ECN-Electronic Component News articles from March 2006

ECN-Electronic Component News archives from March 2006

Wireless tapping.(Editor's View)
March 1, 2006... To look at the results of any number of recent polls regarding Americans' reactions to government's monitoring of phone and email communications, you might think that most people just aren't that concerned about unauthorized government spying....

Solid-state embedded I/O server with scalable expansion.(Leading Off)
March 1, 2006... Sealevel Systems, Inc. has introduced the Relio R1000 embedded I/O server. Designed to operate without fans or other moving parts, the R1000 combines the reliability and design consistency of a PLC with the versatility of an industrial...

NPN transistor in a SOT-563 package.(Leading Off)
March 1, 2006... The CMLT5551HC from Central Semiconductor Corporation is a High Current (HC) NPN transistor. This single discrete device features a high collector-to-emitter voltage (VCEO) of 160V with a maximum collector current (IC) of 1.0A. Compared with...

White LEDs offer high luminous efficiency and light output.(Leading Off)
March 1, 2006... Citizen Electronics has announced the latest in its CL-652 Series of high power white LED lamps. The CL-652S-8WN-SD is rated at 89 lm/W and is said to offer efficiency greater than many fluorescent lamps and most LED lamps. Within the device,...

[I.sup.2]C Bus Analyzer, Exerciser, Debugger, Tester and Programmer.(Leading Off)
March 1, 2006... Corelis Inc. has released an [I.sup.2]C Bus Analyzer, Exerciser, Debugger, Test and Programmer targeted at laboratory, development, production/manufacturing and field environments. The CAS-1000-[I.sup.2]C[TM] is used in the monitoring and...

Ultracapacitor product line expanded to meet diverse market requirements.(Leading Off)
March 1, 2006... Maxwell Technologies, Inc. is introducing more than 30 new BOOSTCAP[R] ultracapacitor products as part of a product family designed to meet the requirements of the automotive, transportation, industrial and consumer electronics market. The...

Codec provides low power consumption with stereo 1W Class D speaker.(Leading Off)
March 1, 2006... Wolfson Microelectronics plc has introduced its WM8960 stereo codec, an integrated device with a filterless Class D stereo speaker driver, stereo ADCs and DACs, headphone driver and an internal PLL. The device is targeted at portable electronic...

Motors & motion control.(PRODUCT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW)
March 1, 2006... A new soft start family from Schneider Electric provides starting and stopping control for motors in a compact footprint. The Telemecanique[R] Altistart[R] 01 soft start comes in three different performance levels to match the needs of...

Industrial Ethernet: Ethernet goes industrial strength.(EMBEDDED SYSTEMS)
March 1, 2006... Mention "Ethernet" and most people immediately picture an office network rather than a system for industrial control. But Ethernet serves as a general communication medium, so nothing prevents its use as a communication link for demanding...

Power ICs: striving for the universal programmable switching regulator.(SEMICONDUCTOR HIGHLIGHT)
March 1, 2006... Today's power management devices deliver increased power, greater efficiency, programmability and higher integration while residing in smaller packages, enabling more sophisticated power management for new applications. Advances in power...

Voltage supervisors with watchdog timer and manual reset.(New Products)
March 1, 2006... Microchip Technology has announced a family of 10 voltage supervisors. They offer a watchdog timer, manual reset, multiple combinations of push-pull or open-drain reset outputs, and factory trip-points from 2.0V to 4.7V in 100 mV increments,...

Precision voltage reference in three-lead 2 mm X 2 mm DFN.(New Products)
March 1, 2006... Linear Technology's LT6660 is said to be the industry's first precision series voltage reference to use the three-lead 2 mm X 2 mm DFN package. These devices combine 0.2 percent initial accuracy and 20 ppm drift with micro-power operation, and...

Automotive Electronics: automotive networking: an introduction to LIN.(INDUSTRY FOCUS)
March 1, 2006... The introduction of advanced control system demands on the communication used within cars is creating new challenges for the automotive industry. These new requirements can only be met only via networks. As the environment in vehicles is quite...

