Electrical and Electronic Equipment

MSC Tuttlingen GmbH introduces the embedded computers of the CARAT series with enhanced CPU performance.

Sticks for the best ice lollipops are still made from wood. But making them is a complex task, which is why German lollipop stick manufacturer, Karl Otto Knauf, chose PLCs from Moeller Electric, used in conjunction with the new SmartWire panel wiring system, to control its latest stick-punching machine.

Rittal has expanded their MicroTCA product range with the addition of an MTCA Cube. The rugged Cube offers a simple, efficient architecture capable of handling up to 6 AMCs and an MCH (MicroTCA Carrier Hub), plus the resources required to power, cool and support them.

New additions to the high power ring and dome diffuse LEDs from CCS Inc are now available from Firstsight Vision. These further enhance inspection applications in the food, packaging, pharmaceutical, semiconductor, electronics and automotive industries. Applications include optical character recognition, component inspection and colour imaging.

Powerstax announces the introduction of a new range of high reliability and MIL specification DC:DC converters with up to 50W of output power.

Excelsys Technologies introduces the new Xzite 1200W modular power supply approved for use in medical applications. The Xzite family of low noise power supplies has measured background noise of just 59dBA while providing up to 1200 watts output in an extremely compact 1U x 260 x 127mm package.

Phidgets Inc. today announced the addition of a new product to its family of motor controllers. The 1062 Stepper controller controls the position, velocity and acceleration of up to 4 unipolar stepper motors. Applications that require precise positioning are well suited for this device. The stepper controller can also run the motor in continuous rotation mode by giving it a large position address. Using the upper position limit as an address would, for example, rotate the motor for 45 years.

Lambda has launched a lower power range of multi-output models to its popular NV-Power family of configurable power supplies. The new NV-100 models enable Lambda to satisfy the increasing demand for cost-efficient 1U high configurable power solutions at 100W in broadcast and instrumentation markets. In addition, the new models hold MIL-STD-801E approvals and as such are capable of withstanding the rough handling and harsh service conditions associated with military use. The range is also well suited to other applications, such as ATE, automation, routers and servers, and security networks.

Continuing new design opportunities for rotary switches are strengthening Lorlin Electronics position as a major switch supplier. As the UK’s longest established switch manufacturer Lorlin have a broad product range, the local engineering skills and UK based manufacturing facilities to provide standard and more importantly custom switch solutions.

A unique panel PC from Datasound Laboratories is IP65 rated both front and back to withstand the harshest and wettest of conditions in a wide variety of industrial, consumer and leisure applications. The LAN, two USB 2.0 Ports, one PS/2 Port and DC power connections are made through IP65 rated connectors which gives them total protection against liquid and airborne ingress from any direction. Powered by an Intel Pentium / Celeron M CPU (up to 1.7GHz) the computer has ample processing power to cope with most applications.