Data acquisition & management

RepRapPro Ormerod 2 3D printer

21 September, 2014 | Supplied by: RS

The RepRapPro Ormerod 2 is a single-colour 3D printing machine. It is easy to expand in functionality, fast to replicate and fast to assemble.

RS Components compact video inspection camera

05 September, 2014 | Supplied by: RS

RS Components has available a professional-quality digital camera that enables electricians and maintenance professionals to quickly achieve high-accuracy inspections in difficult-to-reach locations to check equipment and cables for corrosion, leaks, damage, broken parts or blockages.

Optilia high-definition optical inspection system

14 August, 2014 | Supplied by: Hawker Richardson

The Optilia is a professional, high-definition inspection camera microscope with optical zoom and autofocus. Together with any of the company's articulated boom or XY-stands, the system offers full control over a large working area for ergonomic and fast visual inspection work.

Altium Tasking VX-toolset C compiler for Renesas RH850 automotive microcontroller

04 August, 2014 | Supplied by: Altium Limited

Altium has announced an addition to its Tasking C compiler solutions for automotive application development, providing support for RH850 architecture from Renesas Electronics. The RH850 is an automotive microcontroller family offering high performance balanced with low power consumption over a wide and scalable range of products.

Embedded Logic Solutions Stockit stock management and planning software tool

01 August, 2014 | Supplied by: Embedded Logic Solutions Pty Ltd

Stockit is a management and planning software tool designed to automate the task of inventory control and production kitting. It is a fully integrated stock control and parts listing program, able to automatically determine part shortages and generate the necessary quotation requests and purchase orders.

Peak Systems PCAN-Gateway CAN to LAN gateways

30 June, 2014 | Supplied by: Embedded Logic Solutions Pty Ltd

Peak Systems has launched a range of CAN to IP networks gateways. The PCAN-Gateway family allows the connection of different CAN buses over wired or wireless networks.

A 36-core chip

26 June, 2014 by Larry Hardesty, MIT News Office

The more cores - or processing units - a computer chip has, the bigger the problem of communication between cores becomes.

Emerson and Facebook to build rapid deployment data centre

28 May, 2014

Emerson Network Power is working with Facebook to design and deploy the company's second data centre building in Luleå, Sweden.

Toshiba MD03ACA-V hard disk drives for surveillance applications

22 May, 2014 | Supplied by: Toshiba (Australia) Pty Ltd

Toshiba's Semiconductor & Storage Products Company has launched the MD03ACA-V series high-capacity hard disk drives (HDDs) for surveillance applications. The 3.5″ HDDs are available in capacities up to 4 TB.

Moxa OnCell G3111/G3151-HSPA series 3G IP gateway

14 April, 2014 | Supplied by: MOXA Inc

Moxa has released the OnCell G3111/G3151-HSPA series, a 3G communication solution suitable for a variety of cellular industrial applications. The product is suitable for optimising 3G cellular applications.

OSU turns wood into a high-power storage device

09 April, 2014

Oregon State University (OSU) scientists have discovered that cellulose, the most abundant organic polymer on Earth and a key component of trees, can be turned into the building blocks for supercapacitors.

Micron/Crucial M550 SSD

22 March, 2014 | Supplied by: Digi-Key Electronics

Micron Technology has announced its latest personal storage class solid-state drive. The M550 SSD is designed to meet the needs of high-performance computing, ultrathin and media/video applications. It is said to offers 20 times higher performance than a traditional hard drive while consuming less power. It enables quick boot-up, file access, program access and wake from sleep; and efficient power management, drawing as little as 0.15 W during normal operation.