To provide industrial Ethernet users with the most robust components possible, Beckhoff Automation has announced the new CU2008 and CU2016 Ethernet switches. The CU series switches have an optimized housing design and therefore cost 16 percent less than earlier models. The CU2008 switch ($150) offers 8 RJ 45 Ethernet ports while the CU2016 switch ($282)…
Microsoft Nominates Beckhoff Automation as Windows Embedded Gold Partner
Microsoft has awarded Beckhoff the status of Gold Partner in the Windows Embedded Partner program. Gold status is the highest and most exclusive level of the Microsoft partner program. In Europe, there are only 14 companies that have been awarded Embedded Gold status. To qualify as Microsoft Windows Embedded Gold Partners, companies must demonstrate first…
Advantech Launches High Performance& Cost Effective Industrial DIN-Rail PC
The eAutomation Group of Advantech introduces the UNO-1019 RISC-grade DIN-Rail PC with Windows CE 4.2 embedded OS, which simplifies application development. The UNO-1019 provides versatile I/O interfaces, including; 2 Ethernet ports, 4 serial ports. 4 digital I/O and one CF expansion slot for data buffering and storage. The UNO-1019 has an operating temperature range of…
Advantech Develops New Partnership with Cole-Parmer
The eAutomation Group of Advantech has developed a new partnership with Cole-Parmer. Cole-Parmer has been a leading global distributor of laboratory and industrial fluid products, instrumentation, equipment, and supplies since 1955. They are proven experts in the fields of temperature measurement and control, electrochemistry, and fluid handling. Their products are sold throughout the world through…
Advantech Again Receives Control Design Magazine’s Readers’ Choice Award for Best Single Board Computer
As a trusted ePlatform provider, Advantech has been at the forefront of the embedded single board computer (SBC) market for more than 20 years. 2006 marks the second time that Advantech was voted the best single board computer provider by the readers of Control Design magazine. This award recognizes and solidifies Advantech’s brand image as…
Keithley Introduces The First, Powerful, Lab Quality, Handheld RF Power Meter
With a wide frequency range of 10MHz to 6GHz, the Model 3500 is useful in a variety of applications, including test of mobile phone and cellular infrastructures, WLAN devices, RFID readers, WiMax devices, and wireless sensors. Its large dynamic range of -63dBM to +20dBM enables the Model 3500 to measure signals either directly from the…
SPS/IPC/Drives Day 2
Wow! What a show. I thought is was crowded yesterday, but by mid-morning most hallways were so packed, you almost felt you were at a sporting event! Surprises coming from companies not usually known for having motion products such as motors/drives/controllers/software, are now bringing it out at the SPS show. Pilz, known as a world…