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Steatite contribute rugged notebook to Merrill Lynch MD Simon Mackenzie-Smith’s 2010 Peking to Paris rally
Steatite Rugged is helping Simon Mackenzie-Smith’s bid to complete the 2010 Paris to Peking Motor Challenge. Mackenzie-Smith, Chairman of UK for Bank of America Merrill Lynch, needed a rugged laptop for the charity trip and Steatite will contribute a General Dynamics GD6000 laptop for his challenge.
NI DIAdem 2010 Simplifies Reporting and Enhances Data Visualisation
National Instruments has announced NI DIAdem 2010, the latest version of the data management software that helps engineers and scientists better manage, analyse and report on data collected during data acquisition or generated through simulations. The new version of DIAdem features GPS synchronisation, sound data playback and increased offline analysis and reporting capabilities. This combination of features gives engineers and scientists the opp...
Acrosser Launches a New PCI/104+Solution-AR-B8020
There are many industrial applications only need 386 or 486 level CPU to execute basic industrial applications. Nowadays those low cost processors has been phased out from the market, system integrators are forced to spend more cost on new platforms which are expensive and over requirements. For example, the current X86 CPU clocks are all over 600MHz. and form factor sizes are bigger than 3.5”. They are either too expensive or too big for sim...
NI Extends LabVIEW FPGA and C Series I/O with New High-Channel-Count Expansion Chassis
National Instruments has announced the NI 9157 and NI 9159 MXI-Express RIO chassis and NI 9148 Ethernet RIO chassis, which in addition to the existing NI 9144 EtherCAT chassis, extend the company’s offering of high-channel-count expansion chassis on a variety of buses. Built on NI reconfigurable I/O (RIO) technology, these chassis deliver the benefits of field programmable gate array (FPGA)-based hardware and C Series I/O to applications requir...
AIS Releases a 12.1” Rugged Vehicle Computer Featuring a Built-in Smart Battery Backup and High Brightness Touch Screen Display for the Harsh Environments
American Industrial Systems Inc. introduces a 12.1” Rugged Vehicle Computer designed to reliably operate in strong vibration, extreme temperatures, dusty and harsh environmental conditions. The HMI Vehicle PC features a built-in UPS battery back-up system, capable of sustaining the unit for up to 30 minutes in the event of loss of power. This is ideal for delayed system shutdown for data transmission, mission critical applications, and loggin...
AIS Releases Power over Ethernet (POE) Touchscreen Terminals for Industrial Automation, Transportation, Appliance and Digital Signage Applications
American Industrial Systems Inc. (AIS) introduces a line of Power over Ethernet (PoE) Touchscreen Panel PC’s available in 5.7”, 7”, and 10.1” compact form factor sizes. Power over Ethernet or PoE technology describes a system to safely transfer electrical power, along with data, to remote devices over standard category 5 cable in an Ethernet network. It does not require modification of existing Ethernet cabling infrastructure. The units s...
Flexible 8 - 15 In-Wall Panel PC
The AFOLUX 4 series of easy-to-mount 8-15 In-Wall Panel PCs from IEI has changeable faceplates, touchscreen capability and wireless connectivity.
Amplicon adds marine section to its website
Amplicon has recently launched a new marine section in itsd website featuring the flagship product, MC-4510 – Amplicon’s first DNV approved marine computer. It is designed to highlight the ways in which Amplicon support system integrators, installers and OEMs working in the marine market. It also features a unique list of DNV approved computers, Industrial Ethernet switches, serial to Ethernet converters and other highly relevant products.
Mouser stocking new Freescale MMA8450Q Acceleration Sensor
Mouser Electronics, Inc., known for its rapid introduction of the newest products, today announced it is stocking the Freescale Semiconductor MMA8450Q 3-axis Digital Accelerometer. The Freescale Semiconductor MMA8450Q 3-axis Digital Accelerometer is a next generation motion sensing device that provides 12-bit data with FIFO to accomplish complex gesture recognition and positive detection required for next-generation mobile applications that go be...
Nexcom launch entry-level Digital Signage Player with low profile design.
The low cost NDiS 123 is the latest addition to Nexcom’s range of innovative digital signage solutions. Powered the Intel Atom Dual Core D510 CPU the extremely low profile NDiS 123 is compact enough to address even the most space critical of Digital Signage deployments and yet powerful enough to handle rich multi-media content without stretching the budget.