RFID reader family supports latest ISO standard for 13,56 MHz 7 November 2001, Altron Arrow Texas Instruments' radio frequency identification (RFID) systems has announced a new high-frequency (HF) readers family to support the global ISO 15693 standard for ISO-compatible smart labels and cards. ...
2-port ISA RS422/485 interface 7 November 2001 Sealevel Systems' Ultra SIO provides the PC with two isolated RS422/485 asynchronous links to data collection and other devices.
Isolation is important in installations where the equipment connected ...
SkyHawk aluminium mini-server case - review 7 November 2001 Six to eight months ago SkyHawk Group burst on to the computer enclosure market with a series of low-end aluminium tower cases. Since then, it has been busy developing a line of 'mini-server' cases designed ...
Small complete RS232 serial port offers 15 kV ESD protection 7 November 2001, Altron Arrow, EBV Electrolink Intersil's new ICL3243ECR RS232 serial data transceiver IC is claimed to be the industry's smallest. It converts TTL/CMOS signal levels to and from serial RS232 for the latest PDAs, palmtops, laptops, ...
Wireless multiport terminal server said to be a first 7 November 2001 Digi International's wireless PortServer, claimed to be the first wireless multiport terminal server is now available through the value-added networking solutions distributor, SPS. The PortServer combines ...
Small yet powerful embedded CAN microcontroller 7 November 2001, Tempe Technologies Microchip claims its new self-programmable PIC18FXX8 Flash microcontroller family, with intelligent CAN 2.0B active interface, are the smallest most powerful CAN devices available. The new PIC18F248, ...
PC/104 CPU board 24 October 2001 Tri-M's PC/104 CPU boards, the MZ104-1MB or MZ104-4MB, have an embedded ZFx86 PC-on-a chip and SO-DIMM up to 64 Mb. 1 or 4 MB BIOS flash versions are available and the board supports DiskOnChip 2000 and ...
RS422/485 asynchronous link for PC 24 October 2001 The Sealevel Systems' Ultra 485 card provides a PC with a direct RS422/485 asynchronous link to data collection and other devices.
Individually selectable addresses and extended AT interrupts allow ...
Synchronous ISA communication adapter 24 October 2001 The ComSync board is a synchronous communication adapter for ISA bus architectures. Manufactured by Connect Tech, it provides a data terminal equipment (DTE) RS232 interface for connection to synchronous ...
1U/2U dual Pentium III server chassis 24 October 2001 ICP's high-end dual Pentium III server, the EC-1010/1020 series, is a rack-mount server series designed with superior air ventilation, three fast Ethernet ports and RAID capability to deliver the high ...
Locally designed stiffy-drive-sized PC 10 October 2001 The size of the Wafer-3821 is similar to that of a stiffy drive, which has become a popular size in the embedded PC aren
Digi's new acquisition opens thin client servers to midmarket 10 October 2001 "Digi's acquisition of Decision Europe will ensure that its expertise and skill sets will be translated into a broadening of the product range and the increasing affordability of solutions previously out of reach to all but the top corporate clients."
OS comparison: QNX vs Linux 10 October 2001 The QNX realtime platform is highly compatible with Linux, and uses many of the same industry-standard APIs and tools. In fact, any Linux developer can become productive almost immediately on QNX. So ...
3U CompactPCI backplane with hot-swap features 10 October 2001, Actum Electronics The 173916 Erni backplane is used in CompactPCI computer systems. Its high performance features make it ideally suited for telecom, datacom, and industrial applications like CNCs robotic controls, and ...
Application - PC controller for large textile plant 10 October 2001, ProMicro Before upgrading to Advantech's PPC-100T-T panel PC, a textile plant in Georgia, USA, was using a primitive system to function as the PC-controller for the interface between heavy duty machinery, equipment ...
3rd generation SHARC DSPs for 3G telecoms 10 October 2001 Transtech DSP has released the TS-P36, the first multiDSP board to use Analog Devices' new TigerSHARC DSP. The TS-P36 features four DSPs and 128 MB SDRAM, and is coupled to a Xilinx Virtex FPGA for algorithm ...
Network data collision is avoided with new LAN switches 10 October 2001 Network data collisions, resultant delays and slow network performance can be made a thing of the past with the new range of MiLAN switches from Digi International, represented locally by SPS South Africa. ...
Erni CompactPCI 10 October 2001, Actum Electronics The demand for faster, higher-performance bus systems at lower prices is growing stronger. With the Intel PCI bus a de facto standard has emerged in the desktop computer field which meets these demands.
PCI ...
