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Rugged design methodology vs just 'ruggedised'
30 May 2007
Many commercial board manufacturers claim that they offer ‘ruggedised’ products which gives the impression of durability and reliability under tough conditions. The term 'ruggedised', however often ...

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Fanless SBC has innovative heatsink design
30 May 2007, Centurion Micro Electronics
IEI's Wafer-8522G2 is the first Celeron M 1 GHz based fanless solution using the new innovative heatsink solution from IEI. With an advanced micro architecture and 1 GHz core frequency, the ULV Intel ...

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RS232/422/485 PCI card is also well-protected
30 May 2007, ProMicro
Advantech's PCI-1612CU is a four-port RS232/422/485 universal PCI communication card for both 3,3 and 5 V systems. It offers surge and isolation protection functions for long-distance communication through ...

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ColdFire USB options for industrial connectivity
30 May 2007
Freescale Semiconductor has expanded its 32-bit ColdFire USB device portfolio to include the MCF5221x microcontroller (Full-Speed USB on-the-go) and the MCF5253 embedded processor (Hi-Speed USB OTG). ...

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Case study: vehicle-mounted computing achieves realtime traceability
16 May 2007, Centurion Micro Electronics
As is well-known, warehousing logistics has benefited greatly from the development of bar-code scanning systems. However, implementation of new technologies that are intended to fulfil precise functions ...

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Ethernet-enabled communication controllers
16 May 2007, ProMicro
Advantech has released two new ADAM modules, the ADAM-4501 and ADAM-4501D Ethernet-enabled Communication Controllers. These compact standalone controllers are the next generation of the ADAM-4500 controller, ...

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Data acquisition ETX baseboard with full I/O
16 May 2007, Electronic Products Design
The Chameleon ETX baseboard, said to be the industry's first I/O-intensive off-the-shelf ETX baseboard, contains the equivalent of four PC/104 cards on a single board. This product from Diamond Systems...

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Fanless compact touch panel computer with RoHS compliance
16 May 2007, ProMicro
Advantech's eAutomation Group has extended its robust TPC product line by introducing the new TPC-66S, a 5,7" QVGA STN LCD Touch Panel Computer. This new model provides an industrial-grade and ultra slim ...

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New AMD chipset for embedded designs
16 May 2007, Products & Solutions
At the Embedded Systems Conference AMD announced the continued expansion of its embedded product offerings with the release of the AMD M690 Chipset for Embedded Designs, which it claims provides a stable ...

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Reference design module for USB host controller
2 May 2007, MB Silicon Systems
Future Technology Devices International (FTDI) has available the VF2F2 reference design module for its Vinculum VNC1L embedded USB host controller. The design incorporates a practical firmware application ...

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Industrial automation leaders choose fibre-optic module with DMI
2 May 2007
Avago Technologies' industrial Fast Ethernet optical transceivers based on the AFBR-5978Z device have been selected by Phoenix Contact and Siemens. The AFBR-5978Z is claimed to be the industry's only ...

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Module simplifies communication to realtime targets with increased determinism
18 April 2007, Residential Estate (Industry)
National Instruments has released the NI LabWindows/CVI 8.1 Real-Time Module, an extension to the ANSI C development environment that makes it easy for engineers to create and deploy reliable ...

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EPIC SBC has USB 2.0, Gb-Ethernet, SATA and DAQ
18 April 2007, Electronic Products Design, Retail (Industry), Facilities & Building Management
Diamond Systems’ Poseidon is a high performance EPIC form-factor (115 x 165 mm) single board computer combining a state-of-the-art CPU and peripheral technology with the company’s renowned high accuracy ...

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High performance industrial fanless PC
18 April 2007, ProMicro, Security Services & Risk Management, Financial (Industry)
Advantech’s UNO-3072 Embedded Controller has a Pentium M/Celeron M CPU and comes equipped with two PCI extensions. It features a rugged and field-proven design offering dual power inputs and battery backup ...

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EBX SBC with data acquisition and power supply
18 April 2007, Electronic Products Design, Security Services & Risk Management
Diamond Systems’ Hercules II is a high performance, EBX form factor (203 x 146 mm) single board computer integrating a Pentium III-level CPU with Diamond Systems’ high accuracy data acquisition circuitry ...

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Fibre switches bring greater distances and noise immunity to datacoms
18 April 2007, Electronic Products Design, Industrial (Industry)
Contemporary Controls has added new 5- and 8-port fibre switches to its Skorpion family to boost link distance and provide galvanic isolation increasing immunity to electrical noise and lightning strikes. The ...

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Machine automation solution is compact and versatile
18 April 2007, Centurion Micro Electronics
Although many industrial automation companies have released excellent components for machine automation applications in the past, rarely has one company launched such a complete hardware and software ...

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Implementing Ethernet-based industrial protocols in embedded systems
18 April 2007
Increasingly, industrial and machine control is implemented using Ethernet-based networks, with all devices in the network connected by either twisted pair cable for 10/100 Ethernet connections, or wireless ...

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Ethernet SoftLogic controllers
18 April 2007, ProMicro
Advantech has extended its selection of PC-based SoftLogic and programmable controllers with five new products in the ADAM-5510KW and ADAM-5510 series. The most powerful new controller is the ADAM-5510EKW/TP, ...

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LGA 775 platform motherboard makes a high-powered industrial workstation
18 April 2007, Centurion Micro Electronics
IEI Technology has introduced its first high-powered industrial workstation motherboard to support a desktop processor. The IMBA-X9654, with its high powered features, can support ‘server grade’ performance, ...

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