Industrial
Solving the counterfeit crisis, engineers weigh in
March 11, 2013 9:57 am | by Kasey Panetta, Associate Editor | Blogs | CommentsHow would you stop counterfeiting? One of the hottest topics in electronic components--and basically every other industry-- is how to deal with the issue of counterfeiting. So we put it to the readers to come up with the best solutions for the counterfeiting crisis.
LED fixtures designed for daytime and nighttime lighting on communication, television and radio towers, wind turbines
March 8, 2013 4:05 pm | Product Releases | CommentsHughey & Phillips (H&P) announces the new HORIZON™ line of medium-intensity strobe LED based obstruction lighting solutions for daytime and nighttime lighting on tall structures such as communication, television and radio towers, wind turbines, smokestacks and other obstructions to aerial navigation.
Multi-purpose, one part UV curing system designed for bonding, sealing, coating and encapsulation
March 8, 2013 2:37 pm | Master Bond Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsMaster Bond UV25 is a multi-purpose, one part UV curing system for bonding, sealing, coating and encapsulation that features excellent optical clarity, superb physical properties, moderate viscosity and most importantly, an ultra high glass transition temperature (Tg) of over 180°C.
Subrack enclosure family offered in EMC, compact, and mobile rugged styles
March 7, 2013 4:51 pm | Product Releases | CommentsPixus Technologies offers Eurocard subracks for 3U and 6U boards in multiple configurations. The subrack enclosures can house backplanes or special modules for industrial, mil/aero, communications, medical, energy, and test/measurement industries.
2-pole connector offers larger wire, increased current carrying capabilities
March 6, 2013 2:54 pm | Anderson Power Products | Product Releases | CommentsAnderson Power Products announces a new addition to the SB connector family with the release of their new 2 pole SB 2/0 connector. APP continues to search for ways to offer system designers increased power connections in compact formats. The SB 2/0 offers larger wire capability and increased current carrying capability over the similar sized SB 175 connector.
Forget 3D, say hello to 4D
March 6, 2013 12:08 pm | by Kasey Panetta, Associate Editor | Blogs | CommentsLeave it to MIT to come out with 4D printing, just as 3D printing seems to be really hitting its stride. They can’t just leave well enough alone, can they? We’ve talked a little bit about the potential of 3D printing and the pretty amazing things they can do, so now we’re moving on to 4D.
Network-based control system enables enhancement of DNP3 SCADA protocol functionality
March 5, 2013 2:55 pm | Yokogawa | Product Releases | CommentsYokogawa Electric Corporation announces that it will release an enhanced version of the STARDOM network-based control system on February 28. With this release, the integrity of the data transferred between supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems and programmable logic controllers (PLCs) is ensured in challenging upstream oil & gas and other applications.
Low-viscosity thermally conductive silicone compound fills all unwanted gaps up to 0.50mm in height
March 4, 2013 10:55 am | Product Releases | CommentsFujipoly announces the introduction of SARCON® SPG-20A, an easy to dispense, low-viscosity thermally conductive silicone compound. When applied between a heat-generating component and a nearby heat sink or spreader, the very low compression, form-in-place material completely fills all unwanted gaps up to 0.50mm in height.
Couplers include patch cables that are already fitted
March 4, 2013 10:06 am | Harting, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsHARTING has expanded its har-port line of service interfaces with RJ45 couplers with patch cables already fitted. Users no longer need a separate socket or patch cables with their RJ45 coupler. These compact and robust, fully shielded interfaces are available with cable lengths ranging from 0.2 to 5 metres....
Top 10 must-read posts from February
March 1, 2013 3:12 pm | by Kasey Panetta, Associate Editor | Blogs | CommentsHere’s a rundown of the most read, most popular, most awesome articles on the web. Take a look at what you missed the first time around or check up on an old favorite to see the conversation in the comments. Keep checking out the Lead at www.ecnmag.com and follow us on Twitter @ecnonline for our most up-to-date articles.
Thermoelectric air conditioner delivers continuous, maximum cooling regardless of power supply or voltage flow
March 1, 2013 10:22 am | Product Releases | CommentsEIC Solutions, Inc. has advanced the circuitry engineering in their cooling units to provide maximum cooling output regardless of available power supplies or the integrity of the voltage flow. EIC air conditioners run off either an AC or DC power source with consistently high power utilization efficiency.
Metal pushbutton switch radiates white ring
February 27, 2013 4:46 pm | Schurter Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsSCHURTER expanded its MSM Series metal pushbutton switch to include a version with white ring and point illumination. Existing color options include red, green, yellow and blue. The series also expands its range of integrated resistor options to include
Digital, 1.8-V humidity sensor touts compact size
February 27, 2013 10:23 am | Measurement Specialties | Product Releases | CommentsMeasurement Specialties announced the HTU21D, an ultra-compact, low power digital humidity/temperature sensor. The self-contained sensor interfaces directly with a microcontroller, ensuring a better signal path as well as
Top 10 ways biotechnology could improve our everyday life
February 26, 2013 11:20 am | by Eurekalert! | News | CommentsThe Global Agenda Council on Biotechnology, one of the global networks under the World Economic Forum (WEF), which is composed of the world's leading experts in the field of biotechnology, announced today that the council has indentified "ten most important biotechnologies" ....
