• Analog Devices AD8420 Instrumentation Amplifier

    Updated: 2011-06-30 17:53:50
    Analog Devices announced their AD8420 micropower, wide-supply-range instrumentation amplifier. The ADI AD8420 amp features a high CMRR (common-mode rejection ratio) of 100 dB, 75 uA of power consumption, wide 2.7 V to 36 V single and +/-18 V dual-power supply range. The AD8420 instrumentation amplifier (8-lead MSOP) is available now for $0.89 (price each per [...]

  • Breaking News: Iconics and Mitsubishi Sign Cooperation Agreement

    Updated: 2011-06-30 11:26:39
    Iconics and Mitsubishi Electric Automation have signed an agreement whereby Iconics will integrate its SCADA and Manufacturing Intelligence software with Mitsubishi IA controllers. 

  • Physical Modeling Partnership

    Updated: 2011-06-30 08:58:36
    B&R Automation and Maplesoft announces a partnership to further development of physical modeling for industrial automation and machine design. The partnership brings together two products, MapleSim (Maplesoft) and Automation Studio (B&R), to provide quicker verification of virtual simulation development.

  • 40mm Brushless Motor

    Updated: 2011-06-30 08:14:03
    This 40mm brushless motor is appropriate for industrial applications, logistics equipment, mobile robotics and packaging machinery.

  • VLT Drive for Food & Beverage Applications

    Updated: 2011-06-30 08:11:27
    The VLT FlexConcept is a unified and optimized drive solution specifically engineered for the demands of the food & beverage and packaging industries.

  • Steam-Injection Flow Meter for Enhanced Oil Recovery

    Updated: 2011-06-30 08:06:58
    V-Cone steam-injection flow meter supports enhanced oil recovery (EOR) technologies that produce heavy oil from demanding environments.

  • Digital Coriolis Mass Flow and Density Transmitter

    Updated: 2011-06-30 08:02:14
    Foxboro CFT51 digital Coriolis mass flow and density transmitter is an enhancement to the company’s CFT50 model.

  • Flow Meter for Wastewater Treatment Aeration

    Updated: 2011-06-30 07:58:33
    ST98 thermal mass flow meter, when combined with the company’s Vortab Model VIP flow conditioner, minimizes compressed air flow energy costs for wastewater treatment plant engineers.

  • Meter Prover Module for ControlLogix

    Updated: 2011-06-30 07:54:57
    Meter prover interface enables the company’s flow computer to make critical oil flow, mass and volume calculations directly from a meter prover via the backplane of a Rockwell Automation ControlLogix platform.

  • Photoelectric Sensor Line

    Updated: 2011-06-30 07:45:42
    Photoelectric sensor line now includes 18mm rectangular plastic DC models.

  • Industrial Network Wireless Receiver

    Updated: 2011-06-30 07:40:19
    New Limitless WDRR (wireless din-rail receiver) receives wireless signals from up to 14 different position-sensing switches and communicates individual switch statuses to a programmable logic controller (PLC) or any controller capable of receiving NPN/PNP inputs.

  • Energy Monitoring Unit Connects Via Ethernet

    Updated: 2011-06-30 07:33:05
    OptoEMU Sensor Energy Monitoring Unit monitors the electrical energy used in a facility and delivers that data to online software applications using an existing wired or wireless Ethernet network.

  • Explosion-proof Motors for Hazardous Locations

    Updated: 2011-06-30 07:27:32
    The XP100 (1-300 hp) motors are designed specifically for hazardous operating environments such as the petrochemical and chemical processing, mining, and grain handling industries.

  • Closed Loop DC Speed Control

    Updated: 2011-06-30 07:16:48
    The OMDC-MD series is a compact programmable DC speed control with digital closed loop feedback and LED display for DC motors rated to 2 hp.

  • Inverter Drives for Motion Control

    Updated: 2011-06-30 07:11:25
    HighLine model inverter drives have been added to the company’s L-Force 8400 line of inverter drives for motion control.

  • Variable Speed Drive

    Updated: 2011-06-30 07:03:05
    A1000 variable speed drive has a calculated design life twice as long as previous generations.