High power LED driver provides True Color.(New Products)
March 1, 2006... Linear Technology Corporation has introduced its LTC3783, a current-mode multitopology converter with constant-current PWM, dimming for driving high-power LED strings and clusters. Proprietary techniques provide fast, true PWM load switching...

Electrical protection devices for transportation industry.(New Products)
March 1, 2006... Bussmann Transportation Products has announced the availability of a new series of vehicle style electrical protection devices, including transorbs, resistors and diodes. Designed with bladed terminals and packaged in compact rugged housings,...

Relays: reed relays live long and prosper.(Cover story)
March 1, 2006... Reed relays prove the adage, "Good things come in small packages." These small electromechanical switching devices find use in automatic test equipment (ATE), data-acquisition instruments and countless other applications. A typical reed relay...

Two VME64x-compliant SBCs.(BOARDS & MODULES)
March 1, 2006... Aitech Defense Systems, Inc. has added two boards to its rugged, VME64x-compliant C10x single board computer (SBC) family. The 1.0 GHz, high performance C101L employs the low power version of the MPC 7457 PowerPC processor, and the 1.0 GHz...

VXS Extender Boards take circuit cards out of their cages.(BOARDS & MODULES)
March 1, 2006... Elma Bustronic has announced its VXS Extender Boards. A rigid-flex-rigid PCB design includes a right angle pin connector that plugs into the backplane, connected to a flex circuit that wires to the straight receptacle to receive the plug-in...

PC/104-PCI CPU has wireless support.(BOARDS & MODULES)
March 1, 2006... Mesa's 4C81 low power ARM based PC104-PCI CPU is designed for networked applications. It has two 10/100 BaseT Ethernet interfaces and a slot for a WI-FI card or other Mini-PCI device. The 166 MHz CPU card consumes [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...

Low profile PCI digital I/O board.(BOARDS & MODULES)
March 1, 2006... Sealevel Systems, Inc. has announced its RoHS-compliant low profile PCI digital I/O adapter, the PIO-24.LPCI. The board offers easy connection to industry-standard solid-state relay racks for monitoring and control of AC and DC signals....

Universal Differential Receivers and Line Drivers are long Line Drivers.(BOARDS & MODULES)
March 1, 2006... Pulse Research Lab (PRL) has announced its PRL 425 Series Universal Differential Receivers and Line Drivers. These drivers have a minimum amplitude of 100 mV and a common-mode range (CMR) between -2.4V to +4V. The differential TTL and RS-422...

OPTO I/O card provides I/O flexibility.(BOARDS & MODULES)
March 1, 2006... The Micro/sys OPTO104 expansion card accommodates eight industry-standard digital or analog OPTO plug-in modules plus any PC/104 CPU or I/O cards that are needed to make a rugged, compact industrial controller. Any combination of digital or...

Digital I/O module enables testing of LVDS.(BOARDS & MODULES)
March 1, 2006... Corelis, Inc. has introduced a boundary-scan controlled ScanIO-300LV digital module targeted at development, manufacturing and service test applications for printed circuit boards and complex ICs. It turns an IEEE-STD-1149. I boundary-scan...

Shelf Manager supports AdvancedTCA specification.(BOARDS & MODULES)
March 1, 2006... Pigeon Point Systems has announced its IPM Sentry[TM] Shelf Manager to support the recent AdvancedTCA specification improvement that adds ShMC (Shelf Management Controller) cross-connects. The IPM Sentry ShMM-500 shelf management mezzanine...

Blue illuminated Piezo and mechanical switches.(ELECTROMECHANICAL/MECHANICAL DEVICES)
March 1, 2006... Schurter, Inc. has announced its blue illuminated Piezo and mechanical switches into its current Metal Line offering. The color option joins the standard existing colors offered in the point and ring illuminated versions of yellow, red and/or...

