Saelig Company, Inc. has introduced the Pico Technology PicoVNA 106 Low-Cost Vector Network Analyzer – an economical USB-controlled, professional-grade 300kHz to 6GHz Vector Network Analyzer (VNA) with excellent performance, portability, and affordability. Despite its small size and low cost, its full-function, minimal-error, ‘Quad RX’ four-receiver architecture supports both 8- and 12-term calibration without the uncorrectable…
Custom Fabricated Water-Clear Sapphire Optics
Custom fabricated sapphire optics that are clear as glass and nearly hard as diamond to provide optimum front surface protection for cameras, sensors, and other devices are available from Meller Optics, Inc. of Providence, RI. Meller Sapphire Optics feature transmission from the UV to IR (270 nm to 4.7 microns), are water-clear, second only to…
Stafford Conveyor System Components
A full line of shaft collars, rigid couplings, and mounts for building conveyors with varying load capacities and environmental considerations are available from Stafford Manufacturing Corp. of Wilmington, Massachusetts. Stafford Shaft Collars, Couplings & Mounts are ideally suited for use in virtually all conveyor systems as stops, spacers, and mounting devices for guides, rollers, sensors,…
EA15 Electric Actuator
GF Piping Systems has added the new EA15 electric actuator to its recently introduced Type EA25-250 Electric Actuator Series. The new EA15 is ideal for smaller diameter, open/close ball valve applications in chemical processing, refrigeration and water treatment. Key features included in the standard package are: open/close limit switches, easy-to-read 7-segment error code display, adjustable…
MEMSIC MDP200 Pressure Sensor
The MEMSIC MDP200 Bi-Directional Differential Pressure Sensor is for CPAP, breath detection, room pressure, damper control, flow hood, fume hood, filter monitoring and other applications where ultra-low differential pressure performance is required. Currently sampling, this industry leading pressure sensor will be shipping in commercial quantities by the end of this year. Leveraging its highly successful…
TW8844 LCD Video Processor
Intersil, a subsidiary of Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723), today announced the TW8844 LCD video processor that interfaces with the latest generation of automotive SoCs. The highly integrated TW8844 is the first high-definition (HD) 1080p LCD video processor with analog video decoder, two scalers and MIPI-CSI2 SoC interface, and builds on Intersil’s automotive video leadership…
Photobond GB4033
MD900xRU Series, Miniature, 4:1 Input, 9W SIP DC/DC Converters
Elon Musk’s Vision of a Self-Sustaining City on Mars Published in New Space
The Commentary entitled “Making Humans a Multi-Planetary Species presents the vision of Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, for future manned trips to other planets and specifically what will be needed to create a self-sustaining city on Mars. The article, drawn from Musk’s presentation at the 67th International Astronautical Congress, is published in New Space, a…
Custom Parallel Shaft Geared Motors and Drives
T-Mobile Is Kicking Off 600 MHz Testing This Summer
Do you have big plans for this summer? Because T-Mobile apparently does. The Un-carrier on Thursday revealed it is forging ahead with previously announced plans to light up its new 600 MHz airwaves by the end of this year. The timeline now calls for site testing to begin this summer, with commercial operations expected to…
Plug and Play Entry-Level Unmanaged Ethernet Switches
UC-2524, Flame Resistant, Urethane Potting
XYZ Voice Coil Positioning Stage
44 GHz Bandwidth ATE Socket for QFN48
Serial Device Server and Gateway
Surgeon Awarded Nearly $90,000 Under N.Y. Whistleblower Protection Law
A New York judge recently awarded nearly $90,000 in lost wages to a neurosurgeon who was pressured to leave his job after registering complaints about “double-booked” surgeries. The Boston Globe reports that James Holsapple could be the first doctor to win a lawsuit that alleged retaliation for raising concerns about simultaneous procedures. Conducting multiple operations…
Mahr Wireless Depth Gages
Technology Edits Voices Like Text
Anyone who ever used a typewriter will recall the difficulty of fixing a misspelled or poorly chosen word–remember whiteout and correction tape? Now, technology developed by Princeton University computer scientists may do for audio recordings of the human voice what word processing software did for the written word. The software, named VoCo, provides an easy…
T-Mobile Netherlands Scores Zero Rating Win in Court
Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile Netherlands division has scored a win for zero rating after a court in Rotterdam ruled it can continue to offer its music streaming service to its customers. The decision comes nearly four months after the Dutch Consumer and Market Authority (ACM) ordered T-Mobile Netherlands to end its zero-rated music streaming service. The…
New mmWave Amplifiers Could Enable Delivery of 10, 20 Gbps Speeds via Satellites and Drones
A new set of miniature millimeter wave amplifiers could help deliver multi-gigabit speeds via a network of satellites, balloons, and drones. Cleveland-based wireless solution company Teraphysics on Thursday unveiled a new technology, called mmLink, it said will be able to achieve transfer speeds of 10 to 20 Gbps in its first iteration. That figure could…
T-Mobile Preps for “Record-Breaking” 600 MHz Launch
T-Mobile walked away from the FCC’s spectrum auction last week as the top bidder and more than 1,500 new spectrum licenses. And the Un-carrier is chomping at the bit to put those to good use. Not one to waste a boatload of cash (or $7.99 billion, to be exact) on latent assets, T-Mobile execs indicated…
Where They Won: Mapping the FCC Spectrum Auction Results
In somewhat of a surprise, the nation’s two largest wireless carriers – AT&T and Verizon – came away from the FCC’s spectrum incentive auction nearly or completely empty handed. While much was made of the fact that T-Mobile reportedly took home 45 percent of all low-band spectrum sold, less was made of AT&T and Verizon’s…
New SAFQ Inch-Series Cooper Quick-Change Bearing Pedestals Now in Stock
New SAFQ inch-series Cooper Quick-Change® angled bearing pedestals are now in stock for immediate delivery as quick change-out replacements for industry-standard pillow-block housings. The design consists of two split halves enabling easy assembly around a fixed shaft.The pedestal’s innovative angled bottom-half simply slides under a shaft – even one with low clearance – without requiring…
Verizon Applies to Conduct More mmWave Tests at 28 GHz
It’s no secret that Verizon is gearing up for pre-commercial fixed wireless 5G trials using 28 GHz spectrum, but it seems the carrier is seeking to supplement those trials with a new series of tests. In an application filed at the end last week, Verizon asked the FCC for permission to conduct tests in the…