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EFCO Announces the High Performance, Fanless Embedded Box PC, SmartMOD, with PoE function

San Diego, California  – March 13, 2018 EFCO, a world-class supplier of industrial PC, Gaming and EMS solutions, today introduced the high performance embedded box PC, SmartMOD, which includes a Power over Ethernet (PoE option). This embedded system is equipped with an Intel® 7th-generation Kaby Lake Core™ ULV processor for diverse industrial applications.
“Built on Intel’s latest processor, SmartMOD is well-suited for the high-end industrial market,” stated Ron Mazza, CEO EFCOtec Corporation. “It’s fanless architecture also makes this PC Box … Read More → "EFCO Announces the High Performance, Fanless Embedded Box PC, SmartMOD, with PoE function"

External Power Supply for Medical applications available from Gresham Power Electronics has highest power density available

Gresham Power Electronics the Salisbury based Defence and Commercial power conversion specialist announces the availability of the Polytron MUI310-A Series of desk-top power supplies for medical applications. The universal AC input product range offers a wide selection of output voltages from 12 to 44 Vdc and up to 310W output power.

Typical applications include medical instrumentation, ultrasound … Read More → "External Power Supply for Medical applications available from Gresham Power Electronics has highest power density available"

Vishay Intertechnology’s FRED Pt® Ultrafast Rectifiers in FlatPAK™ 5×6 Package Increase Power Density, Performance Efficiency, and Device Reliability

 

MALVERN, Pa. — March 12, 2018 — Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE: VSH) today introduced new 200 V FRED Pt® Ultrafast recovery rectifiers in the thermally efficient FlatPAK™ 5×6 package with a low profile of < 1 mm. With long term reliability assured through 2000 hours of high temperature reverse bias (HTRB) testing, the commercial / industrial VS-6DKH02-M3 and VS-8DKH02-M3and Automotive Grade VS-6DKH02HM3 and VS-8DKH02HM3 deliver high power density and efficiency for automotive and telecom applications.

The rectifiers released today combine their low profiles with high forward current ratings of 6 A (2 x 3 A) for the … Read More → "Vishay Intertechnology’s FRED Pt® Ultrafast Rectifiers in FlatPAK™ 5×6 Package Increase Power Density, Performance Efficiency, and Device Reliability"

HUBER+SUHNER to demonstrate plans for 5G and network densification at OFC 2018

San Diego, 12 March 2018 – Leading international manufacturer of components and systems for optical and electrical connectivity, HUBER+SUHNER, will be presenting its latest developments and solutions for the shift to 5G networks from Polatis, Cube Optics and its RF division at the Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC) 2018 – the largest conference and exhibition for optical communications and networking professionals – taking place March 11-15 in San Diego.

“5G and network densification are the key areas of focus for us at OFC this year. As network topologies and technologies shift and change to accommodate the whole host … Read More → "HUBER+SUHNER to demonstrate plans for 5G and network densification at OFC 2018"

Virtual Power Systems Fortifies Industry Leadership in Software Defined Power with Launch of First Commercial, UL-Certified ICE Block Solution

Milpitas, Calif. – March 12, 2018 – Virtual Power Systems, creators of Software Defined Power® (SDP), today announced the commercial availability of the world’s first comprehensive SDP platform. The ICE Block from CUI Inc is the first UL-certified, lithium-ion … Read More → "Virtual Power Systems Fortifies Industry Leadership in Software Defined Power with Launch of First Commercial, UL-Certified ICE Block Solution"

Synopsys Advances Custom Platform to Accelerate Robust Custom Design

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ —

  • 2X FineSim SPICE speed-up for FinFET and Monte Carlo Analysis
  • 2X CustomSim speed-up for FinFET SRAMs
  • Extended Custom Compiler visually-assisted flow with hand-crafted quality device routing

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) today announced release … Read More → "Synopsys Advances Custom Platform to Accelerate Robust Custom Design"

TEWS TECHNOLOGIES Adds New PMC with 32 Ch. ADC, 16 Ch. DAC and 8 Ch. Digital I/O to Expanding Line of PMCs

Halstenbek, Germany – 8th March 2018: TEWS increases its product portfolio of PMC Modules with the introduction of the TPMC533, a standard single-wide PCI Mezzanine Card (PMC) compatible module designed for industrial, COTS, and transportation applications. The TPMC533 provides 32 channels of simultaneous sampling true differential bipolar 16-bit analog input, 16 or no channels of simultaneous update single-ended unipolar/bipolar 16-bit analog output and 8 channels of tri-state 5V-tolerant TTL digital input/output.

All signals are accessible through a HDRA100 type front I/ … Read More → "TEWS TECHNOLOGIES Adds New PMC with 32 Ch. ADC, 16 Ch. DAC and 8 Ch. Digital I/O to Expanding Line of PMCs"

Aerosense develops surveying solution with drone using u-blox high performance positioning technology

Thalwil, Switzerland – March 8, 2018 – u-blox (SIX:UBXN), a global leader in wireless and positioning technologies, announced today that Japan-based Aerosense Inc. has commercialized its AEROBO® Marker solution for drone surveying using the u‑blox NEO‑M8T timing module. Conceived to compute absolute time to within 20 nanoseconds using incoming GNSS signals, the NEO-M8T lets users access RAW GNSS data output, making it attractive for positioning applications that rely on post-processing GNSS data to enhance location accuracy.

Aerosense’s surveying solution is designed to reduce the time spent surveying construction sites. By combining ground markers equipped with a … Read More → "Aerosense develops surveying solution with drone using u-blox high performance positioning technology"

Presto Engineering offers specialised testing service for CMOS image sensors up to 12″ in diameter

San Jose, Calif., USA – 8 March, 2018.  Testing CMOS image sensors on a wafer-size scale is not easy because of the challenges of creating uniform illumination over a large area. Presto Engineering has developed a custom, computer-controlled solution that illuminates sections of the wafer in turn. Integrating the results enables the whole wafer to be tested automatically for an array of large sensors or even sensors that are right up to the size of an entire 12-inch wafer.
“An entire wafer can be tested in a laboratory using a similar method,” explained Martin Kingdon, Presto Engineering’s … Read More → "Presto Engineering offers specialised testing service for CMOS image sensors up to 12″ in diameter"

Keysight Technologies Announces PXIe Radio Test Set for Emerging Land Mobile Radio, Aerospace/Defense Military Communications

The new Keysight M8920A PXIe Radio Test Set, with audio and RF frequency coverage from 100 kHz to 6 GHz and modulation bandwidth up to 160 MHz for generation and analysis of simple to complex waveforms used in emerging Land Mobile Radio (LMR) and aerospace and defense military communications (MilCom) applications.

Keysight has partnered with Avionics Interface Technologies (AIT) … Read More → "Keysight Technologies Announces PXIe Radio Test Set for Emerging Land Mobile Radio, Aerospace/Defense Military Communications"

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