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Products: Test & Measurement
Omega Engineering (Stamford, CT) offers the OMB-DAQ-2408-2AO 24-bit, multifunction, USB data acquisition models for temperature and voltage measurement that feature up to 16 single ended (SE)/8 differential...
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Products: Test & Measurement
The UXM integrated signaling test set from Keysight Technologies (Santa Rosa, CA) was designed for functional and RF design validation in the 4G era. It features integrated capabilities for LTE-Advanced design validation,...
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Products: Electronics & Computers
Measurement Computing (Norton, MA) offers the USB-2020 high-speed, two-channel data acquisition board that provides simultaneous sampling at rates up to 20 MS/s per channel. Users can sample data from both channels at an...
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Products: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The LabMaster 10-100Zi 100-GHz oscilloscope from Teledyne LeCroy (Chestnut Ridge, NY) achieves 100 GHz and 240 GS/s. The 100-GHz technology is designed for engineers working on communication systems, high-bandwidth electrical...
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Products: Test & Measurement
ADLINK Technology (San Jose, CA) announced the USB-1210 USB 2.0 data acquisition module that supports four 16-bit channels of simultaneous sampling at up to 2 MS/s per channel, and ensures zero data loss in long-term...
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Products: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The Sensor Connection, a division of Harold G. Schaevitz Industries LLC (Troy, MI), offers the model PMD-MXT temperature scanner indicator. The 32-channel microprocessor-based temperature scanner provides...
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Products: Test & Measurement
National Instruments (Austin, TX) introduced the PXIe-5668R 26.5-GHz microwave vector signal analyzer (VSA) and a 20-GHz continuous wave signal generator. The VSA delivers low noise floor, high linearity, and low phase...
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Products: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Innovative Integration (Simi Valley, CA) introduced Atropos, an XMC I/O module with low-noise clock generation and distribution for data acquisition and communications timing applications. The module has four output clocks...
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Products: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The R2000 Detection laser scanner from Pepperl+Fuchs (Twinsburg, OH) features a 360-degree gapless measurement angle with angular resolution within 0.071 degrees, scan frequency to 30 Hz, and object detection to 1 mm. An...
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Who's Who: Materials
David Blake developed the Chemistry and Mineralogy (CheMin) X-ray diffraction instrument that is currently deployed on the Mars Science Laboratory rover Curiosity....
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Articles: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The technologies NASA develops don’t just blast off into space. They also improve our lives here on Earth. Life-saving search-and-rescue tools, implantable medical devices, advances in commercial aircraft safety,...
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Articles: Aerospace
Streamlined aircraft bodies, quieter jet engines, techniques for preventing icing, drag-reducing winglets, lightweight composite structures, and so much more are an everyday part of flying...
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Articles: Aerospace
“Be patient, if you want to see the concrete benefits of space research. I am confident that the benefits are there. We at NASA have been given a big job— planning and executing the nation’s civilian space...
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Articles: Aerospace
At the annual meeting of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) in Detroit on January 14, 1959, NASA’s first Administrator, Dr. T. Keith Glennan, said: “I can imagine a remote future when...
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Application Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Clarity™ Matrix LCD Video Wall System Planar Systems Beaverton, OR 866-475-2627 www.planar.com A Clarity Matrix video wall system was installed at NASA’s Payload Operations Integration Center (POIC)...
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Application Briefs: Electronics & Computers
UltraCMOS®-based power management card Peregrine Semiconductor Corp. San Diego, CA 858-731-9400 www.psemi.com Selected for NASA Goddard Space Flight Center’s SpaceCube 2.0 Hybrid Science Data...
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Products: Software
Luxion, Irvine, CA, released KeyShot® 5.1 real-time ray tracing and global illumination software for rendering and lighting of models and assemblies. New features include procedural textures and options, SØrensen Leather...
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Products: Software
ZMDI, Dresden, Germany, released the ZSPM2000 configurable digital PWM controller with integrated MOSFET driver for smart digital point-of-load (POL) solutions. The controller operates as a synchronous step-down converter in...
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Products: Electronics & Computers
ACCES I/O Products, San Diego, CA, announced mPCIe-ICM Series PCI Express Mini Card isolated serial communication cards that measure 30 × 51 mm and feature a selection of four or two ports of isolated RS-232 serial...
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Products: Electronics & Computers
Keithley Instruments, Cleveland, OH, introduced the Model 2460 SourceMeter® Source Measure Unit (SMU) instrument with a capacitive touchscreen graphical user interface. It offers power sourcing up to 105V, 7A DC/7A...
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Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Circuit Design Tool
Sunstone Circuits, Mulino, OR, announced DFMplus, a Design to Manufacturing tool that allows potential issues to be fixed in the PCB design phase. The tool helps users verify PCB designs before ordering. The tool features a preview of possible failure points, provides efficient transfer of design file data into manufacturing,...
Articles: Photonics/Optics
A new concept uses Google Glass for operating machinery, with all of the benefits delivered by wearable computing in an industrial environment. With Google’s Web-enabled glasses, status or dialog...
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Application Briefs: Motion Control
Discussions of the efficient use of energy have become more frequent in many sectors of industry. Machine tools comprise numerous motors and auxiliary components whose energy consumption can vary strongly...
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Products: Sensors/Data Acquisition
H. G. Schaevitz Alliance Sensors Group (Moorestown, NJ) introduced the LR-19 series inductive linear position sensors. The contactless devices are designed for factory automation and a variety of industrial or commercial...
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Products: Motion Control
Lin Engineering (Morgan Hill, CA) released the Xtreme Torque E5618 stepper motor that has been designed to reduce stalling, skipped steps, and provide efficient torque. The new design allows users to stay within the same frame...
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Product Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
Toshiba America Electronic Components (San Jose, CA) offers four motor driver ICs, ranging from precision stepper motor drivers to sensorless brushless DC motor drivers. The TB67S269FTG bipolar stepping motor driver has a...
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Products: Motion Control
CUI (Tualatin, OR) offers the AMT31 modular encoder series that generates standard U/V/W commutation signals for vectoring current to brushless motors. Positional information is generated using a patented capacitive code generation...
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Products: Motion Control
The VACON® 100 FLOW from VACON (Milwaukee, WI) is an AC drive designed to improve flow control for multi-pump applications in which several pumps are used in place of a single one. The drive offers control of flow and pressure for a...
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Products: Robotics, Automation & Control
Siemens AG (Munich, Germany) offers the Simotics DP motors based on the 1LE1 motor platform. The ventilated roller table motors are designed for applications in the steel industry where they must meet requirements for vibration and...
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