  • Accelerated Automation Use In India Is Needed

    Updated: 2011-06-30 05:59:39
    While China has rapidly closed the gap in skills development and industrial deployment of highly automated process, India lags behind in addressing the low GDP 'per hour worked' ranking, cautions the Automation Industry Association (AIA).

  • Motion Control and More: Siemens “Almost Everywhere”in Walt Disney World

    Updated: 2011-06-30 05:18:21
    An extensive concentration of automation technology can be found in Orlando, Fla., home of Mickey Mouse.When hundreds of users met at in Orlando, Fla. this week for the 2011 Siemens Automation Summit user conference, it wasn't the first time the German-based automation vendor set foot in “the Land of the Mouse,” as the president of Siemens Industry Automation Division, Raj Batra, called it.

  • GE Investment in Brazil

    Updated: 2011-06-30 00:54:17
    In related news weeks earlier, GE also announced that its fifth and newest GE Global Research facility will be in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

  • The Latest Developments in PoE Technology: PoE Plus Has Arrived

    Updated: 2011-06-30 00:07:33
    New white paper from Moxa Americas, Inc. identifies the key additional advantages offered by PoE Plus and explores the enormous potential of this new technology in scenarios that previously could not take advantage of PoE.

  • Habey MITX-6910 Sandy Bridge Cloud Capable Board

    Updated: 2011-06-29 18:34:39
    Habey USA introduced the MITX-6910 Sandy Bridge cloud capable board. The MITX-6910 module features Socket LGA 1155 (for Intel Sandy Bridge 2nd generation i3/i5/i7 processor), dual mini-PCI, two SO-DIMM slots (up to 8GB memory), two SATA 3.0, eight USB 2.0, six Serial ports, dual Gigabit Ethernet, HD audio, two DVI-I display output, internal LVDS, and [...]

  • DA-683 x86-based Dual Core Atom D510 Rackmount Embedded Computer Power Up With IEC 61850-3 and IEEE

    Updated: 2011-06-29 13:26:58
    Moxa is pleased to unveil the DA-683, a new x86-based embedded computer.

  • Moxa Unveils the VPort 364 Industrial Video Servers Featuring Higher Bandwidth Performance

    Updated: 2011-06-29 13:21:42
    Moxa has unveiled the VPort 364 series, a 4-channel industrial video encoder featuring the bandwidth-efficient H.264 video compression algorithm.

  • Moxa Takes Industrial Ethernet Switches into Next-generation 10GbE Connectivity Era

    Updated: 2011-06-29 13:15:49
    Moxa today unveiled its 10 Gigabit Ethernet industrial core switch (ICS) product portfolio.

  • New ICS 10GbE Core Switches Join Moxa's Comprehensive Edge-to-core Switch Portfolio

    Updated: 2011-06-29 13:08:44
    Moxa's wide portfolio of industrial Ethernet infrastructure solutions has become even more comprehensive with the addition of the new ICS industrial core switch family.

  • Redundancy for OPC

    Updated: 2011-06-29 11:54:28
    Redundancy in a process control system means that some or all of the system is duplicated, or redundant. The goal is to eliminate, as much as possible, any single point of failure. When a piece of equipment or a communication link goes down, a similar or identical component is ready to take over.

  • Tracing Quality Improvement Shows Manufacturing’s Value

    Updated: 2011-06-29 11:52:14
    Manufacturing executives are under tremendous pressure to justify their relevance to their corporate overseers.

  • Case Application: Automated Testing Safeguards Quality

    Updated: 2011-06-29 11:15:01
    Whether to protect luxury brands or human life, automated testing is essential to ensuring product quality.

  • Siemens Targets Process Industries in a Big Way

    Updated: 2011-06-29 09:57:02
    First-day announcements from the annual Siemens Automation Summit user conference include a new blog and touring demonstration vehicle highlighting Siemens process instrumentation and analytics products and solutions. But the Orlando location is also home to a lot of factory relevant motion control.

