Analysis

First time exhibitor at Nepcon 2006, Aspen Electronics has reported their attendance to be an unqualified success. After an encouragingly busy first day, Managing Director, Howard Venning commented: “We expected strong interest in our test equipment and power supplies, here in Birmingham, and we were not disappointed. But we were particularly impressed and a little surprised to see so much attention paid to our component ranges.”

NEXCOM International has launched the PEAK 870VL2. This fully RoHS compliant Single Board Computer is said to be the world's first full-size PICMG 1.3 product to support socket LGA775 processors up to Pentium 4 at speeds of up to 3.8Ghz.

NEXCOM has launched what it claims isits most versatile blade server to date with the introduction of the new HS416A. The HS416A’s architecture enables it to accommodate any combination of dual-core, 64-bit or 32-bit Server Blades and/or Pentium M based PC-Blades in the same compact 4u chassis.

Nexcom has expanded its range of Fanless Embedded Computer Systems with the introduction of the cost-effective NICE 3120. Based on the low power AMD Geode LX800 processor with 400 MHz, the NICE 3120 has been specifically designed to address a wide variety of industrial computer applications within automation, machine control, POS and Transportation.

Now available from Link Microtek is a range of high-speed PIN diodes that are made from high-resistivity epitaxial silicon material, passivated with silicon dioxide to achieve high levels of stability and reliability.

Vicor, a leading manufacturer of power conversion components and systems, has recognised UK-based ACAL Power Solutions as its European Distributor of the Year for 2005.

Keithley Instruments has teamed with R&D Magazine to create a Nanotechnology Test & Measurement Applications Contest for researchers and test innovators who are making complex and advanced electrical measurements on nanoscale materials and devices.

The new TGA4954-SL optical modulator driver offered by Link Microtek has been designed to provide a low-cost surface-mount solution for Mach-Zehnder applications in high-speed fibre-optic communication systems.

National Instruments looks to have extended its machine vision market leadership by announcing its adoption of the new Automated Imaging Association (AIA) standard for Gigabit Ethernet (GigE) Vision. A longtime leader in end-user vision systems, NI now adds support for GigE Vision cameras to its existing image acquisition software.

STMicroelectronics has announced that the ATLAS Collaboration at CERN, the European Centre for Nuclear Research, near Geneva, Switzerland, and the world’s largest particle physics laboratory, has honored the Company with an ATLAS Supplier Award for the development and delivery of radiation-hard voltage regulators for use in CERN’s giant ATLAS experiment.