Miniature automotive relay for motor applications.(ELECTROMECHANICAL/MECHANICAL DEVICES)
March 1, 2006... Fujitsu Components America, Inc. has announced its fourth-generation, miniature automotive relay for motor applications. It is a PCB-mount, I form C, single relay that can handle 25A loads at 14V DC for high in-rush applications such as power...

Induction motor reverser for industrial applications.(ELECTROMECHANICAL/MECHANICAL DEVICES)
March 1, 2006... Teledyne Relays has introduced a three-phase induction motor reverser that can be used to turn on an industrial motor in either direction safely. The solid-state Series EMCRT is designed to control and invert the direction of a three-phase...

Mini cooling pumps and drives for direct and indirect applications.(ELECTROMECHANICAL/MECHANICAL DEVICES)
March 1, 2006... Micropump[R] offers a range of miniature electronic cooling pumps and drives for direct and indirect electronic cooling applications. They offer power and volumetric efficiency, quiet operation and lasting performance in compact sizes. Pumps...

Dual-channel Gigabit Ethernet PMC card.(EMBEDDED SYSTEMS)
March 1, 2006... Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing's PGE2, a dual-port Gigabit Ethernet (GigE) PMC card powered by an Intel 82546EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller, is fully compatible with legacy 10/100BASE-TX networks and simplifies the addition of GigE...

Small, general-purpose computer.(EMBEDDED SYSTEMS)
March 1, 2006... WIN Enterprises has introduced a fully featured, quiet-running IU computer for the OEM market that is 7 1/2" wide, 1 3/4" high and 12 7/8" in depth. Its low-power requirements enable quiet operation for use where constant ambient noise is an...

Solid state disk for industrial data storage applications.(EMBEDDED SYSTEMS)
March 1, 2006... Adtron has announced the availability of the 125F Flashpak[TM] IDE flash disk for new industrial applications. It is based on single-level cell (SLC) NAND flash. With a capacity range from 256 MBytes to 8 GBytes, the 125F flash disk supports...

Managed Gigabit Ethernet Switch.(EMBEDDED SYSTEMS)
March 1, 2006... Radstone announced the CPX24 rugged Managed Gigabit Ethernet Switch. PICMG2.16 compliant and supporting IPv6, the CPX24 is fully layer-two and layer-three managed and provides 24 copper or fibre Gigabit Ethernet ports. It also provides two...

Low power Pentium[R] M CPU in a single cPCI slot.(EMBEDDED SYSTEMS)
March 1, 2006... Dynatem's Pentium[R] M-based CPMI. offers an x86 processor suitable for embedded applications with its low power consumption. The 855GME and 6300ESB chipset supports a 66 MHz PCI-X expansion bus that can fully use the two Gb Ethernet ports...

RTOS support for Blackfin[R] ADSP-BF536, ADSP-BF537.(EMBEDDED SYSTEMS)
March 1, 2006... Accelerated Technology[R] offers Nucleus[R] Real-Time Operating System (RTOS) support for the Blackfin[R] ADSP-BF536 and ADSP-BF537 processors from Analog Devices. This provides embedded developers using the ADSP-BF536/7 processors with a...

Serial RapidIO distributed switch device for VME systems.(EMBEDDED SYSTEMS)
March 1, 2006... Thales' Dual 1 GHz 74587 SBC (PowerNode3) interconnects through a PMC-RIO serial RapidIO switch fabric PCI mezzanine card to allow the end-user to interconnect computing nodes all together inside a signal processing calculator. The Serial...

Virtual Platform enables for 2.5G and 3G phones.(EMBEDDED SYSTEMS)
March 1, 2006... Virtio has extended its Virtual Platform's offering with the VPOM-2430 Virtual Platform modeling Texas Instruments' OMAP2430 processor and software development platform to improve multimedia performance for 2.5G and 3G handsets and beyond. The...

SD/PS/HD video filter/drivers for consumer video designs.(INTEGRATED CIRCUITS)
March 1, 2006... Fairchild Semiconductor has announced a family of video filter/drivers that combine filtering flexibility and allow designers to maintain high performance in the video signal path. Each device in the FMS6690/FMS6246/FMS6346 family saves space...

