Rotary table

Mar 17 | Tools And Technology

IntelLiDrives, Inc.’s new rotary table model RR-18-14 from the ROTORING direct drive rotary Series provides angular positioning and is designed to eliminate backlash, friction, and wear problems associated with worm, gear, and belt drives.

Direct drive single plane positioning stage

Mar 17 | Tools And Technology

Utilizing planar linear motor technology, IntelLiDrives, Inc. Cartesian system is a true direct drive single plane positioning stage.

Vertical cavity surface emitting laser driver

Mar 11 | Tools And Technology

VI Systems GmbH introduced the A25-120C VCSEL (vertical cavity surface emitting laser) driver integrated circuit for optical data transmission. This VCSEL driver chip is designed for the use in high speed optical transceivers with serial data rates of 25 Gbit/s and 28 Gbit/s.

Multifunction USB analog output modules

Mar 8 | Tools And Technology

ACCES I/O Products, Inc. announced the latest addition to its line of small form factor USB-based data acquisition and control I/O modules—the USB-AO Series. This line consists of 12 and 16-bit USB modules.

Pixel Sub-Stepping, Resolution Enhancement

Feb 12 | White Papers

Camera systems and scanners must have high resolutions. This creates difficulties for all applications where low light intensity means neither the resolution of the chip nor the exposure time for changing or moving objects can be freely chosen. In a new paper, Physick Instrumente details how to increase the resolution of these sensor chips.

Programmable stepper motor drive

Feb 9 | Tools And Technology

Haydon Kerk Motion Solutions introduced the Haydon RoHS compliant IDEA programmable stepper motor drive. The IDEA Drive is a compact electronic drive and fully programmable control unit with a patent pending graphic user interface.

Strain gage simulator boards

Jan 27 | Tools And Technology

United Electronic Industries (UEI) released the DNx-AO-358 simulated Strain Gage output boards. The boards are available in two models—the DNA version, for use with UEI’s PowerDNA Cubes and the DNR version, for rack-mounting in a PowerDNR RACKtangle, or HalfRACK chassis.

Specialized beamforming module for PC platforms

12/22/2009 | Tools And Technology

Pentek is introducing two beamformer PCIe modules to its expansive product line. Each is a high-speed software radio board for processing baseband RF or IF signals and incorporates powerful beamforming functions. Created to accelerate system level design and lower system cost, the boards bring high-performance built-in features and connectivity to PC platforms.

New X Series Data Acquisition Devices

12/21/2009 | Tools And Technology

National Instruments announced X Series multifunction data acquisition (DAQ) devices for PCI Express and PXI Express. The 16 new X Series DAQ devices provide enhancements to analog I/O, digital I/O, onboard counters, and multidevice synchronization.

Fanless box PC features redundant Ethernet ports

12/3/2009 | Tools And Technology

The Industrial Automation Group of Advantech introduced the UNO-3272, a Fanless Box PC equipped with a Celeron M 440 1.86GHz CPU, 1 GB DDR2 SDRAM, 2 x Gigabit Ethernet ports with teaming function, 4 x serial communication ports (2 x RS-232 and 2 x RS-232/422/485 with Auto Flow Control), 2 x PCI expansion slots, audio, DVI-D, VGA dual video output, and 1 x external CompactFlash slot.

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Much ado about next to nothing

Mar 15

The recent review of the past 10 years of the National Nanotechnology Initiative--as presented by the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology--suggested the rise of nanomanufacturing as the near future of nanotechnology. But the actual proposed funding reflects a cautious approach, even about nanotech in general.

Lunar tires, space MRSA, and resonating microfluidics

Mar 5

I typically attend the annual Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy each year in pursuit of specific coverage. This year, I sought out candidates for coverage in a vacuum technology article, and pulled together some instruments for a spectroscopy guide. But as busy as that kept me, it wasn’t all mass spectrometers and vacuum pumps on the show floor.  

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NuGard Coating Ashburn Hill

Jan 7

NuGard First Response Protective Clothing are lightweight coveralls, jackets, and pants that provide protection from heat and flame while keeping the wearers body temperature constant.

Multi-Touch Music Maker

Jan 7

Professor David Wessel shows his multi-touch interface that uses computer technologies that allow him to experiment with fine controls to "caress" the instrument.