  • Enable Secure, High-speed Access for Industrial Networks with Moxa's Gigabit Secure Router

    Updated: 2011-06-29 00:53:45
    Moxa today announced a new Gigabit performance Firewall/VPN secure router.

  • PLM Propels Productivity and Profits

    Updated: 2011-06-29 00:41:57
    Whether a manufacturer is small or large, bringing a steady stream of new products to market has never been easy. But doing it in today’s hyper-competitive and globally stretched marketplace adds other ripples to an already turbulent process.

  • DIN-Rail IEC 61850-3 Ethernet Switches for Power Distribution Networks

    Updated: 2011-06-29 00:39:26
    Moxa is pleased to introduce the DIN-Rail PT-508/510 series IEC 61850-3 substation switches, the newest addition to Moxa's PowerTrans Ethernet switch series.

  • More Benefits found for Track and Trace

    Updated: 2011-06-29 00:29:27
    Moxa is pleased to introduce the DIN-Rail PT-508/510 series IEC 61850-3 substation switches, the newest addition to Moxa's PowerTrans Ethernet switch series.

  • Swedish M2M Service Provider Plans U.S. Expansion

    Updated: 2011-06-29 00:00:00
    Telenor Connexion (www.telenor.com/en/about-us (http://www.telenor.com/en/about-us)), a Swedish provide of machine-to-machine (M2M) communications services, has expanded its business development team in the U.S. to meet the growing demand for M2M services by North American companies with global operations.

  • e-con Systems e-CAM50 CU35x GSTIX Custom Lens Camera Board

    Updated: 2011-06-28 19:47:50
    e-con Systems announced the e-CAM50_CU35x_GSTIX, which is a 5 Mega pixel fixed focus custom lens camera solution. The e-CAM50_CU35x_GSTIX connects to the Gumstix Overo computer on module via a 27pin flex cable. Engineers have a choice of lens for the board. The e-con camera solution is ideal for low vision products, OCR and video conferencing. [...]

  • Honeywell Users Hear About Security, Technology

    Updated: 2011-06-28 09:17:12
    When the 36th iteration of the Honeywell User Group (HUG) Conference kicked off in Phoenix in June, it had more than 1,000 people in attendance. This is up significantly over the past couple of years—getting back to 2007 levels—and Automation World Editor in Chief Gary Mintchell was there.

  • FDT Technology Standards Recognized by ANSI

    Updated: 2011-06-28 08:59:01
    The Field Device Tools (FDT) Group, the Belgian-based trade group, and the International Society of Automation (ISA) announce the formal recognition by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) of the FDT technology standards.

  • Refinery Benefits from Smart Devices

    Updated: 2011-06-28 08:34:29
    Beginning in 2002, engineers at the MOL Danube Refinery near Budapest, Hungary made the strategic decision to install HART-enabled devices throughout their operation. The results have been award-winning, and extremely profitable.

  • Focus on Efficiency: Bird Flight Deciphered

    Updated: 2011-06-28 08:30:09
    What can happen if you turn the creativity of your engineers loose to solve a complex automation problem? At its 9th International Press Conference held June 16 in Budapest, Hungary, Festo AG exhibited the results of the latest bionic design from its engineering staff—a herring gull that actually flies.

  • Leadership Requires Constant Learning

    Updated: 2011-06-28 08:18:44
    Jazz singer Earth Kitt once said, “I am always learning. My tombstone will be my diploma.” Another way of saying this comes from management consultant and motivational psychologist Dennis Waitley who once said, “Leaders are readers. The best leaders read more than most other people.

  • Lean Manufacturing Leads to Opportunities for Pulp and Paper Industry Players

    Updated: 2011-06-28 07:59:53
    Yes, emerging technologies exist in the North American pulp-and-paper product arena.

  • Fighting Fake Drugs in Africa

    Updated: 2011-06-28 00:51:36
    Pharmaceutical manufacturers May & Baker Nigeria PLC and KAMA Group of Ghana are using track and trace technology to enable people in Nigeria and Ghana to check the authenticity of their malaria medication.

