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Low-cost means of torque measurement

RDP Electronics is promoting the use of load cells and torque arms as an economical way to measure torque
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Large-sized LCD panel shipments decline

Some television panel prices have been declining since the first quarter of 2008; monitor panel prices have also been dropping
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Initiatives boost development in flexible electronics

Strategic partnerships between material suppliers, original equipment manufacturers and research institutes to accelerate technology development MORE »

New advances in printed electronics

Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute believe they have developed a way to create printed circuit boards using inkjet and nano technologies MORE »

// - Dc motors deliver high performance and efficiency for electric motorcycles

// - Economic use of millimetre wave radio technology

// - Choosing the best option for overcurrent circuit protection

// - Modular electronics housing system for individual electronics assemblies

// - Exploring benefits of quasi-resonant converters for power supply systems

// - 'Plug and play' speed sensors are insensitive to electromagnetic fields

// - Battling for high definition wireless to run multiple television channels

// - Borehole seismic acquisition gives 'high definition' results

// - DTV semiconductor market suffers decline in 2008

// - LEDs offer rare ray of hope during electronics downturn

// - Test tweezers ease electronics diagnosis

// - China's semiconductor market to fall 5.8 per cent in 2009

// - Alcohol-free range of silicon sealants

// - Dectecting pipeline wall thickness with ultrasound

// - Linear actuators offer high accuracy and repeatability

// - Even Samsung gets stung by DRAM downturn

// - A slippery slope for contract manufacturers

// - Safe power transmission with new power connectors

// - Latch combines security and access convenience

// - Proportional valves gain new 4-20mA control option

// - Safe power transmission with new power connectors

// - Carbon nanotubes offer potential as flame retardants

// - Wireless power: the next wave in powering electronic devices

// - Contact cleaning system for electronics industry

// - Flowmeter for biomass fermentation and biogas processes

// - Increasing electronics content sets new thermal challenges

// - Laser micrometer offers twice the measuring range

// - Illumination is growing design focus for many new switch applications

// - Micro-manufacturing now offers advantages for specialist processes

// - Roller chain drives offer longer life, even in harsh environments

// - Dc motors deliver higher performance and efficiency

// - Statistics and predictions for motion control market

// - Increasing the processing of music data

// - Low-cost boards offer high-precision speed control

// - High speed, low power comparators

// - Chlorine analyser eliminates pH sampling systems and reagents

// - Silica analyser helps reduce your plant costs

// - LPKF Laser & Electronics AG - Solutions for Prototype Printed Circuit Board Production

