Acromag’s APCe8775 carrier card offers a simple and cost-effective solution that allows a PC to communicate with an XMC mezzanine module over a PCI Express (PCIe) bus. System developers can insert an Acromag FPGA module or other XMC module on the carrier card to perform a variety of signal processing functions. The APCe8775 3/4-length PCIe…

Abaco Systems, Inc. announced the release of two boards, the SBC314C single-board computer and RAR15XC avionics data bus communications XMC mezzanine board, for embedded flight-certifiable applications. Previously only available as part of the FORCE2C rugged line replaceable unit (LRU), the two are now each available as separate boards. The SBC314C 3U VPX single board computer,…

The ComfilePi CPi-A150WR is a Raspberry Pi-based industrial PC with a 15-in touch-panel display. Leveraging the compact, ubiquitous Raspberry Pi 3 board, the ComfilePi CPi-A150WRinherits the Raspberry Pi 3’s 1.2-GHz 64-bit quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 processor, a Broadcom VideoCore IV GPU, and 1GB of RAM. The new, larger version has the same capabilities as its predecessors…

North Atlantic Industries, Inc. (NAI), an independent supplier of COTS and Modified COTS embedded electronic solutions worldwide, announces the availability of the 68PPC2 PowerPC Single Board Computer with SAE AS6802 Time Triggered Ethernet, ARINC 664 Part 7 (AFDX), IEEE 802.3 and ARINC 429/575 support. The 68PPC2-TE1AR1 provides a safety certifiable solution for: Vehicle Management Systems,…

HARTING’s Mini-Industrial-Computer MICA®, winner of the prestigious 2016 HERMES Award for industrial innovation, now is available with an EtherCAT board, allowing data to be collected directly from industrial production networks, preprocessed and forwarded to IT systems via standard protocols such as OPC UA or MQTT. Thanks to MICA®s modular hardware concept, which allows users to…

Advantech’s IIoT Automation Group is pleased to announce the launch of the MIC-7700 high performance, fanless IPC with the latest Intel® Core i socket-type CPU. The MIC-7700 provides flexible expansion capability and excellent computing through the i socket type processor, DDR4 memory, optional I/O modules and unique Advantech i-module products. Together, these will satisfy applications…

Teledyne DALSA announced the expansion of its Xtium series with a new half-length CoaXPress frame grabber. Teledyne DALSA frame grabbers combine industry-leading performance and feature sets, great value, and extensive camera support. The Xtium-CXP PX8 is fully supported by Sapera™ LT SDK and Teledyne DALSA’s Trigger-to-Image-Reliability™ platform. Like other models within the series, the Xtium-CXP…

Car enthusiasts and gizmo lovers visiting the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas (Jan 6-9) can gawk at the most intuitive bit of automotive design and engineering yet – Rinspeed’s Etos concept car, equipped with HARTING’s IIC MICA. The MICA is an intelligent, modular platform of open hardware and software developed to meet the needs…

Rogers Corporation will be at PCB West, one of the electronic industry’s major technical events, on September 16, 2015 at the Santa Clara Convention Center (Santa Clara, CA). Rogers will provide examples of its high-performance printed-circuit-board (PCB) materials and participate in the technical symposium with a talk on how to perform wideband testing of PCBs…

GE Energy Management’s Intelligent Platforms  business announced that its CR11 single board computer (SBC) has been successfully deployed and is fully operational  onboard the International Space Station (ISS) as part of the continuing experiments by the European Space Agency (ESA) taking place way above the earth. The CR11 is at the heart of the supporting…

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The new Automation PC 2100 from B&R unites the PC world with hard real-time applications. If needed, Automation Runtime and Windows can run at the same time thanks to powerful Intel Atom multi-core processing technology, allowing the Automation PC 2100 to be used simultaneously as a high-performance industrial controller as well as a PC for…

