Eight-bit microcontrollers
06 April, 2009 | Supplied by: Avnet Electronics Marketing
Freescale Semiconductor has introduced the EL and SL microcontroller families to help embedded designers improve system performance in motor vehicle local interconnect network and general market applications.
Starter module
06 April, 2009 | Supplied by: Turck Australia Pty Ltd
Turck’s BL20 motor starter economy module uses SWIRE technology to provide daisy-chain connection from a single I/O slice to each motor starter via a ribbon cable.
OPD series industrial monitors
06 April, 2009 | Supplied by: Interworld Electronics and Computer Industries
Interworld Electronics has expanded the OPD series of open frame industrial monitors with the 11x6 series TFT LCDs.
High-output LEDs
06 April, 2009 | Supplied by: Osram Australia Pty Ltd
The Advanced Power TOPLED Plus is claimed to be the brightest colour LED in its class, providing 15% more light for direct display backlighting than standard similar devices.
Medical mouse
06 April, 2009 | Supplied by: Backplane Systems Technology Pty Ltd
Backplane has released InduKey’s InduProof-Med keyboard and mouse for medical applications. Keyboards are a perfect habitat for germs and pathogens — this keyboard has been designed to combat this problem area.
Teseq RF power amplifiers
06 April, 2009 | Supplied by: Westek Electronics Pty Ltd
Teseq (formerly the instrumentation division of Schaffner) has released a large range of RF broadband power amplifiers covering frequencies to 6 GHz and with outputs to 1100 W.
Airtight connectors
06 April, 2009 | Supplied by: Onboard Solutions
Cinch Connectors has added hermetically sealed, commercial off-the-shelf micro-D connectors to its Duracon family featuring twist-pin contacts, combining airtight performance with enhanced electrical integrity and high resilience to shock and vibration.
1B883 single board computer
06 April, 2009 | Supplied by: Backplane Systems Technology Pty Ltd
Backplane has announced another Atom-based 3.5" embedded board, the 1B883.
POP3 capability
06 April, 2009 | Supplied by: Ovarro
Semaphore has introduced POP3 (post office protocol version 3) client functionality to its T-box range of SCADA system products.
MEMS market declines 2%
02 April, 2009
In 2008, the MEMS market saw significant changes in the ranking of the top 30 MEMS companies.
Clear future for memory
02 April, 2009
A group of scientists at the Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have fabricated a working computer chip that is almost completely clear — the first of its kind.
16 GB flash drive
01 April, 2009 | Supplied by: Lexar Australia
Lexar Media has announced the hot red 16 GB capacity JumpDriveFirefly USB flash drive. It is PC and Mac compatible and comes in four different colours, each representing a different memory capacity.
Making memory smaller
01 April, 2009
The long-term trend that has persisted in the computer industry since the invention of the integrated circuit in 1958 has been for the hardware to become smaller and smaller. But scientists believe that conventional miniaturisation processes could soon reach their fundamental limits.
Slim panel PCs
01 April, 2009 | Supplied by: Interworld Electronics and Computer Industries
Interworld has released the APC-3x16 series all-in-one fanless panel PCs that are sealed to NEMA 4/IP65 specifications on five sides to provide protection from dust and liquid contaminants.
Scalable cards
01 April, 2009 | Supplied by: Interworld Electronics and Computer Industries
Quatech’s performance series 4-port serial express cards provide serial ports that are connected directly to the host system’s PCI Express bus.