  • Track and Trace for Anti-Counterfeiting

    Updated: 2011-06-28 00:39:22
    ARC’s workshop on Anti-Counterfeiting and Brand Protection (ABP) at our 15th Annual World Industry Forum in Orlando last February brought together executives from a wide cross section of manufacturing industries and government.

  • Pinto's Prose: Manufacturing Jobs Returning

    Updated: 2011-06-28 00:27:22
    The great rush to outsource jobs to lower-cost countries on the other side of the globe appears to be slowing down.

  • Management: Manufacturing Matters

    Updated: 2011-06-28 00:15:39
    Sometimes manufacturing people read something from supposedly very smart and experienced people, and it just makes you wonder how companies ever survived at all.

  • Movea Full Body Motion Capture System

    Updated: 2011-06-27 19:50:40
    Movea and Motion Lab teamed together to create a low cost solution for full body motion capture. The solution is based on Movea’s MEMS-based MotionPod devices. The solution enables a computerized avatar to reproduce a person’s body movements in real-time, with an accuracy that matches the efficiency of more expensive video systems. The solution is [...]

  • Turbine Generator Captures and Re-uses Wasted Energy

    Updated: 2011-06-27 15:01:36
    As part of a growing trend across industry to make good use of excess energy created by industrial processes, Deprag Schulz has developed a turbine generator to capture small amounts of residual energy and covert it into electricity.

  • Obama Administration Supports Advanced Manufacturing

    Updated: 2011-06-27 14:49:26
    With support of the Smart Manufacturing Leadership Coalition, President Obama calls on industry, universities and the federal government to together invest in emerging technologies that will enhance U.S. global competitiveness. 

  • Relative Humidity On/Off Controller

    Updated: 2011-06-27 00:00:00
    Omega’s new RHCN-7000 series is a microprocessor based on/off controller for humidifying or de-humidifying.

  • Graphic View Simplifies Ethernet Deployment and Support

    Updated: 2011-06-27 00:00:00
    IntraVUE Software provides a clear view of all the devices connected to your network.

  • New! Two Embedded Automation Computers with Intel Atom Processors

    Updated: 2011-06-27 00:00:00
    The Industrial Automation Group of Advantech introduces two new Intel Atom-based Embedded Automation Computers, the UNO-2174A and UNO-2178A.

  • Photoelectric Sensors

    Updated: 2011-06-27 00:00:00
    Carlo Gavazzi is pleased to announce the launch of the next generation of our PA18 Series photoelectric sensors in the popular M18 housing, with advanced features and extended sensing ranges.

  • Podcast: Doug Farrell on Condition Monitoring Benefits and Trends

    Updated: 2011-06-24 08:57:40
    Automation World Editor in Chief Gary Mintchell interviews Doug Farrell, Product Manager for Condition Monitoring at National Instruments, about how new condition monitoring tools help drive down production costs and improve production uptime and efficiency. Farrell also discusses the next big things in condition monitoring.

  • Analog Devices AD8429 Instrumentation Amplifier

    Updated: 2011-06-23 17:20:00
    Analog Devices announced their new AD8429 instrumentation amplifier. The ADI AD8429 is an ultra-low noise, low-power low-distortion in amp. The high-bandwidth AD8429 features 5 MHz (G=1) bandwidth, a 22-V/µs slew rate, -130-dB distortion, 1-nV/√Hz input noise, 45-nV/√Hz output noise, and extended industrial temperature range of -40°C to 125°C. The AD8429 instrumentation amplifier is available now [...]

  • Wireless Sensor Network Demo, Powered Completely by Harvested Energy

    Updated: 2011-06-23 14:01:49
    At the IDTechEx Wireless Sensor Network & RTLS Summit, held in Munich, Germany on June 21-22, Dust Networks served up a demo with all network nodes running on energy harvested from different devices.

  • 3D Mobile Devices Drive Image Sensors Growth

    Updated: 2011-06-22 17:49:25
    3D is finally becoming a mainstream technology thanks to gaming and video content. According to In-Stat, 3D devices (handheld game consoles, smartphones, and tablets) will drive the demand for image sensors by over 130%. True 3D requires at least two image sensors, one for each imaging solution. That means four image sensors (two front facing [...]

