement)
April 1, 2005... Series 33 is the industry's best solution for compact desk-top and portable electronic packaging needs, combining maximum ruggedness and versatility in a modern design. The 33's strength comes from its extruded aluminum body, featuring a...

Elma Long Telco Handles.(Advertisement)
April 1, 2005... Elma Long Telco Handles are VME and cPCI compatible and provide greater leverage, addressing the problem of high insertion/extraction forces. They provide a leverage ratio of 4.72:1, and allow an insertion force of 160 lbs with a fingertip...

The PICMG 3.0-compliant 5U ATCA Horizontal Chassis.(Advertisement)
April 1, 2005... The PICMG 3.0-compliant 5U ATCA Horizontal Chassis is an ideal unit for prototyping and demonstrations. It has an AC input, so that the unit can be plugged directly into a conventional wall outlet. The 700W AC input PSU provides 48V @ 15A....

7U Low-Profile COTS Chassis.(Advertisement)
April 1, 2005... New 7U Low-Profile COTS Chassis from Elma combines ruggedness and system intelligence. The compact 12R3 ultra-rugged COTS chassis with intelligent system monitoring features comes in a 7U height, featuring a top-loaded card cage that fits up to...

Slim white LED Module.(Optoelectronics & Displays)
April 1, 2005... LEDtronics has introduced the Series SLL003 Ultra Slim Shoebox LED Cluster Light Module. This lighting product is said to provide the longevity and energy efficiency of LED lighting technology in a compact, low-profile fixture that measures...

Optical Coarse Wave Multiplexers/Demultiplexers.(Optoelectronics & Displays)
April 1, 2005... The Omron P1X4 (four-channel) and P1X8 (eight-channel) Coarse Wave Division Multiplexers (CWDM) use a simplification in architecture to achieve their small size. This reduction in size, along with a miniature multi-layer thin film filter...

RGB LEDs for accent and color-changing lighting applications.(Optoelectronics & Displays)
April 1, 2005... Marktech Optoelectronics has announced the availability of its LP6-TTP1-01 six-lead, RGB solid-state light source from Cotco. This RGB LED features a 120[degrees] viewing angle in a 6.0 mm X 5.0 mm surface-mount package designed specifically...

Power Connector System.(Packaging & Interconnects)
April 1, 2005... Positronic's Power Connector System has a wide range of power applications, and it offers a variety of sizes, contact variants, termination styles and accessories. The series offers right angle press-fit compliant terminations. Users who...

Lasered ceramic substrates.(Packaging & Interconnects)
April 1, 2005... Equipped with its advanced C[O.sub.2] lasers, CeramTec is supplying complete lasered substrates from in-stock alumina materials. These computer-controlled carbon dioxide lasers perform scribing, cutting and drilling to extremely tight...

TO-can packaging capabilities, TO-38 assembly.(Packaging & Interconnects)
April 1, 2005... Avo Photonics recently began offering design, development and manufacturing services for TO-can packages, including TO-38 assembly. Avo also offers additional TO styles, including TO-3, TO-46 and TO-56. The company supports the design and...

Molex Swivel Adapters provide directional flexibility, EMI protection.(Packaging & Interconnects)
April 1, 2005... The Swivel EMI Adapters from Molex[R] are designed to offer effective EMI shielding, while allowing for a full 70[degrees] of cable re-orientation that turns a standard panel mount adapter into a multi-positional swivel for flexible cable...

Bus-based compact connectors.(Packaging & Interconnects)
April 1, 2005... ODU MAC connectors are designed for multiposition, shielded implementation. They are resistant to vibration and the intrusion of EMI. Data rates are up to 400 Mbit/s in compliance with IEEE 1394-1995. Applications include Profibus, Interbus,...

Adhesive for thermal conductivity.(Packaging & Interconnects)
April 1, 2005... Tra-Con's Supertherm 816H01 two-component, thermally conductive epoxy compound is used in staking diodes, transistors, resistors, integrated circuits and other heat-sensitive components to printed circuit boards. It is said to adhere readily to...

Low profile connector for portable design applications.(Packaging & Interconnects)
April 1, 2005... FCI has released its low profile, 0.5 mm pitch surface mount connector for terminating flexible printed circuits (FPC) and flexible flat cable (FFC). The SFVL Series, at 0.9 mm high, is designed for use in cable-to-board connections requiring...