DSP power management tools.(INTEGRATED CIRCUITS)
March 1, 2006... Texas Instruments has announced the availability of the TMS320C55x Power Optimization DSP Starter Kit (DSK) for evaluation of C55x[TM] DSP devices. The DSK, priced at $495, includes power planning tools, Code Composer Studio[TM] IDE v3.1 DSK...

Power MOSFET devices for portable applications.(INTEGRATED CIRCUITS)
March 1, 2006... NEC Electronics America has added the uPA2450B and uPA2451B power MOSFETs to its line of low-voltage power management devices (PMDs). The devices are appropriate for use in portable battery-powered applications such as MP3 players, lithium-ion...

CMOS voltage comparator with 0.24A output drive.(INTEGRATED CIRCUITS)
March 1, 2006... Advanced Linear Devices has added two devices to its line of quad precision monolithic quad voltage comparators built with advanced silicon gate CMOS technology. Both the ALD4301 and the ALD4303 feature high typical input impedance of...

High-speed integrated MOSFET/drivers.(INTEGRATED CIRCUITS)
March 1, 2006... Vishay Intertechnology has released two high-speed converter devices that integrate the control MOSFET, the synchronous MOSFET, and driver circuit in a low-profile PowerPAK[R] MLF 10x10 package. The products are said to provide three percent...

DC/DC step-down converters for portable consumer electronics.(INTEGRATED CIRCUITS)
March 1, 2006... ON Semiconductor has announced the availability of its NCP1521 and NCP1522 600 mA DC/DC stepdown converters for portable applications powered from one-cell Li-ion or three-cell alkaline/NiCd/NiMH batteries. The devices include integrated...

Low-voltage, quad, window voltage monitors.(INTEGRATED CIRCUITS)
March 1, 2006... Maxim Integrated Products has introduced its MAX16008/MAX16009, 1.5 percent accurate, quad, window voltage monitors in a thin QFN package. These devices monitor multiple supply voltages and activate a fault signal when any of the voltages...

Dual pair Schottky diodes can be configured as a bridge rectifier.(INTEGRATED CIRCUITS)
March 1, 2006... Central Semiconductor has released its CMXSH2-4LS dual pair of low [V.sub.F] Schottky diodes packaged in a SUPERmini SOT-26 SMT case. The two pair of low [V.sub.F] Schottky diodes are configured in series, with a maximum continuous forward...

Radiation-hardened, low-voltage DC/DC converters.(INTEGRATED CIRCUITS)
March 1, 2006... International Rectifier has introduced the LS Series of radiation-hardened (RAD-Hard[TM]) low-voltage, single- and dual-output DC/DC converter modules. The modules, which include an internal MIL-STD-461C CE03-compliant EMI filter, provide...

High-power SPDT switch for GSM, short range wireless.(INTEGRATED CIRCUITS)
March 1, 2006... NEC's UPG2155TB SPDT (Single Pole Double Throw) GaAs IC switch offers high power capability in a compact package. Compared to the SOT-6/SOT-63 packages usually used for high power switches, NEC's SC-70/SOT-363-style TB package is said to offer...

DC/DC converters for mobile applications.(INTEGRATED CIRCUITS)
March 1, 2006... Advanced Analogic Technologies has introduced two DC/DC converters for portable systems powered by single-cell Li-ion/polymer batteries. Optimized for fast transient response, the AAT1146 and AAT2512 step-down converters are suited for GSM...

Ringlight for inspection microscopes.(OPTOELECTRONICS & DISPLAYS)
March 1, 2006... Orled has announced its RL-9 ringlight that illuminates a 2" spot with a brilliant 55,000 lux. Brighter output allows the RL-9 to be used with higher magnification optics, illuminating finer details and reducing eye fatigue. The cool nature of...