// - Compact load cells offer high performance

// - Regulatory enforcement drives continuous emission monitors

// - IBM to set up Systems Engineering lab in Munich

// - ROV undertakes large scale photographic surveys

// - Roller chain drives offer long life in harsh environments

// - Dc motors deliver higher performance and efficiency

// - Start-up boosts millimetre wave radio technology

// - Battling for high definition wireless to run TV channels

// - Power entry modules handle higher currents

// - PWM motor controls in standard and customised configurations

// - Chiller cuts cooling energy costs by up to 50 per cent

// - Prices for premium- and value-brand LCD TVs converge

// - Ethernet makes its way into the car

// - Meet the challenge of collaborative management in embedded design

// - Latest PCB technology boosts power electronics performance

// - Wireless microcontroller technology plays key role in energy efficiency

// - Battle heats up for USB3.0 chips in new markets

// - Record-breaking wind-powered car gives a glimpse of the future

// - Energy curable technologies and printed electronics

// - Micro Manufacturing Conference 2009

// - Signal conditioning amplifiers are sealed to IP65

// - Flame-retardant material for rapid manufacturing

// - LED lanterns mark coral reef

// - Offshore platforms: measuring deepwater currents

// - Programmable controller for thickness and coplanarity measurement

// - Electric actuators are an alternative to pneumatics

// - Battery fuel gauge for JEITA profile

// - Industrial displays benefit from wider viewing angles

// - Analogue brushless DC motor controls suit high-reliability applications

// - ISO/DIS 26262 - a new draft standard for road vehicle functional safety

// - GPS receiver module meets automotive requirements

// - Making rapid prototyping pay dividends in full

// - Mud density measurement saves dredging costs

// - Fortus 900mc 3D Production System gains four new materials

// - Capacitive sensors are easy to use

// - Position sensor communicates via Ethernet Powerlink

// - Electroactive polymer actuators feature microstructured surface

// - Recycled plastics offer commercial and environmental benefits

// - Condition monitoring units provide sensing solution

// - Variable speed ac drives to change compressor industry

// - Microcontrollers designed for off-road vehicles

// - Dispensing pumps are reliable and highly accurate

// - AC drives with Profinet interface

// - Embedded sensors generate their own energy

// - Torsional stiffness measurement system uses COTS components

// - Non-contact temperature sensor is loop-powered

// - Digital silicon photomultiplier improves photon counting

// - Compact TFT displays benefit from high-performance technologies

// - The electrical grid of tomorrow will be flexible and self-healing

// - Load cell measures up to 1000 tons

// - Modular high speed separator makes maintenance simple

// - Legislation continues to drive novel polymer development

// - Hose lines cut pollution to meet emissions standards

// - Code-reader is configured via web server

// - Most junction box is compatible with reflow soldering

// - Shuttered duplex LC adapters improve eye protection

// - 2D vision sensor offers high performance and value for money

// - Pressure sensors on short lead times

// - Squeezable user-interface technology for computer-based applications

// - Hydrogen fuel cells: from automotive power to distributed generation

// - Modelling, simulating and testing of renewable energy technologies

// - Combined connector for power and signal, including industrial Ethernet

// - Solenoid valves use 'hit and hold' drive technology

// - Loop-powered ultrasonic transmitter is easy to use

// - Proportional pressure relief valve with integrated control electronics

// - VPX computing blade for parallel processing

// - Accuracy diagnostics of liquid ultrasonic flow meters

// - USB DAQ module is low-cost and user-friendly

// - Fluid mud density measurement saves harbour dredging costs

// - 3D digital versatility enhances design of subsea control systems

// - Modular actuation solutions for major refineries

// - Self-contained water-atomising fire suppression for offshore installations

// - Underwater thickness gauge is IPX8 rated

// - Compact motor controllers save energy

// - Left- and right-hand plugs in Eurostyle format

// - Ship safety and security improved with switch technology

// - Development platform for Bluetooth products

// - Gigabit Ethernet switch can support Power over Ethernet

// - High-power connector includes signal contacts

// - IDC connectors help motor manufacturers migrate to aluminium

// - Switched-mode PSU for high-power CompactPCI applications

// - Precision dissolvable spacers

// - High-power connector includes signal contacts

// - LVDTs suit applications requiring high-frequency response

// - Embedded system powered by the latest Intel Atom Processor D510

// - Printable sensors to detect fingers without touching

// - Digital pressure sensor with programmable microcontroller

// - High-performance, ultra-low-power DSP

// - Embedded flash microcontroller is claimed to be the industry's fastest

// - Function/arbitrary/pulse generator features broad frequency range

// - Directional ionising nozzles provide localised static control

// - Wireless data acquisition benefits broad spectrum of applications

// - Lightweight push-pull connectors provide custom solutions

// - Magnetostrictive linear transducers are immune to noise

// - Study identifies best cabling for 10 Gigabit Ethernet

// - 16-channel relay card

// - Devices support 'unprecedented number' of independent digital control loops

// - Ethernet connectors are compact alternative to RJ 45

// - Vertical translation stage features submicron resolution

// - Failsafe, wireless operator control and monitoring

// - Dual-output 'no contact' rotary position sensor is ultra-slim

// - Some like it hot - accelerometers work at up to 150°C

// - UPS can be rack mounted, used in floor-standing or tower configuration

// - Silicon demand rebounds in 2010, led by 300mm wafers

// - Optical devices achieve higher data transmission rates

// - Sub-1GHz Zigbee module is first to be CE-certified

// - Non-contact position sensors are sealed to IP68/IP69K

// - Dual-rated PV connector meets NEC 2008 without accessories

// - WLAN Access Point is ATEX-certified

// - Market report shows growth for industrial automation electronics

// - Hall-effect transducer measures from milliamps to hundreds of amps

// - Expanded range of machine vision lighting products

// - Electronics key to magneto-inductive displacement sensor

// - Profile fixture suitable for viewing changes in reflow ovens

// - Serial-to-Ethernet technology with NPort Device Servers

// - Rugged, ultra-low range gravity referenced linear servo accelerometers

// - PEAK 777VL2 Single Board Computer

// - PICMG 1.0 full-size single board computer features Intel G41 chipset

// - Wireless sensors 'expected to be in huge demand'