Adapter product line.(Packaging & Interconnects)
April 1, 2005... Adapters.com has announced its Chip-Changer adapter product line that offers engineers an alternative to scrapping exiting boards due to part obsolescence, part allocations and costly board revisions. These Chip-Changers are designed for the...

Case for the BTX PC standard.(Packaging & Interconnects)
April 1, 2005... AOpen[R], Inc. has introduced its Balanced Technology Extended (BTX) PC case for use in the worldwide distribution channel. The slim B300 series case enables engineers to strike a balance in performance, thermal/acoustics management and system...

Sensing Product Catalog.(Sensors & Actuators)
April 1, 2005... Banner Engineering Corp. has introduced its 2005 Sensing Products Catalog that combines all of the company's 15,000+ sensing products into a single printed resource. It is produced completely in full color. The content layout delivers sensing...

Large-bore magnetic encoder.(Sensors & Actuators)
April 1, 2005... Admotec's magnetic large-bore (200 mm) magnetic encoder measures the speed and position of the power train components, operating at up to 10,000 rpm. The Series EK600 is said to provide high-resolution feedback of up to 3,000 cycles per...

Spring-loaded AC/DC operated LVDTs.(Sensors & Actuators)
April 1, 2005... Macro Sensors is offering a line of rugged, spring-loaded AC/DC-operated LVDTs for dimensional or position measurement in automotive, metal fabricating, industrial process automation applications and all types of motion control systems....

Dual-scale Weigh Scale module.(Sensors & Actuators)
April 1, 2005... Hardy has introduced a dual scale PLC-style CompactLogix Weigh Scale module for use with Allen-Bradley[R] MicroLogix[TM] 1500 and CompactLogix[TM] controllers. It reads and conditions weight and diagnostic data supplied by strain gauge load...

Actuator for Sweeper and squeegee applications.(Sensors & Actuators)
April 1, 2005... Danaher Motion has introduced its Thomson Sweeper Head Lift Actuators that are available with optional IP56 protection. They offer 2", 4" and 6" stroke lengths with short retracted lengths, and they are said to provide 250 lbs./force at 1"/sec....

UV sensor detects targets not seen by photoelectrics.(Sensors & Actuators)
April 1, 2005... The Keyence CZ-H52 UV sensor is said to detect the presence of fluorescent agents used in a range of products and packaging materials. The CZ emits a UV light beam from the transmitter in the sensor head. The receiver picks up the visible light...

Analog laser measurement sensors scalable to customer requirements.(Sensors & Actuators)
April 1, 2005... A series of intelligent analog laser distance sensors with two discrete outputs that not only detect the presence of objects, but also indicate their precise position and size are available from Balluff Inc. The BOD 26K LB model employs proven...

Logic analyzers fit small budgets.(Special Report)
April 1, 2005... A look at low-cost logic analyzers shows good things really do come in small packages. These PC-based instruments offer the standard inputs found on their larger bench-instrument cousins, and several include digital-output and analog-I/O...

Free 2005 NI measurement and automation catalog.(Advertisement)
April 1, 2005... The National Instruments catalog is the leading virtual instrumentation resource for engineers and scientists seeking the most productive customer-defined software and hardware tools. You will find everything you need from new product...

No programming required.(Advertisement)
April 1, 2005... National Instruments SignalExpress is interactive software for quickly acquiring, comparing, automating, and storing electronic measurements. Access your measurements quickly using built-in steps for signal acquisition, processing, time and...

Load, analyze and report billions of data points with NI DIAdem.(Advertisement)
April 1, 2005... National Instruments DIAdem is an interactive tool for mathematical and visual data analysis. Save valuable time by automating repetitive analysis and reporting tasks. NI DIAdem is capable of working with data files that contain over 100...

Next-generation data acquisition--more performance, more I/O, more value.(Advertisement)
April 1, 2005... The new National Instruments M Series data acquisition (DAQ) devices set a new standard for DAQ hardware capabilities with a revolutionary architecture designed from the ground up. In addition to integrating the most advanced commercially...