  • High Performance ADC/DAC Module

    Updated: 2011-06-22 00:00:00
    GE Intelligent Platforms today announced the ICS-1572A ADC/DAC (Analog-Digital Converter/Digital-Analog Converter) transceiver XMC module. Designed to act as a powerful link between the analog world of sensors and the digital world of computing, it can be deployed in the most demanding radar, signals intelligence, communications and test and measurement applications.

  • Planetary Roller Screws

    Updated: 2011-06-22 00:00:00
    Exlar’s component planetary roller screw line has been expanded to include two performance capacities, available in PRS and PRR models.

  • Industrial Panel PCs

    Updated: 2011-06-22 00:00:00
    HKAUTOMATION, a Hoffmann + Krippner company, introduces a new generation of industrial panel PCs called flex-IPC®.

  • Programmable Fieldbus Controller

    Updated: 2011-06-22 00:00:00
    WAGO Corporation's 750-880 "ETHERNET 2.0" Programmable Fieldbus Controller packs 1MB data memory and SD port for up to 8GB of extra memory.

  • Wireless Relative Humidity/Temperature Transmitter

    Updated: 2011-06-22 00:00:00
    Omega’s new UWRH-2-NEMA is a wireless relative humidity transmitter that features a stand-alone, compact battery power NEMA design that transmits measurements back to a host receiver up to 120 m (400’) away.

  • StarChip SCM Family of SIM Controllers for M2M

    Updated: 2011-06-21 18:42:29
    StarChip introduced their new SCM family of secure SIM controllers for M2M applications. The first two member are the SCM320G and SCM288G. The SCM controllers feature are fully flash-based, code and data with SST SuperFlash enhanced by E3 (ECUBE) proprietary mechanisms. Both devices are available in VQFN8 package compliant to ETSI TS 102 671 or [...]

  • When Executives Diss Manufacturing

    Updated: 2011-06-21 10:12:24
    Sometimes manufacturing people read something from supposedly very smart and experienced people, and it just makes you wonder how companies ever survived at all. You may have heard of Bob Lutz. He is a famous "car guy."

  • Upgraded Control System Adds to Merchant's Bottom Line

    Updated: 2011-06-21 09:25:17
    If the rotating equipment and boiler are a plant's brawn, then a control system that efficiently integrates myriad plant functions is its brain.

  • It’s Summertime, and the Automation is DIY

    Updated: 2011-06-21 00:00:00
    Modern and historic automation entertains the masses as hundreds get their geek on at Maker Faire 2011 in California.

  • ARM Gains RAVEN Verification Software, Acquires Obsidian Software

    Updated: 2011-06-20 17:07:35
    ARM acquired Obsidian Software last week. Obsidian Software offers processor verification tools, verification consulting and training services to processor designers. The acquisition will help ARM match their verification strategies with the rate of change in high performance, complex SoC IP components. The Obsidian Software validation team will become part of an ARM Processor validation team [...]

  • Automation Minutes - 6.20.11

    Updated: 2011-06-20 10:09:18
    Gary Mintchell, Editor in Chief, reports from the Honeywell User Group in Phoenix June 14. He discusses HPS president Norm Gilsdorf's "business transformation" strategy, recaps some of CTO Jason Urso's presentation and discusses, what else, Honeywell's wireless strategy along with thoughts on ISA100.  Approximate time: 16:57.

  • Embedded Vision Alliance Enables ‘Machines That See’

    Updated: 2011-06-20 08:30:14
    New industry-wide initiative will empower engineers with practical information, know-how, and standards for adding computer vision capabilities to their products 

  • New Driver Enables Communication Between Red Lion Products and Omron

    Updated: 2011-06-20 00:00:00
    Red Lion Controls Inc. announces the addition of a communications driver supporting the Omron STI G9SP safety controller.

