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Measurement Software

Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence (North Kingstown, RI) has launched PC-DMIS 2017 R2, the latest edition of their popular measurement software. This is the second of two major releases scheduled for PC-DMIS in 2017, with continued service pack updates to ensure maximum reliability of the platform.

PC-DMIS 2017 R2 introduces Slideshow for INSPECT software, allowing users to create unlimited customizable layouts with inspection results populated during measurement. INSPECT software was first introduced with PC-DMIS 2017 R1 in January 2017 as a simple front-end for PC-DMIS Measurement Routines. The optional Slideshow tab (additional license required), can display multiple slides of dimensional and informational labels whenever users execute a measurement routine. The native mesh resolution is improved from import to visualization. PC-DMIS 2017 R2 makes it easier to apply a color map to the mesh data object and create annotation points, align mesh data objects to the CAD model or align a mesh to another mesh object. The Vision Live View now displays which features have already been programmed.

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FPGA Accelerator Card

Nallatech (Camarillo, CA) recently introduced a new “520” FPGA accelerator card featuring Intel’s groundbreaking Stratix 10 FPGA technology. The OpenCL-programmable 520 is capable of single precision floating point performance of up to 10 TFLOPS per device, plus support for multiple 100G network ports. The 520 is a scalable compute node with optical I/O for creation of directly-coupled, dense FPGA clusters.

Key features of the 520 include: 16-lane PCIe Generation 3 card; four banks of DDR4 SDRAM x 72 bits; four QSFP28+ network ports that enable support for a range of serial I/O protocols and speeds up to 100G. Improved performance features provided by the Intel Stratix 10 FPGA include: 2X Core performance over previous gen FPGAs, up to 10 TFLOPS; four 100G QSFP Ethernet Ports; and up to 70% lower power consumption.

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Rack Mount 3-Phase Pure Sinewave Inverters

Nova Electric (Bergenfield, NJ), a division of Technology Dynamics Inc., recently launched the NGLRK series of 3-phase high-power pure sinewave rack mounted inverters capable of delivering up to 7.2KW/9KVA. Standard outputs offered for this unit are 115/200V or 220/380V and frequencies of 50Hz, 60Hz, or 400Hz. The models in this series accept 24 VDC, 36 VDC, 48 VDC, 72 VDC, 120 VDC or 270 VDC.

The rack mount model configurations include 1U, 2U, 3U, and 5U. The NGLRK series inverters are intended for industrial and military applications where DC voltage needs to be converted to 50 Hz, 60 Hz or 400 Hz, 3Ø. The series contains EMI filtering but for MIL-STD-461 compliance, an external filter will be needed and is available optionally. The unit can be ruggedized optionally to meet the requirements of MIL-STD-810 for ground vehicle, below deck shipboard or inhabited airplane.

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Ultra-Low Noise Pluggable PSUs

Originally developed as a custom solution for highly sensitive electronic measuring equipment designed to capture experimental ring accelerator data, the new Eplax 3U 7HP 19” pluggable PSU with output noise levels below 4 mV p-p is now available as a standard product through Verotec Inc. (Manchester, NH) for any high sensitivity application where ripples and spikes on the output voltage must be as low as possible.

The dual output AC/DC power supply unit is rated at 45 Watts, with outputs of +15 V/ 1A and +24 V/ 1.2A. A special filter network for the output rails reduces ripples and spikes to the absolute minimum without violating the unit’s slimline 7HP width. The noise voltage for all loads from idle to full load is lower than 4 mV p-p. Using the filtering technology developed for this design, ultra-low noise power supplies with other outputs can also be supplied.

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Positioning and Heading Board

Hemisphere GNSS (Scottsdale, AZ) has announced the Vector Eclipse H328, the next offering in a line of new and refreshed, low-power, high-precision, positioning and heading OEM boards. The multi-frequency, multi-GNSS H328 is an all signals receiver board that includes Hemisphere’s new hardware platform and integrates Atlas® GNSS Global Correction Service.

The H328 offers true scalability with centimeter-level accuracy in either single- frequency mode or full performance multi-frequency, multi-GNSS, Atlas-capable mode that supports fast RTK initialization times over long distances. The H328 offers fast accuracy heading of better than 0.17 degrees at 0.5 m antenna separation and aiding gyroscope and tilt sensors for temporary GNSS outages. The 60 mm x 100 mm module with 24-pin and 16-pin headers is a drop- in upgrade for existing designs using this industry standard form factor.

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Connectors and Adapters

Fairview Microwave Inc. (Allen, TX) has released 18 new 4.3-10 connectors and adapters with low-PIM performance of - 166 dBc typical and a maximum operating frequency of 6 GHz. Typical applications include wireless base stations, small cells, custom cable assemblies, antenna feeder cables, mobile communications systems and distributed antenna systems (DAS).

Fairview’s new 4.3-10 connectors and adapters deliver VSWR as low as 1.08:1 and low coupling torque. They feature silver-plated center contacts and a tri-metal finish on the body and outer conductors for corrosion resistance. These connectors and adapters are IP67-rated when mated for protection from dust and temporary moisture under immersion. They have an IEC 61169-54 compliant interface and provide a 30 percent reduction in footprint when compared to 7/16 DIN.

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Meshing Software

The latest release of Pointwise’s (Fort Worth, TX) computational fluid dynamics (CFD) mesh generation software, while primarily a maintenance release, includes new graphics capabilities. Pointwise Version 18.0 R3 also includes over two dozen smaller new features and several bug fixes.

