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Enhancing real-time engineering decisions

Inventbetter Suite 2007 for problem-solving and optimisation contains the latest versions of Graficalc, Tolerancecalc and Sectioncalc

Mixing of DSP and logic

Altera has launched its high end Stratix III family of FPGAs, taking a slightly different route to arch-competitor Xilinx

CFD software speeds simulation set-up

CFdesign V9 Upfront CFD software is easier to use and can generate design reviews 20 times faster than previous versions

Web-based conferencing

Adobe launches latest version of document sharing software, plus Adobe Connect, a web-based conferencing and collaboration offering

Qualcomm drives into consumer market

US fabless chip maker Qualcomm is branching out into other markets through a new system-on-chip device

Flow meter for tight places

Design features lightweight 316L stainless steel tubes with minimal welding and vibration dampening technology

Automotive with low power flash

New family of SPI serial flash memory devices that it claims has the industry's smallest form factor and lowest power consumption

AMD backs FPGA computing

OpenFPGA, a non-profit consortium developing high performance computing by running algorithms directly on FPGAs rather than processors

'Flat' single-board computer

Kontron is launching the ePanel-PM SBC that offers scalable performance for applications such as mobile panel-PCs, webpads and test equipment

Improvements to motor management system

Siemens Automation and Drives is making its Simocode pro motor management system more versatile and user-friendly

The future of PCB design automation

Rob Irwin looks at what makes for good design automation and how this influences the way computer-based tools will continue to evolve in the future

Innovating in global markets

Richard Lambert, director general of the UK’s Confederation of British Industry, talks about the role of the government and business in innovation

Stainless steel air preparation units

Midland Pneumatics introduces 3550 series of 316 stainless steel filter regulator units, filters, pressure regulators and lubricators

Large-sized LCD panel demand strong

Consumer demand will stay strong through December due to very aggressive price reductions for monitors and LCD TVs

Real-time calculator for OPC and DCS systems

The MatrikonOPC Calculator Real-time edition can operate with open process control data or take some of the load off a DCS

Extensive range of safety light barriers

Pilz claims that it now offers one of the broadest ranges of safety light barriers, thanks to a number of new additions

Drives offer 99 per cent efficiency

New MVW-01 medium-voltage drives minimise component levels reduce motor harmonic currents to extremely low levels

Growing market for automotive sensors

IMS Research estimates the market for automotive image sensors in 2014 will be almost 10 times the size of the market in 2005

Data logging in power-shy environments

The SBC4670's powerful Intel PXA270 processor is based on the ARM5 core, which implements a super-pipelined RISC architecture

‘First' for high-speed digital I/O instruments

National Instruments is introducing the PCIe-6536 25MHz and PCIe-6537 50MHz low-cost digital I/O boards that deliver 100MB/s and 200MB/s

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