  • Det-Tronics Safety System Obtains FM Approval

    Updated: 2011-06-20 00:00:00
    The Eagle Quantum Premier® (EQP) Safety System from Detector Electronics Corporation (Det-Tronics) has earned certification to NFPA 72: 2010 (http://safety.det-tronics.com).

  • Expanded Circuit Protection Product Offering

    Updated: 2011-06-20 00:00:00
    Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton Corporation is expanding its circuit protection product offering with the PM3 power monitoring and metering module, which monitors the power of branch and main circuit applications.

  • Stainless Steel Monitors

    Updated: 2011-06-20 00:00:00
    The Industrial Automation Group of Advantech announces its new range of Flat Panel Industrial Monitors with 316L stainless steel front panels, the FPM-3151S, FPM-3171S, and the FPM-3191S.

  • Bluetooth Serial Adapters

    Updated: 2011-06-20 00:00:00
    Quatech's Bluetooth wireless technology allows you to create a local, wireless connection for communication with serial devices, without messy RS-232/422/485 cables.

  • SCADA Client App for iPhone & iPad

    Updated: 2011-06-17 13:54:31
    The mobile workforce army is growing, a total of 70 percent of the American workforce will be mobile in 2012 via the International Data Corporation.  However, mobile manufacturing numbers are low, with large critical infrastructure issues standing in the way.

  • Mintchell Video Report: Honeywell's HUG 2011 Conference

    Updated: 2011-06-17 00:06:18
    Gary Mintchell, Editor in Chief, reports from the Honeywell User Group (HUG) conference in Phoenix, on June 14. Gary discuses Honeywell Process Systems' President Norm Gilsdorf's "business transformation" strategy. The strategy moves beyond solutioins to genuinely transforming business. Other topics include Chief Technology Officer, Jason Urso's presentation and discusses, what else, Honeywell's wireless strategy along with thoughts on ISA100. Approximate Time: 16:44.  

  • GE Expands Turbine Repair in Saudi Arabia, Technology Research in Brazil

    Updated: 2011-06-17 00:00:00
    Global power generation supplier GE Energy, a unit of General Electric Corp. headquartered in Atlanta, announced that it has established in Saudi Arabia a new 10,000 sq. m. manufacturing technology center that will provide high technology service, manufacture and training to the region.

  • Content Addressable Memory Enables Electronics to Start Instantly

    Updated: 2011-06-16 19:33:51
    NEC and Tohoku University have developed the first content addressable memory (CAM) that both maintains the same high operation speed and non-volatile operation as existing circuits when processing and storing data on a circuit while power is off. The content addressable memory is a part of spintronics logic integrated circuit technologies that utilize the negative [...]

  • Energy Efficiency: New Variable Speed Drives

    Updated: 2011-06-16 14:47:58
    The A1000 variable speed drive offers a multi-language LCD display, parameter storage, application presets and a portable USB copy unit.

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    Updated: 2011-06-16 12:35:58
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  • Video Case Study: A successful migration for Four Roses Bourbon Distillery

    Updated: 2011-06-16 00:00:00
    Watch and listen to Ryan Ashley, Distillery Operations Director, as he talks about the successful migration from APACS+ to PCS 7. You may not laugh or cry, but you'll be impressed with how easy it was for him to upgrade using his existing I/O and field wiring.

  • DIN-rail Mounted, Single-Phase Power Supplies

    Updated: 2011-06-15 22:35:44
    Weidmuller announces the introduction of a new series of industrial power supplies- the PRO-H.

  • CAD Model Downloads for Linear Actuator Systems

    Updated: 2011-06-15 22:19:20
    Haydon Kerk Motion Solutions, a premier manufacturer of engineered linear motion products, offers customers the ability to configure and download CAD models of its newest linear actuator product, the SplineRail.

  • Hardware-in-the-Loop for the Automotive Industry

    Updated: 2011-06-15 22:09:03
    Hardware-in-the-loop - or HIL - has been a proven element of model-based development for many years.

  • Industrial Serial Device Servers and Ethernet Bridges

    Updated: 2011-06-15 22:03:15
    Industrial automation and control applications require robust and rugged networking devices to handle demanding environments.