Pointwise, Inc. is solving the top problem facing computational fluid dynamics (CFD) today - reliably generating high-fidelity meshes. The company’s Pointwise software generates structured, unstructured, overset and hybrid meshes; interfaces with CFD solvers such as ANSYS FLUENT ®, STAR-CCM+®, Open-FOAM®, and SU2 as well as many neutral formats, such as CGNS; runs on Windows, Linux, and Mac, and has a scripting language, Glyph, that can automate CFD meshing.

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Straight Waveguide Sections

Pasternack (Irvine, CA) has released a new series of straight waveguide sections in sizes ranging from WR-10 to WR-137. Typical applications include instrumentation, test benches, high-efficiency RF/Microwave transmission, SATCOM, MILCOM, radar and telecom networks.

Pasternack’s new line of straight waveguide sections consists of 62 models that operate in the frequency range of 5.85 GHz to 110 GHz and in 13 waveguide bands from C to W band. They also deliver VSWR as low as 1.03:1. These waveguide straights are available in section lengths from 3 inches to 12 inches and are made of either painted copper alloy or gold-plated, oxygen-free hard copper (OFHC) and feature UG, CPR and UBR-style flanges. These straight waveguides are ideally suited for the aerospace, defense, industrial, test and instrumentation, telecom and medical industries.

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7th Generation Intel Atom SoC Motherboards

DFI Tech (Sacramento, CA) has released new motherboards using the latest generation low-power System-on-Chip (SoC) processors from Intel®. The first in the series of 7th Generation Atom™ motherboards is the AL171 Mini-ITX. The board features a Thermal Design Power (TDP) listing of 12W, while providing quad core 2.0 GHz performance on the Atom E3900 Series SoC. It has 1x PCIe x1 (Gen 2) lanes and 1 x M.2 and 1 x Full-size Mini PCIe (PCIe/USB) expansion options. Additionally, 1 x SIM socket expansion is available upon request.

The AL171 has a wealth of I/O available, including 6 COM, 2 LAN, 9 USB and 8-bit Digital I/O. The board has up to 16GB of DDR3L SODIMM memory and display ports of 1 HDMI, 1 DP++, and 1 LVDS/eDP. DFI Tech provides motherboards in Mini-ITX, MicroATX, ATX, and EATX types. The company also offers small form factor embedded computers, industrial expandable computer systems, and panel PCs.

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Ultra-Low Jitter Clock Oscillator

IQD’s (Palm Springs, CA) new STXO series of surface mount clock oscillators has been designed with an ultra-low integrated RMS phase jitter of 256fs at 2.5V and RMS period jitter of 1.4ps over 10,000 cycles. With a phase noise level of -138dBc/Hz @ 1kHz and -163dBc/Hz at the noise floor, this new series is ideal for defense & aerospace applications such as smart munitions, guidance & navigation and communication systems. Designed around a hermetically sealed high-shock crystal and a CMOS compatible integrated circuit, environmental performance is also good with the STXO able to survive shock levels of up to 20,000G and vibration levels of 20G at 10-2000Hz swept sine in accordance with MIL-STD-202G.

Housed in an industry standard 3.2 x 2.5mm 4-pad ceramic package with a metal lid, the new STXO series uses minor temperature compensation to achieve tight frequency stability of ±10ppm over an operating temperature range of -40 to +85 degrees C and ±20ppm over the full military operating temperature range of -55 to +125 degrees C. Frequencies between 10MHz and 55MHz can be specified along with a choice of 2.5V and 3.3V supply voltages; current consumption is 3mA with a 15pF CMOS drive capability.

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Hybrid Servos

Quicksilver Controls, Inc. (San Dimas, CA) announced the release of its high-power NEMA 34 Integrated Hybrid Servo Family. The Integrated Servo includes both an internal and external clamp, a 20A RMS, 40A peak driver operating from 12V through 72V. The SilverMax X-series includes expanded command and register space as well as many new commands and modes of operation. Improved driver design provides extremely smooth motions over a wide speed range. The internal permanent magnet, high pole count servo motor provides high efficiency and full power over a wide range of speeds. Available torque up to 3200 in-oz / 22.5 Nm for direct drive applications.

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Xeon-based VPX Blade

Building on a longstanding business relationship, Aitech Defense Systems (Chatsworth, CA) and ADLINK (San Jose, CA) have combined resources to integrate ADLINK’s newest Xeon-based 3U VPX blade into Aitech’s rugged subsystems. This partnership brings Aitech’s extensive system integration capabilities for rugged, harsh and military-qualified electronics to ADLINK’s range of embedded computing solutions. It also enables Aitech to provide powerful Xeon-based systems tailored to an application’s requirements, with different configurations that include a host of user-defined I/O ports, graphics cards and frame grabbers.

Operating in a range of -40°C to +75°C in both air-cooled and conduction-cooled versions, the 3U VPX single slot C876 SBC (single board computer) serves as the heart of the rugged subsystems and uses the powerful Intel Xeon D-1500 multicore processor. The high-performance SBC integrates an on-chip graphics controller that supports VGA graphics and video processing. It also offers the fastest, large on-board 16 GB DDR4-2133 SDRAM in dual banks with ECC operating at 2,133 MT/s and mass storage of up to 64 GB in a SATA III Flash disk, using SLC (Single Level Cell) Flash memory. Also noteworthy is the extensive number of popular I/O interfaces, such as 10 Gb Ethernet, USB 3.0 and 2.0 as well as graphics, serial ports and discrete I/O lines, available to meet a wide range of system requirements.

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