5-port switch for industrial use 29 January 2003, Phoenix Contact The FL Switch 5TX Ethernet switch from Phoenix Contact enables quick and cost-effective network expansions. Compared to previous solutions, this halves the price per port, says the company, making the ...
PC-card adapter provides realtime data collection for CAN networks 29 January 2003, Electronic Products Design Contemporary Controls has launched the ICPCM series of intelligent controller area network (CAN) network interface modules (NIMs) that can help OEMs connect CAN networks to laptop computers. Since most ...
Multiserial communication controller 29 January 2003, ProMicro The PCL-747+ from Advantech is an expandable intelligent multiserial communication controller available in 8, 16, 24 and 32-port configurations. With a 40 MHz RISC processor, 512 KB of RAM, and a suite ...
Compact interface module for Profibus 20 November 2002 Profibus presents some special requirements that cannot be met by a conventional narrow band radio modem without severely compromising the performance of the Profibus network. With these requirements ...
486? - 'reading the label may not be enough', says Paul Rosenfeld 20 November 2002, Electronic Products Design 486 is a dirty word. So we have 586 (a.k.a. 5x86) and 686. The higher the number the better it seems. Now, even x86 is bad. New processors from the great-unwashed (ie, not Intel) are now 'Pentium-like'.
The ...
Internet protocol over Ethernet increases 20 November 2002, ProMicro The integration of automation and enterprise systems requires a change in the architecture of open control systems. From Advantech's point of view, the level of integration between automation and enterprise ...
Digital I/O and counter card 20 November 2002, ProMicro Advantech's PCL-720 is a PC compatible add-on digital I/0 and counter card. It has 32 digital input channels, 32 digital output channels and three programmable counter/timer channels. The digital I/O ...
Compact air distribution unit increases airflow inside racks and enclosures 20 November 2002 American Power Conversion (APC) has announced the addition of a new compact air distribution unit that gives IT, telecom and facility managers the ability to increase airflow inside racks and enclosures. ...
Your future data centre in a box 20 November 2002 To solve the challenge of planning, organising, directing and controlling the changing IT environment, Powerdyne developed the Enviro Rack.
The Enviro Rack offers scalable environments on demand. Some ...
Certified SDK gives device makers an integrated 'out-of-the-box' Linux solution 6 November 2002, Electronic Products Design Ampro has announced availability of a certified, production-quality Linux distribution from TimeSys for its PowerPC ISA- based EnCore PP1 module. Through its agreement with TimeSys, a pioneer and leader ...
Using the LIN bus in white goods applications 6 November 2002, Tempe Technologies The Local Interconnect Network (LIN) bus protocol defines a network for connecting simple controls such as switches, displays, sensors and actuators in automotive applications at a lower cost than can ...
PC/104 system with onboard Ethernet and video 23 October 2002, Electronic Products Design Ampro Computers, a leading supplier of PC/104 and EBX single board computers for non-back-plane embedded systems, has announced the CoreModule 400 PC/104 single board computer, said to be the first new ...
Switched-PCI controllers 23 October 2002 PLX Technology's GigaBridge switched-PCI controller (GBP) is a scalable, highly available PCI controller, architected to preserve customer investment in edge access communication systems. Multiple GBPs ...
PC Card ARCNET interface modules 23 October 2002, Electronic Products Design Primarily for industrial applications, the PCM20H Series of PC Card ARCNET network interface modules (NIMs) from Contemporary Controls sports new features over its earlier predecessors. For providing ...
Network processors not just for routers anymore 23 October 2002 The network processor (NPU) market has been hit hard by the economic downturn that resulted after the 9/11 terrorist attacks and, as a result, a much higher percentage (upwards of 80%) than normal of ...
VGA/LCD module for mini biscuit PC 23 October 2002, ProMicro Advantech's CPC-2520 is an extension VGA/LCD module for the CPC-2245 mini biscuit PC. The CPC-2520 uses a C&T 69000 chipset for its PCI/SVGA controller. It supports many popular LCD, EL, and gas plasma ...
2U slimline CompactPCI integrated system 23 October 2002 Elma Trenew Electronics has added the new 2U CPCI slimline integrated system to its range of CompactPCI integrated systems. The system, with a height of 2U, width of 84 TE and a depth of 305 mm, integrates ...
Bandwidth management and the broadband home and office 9 October 2002 "There are clear intentions to invest, with the majority of people giving first priority to revenue-generating broadband technology and services. And there is a clear requirement for superior customer ...
'Smart web' I/O modules include maths functions 9 October 2002, ProMicro Advantech has introduced the ADAM-6000 series for industrial automation in the smart I/O block concept. ADAM-6000 is an Ethernet-enabled data acquisition and control module that features mixed I/O, data ...