Rapidly create test, measurement and control systems with LabVIEW.(Advertisement)
April 1, 2005... NI LabVIEW is the graphical development environment for creating flexible and scalable test, measurement, and control applications, rapidly and at minimal cost. With LabVIEW, engineers and scientists interface with real-world signals, analyze...

High performance digital oscilloscopes.(Test & Measurement)
April 1, 2005... LeCroy Corp. has introduced its WaveExpert 9000 and SDA 100G, featuring 100 GHz bandwidth and a coherent interleaved sampling mode that is said to enable the capture and display of very long serial data waveforms without the need for an...

Airbus tester.(Test & Measurement)
April 1, 2005... Elgar's ABD100 Test Suite software package is said to simplify power bus compliance testing of components and sub-systems for the Airbus A380 aircraft. Used in conjunction with SmartWave[TM], the company's AC source, the test suite provides a...

Capacity leakage current/IR meter.(Test & Measurement)
April 1, 2005... QuadTech has announced its tester for leakage current and insulation resistance measurements on capacitive components. Model 1855 is designed for high speed testing in an automated production environment or bench-top testing in R & D...

250 MS/s DSO with zoom display.(Test & Measurement)
April 1, 2005... Protek Test and Measurement has introduced Model 6810CN DSO with a 250 MS/s real time sampling rate and 50 GS/s equivalent time sampling, 1:1 to 100:1 zoom waveform display and a 4K record length for each channel. The Model 6810CN incorporates...

Thermocouple data logger.(Test & Measurement)
April 1, 2005... Pico Technology has introduced a USB version of its TC-08 eight-channel thermocouple data logger. The unit samples at up to 10 readings per second and features built-in cold junction compensation (CJC). It covers the temperature range of...

3.5 GHz frequency counter.(Test & Measurement)
April 1, 2005... B & K Precision Corporation has introduced its Model 1856D, a lightweight frequency counter capable of frequency measurements from 0.1 Hz to 3.5 GHz, to its line of instruments. This counter is appropriate for use in laboratory and service...

ASICs: structured ASICs deliver high resolution MPEG4 video codec.(Field Applications)
April 1, 2005... When Edinburgh video technology company IndigoVision decided to develop a digital video capability that could process D1 resolution MPEG4 video, the company knew that an all-hardware approach would be needed as software MPEG4 codecs and...

Power; Power management: crossing the isolation barrier.(Semiconductor Highlight)
April 1, 2005... Most card power systems include power management functions on the secondary-side of the power system. Output voltage measurement, trimming and fault handling for the POL converters can all be achieved without any primary-side connections. In...

GSM/GPRS/EDGE power amplifier module.(Integrated Circuits)
April 1, 2005... Anadigics, has expanded its GSM product portfolio with the introduction of a power amplifier (PA) module that supports the 2.5G Enhanced Data for Global Evolution (EDGE) standard. The integrated AWT6168 quad-band PA supports the open-loop polar...

Secondary side post regulator capable of operating as stand-alone buck regulator.(Integrated Circuits)
April 1, 2005... National has introduced its LM5115, said to be the industry's first controller that can be used as either a secondary side post regulator (SSPR) or as a stand-alone buck regulator. When paired with the company's LM5025 primary-side regulator,...

High current/low VF Schottky diodes.(Integrated Circuits)
April 1, 2005... Central Semiconductor has released three EED[TM] (Energy Efficient Device) low leakage diodes. The CMDSH2-4L, CMOSH2-4L and CMUSH2-4L all consist of a single Schottky diode chip providing a high maximum current specification of 200 mA and a low...

PFC controllers from ON Semi cover wide range of supplies.(Integrated Circuits)
April 1, 2005... ON Semiconductor has introduced two power factor correction (PFC) controllers designed for use in power supplies with input levels between 75W to 3 kW. The NCP1653 and NCP1601 controllers are suited for power factor correction in power supplies...

Low quiescent, 30 [micro]A CMOS LDO regulators.(Integrated Circuits)
April 1, 2005... Rohm Electronics' BD393xFP/HFP and BD394xFP/HFP/T Series are high-performance CMOS regulators. The ceramic output capacitor (0.1 [micro]F) achieves an output voltage accuracy of 2 percent and a maximum output current of 500 mA. Using this CMOS...

