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| | Freescale expands MRAM product line... | | Austin, Tex. --Freescale Semiconductor has expanded its magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) family with a 3-volt, 4-Mbit extended temperature range (-40 to +105C) non-volatile RAM (nvRAM).... |
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| | CAN we talk?... | |
Distributed systems require protocols for communication between devices. CAN and SPI
are two of the most common.
I recently spent some time working on systems with more than one processor and had some fun getting them to talk to one ... |
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| | Ethernet hits the auto factory floor... | |
PARK RIDGE, Ill. — General Motors Corp.'s decision to use Ethernet on the floor of a new automotive engine plant opening next month (July) in Tonawanda, N.Y., points to the incremental progress of Ethernet in factory automation, but also ... |
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| | CAN protocol support added to ThreadX... | |
Express Logic, Inc., has introduced ThreadX support for the ISO-11858 standard Controller Area Network (CAN) protocol. CAN is used in applications in the automotive industry, factory automation, and in embedded networking for machine control i... |
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| | Velocity to expand European network... | |
LONDON — Focus EDL has been appointed to be the exclusive UK representative and distributor for Velocity Semiconductor's 32-bit, network-enabled MCU. The Typhoon is suitable for embedded applications requiring controller support and Ether... |
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| | Fuzzy logic does real time on the DSP... | |
Fuzzy logic doesn't require strange hardware or new programming languages, just a different approach to set membership. Plenty of physical systems, from elevators to boilers, can benefit from fuzzy-logic programming. This article explores pro... |
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| | PCI Express image-acquisition board set to debut... | |
Imaging and video have always interested me. As a youth in the early 1960s I tinkered with a surplus photomultiplier tube (if I recall it was a 941A), rigging it up to an Amateur Radio video transmitter. My interest in video was piqued again i... |
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| | Echelon dives into industrial embedded control... | |
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Echelon Corp. is offering early samples of an adaptive industrial-control chip called Pyxos FT, which Echelon anticipates could spur a market several times larger than the LONworks home-control and automation e... |
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| | Advanced industrial control designs are drowning in data... | |
From complete factories down to the individual electromechanical device, real-time data acquisition is critical to the control and feedback that lie at the heart of automation. While advanced VLSI technology offers ever higher performance, i... |
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| | A ZigBee Radio Tutorial for the non-RF Expert... | |
ZigBee and IEEE 802.15.4 are low data rate wireless networking standards that can eliminate the costly and damage prone wiring in industrial control applications. Flow or process control equipment can be place anywhere and still communicate wi... |
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| | Total motion control in auto engine plant... | |
The task of building a 3.9L V-6 engine at a major U.S. carmaker is being made easier as a result of a total Siemens Solution for Powertrain, based upon the Siemens TRANSLINE System Solution and Motion Control Information System (MCIS). This s... |
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| | Advances in industrial robot intelligence... | |
According to the Robotic Industries Association , the North American robotics industry grew at an average annual rate of 20% from 2003-2005. Taking into consideration a relatively soft automotive market and increased pressure from overseas m... |
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| | DC-LVDT position sensors designed for easy integration... | |
Pennsauken, N.J. — Macro Sensors has developed a line of 24-V DC-operated LVDT position sensors with true zero to 10-V output for easy field integration with PLCs, digital indicators, A/D converters, computer-based DAQ systems, and QC data coll... |
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| | Cable connector system adds more choices... | |
Midlothian, Va. — ERNI has expanded its single-row cable connector system with a pitch of 1.27 mm (0.050 inches). Originally launched in a 4-pin version, additional variants are also available with 2, 3, 6 and 8 poles.
Designed for board-to-c... |
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| | Phototriacs isolate low-voltage logic from AC voltages... | |
Malvern, Pa. — Vishay Intertechnology Inc. has introduced two non-zero-crossing 1.5-kV/us dV/dt phototriac optocouplers that are designed to isolate low-voltage logic from AC voltages up to 380 V. The VO3052 and VO3053 phototriacs are designed ... |
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| | Six axis robots palletize Carlsberg beverages ... | |
Carlsberg Breweries is one of the world's largest brewing groups. Its core markets are the Nordic region, Eastern Europe, the United Kingdom and Asia. The breweries sell around 7,000 million liters of beer via subsidiaries and affiliated companies a... |
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| | PWM control IC touts input voltage range up to 75-V... | |
El Segundo, Calif.—International Rectifier introduced the IR3651, a synchronous PWM control IC designed for high-performance synchronous DC/DC buck applications with an input voltage range up to 75-V.
With programmable switching frequency up ... |
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| | Slim relay saves space in industrial apps... | |
Schaumburg, Ill. — Omron Electronic Components has launched an industrial-style G2RV slim relay with a width of 6 mm, offering space savings in industrial applications.
Rated at 6 A, the G2RV is available in six versions with voltages ranging ... |
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| | Heavy-duty connector targets motion control systems, motors... | |
Harrisburg, Pa. — Tyco Electronics Corp. has expanded its HTS heavy-duty connector series with a new range of plastic connectors for motion control, industrial machinery (e.g., transportation belts/equipment, pumps and positioning equipment) an... |
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