  • Microcontroller Development Platform for Educators

    Updated: 2011-06-15 19:14:54
    Microchip Technology and Stratford Digital introduced a turnkey, 16-bit microcontroller development platform for educators. The platform consists of the MX PIC24 Module, MX Educational Target Board, and an Educator’s Lab Manual. The downloadable lab manual includes topics like microcontrollers, timers, pulse-width modulation, analog-to-digital converters, and power management. The MX PIC24 Module ($80) and MX Educational [...]

  • RSTechED 2011 Event Invites Innovation

    Updated: 2011-06-15 14:25:10
    Rockwell Automation's annual educational event, RSTechED 2011, began on June 12 in Orlando, Fla. and offered more than 100 different educational sessions on its products, services, tools and customer applications.  

  • Dialog Semiconductor DA9053, DA9021 System Level Power Management ICs

    Updated: 2011-06-14 18:34:48
    Dialog Semiconductor introduced the DA9053 and DA9021 system level power management ICs (PMICs). The chips are ideal for tablet PCs, smartphones, embedded computers and multimedia players. The DA9053 is supplied in a 169 ball VFBGA 7×7 mm package with 0.5mm pitch or VFBGA 11×11 mm package with 0.8mm pitch and is available in both consumer [...]

  • Power Supplies for Redundant Applications

    Updated: 2011-06-13 21:52:17
    Phoenix Contact's new Quint Diode power supplies are designed for redundant applications that require isolation and N+1 redundancy.

  • Modbus Gateway Communications Module

    Updated: 2011-06-13 21:40:52
    AutomationDirect's line of communication products now includes the MB-GATEWAY, a single port Modbus Gateway module which converts Modbus TCP to Modbus RTU.

  • Miniature Automatic Video Tracker

    Updated: 2011-06-13 21:30:22
    GE Intelligent Platforms today announced the ADEPT3000 miniature rugged automatic video tracker.

  • Industrial Air Velocity Transmitter

    Updated: 2011-06-13 21:15:22
    Omega’s new FMA900A air velocity transmitter with built-in relay measures air velocities up to 12,000 FPM (60.9m/sec).

  • White Paper: Moving Beyond Zigbee for Star Networks

    Updated: 2011-06-13 19:09:26
    Laird Technologies published a new white paper, Moving Beyond Zigbee for Star Networks. The technical paper addresses the requirements of star networks, and the need of finding the correct wireless solution beyond traditional means. The white paper details the data flow through a network, and how most networks that are point-to-multipoint (or multipoint-to-point, depending on [...]

  • IPVoice VoIP Engine Test Software for iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad

    Updated: 2011-06-10 15:34:02
    Adaptive Digital Technologies’ iPVoice VoIP Voice Engine is now available for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. The free iPVoice test app (IPV) enables the user to set up a VoIP voice connection between a pair of iPhones using a direct IP to IP connection (via WiFi). The IPV test software can be used as [...]

  • Schneider Electric Buys Energy, Automation Companies

    Updated: 2011-06-10 00:54:01
    France-based, Schneider Electric SA, agrees to buy China-based Leader Harvest Power Technologies Holdings Ltd. and Televant, a Spain-based IT solutions provider.  

  • GE Intelligent Platforms ADEPT3000 Automatic Video Tracker

    Updated: 2011-06-09 17:09:43
    GE Intelligent Platforms introduced the ADEPT3000 miniature rugged automatic video tracker. The ADEPT3000 is designed for the detection and surveillance of a moving object. The SWaP optimized automatic video tracking solution measures 34mm x 24mm (about the size of a microprocessor), weighs about six grams, and consumes minimal power (about 1 watt). The commercial off-the-shelf [...]

  • Emerson, NitroSecurity Partner for Power Utility Cyber Security and Compliance

    Updated: 2011-06-09 07:32:21
    Control system and security software vendors team up to help ensure the security of power generators worldwide.

  • Manufacturing Disinvestment in China?