Sunstone Circuits®, a printed circuit board (PCB) prototype solutions provider, has announced the newest version of their free PCB design tool, PCB123®. Features of the new version include new and improved Edit Panels, the addition of drag-and-drop functionality for parts, and smoother rendering performance. Users of PCB123 will see several benefits of working with the…

Rogers Corporation (NYSE:ROG) will be showing some of its high-performance electronic printed-circuit-board (PCB) materials and offering advice on optimum ways to use them at the upcoming PCB West Exhibition (http://pcbwest.com), September 10, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center (Santa Clara, CA). At Booth #300, Rogers will display examples of its many circuit materials, including…

Sunstone Circuits has announced the launch of a real On-Time Guarantee for PCBExpress® Quickturn, PCB123® and ValueProto® orders. With this guarantee, orders placed through these services will ship from Sunstone to meet the expected delivery date, or Sunstone will refund the customer’s money, plain and simple. The Sunstone On-Time Guarantee is a first in the…

Sunstone Circuits® has launched a new corporate website dedicated to making the PCB design engineer’s life easier, from project quote to PCB delivery. The new website, which is cleaner in design and easier for the user to navigate, features streamlined navigation and user content, including whitepapers, videos, and customer testimonials. Visitors to the new website…

Advantech’s two new PCI Express DI/O cards, the 48 channel PCIE-1751 and the 96 channel PCIE-1753, both provide 5V/TTL compatible DI/O and counter/timer on the same card, therefore saving the need to buy additional cards in systems that have a limited number of slots. They are capable of performing tasks for many industrial features such…

Newark element14, partnering with Microchip Technology Inc., has launched its new Arduino compatible chipKIT Pi Expansion Board in collaboration with the element14 Community, and volunteers from the chipKIT and Arduino communities. Pre-registration is available for the chipKIT Pi Expansion Board, priced at $28, which will be available in the last week of September from Newark…

Moxa, a provider of hardened networking, communication and computing solutions, has set its sights on the oil & gas industry with the introduction of its “roughneck-ready” EXPC-1319 hazardous location panel computer. INDUSTRIAL-GRADE HARDWARE The EXPC-1319 is not a commercial PC that has been adapted to an industrial housing. Instead, it is a computer that has…

GE Intelligent Platforms announced a further development in its strategy to deliver high performance solutions for the connected world with the launch of the industry’s first family of modular single board computers (SBCs) designed specifically to deliver high performance over the long term with minimal expense and low total cost of ownership (TCO). Single board…

The new DP1203 Series radio-only RF transceiver module is designed for the wireless transmission of digital data at data rates of up to 152.3kbps. Operating in the 433, 868 and 915MHz license- free ISM (Industrial Scientific and Medical) frequency bands, this module series is ideal for applications that require full-control of the radio channels and…

Rogers Corporation will highlight several of its high quality printed circuit board (PCB) materials at the upcoming 2013 IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS). This event takes place June 4-6 at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle, WA. Rogers’ Advanced Circuit Materials representatives will be on hand at exhibition booth #1459. In addition, John Coonrod,…

SCHURTER has developed a new IEC C20 appliance inlet for efficient printed circuit board mounting. The GSP4 appliance inlet can be easily sandwiched between split enclosures and tested before it is installed in the equipment. Stabilizing posts provide quick snap-in assembly to the PCB. A version with screw mount stabilizers is also available. The new…

Rogers Corporation will highlight several of its advanced printed circuit board (PCB) materials at the upcoming Del Mar Electronics & Design Show. This event is scheduled for May 1-2, 2013 at the Del Mar Fair Grounds in San Diego, CA.  This show will feature electronic components and integrated circuits (ICs), manufacturing products and services, test equipment,…

Sunstone Circuits® has enhanced their services by expanding the drill sizes available on their Quickturn service, which offers a fast turnaround on high-quality, 2- to 6-layer printed circuit boards. Quickturn service now offers finished hole sizes from 0.008” to 0.250”, with a tolerance of +/-0.005”. With the expanded drill sizes on any Quickturn order, Sunstone…