News & Analysis
Keithley’s German Service Centre Joins List of ISO 17025 Accredited Laboratories
Keithley Instruments has announced today that the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) has accredited Keithley’s German service center to ISO/IEC 17025:2005, the single most important metrology standard for test and measurement products. At the same time, the Metrology Services Department at Keithley’s Cleveland headquarters, which received A2LA ISO/IEC 17025:2005 accreditation a year ago, dramatically expanded its capabil...
Interactive Projection System from 3M
3M Visual Systems has announced an interactive model to its Digital Media System 800 Series of wall-mounted projection devices for classrooms, boardrooms and training centres. The DMS810 features Vikuiti Super Close Projection technology from 3M and a built-in digital annotation pod to create a fully-integrated interactive system. It complements the existing DMS815 interactive model with detachable pod, offering an increased level of flexibility ...
Emerson to acquire Motorola's Embedded Communications Computing business
Emerson and Motorola have announced that the two companies have entered into a definitive agreement under which Emerson will acquire Motorola's Embedded Communications Computing (ECC) business for $350 million in cash. Motorola's ECC business, which had 2006 revenue of approximately $520 million, will strengthen Emerson's position in the $6 billion-and-growing merchant embedded computing industry. Upon completion of the transaction, Motorola's...
Palm sized fanless PC for less demanding applications
The new EPC-200 from BVM is a complete PC in a tiny, palm-sized 115 x 115 x 35mm housing, designed for applications where raw processing power is not required. Typical embedded uses would be in POS kiosks, protocol converters, machine controllers, display managers and similar uses. The unit does not need forced cooling and, despite its compact dimensions, it is a fully featured PC, able to run the Linux o/s from a bootable Compact Flash card or...
19in rack-mount industrial Ethernet switches
HARTING has introduced 19in rack-mount versions of its eCon and mCon 9000 family of managed and unmanaged industrial Ethernet switches. The new units allow up to 10 Ethernet clients to be connected via RJ45 or M12 sockets (D-coding) at the front of the device. The switches are specifically designed for use in industrial environments, and support both Ethernet (10 MBit/s) and Fast Ethernet (100 MBit/s) systems. Line and star topology networks, as ...
Phil Gee is Nu Horizons' VP Sales Europe
Nu Horizons Electronics has appointed Phil Gee as VP Sales Europe, effective October 1st. Gee, who was previously European Director Global EMS at Future Electronics, takes responsibility for the distributor’s sales operations in the UK, Germany and Austria. Nu Horizons entered the European market in August 2006 with the acquisition of Coventry based DT Electronics and opened sales offices in Munich and Vienna earlier this year.
MAZeT Establishes Color and Spectral Sensoring Business Unit
MAZeT GmbH, the leading system house for industrial electronics and JENCOLOR color sensors, launched its new Color and Spectral Sensoring business unit on August 1, 2007. The newly established product and service division will be headed by Frank Krumbein, who played an important role in introducing and establishing the color sensor division at MAZeT.
Thermal printers are basis of new distribution alliance with Able Systems and Printek
Able Systems has announced a new distribution alliance with printer manufacturer Printek, manufacturer of PrintekMobile printers. This strategic agreement will help Able Systems to broaden its compact printer offering to new and existing customers throughout the UK, Europe and the Middle East. The deal follows extensive customer research which identified a need in the marketplace.
Partnership between UL and I²PS facilitates access to international markets
Underwriters Laboratories (UL) is the first testing and certification company to offer extensive international certifications for electrotechnical components and products used in industrial automation technology under the terms of the CB scheme. Underwriters Laboratories Inc. is one of the world's leading certification companies for product safety and has its headquarters in the USA while UL's UK branch is based in Guildford, Surrey.
Sony adds first High Definition unit to FCB camera block series
The new FCB-H10 colour camera module from Sony Europe’s Image Sensing Solutions Division addresses demanding picture quality requirements in (HD) security, videoconferencing and broadcast applications by combining 10x optical zoom with true high definition at 1080i or 720p. This first HD camera in the Sony FCB Series is an ultra-compact (47.2 x 43.1 x 72.2mm) unit and is expected to open up new areas for HD integration, including those with li...