Living organisms interface with computers
04 December, 2006 by Elizabeth Latham, Journalist
An electronic switch based on DNA has been developed by researchers at the University of Portsmouth. And it has an immediate application in toxin detection and could be used in a biodefence role as a biological sensor to detect airborne pathogens
Improving reliability with accelerated testing
20 November, 2006
An electronics company in Brisbane is one of three firms that have recently installed HALT (highly accelerated life testing) chambers. The other installations are in New Zealand.
ISM band antennas
08 November, 2006 | Supplied by: Clarke & Severn Electronic Solutions
Linx Technologies' Dipole Antenna Series has an internal design, eliminating the external ground plane requirements to maximise performance.
Transformer isolation and noise reduction
08 November, 2006 | Supplied by: Systems 22 Pty Ltd
The SNAP-AITM-8 provides eight channels of thermocouple or millivolt input. Each channel can be individually configured to accept a type B, C, D, E, G, J, K, N, R, S, or T thermocouple or a -75 to + 75 mV, -50 to +50 mV, or -25 to +25 mV input.
Industrial ethernet switch
08 November, 2006 | Supplied by: http://www.advantech.net.au/
The latest in Advantech's range of industrial ethernet switches, the EKI-6538, is now available.
Connectors for industrial Ethernet
04 October, 2006 | Supplied by: http://www.captron.co.nz/
LTW Technology offers innovative Asian design and manufacturing for waterproof connectors. Now dealing with Industrial Ethernet, LTW has extended its product and service capabilities to provide quality waterproof connectors for industrial applications.
20-pin microcontroller
04 October, 2006 | Supplied by: http://www.microchip.com/
Microchip has announced two 20-pin PIC microcontrollers to strengthen its 8-bit portfolio.
Fibre optics poised to reach new heights
03 October, 2006
In an effort to provide safer and more reliable components for aircraft, researchers have invented a fibre-optic on/off switch that can replace electrical wiring for controlling elevators, rudders and other flight systems on aircraft.
Data handling modem
06 September, 2006 | Supplied by: RF Modules Australia
The 19600, from Radiometrix, is a 9600 Bps half-duplex serial modem controller, which is suitable for use with wideband receivers, transmitters and transceiver systems.
New market report on polymers in electronics
06 September, 2006
Designers of electrical and electronic components have a wide choice of polymers at their disposal.
Research into new light source for general illumination
06 September, 2006
Osram is intensifying its research and development work on organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) with the aim of applying this technology also to general illumination.
Engineers set record for world's fastest transistor
22 August, 2006
Engineers at the School of Electronics and Computer Science have developed a method to make bipolar transistors that work twice as fast as current devices.
Hybrid assembly integrates optical devices
15 August, 2006
The Centre for Integrated Photonics (CIP) in England has announced a novel hybrid assembly technique that offers a simple yet reliable method of integrating optical devices.
Standard clock oscillators
03 August, 2006 | Supplied by: Clarke & Severn Electronic Solutions
Cardinal Components Inc. introduces new low phase noise, low jitter, high frequency, RoHS compliant programmable, LVPECL, LVDS, VCXO's and Standard Clock Oscillators.
UL certification granted for COMs
03 August, 2006
Until recently, UL certificates that were primarily accepted in the US, Canada and in other parts of the world were mainly available for systems. Now, with the implementation of UL certification for computer-on-modules (COMs), Kontron now provides OEMs with more security in selecting appropriate COMs and simplifies the procedure for its own UL certification.