Small laser modules have line- and cross-generating optics.(OPTOELECTRONICS & DISPLAYS)
March 1, 2006... Photonic Products, Ltd. has developed a range of compact laser modules that generate an accurate line or cross at 635 nm or 650 nm with uniform intensity distribution. They measure 29 mm x 8 mm. They are appropriate for industrial and medical...

Industrial controller is optimized for multimedia applications.(OPTOELECTRONICS & DISPLAYS)
March 1, 2006... Apollo Display Technologies has introduced its Prisma II controller board from the company's standard Prisma RGB/Video Converter Board line. It is optimized for multimedia applications, and it enables TFT LCDs to be connected to standard...

LED lamps with integrated constant current driver.(OPTOELECTRONICS & DISPLAYS)
March 1, 2006... Infinilux, Inc. has announced a pair of solid state lamps with standard bi-pin, MR16 bases and integrated constant current drivers that can accept variable inputs from 8V to 16V in either alternating current or direct current. Both lamps are...

Infrared emitter family offers up to 200 mW/sr radiant power.(OPTOELECTRONICS & DISPLAYS)
March 1, 2006... Avago Technologies has introduced a family of high-power infrared LED emitters with 870 nm and 940 nm wavelengths in 5 mm (T-I 3/4) through-hole packages. The HSDL-42xx Series has applications that range from access controls and portable...

Power-to-board interconnect system.(PACKAGING & INTERCONNECTS)
March 1, 2006... Samtec has introduced a high power-to-board interconnect system on .250" pitch (PES/PET Series) that is rated at 30A per pin. Samtec Power Edge[TM] interconnects have up to eight blade style contacts and are available for parallel board...

Miniature enclosures for small hand held devices.(PACKAGING & INTERCONNECTS)
March 1, 2006... TEKO's 'Soap' enclosures have been designed for housing miniature and small hand-held electronic devices. Typical applications will include pocket remotes, interfaces, security and measuring devices, personal medical monitors, cable nodes and...

Heat sinks for low airflow conditions.(PACKAGING & INTERCONNECTS)
March 1, 2006... Advanced Thermal Solutions has introduced maxiFlow[TM] heat sinks for cooling BGAs and other hot components in restricted airflow conditions. MaxiFlow heat sinks feature a low profile, spread fin array that maximizes surface area for more...

Touch-safe connector series.(PACKAGING & INTERCONNECTS)
March 1, 2006... Anderson Power Products has announced the PowerMod[R]HP "B" Series connector family, featuring touch-safe female housings, integral positive latches and cable strain relief. The connector is rated over 350A for appropriate applications and to...

Miniature power/signal connector.(PACKAGING & INTERCONNECTS)
March 1, 2006... Positronic has introduced the Dragonfly Series power/signal connector for use in applications requiring a high reliability miniature connector that offers signal and/or power contacts. The connector offers contact current ratings of 20A...

Coil cords and assemblies for rugged environments.(PACKAGING & INTERCONNECTS)
March 1, 2006... Whitney Blake Company has introduced a complete range of hi-flex coil cords for OEMs. These cords are available with standard and mixed conductor gauges. These hi-flex cable, coil cords and cable assemblies provide desirable long term...

Three-Phase EMI Power Line Filters.(PASSIVE & DISCRETE COMPONENTS)
March 1, 2006... Curtis Industries has introduced its 3-Phase AC Power Line Filters that provide EMI filtering for applications from 380V AC to 600V AC and up to 600A. These filters are suitable for both 50 Hz and 60 Hz power, and they will support both Delta...

SMT flip chip resistors.(PASSIVE & DISCRETE COMPONENTS)
March 1, 2006... Vishay's VFCP series of precision, surface-mount Bulk Metal Z Foil (BMZF) resistors in a flip chip configuration is said to provide an exceptional power to size ratio. These five VFCP resistors combine high power ratings up to 750 mW at...

Small SMT inductor offers high current capability.(PASSIVE & DISCRETE COMPONENTS)
March 1, 2006... The high-current 1210-H SMT wire-wound inductor from Epcos has a rated inductance from 1 [micro]H to 680 [micro]H and rated current from 61 mA to 1,150 mA. Features include 1A current capability, said to be the highest on the market, plus low...