Medically approved external adapters.(Power Sources & Conditioning Devices)
April 1, 2005... Designed for non-patient connect instruments and applications, Astrodyne's PSS22U medical grade switching external adapters provide 24W of output power. All models accept universal input from 90V to 264V AC, and five models are available that...

Medical 600W/700W single output power supply.(Power Sources & Conditioning Devices)
April 1, 2005... Condor has added the GPMP600/700 Series to its line of medical power supply products. The series is designed for customization, and it can be purchased in two different configurations: stand-alone or rack-mount units. The GPMP600/700 Series...

Power Integrations announces power supply design software.(Power Sources & Conditioning Devices)
April 1, 2005... Power Integrations, Inc. has released version 6.0 of PI Expert Suite, the company's design software for switched-mode power supplies. The PC-based software package automates the design of flyback, forward-converter, buck and buck-boost power...

Open frame power supply rated -20[degrees]C to 55[degrees]C Medical & ITE.(Advertisement)
April 1, 2005... GlobTek's GT(M)2065 series delivers up to 80W of continuous output power with 10CFM of airflow (65W convection cooled) with output voltages ranging from: 3.3V to 48V in 0.1V increments. This high efficiency, 85% typ., family of Open-Frame/PCB...

400W triple output Hot Swappable Switchmode Power Supplies w/Parallel Function.(Advertisement)
April 1, 2005... GlobTek announces its NEW Open Frame 400W Switchmode Power Supplies w/Parallel Function. These low profile (348 X 129 X 57 mm) models offer up to 400W of regulated power. Designs have Active PFC (0.96min.). Built-In EMI Filter, Limiting AC...

DC/DC desktop and car receptacle switching power sources.(Advertisement)
April 1, 2005... GlobTek Inc. is introducing three new single-output families of DC/DC converters ideal for mobile applications requiring higher power and stable DC power from vehicular or battery power sources. 1-56 Watt Single-Output Series Switching Power...

Compact, 2W wide input range DC/DC converters.(Power Sources & Conditioning Devices)
April 1, 2005... MicroPower Direct has announced the release of its G200RW Series DC/DC Converters. Featuring a wide 2:1 input voltage range, this miniature series of 2W "MiniDIP" conveters provides miniature packaging, tight output regulation and 1,500V DC...

AC/DC converter combines 48V output with PFC in single module.(Power Sources & Conditioning Devices)
April 1, 2005... The PF600-1 600W AC/DC converter from C & D Technologies combines a fully safety-isolated 48V output with on-board active power factor correction, and it is said to provide the industry's highest power density for a product of this type. This...

32 channel 16-bit A/D and 4 channel 12-bit D/A PC/104-plus module operates -40[degrees] to +85[degrees]C.(WinSystems' DesignSolutions)(Advertisement)
April 1, 2005... The PCM-ADIO is an intelligent PC/104-based analog input, analog output, and digital I/O board designed to meet application requirements for high-accuracy and high channel count analog I/O. Based on 16-bit analog-to-digital and 12-bit...

Add GPS modules: take GPS along for the ride.(Embedded Systems)
April 1, 2005... Whether you plan to design an animal-migration tracker or a vehicle-navigation system, off-the-shelf Global Positioning System (GPS) modules can ease the development task. To give engineers a head start, vendors offer development kits that...

Backplane designed to VITA standards.(Boards & Modules)
April 1, 2005... Carlo Gavazzi Computing Solutions has announced that its VITA 41.x VXS Switch Fabric backplane is designed to the latest VITA standards to meet the needs of industrial, medical, military and telecommunications. It is appropriate for high-speed...

High-speed serial RapidIO ATCA platform for telecom infrastructure.(Boards & Modules)
April 1, 2005... Mercury Computer Systems has announced its Ensemble2[TM] modular platform built around the performance, scalability and reliability of the serial RapidIO[R] embedded system interconnect and the Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture...

Low profile CompactPCI backplanes.(Boards & Modules)
April 1, 2005... Bustronic has expanded its line of low profile CompactPCI backplanes with 3U and 6U versions. Also offered are several packet switching versions compliant to the PICMG 2.16 specification. The line saves a slot-size of width by placing power...