// - Three-axis sensors now available for lower loads

// - Pure CVD silicon carbide wafer carriers

// - Performance enhancing glass bonding technology

// - Solution for mobile GIS applications

// - Displacement sensors use magneto-inductive technology

// - Aqueous cleaning solution designed with a pH neutral formulation

// - 3M multi-touch screens to be revealed

// - WLAN access point is ruggedised for industrial use

// - Dual-channel quadrature Hall-effect bipolar switch is ultra-sensitive

// - Solder jet printer eliminates the need for stencils

// - LVDT position sensors handle high temperatures and harsh conditions

// - Devices detect over-current in power electronic circuits

// - Ethernet switches feature rugged M12 connectors

// - Oscilloscopes for production testing, analysis, design and debugging

// - Panels combine high-performance with a robust aluminum construction

// - Rugged battery powered wireless level sensor

// - Sensors use precision digital signal conditioning

// - Sensitivity for differential low pressure measurement

// - Single-chip solution includes mTouch technology

// - High-performance Ethernet Switch VX3910 for VPX and OpenVPX platforms

// - Evaluation kit for programmable rotary sensors

// - M12 inductive sensors offer nanometre resolution

// - Field wireless devices conform to ISA100.11a standard

// - 17.5- and 14.1-in colour TFT-LCD modules with LED backlight

// - Half-Chip PRM Regulator

// - Defending industrial networks

// - Purpose-built tester integrates M12 and RJ45 ports

// - Thermocouple exhaust gas temperature sensor

// - New DC-bus power supply

// - Handheld tester designed for use with Industrial Ethernet

// - Industrial wireless transmitter

// - GPS solution for asset and vehicle tracking

// - Dual-radio offers high-reliability networking option

// - Vision sensors' new functions boost operation and use

// - Standard LVDTs can be modified for high-temperature applications

// - Low profile keypad switches for telecoms, control and alarm panels

// - Polymer blends market earns revenues of €346.0m in 2009

// - Sunlight readable and long life LED backlit TFT Display

// - Triaxial accelerometer designed for high-precision vibration measurements

// - Universal data acquisition system with new analogue output interface

// - Compact appliance inlet with EMI filter

// - Rugged stainless steel miniature pyrometer

// - Programmable power supplies

// - Multichannel charge amplifier suits high-accuracy measurements

// - Low drive voltage high efficiency SiC

// - Voltage regulator offers fast load transient response

// - Fibre optic short link transmitter/receiver suits high-power applications

// - Novel communications technology passes data though steel hulls

// - Ultra small Schottky barrier diodes

// - Pick-and-place system dispenses solder paste of 100µm diameters

// - Fibre optic short link transmitter/receiver suits high-power applications

// - Ultra-low-energy Bluetooth chip creates new product opportunities

// - Baseplate-cooled power supplies rated to 500W

// - Labview 2010 gains new user-requested features

// - Low-cost, Ethernet-enabled device for monitoring temperatures

// - Partnership simplifies design using high-temperature superconductors

// - Collect on-machine data for power, torque and speed

// - Earth leakage protection relay mounts on Din rail

// - Rotary inductive position sensor is accurate, roust and economical

// - 1D and 2D codes read, regardless of quality, surface or print method

// - High-sensitivity digital camera achieves high frame rates

// - Wireless sensors measure humidity, temperature and CO2

// - Non-contact, absolute position sensor now measures around corners

// - Dual power supply incorporates digital remote control interface

// - Multimedia panel PC features touchscreen technology and IP65 protection

// - Level sensor can be used reliably with all types of media

 
 

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