Editor's Choice Products
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OpenVPX 40-gigabit switch fabric module
With the sensor chain in mind, engineers at Mercury Systems in Chelmsford, Mass., designed the Ensemble SFM6104 Switch Fabric Module with enhanced InfiniBand and 40 Gigabit Ethernet capability. Users can create a sensor signal processing and data center system in a rugged OpenVPX format by...
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Briefcase receiver
Engineers at Integrated Microwave Technologies, LLC (IMT), took a COFDM (DVB-T-compliant) diversity receiver/monitor and integrated it into a rugged, Briefcase Receiver (BCRx). The IP66-rated briefcase provides RF performance and H.264 high-profile with MPEG-2 decoding. The BCRx ensures re...
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High data rate Ethernet cables
Aerospace and military designers are demanding higher data rates in lighter packages, so engineers at W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc., developed the GORE Ethernet cables. They use the cable jacket material found in GORE 1394b FireWire and are designed modern airborne digital networks. Higher...
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Lead-free TTP Controller for data buses
TTTech experts have developed a lead-free version of the company’s high-speed communication TTP Controller for data buses with speeds of as fast as 25 Mbitps. This next ASIC version has performed intensive physical tests such as liquid-to-liquid. For these tests, the TTP Controller w...
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Thermal testing of electronic components
Designed for power cycling and thermal testing of electronics components to simulate and measure lifetime performance, the MicReD Industrial Power Tester 1500A from Mentor Graphics Corporation combines power cycling and thermal transient measurements with structure function analysis while...
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Secure M2M command and control communications
FreeWave Technologies engineers released a family of command and control solutions targeted at unmanned systems and other military and government applications. The WavePoint solutions are based on a wireless Machine-to-Machine (M2M) com-munications architecture that offers high-speed conne...
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Heavy duty drive for harsh environments
Experts at maxon motor developed a heavy duty motor program that contains 22 mm-32 mm diameter brushless motors with shock, vibration, and temperature tolerances necessary for the exceptionally high requirements in space technology or far below the Earth’s surface where extreme opera...
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Small, rugged carrier board for unmanned systems, digital mapping
Engineers at Connect Tech developed their CCG010 COM Express Type 10 Mini Carrier Board for rugged Small Form Factor (SFF) applications in unmanned systems, avionics, military ground vehicles, digital mapping, and others with high performance processing needs in constrained Size, Weight, a...
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DSP technology used for BLDC speed and torque motor controller
A new speed and torque Brushless DC (BLDC) motor controller from Data Device Corporation (DDC) uses advanced Digital Signal Processing (DSP) to provide a solution that can be easily tuned for use with various motors and loads. The device’s programmability enables parameters such as s...
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Networked rifles from Colt Canada enable data exchange with C2 platforms
Engineers at Colt Canada are integrating their Variable Message Format (VMF) interface from General Dynamics Canada into the Soldier Weapon & Observer Reconnaissance Devices (SWORD) system to improve Command and Control (C2) communications. This will extend the data exchange capability dow...
