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Articles: Lighting
Nowhere is the motivation to convert all light sources to light-emitting diodes (LEDs) more evident than at the local home improvement store. Even a cursory glance at the LED bulbs on the MR16...
Application Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Eddy-current displacement sensorsLion PrecisionSt. Paul, MN651-484-6544 www.lionprecision.com
Stennis Space Center, NASA’s Mississippi-based headquarters for...
Application Briefs: Information Technology
Ground system telecommunications architectureGeneral Dynamics C4 SystemsFalls Church, VA480-441-3033 www.gd.com
As part of its seven-year contract with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in...
Application Briefs: Lighting
Philips Lumileds, San Jose, CA National Semiconductor, Santa Clara, CA
Abridge lighting project was recently completed in the Chinese city of Harbin, utilizing 1,288 linear floodlights containing 12,000...
Application Briefs: Materials
Ocean LED, Nuneaton, UK Proto Labs, Maple Plain, MN
Richard Sant, Chief Designer at OceanLED, sought a fast and flexible way to make low-cost, high-quality components for the firm’s latest LED lights. He found...
Eye on Innovation: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Somewhere during the last 100 years or so, we have lost something critical — something that funded and inspired the inventions that propelled us into modernism and delivered luxuries we now take for granted....
Research News: Lighting
New Facility Aims to Make LED Lighting More Natural
A new lab at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is dedicated to improving the quality of light that light-emitting diodes (LEDs) produce. NIST vision scientists Wendy Davis and Yoshi Ohno and a team of physicists created the NIST Spectrally Tunable Lighting Facility (STLF).
Products: Energy
Allegro MicroSystems (Worcester, MA) offers constant current LED drivers to address requirements of internal and external illumination applications within the automotive market. Allegro’s...
Products: Energy
The infrared DRAGON SFH 4236 from OSRAM Opto Semiconductors (Sunnyvale, CA) is designed for applications that require narrow radiation characteristics from limited board space, namely automotive applications such as...
Products: Energy
Papailias Incorporated (Northvale, NJ) has introduced a high intensity light engine to replace halogen technology. The Series HI-LED lamp is not a standard LED bulb, but a custom-designed lamp that features a...
Products: Energy
RECOM Power Inc. (Brooklyn, NY) has developed a series of constant current LED drivers in the power ranges of 12, 20, and 60 Watts. The new series feature universal AC inputs, power factor correction, and UL-8750...
Products: Energy
The high-brightness black top surface tri-color PLCC-6 family of SMT LEDs from Avago Technologies (San Jose, CA) has a separate heat path for each LED dice, enabling the LED to be driven at higher current. The...
Products: Energy
Advanced Analogic Technologies, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA) introduced its AAT1409/7/5 family of multi-string LED backlight drivers with integrated boost converters and precision current sinks that can support up to 88...
Products: Green Design & Manufacturing
The KP Series of illuminated miniature pushbutton switches from NKK Switches (Scottsdale, AZ) provide design engineers options that complete front panels needing an innovative look and feel. The devices are...
Products: Energy
A new standard DC filter called the FMER SOL from Schurter (Santa Rosa, CA) is designed for use on the DC side of the inverter in photovoltaic systems, and ensures EMC compliance and overall reliability of the...
Products: Transportation
ROHM Semiconductor (San Diego, CA) introduces the Model BD8381EFV-M high-brightness LED driver for automotive forward illumination applications. With this flexible IC, designers can specify the same driver...
Products: Photonics/Optics
Dontech (Doylestown, PA) Therma Klear™ transparent heaters provide the warmth necessary to extend the operating temperature of liquid crystal displays (LCDs) in cold environments (e.g. from 0° to below -40°C). A...
Products
Z Corporation, Burlington, MA, has introduced the ZPrinter® 150 monochrome and ZPrinter® 250 multicolor commercial-class 3D printers. The printers feature resolution of 300 × 450 dpi, minimum feature size of 0.016",...
Products: Robotics, Automation & Control
National Instruments (Austin, TX) has announced the AKD servo drives and AKM servo motors for deploying custom motion applications to any NI real-time controller supporting NI EtherCAT technology. The motors are...
Products: Robotics, Automation & Control
MICOS USA (Irvine, CA) offers a multiphase piezo nanopositioner that reduces stick-slip signature for nanopositioning applications. The motor uses at least two piezos and friction elements that move in unison, but slip at...
Products: Robotics, Automation & Control
The Model 475 series diaphragm valves from Tridak, a Dymax Co. (Torrington, CT), are used with low- to medium-viscosity fluids. The internal design prevents fluid contact with the actuating components, making them suitable for...
Products: Robotics, Automation & Control
US Digital (Vancouver, WA) offers the QSB (Quadrature to USB) encoder interface adapter that interfaces standard quadrature encoder signals into a PC USB port for encoder verification. Single-ended or differential...
Products: Robotics, Automation & Control
Novotechnik (Southborough, MA) has introduced the TX2 series of position sensors with stroke lengths up to 300 mm. The sensors are sealed to IP67 specifications, and feature an 18-mm-diameter housing size. The sensors provide...
Products: Sensors/Data Acquisition
PIHER North America (Libertyville, IL) offers the PS15 rotary position sensor in a 15-mm package. It is surface-mountable for detecting changes in angle and position, and converting them to a voltage output. It can be...
Products: Robotics, Automation & Control
The HR 1120 electronic handwheel from Heidenhain Corp. (Schaumburg, IL) is used in machine automation systems where changing formats or positioning objects with numerous axes is necessary. It is suitable for both portable...
Products: Robotics, Automation & Control
Haydon Kerk Motion Solutions (Hollis, NH) offers the Kerk® Micro Series lead screw assemblies. Standard configurations include 2-mm-diameter screws with leads ranging from 0.3 mm to 2 mm revolution, and a variety of nut...
Products: Robotics, Automation & Control
The Thomas 1210 Series diaphragm liquid DC pump from Thomas Division (Sheboygan, WI) features the REFLEX valve design that provides a bubble-free liquid flow for fuel cell and diagnostic applications. Available in 12V and 24V DC...
Products: Robotics, Automation & Control
International Rectifier (El Segundo, CA) offers the AUIRS4426S dual-channel, low-side driver IC for hybrid power train drives, direct fuel injection, and DC-DC converter applications. Available in an 8-lead package, the IC is a...
Products: Robotics, Automation & Control
Lee Linear (Piscataway, NJ) has introduced end-machined precision rolled ball screws available in a range of sizes and leads. Made from induction case-hardened alloy sheet, the screws are integrally sealed and are available...
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