High contrast LEDs
01 April, 2009 | Supplied by: Osram Australia Pty Ltd
Osram has launched two MultiLEDs for LED video displays, targeted at high-resolution video display applications that require high brightness and high colour fidelity from all viewing angles.
Safety switch
01 April, 2009 | Supplied by: Treotham Automation Pty Ltd
Treotham has released the SNV4063KP safety switch that has a selectable access delay for applications on machines that have a slow run-downtime.
Active power filter
01 April, 2009 | Supplied by: Westek Electronics Pty Ltd
The smart power conditioner, model SPC from PQ Tech, is an active harmonic filter series suitable for single-phase sub-distribution circuits in commercial buildings, shopping and entertainment centres, small industrial enterprises, etc.
Large screen panel
01 April, 2009 | Supplied by: Siemens Ltd
Siemens has developed a widescreen operator panel. The Simatic HMI TP 177B 4" has a fully graphical 4.3" touch screen and four tactile function buttons.
Voice data creation
01 April, 2009 | Supplied by: Epson Australia Pty Ltd
Epson has developed a natural-sounding voice data creation tool for embedded applications, as well as the S1V3034x series of voice chips and the terminal-compatible S1V3S344 IC chip with built-in flash memory.
Embedded controller
01 April, 2009 | Supplied by: Siemens Ltd
Siemens has released the modular Simatic S7-mEC embedded controller with pre-installed run-time visualisation software.
Quest for next-generation search engine
20 March, 2009
A computer grid designed to analyse data that will be generated by the world’s biggest scientific experiment is being used by two high-tech companies to help build the next generation of an internet search engine.
Virtual solution package
19 March, 2009
Citrix Systems says it will develop the industry's first applications and desktop delivery solutions optimised for Intel Core 2 desktops and Centrino 2 laptops with Intel vPro technology.
Partnership agreement
13 March, 2009
Soanar and WIMA have formed a partnership covering Australia and New Zealand for the distribution of all WIMA products.
3U quad-core PXI controller
13 March, 2009 | Supplied by: http://www.ni.com/pxi
National Instruments has released the NI PXI-8110 embedded controller, which claims to be the industry's first 3U quad-core embedded controller for PXI systems.
20th anniversary
10 March, 2009
Backplane Systems Technology is 20 years old, having grown from a specialist company manufacturing custom backplanes for computer and telecommunications applications to an industrial computer and peripheral supplier.
LEDs poised to brighten our lives – Part 2
03 March, 2009 by Mike Smyth
Almost every day, there is an announcement from somewhere in the world that LEDs have become just that much brighter, longer lasting or require even less power than before. As global warming provides the stimulus for faster research, so manufacturers are hotting up their research to be the first with a breakthrough.
European memory research
02 March, 2009
To explore solutions to overcome the scaling limitations of conventional flash memory, IMEC, a European research organisation, has started research activities on resistive RAM (RRAM) cells.
Terabit comms moves closer
20 February, 2009
University of Sydney scientists have developed a photonic integrated circuit that can not only increase internet network speeds making them 60 times faster but can act as traffic monitors to keep the speed high and error free.
Data transfer at 60 GHz
18 February, 2009
Rapid transfer of a high-definition movie from a PC to a mobile phone — plus a host of other media and data possibilities — is approaching reality.