Graphene: A material that multiplies the power of light
February 25, 2013 8:57 am | by Eurekalert! | News | CommentsBottles, packaging, furniture, car parts... all made of plastic. Today we find it difficult to imagine our lives without this key material that revolutionized technology over the last century. There is wide-spread optimism in the scientific community that graphene will provide similar paradigm shifting advances in the decades to come.
White House directs open access for government research
February 25, 2013 8:47 am | by Mark Felsenthal, Reuters | News | CommentsThe White House has moved to make the results of federally funded research available to the public for free within a year, bowing to public pressure for unfettered access to scholarly articles and other materials produced at taxpayers' expense."Americans should have easy access to the results of research they help support," John Holdren, the director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, wrote on the White House website.
Smart agriculture: Using intelligent system to improve age-old farming techniques
February 22, 2013 12:23 pm | by Eurekalert! | News | CommentsClimate change, population growth and increasingly scarce resources are putting agriculture under pressure. Farmers must harvest as much as possible from the smallest possible land surface. Until now, the industry confronted this challenge with innovations in individual sectors: Intelligent systems regulate engines in order to save on gas, for instance. With the aid of satellites and sensor technology, farming equipment can automatically perform the field work; in doing so, they efficiently distribute seed, fertilizer and pesticides on the arable land.
1 week and counting: Don't cut the research that fuels the US economy
February 22, 2013 12:12 pm | by Eurekalert! | News | CommentsWASHINGTON, DC – With only one week left before sequestration is to take effect, America's research community sustained its call for an end to the across-the-board cuts to discretionary spending that will severely restrict the nation's ability to invest in the basic scientific research that drives innovation and produces economic growth.
Cornell physicist and Nobel winner Richardson dies
February 22, 2013 8:58 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsRobert C. Richardson, a Cornell University professor who shared a Nobel Prize for a key discovery in experimental physics, has died. He was 75. Richardson died Tuesday in Ithaca from complications of a heart attack, Cornell said Wednesday.
RF Spectrum Analyzers incorporate a 4.3" backlit TFT color touch-screen display
February 21, 2013 4:24 pm | Saelig Co. Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsSaelig Company, Inc. has introduced the PSA Series II RF Spectrum Analyzers. Available in 1.3GHz and 2.7GHz versions, these new instruments are smaller, lighter and have longer battery life than other more expensive handheld RF products. PSA Series II Analyzers incorporate a 4.3" (11cm) backlit TFT color touch-screen display, with
Standalone 3-axis magnetometer delivers high performance in a very small package
February 21, 2013 4:03 pm | Stmicroelectronics | Product Releases | CommentsSTMicroelectronics has added a high-performance standalone 3-axis magnetometer to its MEMS sensor portfolio. The new sensor delivers high performance in a very small package. Because of its small size and high performance, the sensor is ideal for mobile phones...
Thermal imaging test kits designed for research, development, and machine vision applications
February 21, 2013 3:13 pm | Product Releases | CommentsFLIR Systems introduces its new FLIR A5sc, A15sc, and A35sc longwave infrared thermal imaging camera kits. Designed specifically for thermal bench top testing applications and easy deployment in tight machine vision locations, AX5sc cameras are available in a variety of pixel resolutions from 80×64 and 160×128 up to 320×256....
Microcontroller provides high 72-MHz operating speed
February 19, 2013 4:36 pm | Nuvoton Technology Corporation America | Product Releases | CommentsNuvoton Technology Corporation announces the launch of NUC123 series, a new 32-bit Cortex-M0 microcontroller with USB 2.0 Full Speed devices and a 10-bit ADC. The NUC123 series provides the high 72MHz operating speed, large 20KB SRAM and 8 USB endpoints which make it powerful in USB communication and data processing.
Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day
February 19, 2013 4:18 pm | by Polygon Solutions Inc. | Blogs | CommentsOn February 21, 2013, women engineers, along with their male counterparts, will engage and mentor as many as one million girls around the country during National Engineers Week Foundation’s 12th Annual Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day.
DC/DC converters reduce board space by up to 50 percent
February 19, 2013 2:26 pm | Texas Instruments | Product Releases | CommentsTexas Instruments Incorporated introduced the industry’s smallest monolithic point-of-load (POL) DC/DC converters for harsh environments, including radiation tolerant, geological, heavy industrial, and oil and gas applications. The 6.3-V, 6-A TPS50601 and the 6.3-V, 3-A TPS50301 are synchronous step- down converters optimized for small form factor designs.
