Product Releases
The Lead
Scapa Expands Adhesive & Bonding Portfolio
January 24, 2013 | by PD&D Staff | Comments
Scapa has expanded its range of technical adhesive solutions for the evolving needs of transportation market OEMs, converters, and component supplier tiers.
Stage LEDs
April 15, 2013 11:45 am | by PD&D Staff | Comments
The new Osram (Sunnyvale, CA) Ostar Stage...
Military-Grade Thermoelectric Air Conditioner
April 15, 2013 11:41 am | by PD&D Staff | Comments
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Dielectrically Enhanced ITO Coatings
May 24, 2013 12:47 pm | by PD&D Staff | CommentsUtilizing the latest in thin-film vacuum deposition technology, Dontech’s (Doylestown, PA) CAR-Series and VC1-IM-Series index-matched ITO coatings on glass filters provide optical and electrically conductive properties.
All-in-One Simplifies Motion Control
May 24, 2013 12:26 pm | by PD&D Staff | Oriental Motor U.S.A. Corp. | CommentsOriental Motor (Torrance, CA) has announced a 0.72° All-in-One Stepper Motor, Driver and Controller, the PKA Series. By combining the high performance motor with a built-in microstepping driver, and stored data controller, noise and vibration reduction are achieved.
LED Lighting Modules
May 24, 2013 12:16 pm | by PD&D Staff | CommentsElk Industries (Melbourne, FL) has released a line of LED lighting modules with efficiencies of over 200 Lumens per watt of optical output, in a full spectrum (cool white, warm white) and various colors.
420 W PMBus Compliant 1/4 Brick
May 23, 2013 4:38 pm | by PD&D Staff | Murata Power Solutions, Inc. | CommentsMurata (Mansfield, MA) has announced the UDQ series of isolated digitally controlled DC-DC converters developed by Murata Power Solutions. The UDQ series is packaged in the industry standard quarter-brick format incorporating the ABC (Advanced Bus Converter) pinout for PMBus communications to an isolated DC-DC converter.
Locking System for IEC Inlets
May 23, 2013 4:35 pm | by PD&D Staff | Schaffner Emc | CommentsThe Schaffner Group has enhanced its family of IEC Lock power cords with Japanese PSE approvals for existing IL13 family and introduces the new IL19 family for currents up to 16 A. The power cord families IL with the patented locking system needs no change of existing IEC inlets or IEC inlet filters and locks without additional fixture in every standardized IEC inlet.
Kycon Adds USB Option
May 23, 2013 4:31 pm | by PD&D Staff | Kycon | CommentsKycon (San Jose, CA) has expanded their USB connector series, adding a High Temp USB A-type receptacle with a shorter body. With no compromises in USB characteristics, the smaller package size fits in space-constrained designs while withstanding high temperatures.
Medical Approved, 400W AC/DC Power Supplies
May 23, 2013 3:01 pm | by PD&D Staff | Micropower Direct | CommentsThe MPU-400M series, available now from MicroPower Direct (Stoughton, MA), is a family of compact 400W AC/DC power supplies that are certified to EN 60601 3RD edition. These power supplies offer a unique combination of high power, safety features, robust performance and compact construction.
Direct-Connect Industrial Camera Series
May 23, 2013 2:49 pm | by PD&D Staff | Cognex Corp. | CommentsCognex Corporation (Natick, MA) has announced the Cognex Industrial Camera (CIC) series, a new line of GigE Vision digital industrial cameras designed for easy integration with VisionPro and CVL vision software.
Sensorless, Brushless DC Motor Driver
May 23, 2013 2:37 pm | by PD&D Staff | Texas Instruments, Inc. | CommentsTexas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX) has expanded its sensorless, brushless DC (BLDC) motor driver portfolio with a new device designed for high efficiency and low noise, which requires a low external component count of only one capacitor.
Small Brushless Dual-Shaft Motor
May 23, 2013 12:44 pm | by PD&D Staff | CommentsAllied Motion (Netherlands) has announced the KinetiMax 32EB-DS, an extremely compact brushless DC motor with a dual output shaft. This KinetiMax is an outer rotor motor and has two identical shafts and two identical bearings capable of handling high side loads on both sides of the motor.
Precision Positioning Systems Go Nano
May 23, 2013 12:37 pm | by PD&D Staff | Pi (Physik Instrumente) L.P. | CommentsPhysik Instrumente (PI) (Germany) has introduced a new series of miniaturized, piezo-motor-driven linear positioners. The small dimensions make these new positioners the ideal choice for high precision motion in confined spaces.
Boosting Small Controller Performance
May 23, 2013 12:34 pm | by PD&D Staff | Beckhoff Automation Llc | CommentsIn order to increase controller scalability while enhancing user functionality and flexibility, Beckhoff Automation (Savage, MN) has introduced the new CX9020 Embedded PC. The CX9020 is suitable for a wide range of PLC and motion control applications in small and medium sized machines, systems or buildings.
36 V Digital Potentiometers
May 23, 2013 12:28 pm | by PD&D Staff | Microchip Technology Inc. | CommentsMicrochip Technology (Chandler, AZ) has announced two new volatile, SPI digital potentiometers (digipots)—the MCP41HV31 and MCP41HV51 (MCP41HVXX)—its first to operate at 10, 12, 18, 24, and particularly 36 volts, for systems requiring wide signal swing or high power-supply voltages.
MV Inductive Coupler Kit
May 22, 2013 11:18 am | by PD&D Staff | CommentsThe MICU 300A-S/LF inductive coupler series from Premo (Spain) transmits the PLC signals between power line and PLC data transceiver without connection of communication cable to power line. This inductive coupler has a safer installation (High insulation > 5 kV) than a capacitive coupler.
9-Channel Logic Analyzer
May 22, 2013 11:14 am | by PD&D Staff | Saelig Co. Inc. | CommentsSaelig Company (Fairport, NY) has introduced the ScanaPLUS Logic Analyzer - a robust, versatile, and multi-application 9-channel logic analyzer. The ScanaPLUS' inputs can be configured to use two integral differential receivers for direct connection to balanced buses like CAN or RS485, with an additional five receivers for RS232 or LIN bus serial busses.
