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Time for the clockless computer chip
26 February 2003
A group of UK scientists have developed a new generation of hardware blocks and design tools based on the ideas originally introduced in the 1950s

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Industrial data acquisition software
26 February 2003, ProMicro
GeniDAQ application software, locally available from ProMicro, takes advantage of Microsoft Windows multitasking capabilities to enhance system performance. It provides plug-and-play connectivity with ...

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Four-port RS232/422/485 interface card
26 February 2003, ProMicro
The PCL-746+ from ProMicro is a four-port serial communication interface card and, by using on-board jumpers, each port can be configured individually to RS232, RS422, or RS485. The card uses 16C550 UARTs ...

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Dual PMC FPGA processing module has 10 million FPGA gates and 6 MB RAM
26 February 2003, Etion Create
Parsec has announced the release of the latest addition to its range of modules, the PM430. This module makes use of FPGA technology to provide a high bandwidth processing platform, targeted at typical ...

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Extreme performance promised with Virtex-II FPGAs on PMC
12 February 2003
Transtech DSP's PMC-FPGA02, a PMC module equipped with a three XC2V3000, or six million gate (XC2V6000) Xilinx Virtex-II FPGA, has a 500 MBps 64-bit/66 MHz PCI interface, 128 MB SDRAM, six 1 MB banks ...

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15" industrial flat panel monitor
12 February 2003, Centurion Micro Electronics
Advantech offers an 'industrial-grade' 15" TFT LCD flat panel monitor with an Al-Mg front panel and modern appearance. The VOP-1150TV is extremely light and thin. In addition it also provides many industrial-grade ...

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64-bit DSP to PCI interface ASIC
12 February 2003
Transtech DSP produces leading-edge DSP products in VME, CompactPCI (CPCI), PMC and PCI formfactors. The TS-PCI is an ASIC design based on a TigerSHARC DSP. The PCI ASIC interfaces the PCI/PMC/CPCI bus ...

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Power-stingy processor module operates to 85°C without fan
29 January 2003, Electronic Products Design
Ampro added a new model to its EnCore 700 family of embedded processors. The new ENC-700-Q-03 uses a 300 MHz intel low power Celeron CPU. This processor operates with a core voltage of 1,1 V. A direct ...

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Compact PCI platform with 14-slot CT backplane
29 January 2003, ProMicro
The MIC-3031/14 from Advantech is a compact PCI enclosure. The 6U sized 14-slot backplane provides one slot for a CPU board and 13 peripheral slots with H.110 CT bus connection on all P4 connectors for ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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. ...

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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 ...

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Critical cost/space installation troubles eased by high density patch panels
20 November 2002
Cabinet and rack space in network cabling installations pose significant problems for organisations, according to Molex Premise Networks, the industry's longest established structured cabling manufacturer ...

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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 ...

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