High-frequency clock oscillators with low jitter.(PASSIVE & DISCRETE COMPONENTS)
March 1, 2006... Connor-Winfield introduced SMT clock oscillators that range to 260 MHz with low jitter in an RoHS compliant, 5 mm X 7 mm package. These families of fixed frequency, crystal oscillators are designed for use in all applications requiring...

Voltage regulation and power distribution system.(POWER SOURCES & CONDITIONING DEVICES)
March 1, 2006... Pulizzi Engineering's VR12-15 voltage regulation and power distribution system monitors and constantly stabilizes AC power. It accepts an input range of 97V AC to 148V AC, and it provides processor controlled, zero-crossing circuitry for low...

Miniature power supply gives robots freedom to roam.(POWER SOURCES & CONDITIONING DEVICES)
March 1, 2006... Mini-box.com has announced the picoPSU, said to be the world's smallest PC power supply. Measuring 31 mm X 45 mm X 20 mm, the unit provides the same power as standard power supplies, enabling design of smaller PCs and smart appliances and...

Switching power supplies are medically approved.(POWER SOURCES & CONDITIONING DEVICES)
March 1, 2006... Astrodyne has introduced its PMMK-150 product line of high density open frame switching power supplies designed to meet the space and performance needs in low-to moderate-power medical systems and instrumentation applications. This series...

POL converters provide 8A in small package.(POWER SOURCES & CONDITIONING DEVICES)
March 1, 2006... NetPower Technologies has announced a line of non-isolated, point-of-load (POL) converters. The NBS Series is available with two wide input voltage ranges: 2.4V to 5.5V, and 8V to 18V, and it provides maximum output of 8A. Output voltages range...

Four-watt, single-output wall-mount switching power supply.(POWER SOURCES & CONDITIONING DEVICES)
March 1, 2006... Emerson Network Power has introduced its Astec DA4 Series wall-mount external switchers from Astec Power. The single output devices can provide 5.5V DC with 4W of total power and 15 ms typical hold up time. They feature universal input of 90V...

Epoxy encapsulated power transformers.(POWER SOURCES & CONDITIONING DEVICES)
March 1, 2006... TransERA's encapsulated power transformers feature a desirable resistance to heat, humidity/moisture and shock/vibration. Owing to its 23 mm X 22 mm/0.906" X 0.866" footprint, the 'mini-line' Series takes up little space on circuit boards or...

Compact, 20W enclosed, triple output AC/DC power supplies.(POWER SOURCES & CONDITIONING DEVICES)
March 1, 2006... MicroPower Direct's HF20W-TL Series of AC/DC Power Supplies provides 20W of output power in a compact, fan cooled, case. These switchers include a universal 85V to 264V AC input, regulated triple outputs and robust filtering. Three standard...

Pure sine inverter with 48V DC models.(POWER SOURCES & CONDITIONING DEVICES)
March 1, 2006... Schaefer Inc. has introduced its AEP-700 Series of 700W, pure sine wave inverters. They offer "clean" output power for powering sensitive loads and for improving AC equipment performance. The series is available in three standard input...

Medically approved 350W power supply.(POWER SOURCES & CONDITIONING DEVICES)
March 1, 2006... Lambda has added a medically approved 350W front-end version to its NV-Power family of AC/DC power supplies. The NV-350FEP is suitable for powering non-isolated DC/DC converters in medical, test-and-measurement and broadcast applications. In...

UPS employs a single, standard battery for multi-formats.(POWER SOURCES & CONDITIONING DEVICES)
March 1, 2006... XP has announced a series of uninter-ruptible power supplies (UPS) that employ a single, standard battery across the range and which can be used in stand-alone, rack-mounted, or stacking formats. Available in 1.5 kVA to 6 kVA versions, the Xi...