    Updated: 2011-06-08 22:21:40
    (Posted on June 8, 2011) Chinese wages are climbing at 15 to 20 percent a year. That and other factors are helping U.S. states better compete for manufacturing jobs, according to analysts. 

  • Element14 Knode Design Platform for Electronic Design Engineers

    Updated: 2011-06-07 19:21:35
    Premier Farnell introduced element14 knode, which is an online design platform for electronic design engineers. element14 knode features resources for research, design, development and prototype manufacturing. The online platform automates the creation of explicit dependencies and inter-relationships with other system level components to quickly build a custom design flow. knode, which is short for KNOwledge [...]

  • Son-of-Stuxnet: ICS Product Lines Vulnerable

    Updated: 2011-06-07 08:49:23
    A recent blog post by Eric Byres, www.tofinosecurity.com, notes that Industrial Controls Systems (ICS) are quite vulnerable to next-generation malware attacks, dubbed "Son-of-Stuxnet."

  • Ethernet Gateway

    Updated: 2011-06-07 00:00:00
    WAGO Corporation's new 758-915 Bluetooth® ETHERNET Gateway wirelessly transfers ETHERNET protocols, such as PROFINET, MODBUS/TCP or EtherNet/IP via Bluetooth® 2.0. Replacing communication lines between two automation systems, 758-915 features a 400 meter range courtesy of an international, license-free 2.4-2.480 GHz ISM band.

  • Imec and Cadence Automated Test Solution for 3D Stacked ICs

    Updated: 2011-06-06 18:18:34
    Cadence Design Systems and imec teamed together to develop technology for testing 3D stacked ICs (3D-ICs). Their automated test solution makes it easier to test 3D-ICs with through-silicon via (TSV) functionality and helps ensure that the stacked system will work as intended. The solution includes design-for-test (DFT) and automatic test pattern generation (ATPG) technology. Read [...]

  • Automation News And Links

    Updated: 2011-06-06 14:09:58
    Last week I had little time to post because I was in company meetings for several days and then I flew to Budapest. Wednesday we will tour an Audi plant and Thursday I will receive my annual update from Festo. Home Friday, then Sunday it is off to Phoenix and the Honeywell User Group.

  • B2B Industry Journalist David Greenfield Joins Automation World

    Updated: 2011-06-06 11:39:27
    Well-known industrial automation and control editor David Greenfield has joined Summit Media Group’s Automation World magazine as Media and Event Director.  

  • Digital Pressure Gage

    Updated: 2011-06-06 00:00:00
    Omega’s new DPG409 series of high accuracy digital pressure gages feature a large backlit display makes it possible for user to read digits from over 10.7m (35 ft).

  • Ethernet Drive and Serial Communications Modules

    Updated: 2011-06-06 00:00:00
    AutomationDirect's new GS-EDRV100 Ethernet drive module provides a high-performance Ethernet link between a control system and any GS or DURApulse AC drive.

  • Terminal Blocks Offer Isolation

    Updated: 2011-06-05 11:53:06
    The TermOpto solid-state relay functions as both a terminal block for signal connection, and a relay to separate signals, all in one compact module.

  • OEMs: Micro Controllers Deliver Power

    Updated: 2011-06-03 13:00:00
    Hitting a sweet spot for stand-alone machine applications with fewer than 48 I/Os, the new family of controllers offers quick programming and reduced installation time.

  • Lifetime Warranty for Industrial Ethernet Devices

    Updated: 2011-06-03 00:14:40
    Belden program lets customers register wired and wireless Ethernet devices for extended lifetime warranty.

  • Red Lion Increases Staff

    Updated: 2011-06-03 00:00:00
    “While many companies have chosen to delay or eliminate investments in technology and headcount, we have done the opposite,” said Mike Granby, president of Red Lion Controls Inc. (www.redlion.net (http://www.redlion.net/)). Red Lion is a York, Pa. maker of operator interface panels, process controllers and other automation interface devices.

  • Resource: CPM Software Suppliers

    Updated: 2011-06-03 00:00:00
    The CPM market is diverse with each industry having its own requirements and often served by a different group of suppliers. 

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