Product Releases
SMT Tact Switch with Dual LEDs
August 27, 2007 12:37 pm | CommentsE-Switch announces its TL3200 tact switch in an ultra-miniature design and dual LEDs with single or dual color options in red, green or yellow. The switch measures 4.5 mm × 6.8 mm × 2 mm. Contact rating is 50 mA at 12V DC, life expectancy is 30,000 cycles, contact resistance is 500 m?, dielectric strength is 250V AC, actuation force is 160 gf +75/-30 gf and operating temperature is -25°C to +85°C.
Brushed Ironless DC Motors
August 27, 2007 12:30 pm | CommentsPortescap introduces its 25 mm brushed ironless DC motors that feature a carbon brush commutation method for high volume manufacturing applications. This commutation method coupled with a metallic front end and optional integrated EMC filter make these motors suitable for rugged operation in semiconductor wafer handling and metrology and in industrial equipment applications.
RoHS Automotive A9 Series Relay
August 27, 2007 12:25 pm | CommentsCIT Relay & Switch announces its upgraded automotive A9 Series relays. With a switching capacity to 40A, these relays offer contact arrangement of SPST N.O. The series uses standard automotive fuses that encompass nine options from 3A to 40A, and it also accommodates industry standard resettable. Coil voltage options are 6V DC, 12V DC and 24 VDC. Offering contact resistance of <50 mW initially, the maximum switching power is 420W with maximum switching voltage of 75V DC and maximum switching current of 30A
Detent-Action Instrument and Control Switches
August 27, 2007 12:14 pm | CommentsElectroswitch offers its Series 24 and Series 31 detent-action instrument and control switches for the electric power industry. Configurable to meet the needs of a variety of specific utility applications, both series feature double-wiping, silver-plated contacts for long life and terminal screws for easy installation.
Software Tool for Enclosure Design
August 27, 2007 12:14 pm | CommentsIMS released a software tool to aide in the design of enclosure configurations. This web-based product configurator features a point and click approach to enclosure design. The process starts by choosing a cabinet size and adding available accessories. The tool allows the designer to place accessories in exact RU location in the rack that best the users specific design requirement. Results include a bill of material for specific configuration; a drawing of configured console for visual reference
Stepper Drives for 200V AC Operation
August 27, 2007 12:10 pm | CommentsApplied Motion Products announces its STAC6-Q stepper drives with current output from 0.5A to 3.2A with 220V AC input. They provide software selectable resolutions from 200 to 51,200 steps/rev at speeds up to 50 rps. The robust Q programming environment provides options for downloading, storing and executing multiple programs with a single drive, giving users the benefit of register manipulation, conditional processing, math functions and multi-tasking.
Monitoring Power and Cooling Equipment
August 27, 2007 11:59 am | CommentsEmerson Network Power introduces two products that are designed to increase the flexibility and availability of communications among data center support systems. The Liebert vNSA network switch allows multiple Ethernet-ready devices to communicate and function as a team, while the Liebert SiteLink-E provides a communications link
Hand-Held Visual Fault Locator
August 27, 2007 11:56 am | CommentsTyco Electronics announces its hand held visual fault locator (VFL) that provides a rugged system for identifying breaks and bending in optical fibers and cabling. Its powerful red 650 nm laser provides the ability to locate damaged, broken or tightly bent fibers that cause undesirable attenuation in systems. The VFL cable jacket will glow red at the location of the fault. The flash button allows the user to toggle between continuous or pulsed mode. A single “AA” style battery is sufficient for more than 30 hours of continuous use and the soft-side protective case with belt loop provides protective storage.
Software Performs Ultra Wideband Spectral Analysis
August 27, 2007 11:54 am | Tektronix | CommentsTektronix, Inc. announced its Ultra-Wideband Software (Tektronix UWB) for DPO/DSA70000 oscilloscopes that extends the debug and analysis capabilities of real time oscilloscopes that operate up to 20 GHz bandwidth, 200M memory and 50 GS/s on all four channels to include real-time analysis of Ultra Wideband RF and electrical signals. Using capabilities such as time gating and packet finder, the intended signal that may be separated by time, power spectrum or frequency from other traffic can be analyzed.
Four-Channel Jitter Tolerance Test System
August 27, 2007 11:50 am | CommentsAnritsu Co. introduces the MU181000B 12.5 GHz 4-port synthesizer, MU181000A/B-001 jitter modulation option and MX180005A jitter application software for its MP1800A signal quality analyzer series. These options allow the MP1800A series to conduct highly accurate jitter tolerance measurements on devices with up to four channels such as multi-channel CPU boards, PC boards, and optical devices forming interconnects in routers, servers and super computers.
Twelve-bit 20MS/s PC Scope Adapter
August 27, 2007 11:45 am | CommentsSaelig Co., Inc. offers a free Windows driver for PicoScope PS3224 and PicoScope PS3424 USB PC Oscilloscopes that opens up a whole range of applications because of its speed increase. With a new streaming mode capable of transferring over six million samples per second, it allows the scope to bypass its own memory buffer and transfer data direct to the PC's memory.
Graphical Test and Measurement Software
August 27, 2007 11:40 am | CommentsData Translation announced its Instrument Pak for Measure Foundry. It provides a drag-and-drop graphical software for LXI test and measurement applications. Users can configure applications with newer LXI instrument capabilities using IVICOM drivers along with existing VISA and SCPI programs. Measure Foundry is an open application builder that supports standard instruments such as function generator, oscilloscope, digital multimeter (DMM), and programmable power supplies for automated test equipment (ATE).
Microscopic Thermal Imaging Camera
August 27, 2007 11:28 am | On Semiconductor | CommentsOptoTherm, Inc. announces another version of its Micro thermal imaging system that includes a thermal imaging camera with greater sensitivity, 16-bit digital camera link interface, and a microscopic lens with 20 µm spatial resolution. It is used to detect shorts and defects on semiconductor devices and small circuit boards, and it can also measure junction temperature, identify die bonding defects and measure packaged die thermal resistance.
Digital Temperature Indicators
August 27, 2007 11:22 am | CommentsSeaward Group USA introduced its Cropico range of high-accuracy digital temperature indicators that are designed for precision temperature measurement and calibration in a range of electronics, industrial, scientific and environmental monitoring applications. The three-model range offers a choice of inputs for platinum resistance thermometers and all popular thermocouple types. The 3000 model has inputs for Pt25 and Pt100 platinum resistance thermometers and thermocouples.
Data Acquisition System(2)
August 27, 2007 11:18 am | CommentsLDS Test and Measurement introduced its Dimension 4i data acquisition system that combines high speed, gap-free data recording with real time FFT analysis. It is a 16-channel, self-contained system that is capable of streaming all channels to its removable hard drive at 200 kS/s per channel. Each channel uses 24-bit analog to digital converters for maximum resolution and accuracy.
