RFID reader cards
03 August, 2005 | Supplied by: http://www.rell.com.au/
Richardson Electronics has signed a strategic partnership with WJ Communications to represent the global sales channel for its multi-protocol MPR 5000 and MPR 6000 RFID reader cards, available in a standard PCMCIA Type II package.
ARM operating system
03 August, 2005 | Supplied by: http://www.emlogic.com.au/
Keil Software has announced the advanced real-time operating system for ARM (ARTX-ARM), a flexible real-time operating system with TCP/IP networking and flash file system support for ARM-based controllers.
Motor range
03 August, 2005 | Supplied by: http://www.mrutty.com.au/
M Rutty & Co is proud to announce that they are the new Australian representative for Mavilor Motors.
Light beams tied in knots
15 July, 2005
Researchers from the British universities of Southampton and Glasgow have succeeded in tying knots in light beams.
LTC3780 buck-boost controller
06 July, 2005 | Supplied by: Soanar Limited
Linear Technology has introduced the LTC3780, a buck-boost switching regulator controller that operates from input voltages above, below or equal to the output voltage.
Close look at power MOSFETs - Part 1
05 July, 2005 by Vrej Barkhordarian, International Rectifier | Supplied by: International Rectifier
Discrete power MOSFETs employ semiconductor processing techniques that are similar to those of today's VLSI circuits, although the device geometry, voltage and current levels are different from the design used in VLSI devices
Longer lives for organic LEDs
05 July, 2005
The performance of organic light-emitting diodes can be improved by doping them with carbon-60 according to scientists at Samsung in South Korea.
LCDs continue popularity rise
10 June, 2005
The Australian total PC monitor market finished last year on a positive note, with shipments in the final quarter growing 1.9% sequentially from the third quarter of 2004, contributing to the 19.1% expansion from 2003.
Interface safety relays
09 June, 2005 | Supplied by: Phoenix Contact Pty Ltd
Safety relays from the Interface range are for monitoring emergency stop circuits, safety door circuits and two-handed control systems.
Fanless Intel Pentium M solution in a box
09 June, 2005 | Supplied by: http://www.advantech.net.au/
Advantech has released its next generation of compact embedded computer systems. The ARK-3380 Series box Computers are designed for space critical embedded applications requiring powerful computing capability, fanless operation, low power use, extreme reliability and ruggedness, flexible I/O configuration and long product life support.
TIG welder IGBTs
09 June, 2005 | Supplied by: http://www.rell.com/
Advanced Power Technology has released two IGBT products for TIG welding - APT200GN60J and APT200GN60JDQ4.
Speeding up embedded systems
05 June, 2005 by Ef Misoyannis, Electronics By Design | Supplied by: Electronics by Design
Embedded products are becoming more complex and are processing more data than ever before. Consequently they require faster means of communication to external systems, compared with traditional methods such as RS232 or RS485
Crossbar latches take on transistors
10 May, 2005
US scientists have made nano-scale devices they claim could one day replace current transistor technology. The tiny devices, 'crossbar latches', are made up of a combination of crossed-over platinum wires with steric acid molecules set at their junctions.
Vector modulator
10 May, 2005 | Supplied by: http://www.asdtech.com.au/
Hittite Microwave has introduced a high dynamic range vector modulator RFIC, suitable for wireless infrastructure applications from 1800-2200 MHz.
Supercomputer on a chip
06 May, 2005
IBM, the Sony Group and Toshiba have disclosed in detail the multi-core architectural design - featuring supercomputer-like floating point performance with observed clock speeds greater than 4 GHz.
