Instrumentation & Automation News articles from March 2001

Instrumentation & Automation News archives from March 2001

Digital Multimeters/Component Testers.
March 1, 2001... The XT line of handheld digital multimeters (DMMs) and component testers includes capabilities such as ac/dc current, voltage functions, capacitance, frequency, continuity and more. Inductance and logic test functions along with a "Max Hold"...

Operator Interface Enclosures.(Hoffman Engineering Co.)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
March 1, 2001... The CC4000 Operator Interface (OI) Enclosure System is a modular system designed for use with flat-screen OI devices. Standard components are available in a variety of mounting configurations, body styles and sizes. There are three basic...

Flat Panel Computer.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2001... The DisplayPac-18TM[TM] features an 18.1" 1280x1024 (SXGA) 256k-color TFT LCD, a Pentium III computing engine with PC/104 expansion and a resistive touchscreen, all housed in a rugged cast aluminum enclosure. The DisplayPAC-18 is designed for...

Pool Reflections.(data acquisition systems)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Data Acquisition Vendors Keep Pace With the Times. Are You Doing The Same? As all instruments and controls have moved into the electronics and computer age, so have data acquisition products. Stand alone data acquisition devices still...

Product News.(Product Announcement)
March 1, 2001... ETHERNET RTU FEATURES EIGHT MODULE SLOTS The OL4058 Ethernet RTU provides eight slots for plug-in I/O modules, an Ethernet link to the host controller and a general purpose RS232 serial port. It is DIN rail mountable on either a standard,...

Data Acquisition.(products)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
March 1, 2001... LabVIEW[TM] Module For Datalogging a Supervisory Control This company has introduced a new LabVIEW module to easily configure distributed datalogging and supervisory control applications. With the new easy-to-use LabVIEW tools in this...

Hydraulics and Pneumatics.(products)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
March 1, 2001... 3/4" & 1" Poppet Valves Feature Stainless Steel Design This company has expanded its 2- and 3-way poppet valve product line by adding new stainless steel 3/4" and 1" 2-way, normally closed poppet valves, suitable for air, oil, water or...

Photoelectric Sensors.(products)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
March 1, 2001... Self-Adjusting Sensors Provide for Automatic Setup This company has introduced the addition of remote setup models to its line of SMARTEYE[R] PRO push-button, self-adjusting photoelectric sensors. These new models provide users with the...

Connectors, Wire, Cable and Terminal Blocks.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
March 1, 2001... Fieldbus System Allows Rapid Changeover to Connectorized Network The Junction Tee & Cable System is a fully-connectorized fieldbus system offering system-wide "plug-and-play" convenience, allowing rapid changeover to a connectorized network...

Industrial Automation Software.(products)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
March 1, 2001... Software Connectivity Package Links Instrument Data to PC Applications Agilent IntuiLink is a software connectivity package that enables product-development, manufacturing and field engineers to easily connect test and measurement...

New Digital Multimeter Series Is Feature-Rich And Aimed At the Mid-Priced User Market.(Fluke Corp.'s Fluke 170 series)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
March 1, 2001... The Fluke 170 Series Digital Multimeters (DMMs) is a new line of test devices for use by industrial, electrical and electronic technicians and engineers involved in applications ranging from the relatively "clean" bench area to some of the...

Industrial Ethernet I/O System Is Designed For Today's Open Architecture Manufacturing Environment.(Intelligent Instrumentation Inc.)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Intelligent Instrumentation has announced a new generation of industrial Ethernet I/O systems. Housed in an industrial modular package, the EDAS CETM[TM] includes isolated digital and analog I/O, 10/100 BaseT Ethernet, Windows CE, Visual C++...

Hybrid Control System Combines The Capability of A Process Controller, Data Logger, Setpoint Programmer And HMI Touch Screen In One Unit.(Visual Supervisor T800, from Eurotherm Controls Inc.)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... The Visual Supervisor T800, from Eurotherm Process Automation, is a hybrid control system that combines a process controller, data logger, setpoint programmer and HMI touch screen packaged in one unit. As a powerful controller, it is capable of...

IAN-LIT.(Instrumentation and Automation News listing of free literature)
March 1, 2001... Literature for Instrumentation & Control Engineers and Managers * Free Literature * Instrumentation & Automation News PC-based Test & Measurement Pico Technology Virtual Instruments offer all the functions of conventional equipment...