High-efficiency DC/DC converter for wireless power amplifiers.(POWER SOURCES & CONDITIONING DEVICES)
March 1, 2006... Tyco Electronics Power Systems, Inc. has announced the availability of the JHW250 Series of DC/DC converters, offering up to 250W output power in an industry standard half-brick format for radio frequency power amplifier applications. Suitable...

Medical-Grade accessory power strips.(POWER SOURCES & CONDITIONING DEVICES)
March 1, 2006... Interpower is adding a Medical-Grade NEMA Socket Strip to its NEMA socket strip product line. The strip is rated for a maximum 15A with service at 125V AC. It is available with four or six NEMA 5-15 outlets, a C14 inlet with a guard-protected...

Surge-resistant industrial power supply.(POWER SOURCES & CONDITIONING DEVICES)
March 1, 2006... The HIW 150 industrial power supply from Absopulse is designed to withstand 4 kV surges specified for EN61000-4-5 in every combination of input and output, without varistor protection. All creepage distances are a minimum of 10 mm, allowing for...

Miniature, programmable POL converters.(POWER SOURCES & CONDITIONING DEVICES)
March 1, 2006... C & D Technologies has introduced a series of non-isolated point-of-load (POL) DC/DC converters. Combining miniature form factors with high levels of onboard functionality and efficiency levels to 95.5 percent, the LSM2 (surface mount) and LSN2...

Antifouling transducers feature non-stick sensing area.(SENSORS & ACTUATORS)
March 1, 2006... Pressure Systems, Inc. has released a non-fouling level transducer that features a wide Teflon[R]-coated sensing area. The submersible Series 705 level transducer provides reliable depth measurement under adverse conditions, making it suitable...

Mini linear stepping actuator has a preloaded front bearing.(SENSORS & ACTUATORS)
March 1, 2006... Gee Plus, Inc. has introduced its size 17 (1.65" square) miniature stepping actuator composed of a hybrid step motor and an internal lead screw cut directly into the shaft. The DSM 4234H-C6231 stepping actuator has an M5 X 2.0 lead pitch...

Vibration Transmitter for industrial machinery monitoring.(SENSORS & ACTUATORS)
March 1, 2006... Columbia Research Labs has announced its Series 8072 Solid-State Loop-powered Vibration Transmitter is designed to continuously measure vibration and transmit the data directly into a PLC. The sensor provides an isolated 4 mA to 20 mA output...

Short stroke LVDTs offer linearity and repeatability.(SENSORS & ACTUATORS)
March 1, 2006... RDP Electrosense has announced its DCTH Series of compact short stroke LVDTs. Specifically designed for interface with control systems and digital/analog conversions, this unit operates from commonly available DC power supplies of 20V to 24V...

Industrial pressure transmitters for corrosive and aggressive media.(SENSORS & ACTUATORS)
March 1, 2006... Sensortechnics, Inc. has introduced its KTU3000 Series of industrial pressure transmitters for use with corrosive and aggressive liquids and gases. These sensors can be calibrated according to individual customer requirements in the range of...

Rotary encoders apply intelligent signal processing.(SENSORS & ACTUATORS)
March 1, 2006... Renishaw's RESM encoders combine stainless steel mounting ring/scale and dirt-filtering optics with advanced intelligent signal processing and IN-TRAC[TM] autophase bi-directional optical reference mark. These optical encoders offer speeds to...

Optical distance measurement sensor has industrial applications.(SENSORS & ACTUATORS)
March 1, 2006... The efector PMD laser sensor from ifm efector provides non-contact distance measurement with a 10m sensing range. Contained in a compact, robust metal housing that measures 42 mm X 42 mm, the sensor is designed for industrial applications and...

Bluetooth test instrument with EDR and AFH measurement capability.(TEST & MEASUREMENT)
March 1, 2006... Anritsu Company has introduced its MT8852B Bluetooth test set with both Bluetooth Enhanced Data Rate (EDR) and Adaptive Frequency Hopping (AFH) testing capability. The MT8852B performs the new radio layer measurements defined in the Bluetooth...