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A new 6.4 in open frame panel pc module from ICOP Technology UK is fitted with a Vortex86-6071 embedded PC/104 computer as standard, but customers can select from any other ICOP PC/104 module to suit their specific applications.

Fastening Solutions Exhibitions is pleased to announce its next event at the Reebok Stadium, Bolton, on Thursday 28th September where it is expected the UK’s top suppliers of equipment components and services for fastening and assembly will be present to consult, advise and present specialist solutions to design/production engineers seeking fastening solutions.

Aeroflex and Etherstack have agreed to jointly develop and market a suite of products to support Project 25 protocol conformance testing. The new products will help ensure mobile stations and base stations conform to the APCO Project 25 family of standards and bulletins published by the Telecommunications Industry Association.

Lantronix has announced that Mitsubishi Electric, a leading manufacturer of theatre and data projector products, has selected the award-winning Lantronix XPort embedded networking module to provide remote management and monitoring capabilities for its DLP projectors.

STMicroelectronics has just revealed its design and manufacturing capability for hard disk drive SoC devices in 90nm technology. A new device – integrating ST’s IP in the hard disk controller, the read channel, serial ATA interface (SATA) and memory – is the first such product in the market to be manufactured in a 90nm process. Functional silicon is currently being evaluated and tested, and is sourced from the world-class Crolles2 Alliance...

Focus EDL has announced Tibbo’s EM1000 BASIC-programmable Embedded Module which has been designed to give system board designers to ability connect all I/O components to 1000BaseT Ethernet by simply including the module on the I/O board.

The Omniflex Dual Trip Amplifier is designed for safety critical applications, with set points reached using 4-20mA, 0-10V (1-5V), Universal Inputs such as TC, mV, RTD, V, or frequency signals, producing an alarm to either alarm annunciators, PLCs or DCS Systems.

The Teleterm 'Silent Sentry' from Omniflex is a new low cost, off the shelf, state-of-the-art Alarm Monitor capable of monitoring a wide range of input types and sending SMS Alarm messages upon detection of an alarm condition. The Silent Sentry has 12 direct Binary or Analogue Inputs, plus a Modbus port allowing alarms from a variety of sources to be monitored. Up to 64 different messages can be sent from one unit.

An enhanced range of plug-in interfaces for CAN and LIN bus systems is now available from Computer Solutions. Some recent additions to the range include a CAN to PCMCIA interface, software for controlling and monitoring a CANopen network and a LIN/CAN gateway and interface.

Texas Instruments today announced the International Engineering Consortium (IEC) has selected TI's IP quality management PIQUA technology as the winner of its annual InfoVision Award. The non-profit organization delivers this prestigious award to honour technologies, applications, products, advances and services judged to be the most unique and beneficial to the telecommunications industry. Winners of the IEC InfoVision Award were announced tod...