FUTEK LLB130 subminiature load button load cell
16 June, 2016 | Supplied by: Metromatics Pty LtdFUTEK Advanced Sensor Technology has announced LLB130, a subminiature, lightweight, load button load cell. The company's engineers have improved the accuracy of the product to non-linearity of ±0.5% and deflection of 0.002″ nominal.
Veritas Constellation luminaires
16 June, 2016 | Supplied by: SciTech Pty LtdVeritas illumination lights are used for high-speed imaging applications and use LED technology coupled with multifunctional digital controls to achieve efficient illumination.
FUTEK LCM 100 inline load cell
15 June, 2016 | Supplied by: Metromatics Pty LtdFUTEK Advanced Sensor Technology announces the LCM100, an ultraminiature threaded load cell with a capacity range from 1000 g to 11.3 kg.
Perfect order delivery earns AVX a POI Award
15 June, 2016 | Supplied by: Arrow Electronics Australia Pty LtdArrow Electronics has awarded AVX Corporation a gold-level Perfect Order Index (POI) Award in the Passive Electromechanical Components Supplier category.
Stepper motors in space
14 June, 2016 | Supplied by: ERNTEC Pty LtdMotors from FAULHABER are being used in NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) research project to examine the Earth's magnetic field.
Qorvo TGA2622-SM and TGA2624-SM X-band GaN power amplifiers
14 June, 2016 | Supplied by: Wireless ComponentsThe TGA2622-SM and TGA2624-SM, X-band GaN power amplifiers, from Qorvo, operate from 9 to 10 GHz and are offered in 7 x 7 mm air-cavity, laminate-based QFN packages.
Hybrid nanoparticles have diamonds on the inside
10 June, 2016Researchers have discovered a cheap way to construct nanomaterials using one of the least inexpensive products in the world: diamonds.
Nanocrystal doping opens up 'smart glass' potential
09 June, 2016The development of 'smart glass' is another step closer, with University of Adelaide researchers creating a method of embedding luminescent nanoparticles into glass. The 'hybrid glass' combines the properties of these light-emitting nanoparticles with the properties of glass, such as transparency and the ability to be processed into shapes including very fine optical fibres.
Lasers and silicon together at last: semiconductor industry breakthrough
07 June, 2016Scientists have finally managed to fabricate lasers directly on silicon. Until now, it's been impossible to match up the crystal lattice of silicon and typical laser materials, which has held back the integration of photonics with electronics on the silicon platform.
Schneider Electric VarSet Low Voltage Capacitor Banks
06 June, 2016 | Supplied by: Schneider ElectricSchneider Electric has announced the VarSet Low Voltage Capacitor Banks for smart, simple power factor correction. The range has been certified to AS/NZS 61439.1&2 and IEC 61921.
ST powers portable e-car charger
06 June, 2016 | Supplied by: STMicroelectronics Pty LtdSilicon-carbide power electronics from STMicroelectronics have enabled the creation of the ZapCharger Portable, claimed to be the world's smallest, smartest and safest electric-car charging station.
Prosthetics controlled by microprocessors
06 June, 2016 | Supplied by: ERNTEC Pty LtdWhen it comes to finding technological ways of dealing with the loss of a limb, two key things need to be taken into account.
Qorvo QPA1000 2.8 to 3.2 GHz 50 W GaN amplifier
03 June, 2016 | Supplied by: Wireless ComponentsQorvo's QPA1000 is a high-power, S-band amplifier fabricated on the company's QGaN25 0.25 µm GaN on SiC production process. Covering 2.8 to 3.2 GHz, the product provides greater than 47 dBm of saturated output power and greater than 24 dB of large signal gain, while achieving more than 58% power-added efficiency.
Faster imaging thanks to GPGPU-based computer modules
31 May, 2016 by Zeljko Loncaric, Marketing Engineer | Supplied by: Congatec Australia Pty LtdGPGPU-based embedded computer modules provide more powerful graphics units with each new generation. Medical imaging technologies can use them not just to display but also to process compute-intensive raw data, thereby delivering higher quality results faster.
World's fastest stretchy circuits created
30 May, 2016Engineers have created stretchable integrated circuits, with a unique structure inspired by twisted-pair telephone cables, which are being touted as the fastest circuits of their kind in existence.