AS-Interface system selection guide.(Boards & Modules)
April 1, 2005... Pepperl+Fuchs has released its 2005 AS-Interface Selection Guide to assist users in selecting the optimum AS-Interface components for their application. Featured technologies include scanners and gateways, power supplies and repeaters, I/O...

Full-size CPU card with LAN option.(Boards & Modules)
April 1, 2005... AAEON's full-size CPU card, the FSB-865G, uses the Intel[R] 82865GV chipset that supports CPU speeds up to 3.2 GHz with 400/533/800 MHz front side bus speeds. The board supports Intel Hyper-Threading technology which is said to deliver the best...

PLC on a Chip[TM] Module.(Boards & Modules)
April 1, 2005... Divelbiss has announced its "PLC on a Chip" Module that is a single chip programmable logic controller mounted in a module for easy use. The module is programmed by EZ LADDER PC-based software featuring ladder diagram and function block...

Pentium EBX computer synchronizes data acquisition with GPS.(Advertisement)
April 1, 2005... The new SBC2596 from Micro/sys, with a flexible Pentium core, provides a feature-rich controller in the popular 8" X 5.75" EBX standard. Up to 32 channels of 16-bit A/D and four channels of 14-bit D/A provide a highly accurate...

Compact 486/586 computer with super VGA and Ethernet operates at extended temperatures.(Advertisement)
April 1, 2005... The new SBC1495ET from Micro/sys, based on a high-performance 486/586 core, provides a powerful controller in a PC/104 (3.55" X 3.775") footprint that will operate from -40[degrees]C to +85[degrees]C. In addition to PC-compatible features such...

Headless Pentium PC/104 packs CompactFlash, USB, and 10/100 Ethernet.(Advertisement)
April 1, 2005... The new SBC1586 from Micro/sys, based on the fast Low-Power Embedded Pentium Processor, packs plenty of memory and lots of storage into a compact PC/104 (3.55" X 3.775") footprint. It has all expected PC features plus a CompactFlash connector,...

486/586 computer packs powerful data acquisition, GPS, and wireless communication.(Advertisement)
April 1, 2005... The new SBC4495 from Micro/sys packs a fast 486DX processor in a 4.5" X 6.5" EPIC-standard footprint. Eight channels of 14-bit A/D and 14-bit D/A provide a highly accurate data acquisition system. Onboard GPS provides synchronized data...

Fast network PC/104 computer with low-power ARM processor.(Advertisement)
April 1, 2005... Based on a high-performance ARM core, the SBC1625 from Micro/sys provides a powerful controller in a PC/104 (3.55" X 3.775") footprint that will operate from -40[degrees]C to +85[degrees]C. The CPU has dual network processing engines to drive...

Relays & relay interface.(Product Technology REVIEW)
April 1, 2005... From their Measurement Advantage[R] brand of USB-based interface comes Measurement Computing's USB-ERB Series offered in two models with the same specifications but a different number of relays. The USB-ERB24 relay interfaces allows a USB-based...

Toggle switch is completely sealed and weather resistant.(Electromechanical/Mechanical Devices)
April 1, 2005... Waytek has introduced its sealed toggle switch, completely weather resistant and sealed from the environment. Features include a weather resistant plastic coating with O-ring seal in stem; knurled face nut, hex back nut and two 8" long plastic...

Solid State Thermal Switch line.(Electromechanical/Mechanical Devices)
April 1, 2005... Amperite has introduced its Solid State TSW Series Thermal Switch line consisting of a series of three models. The TSW and TSW2 models provide a means to monitor a single temperature. Thermal specifications range from 0[degrees]C to...

Customizable rotary switches.(Electromechanical/Mechanical Devices)
April 1, 2005... NKK Switches has introduced a customizable rotary switch for transportation/marine, communication, industrial and medical industries. The HS/PS Series can achieve multiple poles by stacking decks, and the switches are pre-assembled at the...

Frost-resistant pushbutton switches.(Electromechanical/Mechanical Devices)
April 1, 2005... Apem 's IF Series of momentary pushbutton switches are designed to withstand frost and icing conditions encountered in applications where equipment experiences unprotected environmental exposure, and which must meet ergonomic and contemporary...