CAS DataLoggers recently provided the oven temperature data logging solution for a supplier of raw materials used in the plastics rotary molding industry. This company offers a comprehensive technical support service to their customer base, and part of this service includes technical advice and assistance to maximize their customers’ production efficiency. CAS DataLoggers provided the […]
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Siemens Equips Motor Management System with Profinet Interface
Siemens Industry Automation Division has expanded its Simocode Pro motor management system to include a basic unit with Profinet interface. Linking up Simocode Pro via Ethernet to higher-level automation systems allows new functions to be provided for motor diagnostics, control and protection. The additional integration of PROFIenergy also improves energy management. Siemens new Simocode Pro […]
DAQ Series: What is a Data Acquisition System (DAQ)?
Data acquisition systems (DAQ) are getting a lot of engineers’ attention lately. Pondering minds would like to know what is a DAQ? To clarify, it is simpler to explain what a DAQ “does” than to answer, “What it is”. The DAQ was invented circa 1964, with the purpose of doing something with software. Initially, DAQ’s […]
Agilent Technologies and SiSoft Introduce Pre-Standard IBIS-AMI Modeling Guide
Agilent Technologies Inc. and Signal Integrity Software, Inc. announced guidelines that enable system designers to use advanced jitter and broadband analog capabilities when modeling high-speed serial devices. The modeling guidelines are based on proposed enhancements to the IBIS Algorithmic Modeling Interface (116-118 and 123.5), which are expected to be included in the specification’s next version. Both SiSoft […]
Tektronix Introduces the 30 GHz Probing System
Tektronix, Inc. announced the 30 GHz probing system with coaxial connectors. The new P7600 Series Probing System features probe-specific DSP filters that enhance performance and minimize noise levels. When paired with the Tektronix DPO/DSA73304D oscilloscope, the P7600 Series Probing System provides connectivity and signal fidelity for high-speed differential signal measurements on serial bus designs like PCI Express. […]
Agilent Technologies Inc. opens calibration and repair service center
Agilent Technologies Inc. announced the opening of a new calibration and repair service center for electronic test instruments in Hanoi, Vietnam. The new Agilent Advantage Services facility will offer local calibration and repair services, adding to more than 50 service locations around the world. The service center technicians and engineers, who speak the local language, […]
Agilent Technologies Unveils IC-CAP Platform
Agilent Technologies Inc. announced the latest release of its device modeling software platform, the Integrated Circuit Characterization and Analysis Program (IC-CAP). With IC-CAP 2013.01, Agilent introduces improvements to its flagship product for high-frequency device modeling. One key improvement is turnkey extraction of the Angelov-GaN model, the industry standard compact device model for GaN semiconductor devices. GaN technology […]
NI Releases NI 5791 RF transceiver adapter module for NI FlexRIO
National Instruments commercially released the NI 5791 RF transceiver adapter module for NI FlexRIO, which is currently being used in multiple cutting-edge research projects on 5G technologies. The module forms a powerful SDR solution when paired with an NI FlexRIO FPGA module for real-time, user-designed processing. Through triggering mechanisms provided by the PXI platform, users […]
Designing Superior Weighing Systems to Improve Safety and Control Costs
In industries from mining and manufacturing to construction, transportation, and agriculture, the need to weigh or measure inputs, outputs, and applied force has grown in recent decades to improve production safety and control costs. What follows is a quick primer on what design engineers need to know about measuring weight or force with load cells, […]
Advantech Launches a Low Density Combined Isolated/TTL PCI Express DAQ Card
The Industrial Automation Group of Advantech has launched a new low-density isolated DAQ card that uses the PCI Express interface. The PCIE-1730 has a much faster data transfer rate than standard PCI cards, offers up to 32 isolated channels, and does not require additional development software. The PCIE-1730 has 32 low density isolated digital IO […]