Boards/Backplanes

Emerson Network Power today announced a new 3U OpenVPX processor board designed to provide high compute performance, flexibility, and high speed fabric connectivity for a range of industrial, communication and military/aerospace applications.

Hylec-APL has introduced a new comprehensive range of Steatite ceramic terminal blocks which are ideal for wire termination in demanding high temperature applications. Manufactured by Hylec-APL Company, DE Controls, the terminal blocks are a design that is available in both two and three pole options. The new ranges of Steatite ceramic terminal blocks have several characteristics which make it advantageous over existing porcelain ceramic products...

4DSP announced the release of the FM780 and VP780, two highly configurable modules with advanced Digital Signal Processing (DSP) capabilities and multiple I/O options. The FM780 is XMC (VITA 42.3) compliant with a PCI Express Gen 2 interconnect while the VP780 is a 3U VPX form factor (VITA 46).

Brand-Rex has launched a new 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCB Patch Panel Set designed to maximise flexibility in data centre design by providing a high-density plug and play solution. Part of the innovative 10GPlus portfolio, the PCB Patch Panel Set has been developed to support the increasing use of 10 Gigabit Ethernet within the data centre.

Introduced by Bel Stewart Connector, a division of Bel Fuse, are 48-port MRJ21 1U patch panels for high-density networking and telecommunications applications. The 10/100BASE-T (PN ASY21000-005) and 10/100/1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet (PN ASY21000-006) patch panels are the latest additions to Stewart Connectors’ MRJ21 Cabling System, a high-density, high-performance, copper cabling solution.

MPD has invented a new category of lithium coin cell battery holders for the “off board” mounting of lithium coin cell batteries. Now designers have the flexibility to locate lithium coin cell batteries anywhere there is physical room. No soldering tools, chemicals, reflow/wave processing, circuit board required. The two power terminals feature an opening to accept wire leads and double as male connectors mating with common quick connect term...

The use of products in explosive areas is highly regulated by standards and guidelines. In June of this year the new standard, EN 600079:0 (2009), was implemented and replaced the previous 2006 version. For this reason we have brought some of the most important items in our range up-to-date.

Distribution boards in the popular Memshield 3 range from Eaton’s Electrical Sector are now even more versatile; thanks to the introduction of a new three-phase RCBO for feeding three-phase loads that require earth-leakage protection.

AAEON released today two new Intel-based high performance GENE-QM77 3.5” SubCompact SBCs which can greatly enhance performance and provide new features for self-serving ATMs, Kiosks, advanced Gaming and Multimedia applications. These powerful palm-sized boards can also be adapted for networked Automated Medication Dispensing Machines and Smart Interactive Physical Therapy devices in hospitals and clinics.

Pickering Interfaces is expanding its range of LXI switching solutions with the introduction of the 65-110 LXI Wideband Modular Matrix. The 65-110 is a new modular platform providing a solution for connecting up to 16 of 104 X connections simultaneously to16 measuring devices on the Y axis with a usable BW of 500MHz.