Ottawa, IL – Designing and manufacturing products for over 27 years, B&B Electronics Manufacturing Co., Inc. provides customers with total solutions for industrial automation and device networking. New industrial Ethernet to serial servers are just some of the new products featured in their latest catalog. Designed and manufactured by B&B Electronics, these servers boast an…
Advantech Launches 5.7” VGA TFT LCD Industrial Workstation
Cincinnati, Ohio – The Industrial Automation Group of Advantech launches the IACP-4000D, a 4U 19‚†rackmount industrial workstation with a 5.7‚†VGA TFT LCD display that supports both a Pentium 4/Celeron D processor. This design reduces the interconnections between the backplane and the CPU card, which enhances the platforms reliability. Features include: shock-resistant disk drive…
Beckhoff Automation Gears Up For Pack Expo
MINNEAPOLIS, MN — In order to help provide North American packaging machine builders and manufacturers a globally competitive edge, Beckhoff Automation will be exhibiting at Pack Expo 2008 in full force. Beckhoff will put forward a dynamic packaging presence in booth # E-6425, Lakeside Center (East Building) in Chicago’s McCormick Place, Nov. 9 – 13.…
Standardized OPC Server for Industrial Device Servers
Cincinnati, Ohio — The Industrial Automation Group of Advantech introduces a standardized interface for industrial device servers, the OPC (OLE for process control) Server. An OPC server provides devices, such as an I/O device, to communicate with a wide range of HMI/SCADA software packages residing on a host. Any software system with OPC client capabilities…
Pepperl+Fuchs Acquires Christensen Display Products
TWINSBURG, OH ‚– Pepperl+Fuchs announces the acquisition of Christensen Display Products. Headquartered in Preston, WA, Christensen Display Products designs and manufactures ruggedized, industrial-grade, flat-panel monitors for the process and industrial control markets. As a leading manufacturer of industrialized monitors and with over 200 models and configurations, Christensen products are used in a wide range of…
Industrial Device Networking Catalog from B&B
Ottawa, IL – B&B Electronics Manufacturing Co. Inc. provides customers with total solutions for industrial automation and device networking. Industrial Ethernet to serial servers are just some of the new products featured in their latest catalog. Designed and manufactured by B&B Electronics, these servers boast an extensive line-up of port configurations, including total fiber networking…
DataBridge™ SDR2-CF from Acumen Instruments
Acumen Instruments Corporation introduces the DataBridge‚â„¢ SDR2-CF, an improved version of the SDR-CF. The SDR2-CF is the easy way to add CompactFlash data storage to any device or system and is a convenient drop-in replacement for a computer or laptop. To simplify system integration, the SDR2-CF now operates from a wider input voltage range and…
Advantech’s 17” SXGA TFT LCD Touch Panel Computer
Cincinnati, Ohio ‚– The Industrial Automation Group of Advantech introduces the TPC-1770H, a high resolution 17‚†SXGA TFT LCD low power Celeron M 1 GHz touch panel computer with 512MB DDR2 SDRAM. The system is fanless with spindle-free storage, which makes the TPC-1770H durable and a reliable platform. For applications where spindle-free storage is not…
Advantech Launches AMD GX2 Embedded Automation Computer
Cincinnati, Ohio ‚– The Industrial Automation Group of Advantech introduces the UNO-1150, an AMD GX2 400 MHz Embedded Automation Computer with one RS-232 port, two RS-232/422/485 ports with automatic flow control, two 10/100Base-T RJ-45 ports, and two USB ports. The UNO-1150 includes a line-in, line-out audio feature as well as a wide operating temperature range…
NVIDIA Quadro® FX Mobile GPUs
LOS ANGELES, CA‚— NVIDIA Corporation introduces a new series of NVIDIA Quadro‚® FX mobile GPUs, featuring an NVIDIA‚® CUDA‚â„¢ Parallel Computing Processor. Leading workstation manufacturers such as Dell, Fujitsu Siemens Computers, HP and Lenovo are now offering the new series of Quadro FX mobile GPUs across a wide range of professional notebook workstations. Highlighting the…
NVIDIA Quadro Plex® Visual Computing Systems
LOS ANGELES, CA‚—NVIDIA Corporation announces the D Series of NVIDIA Quadro Plex‚® Visual Computing Systems (VCS) available in deskside or rackmount configurations. Engineered to provide the most robust NVIDIA Quadro‚® GPU visualization performance to date, the Quadro Plex systems are ideal for the styling and design, geosciences and scientific visualization industries, working with extremely large…
Advantech Launches Advantech Studio 6.1
Cincinnati, Ohio ‚– The Industrial Automation Group of Advantech introduces Advantech Studio 6.1, a web-enabled HMI/SCADA software tool. Advantech Studio 6.1 enables complete control and monitoring facility operations through the internet from anywhere outside the location. Personnel can maintain a constant vigil for occurring alarms with Advantech‚’s Studio‚’s page and email warning capabilities. It‚’s a…
Industrial Panel PC from Advantech
Cincinnati, Ohio ‚– The Industrial Automation Group of Advantech introduces the IPPC-7157A, a 15‚†XGA TFT LCD Pentium D (up to 3.2 GHz)/Pentium 4 (up to 3.8 GHz)/Celeron D (up to 3.06 GHz) Industrial Panel PC. The IPPC-7157A supports an ATX industrial motherboard with seven PCI/PCIe expansion slots. There are programmable membrane function keys and…
Serial Device Server from Advantech
Cincinnati, Ohio ‚– The Industrial Automation Group of Advantech introduces the EKI-1524 Serial Device Server, which is the latest addition to the EKI-1500 family, allowing up to four RS-232/422/485 serial devices to be remotely monitored, managed and controlled over Ethernet and Internet Protocol (IP) networks. Equipped with dual 10/100Base-TX Ethernet ports and dual Media Access…
Advantech’s Launches Industrial Monitor
Cincinnati, Ohio ‚– The Industrial Automation Group of Advantech introduces the FPM-5151G 15‚†(1024 x 768 resolution) LCD flat panel monitor specifically designed for industrial applications. The FPM-5151G features direct-VGA & DVI-D signal transmission, which allows any VGA control card to be used in your system. There‚’s an on-screen display feature that allows the user…
CIP Safety on SERCOS Specification
A new specification – CIP Safety on SERCOS, which is being released as a function-specific profile (FSP Safety) for Industrial Ethernet-based SERCOS III, will bring users of SERCOS III a standard network-spanning safety protocol. SERCOS International specified the extensions, which will be included in Edition 2.2. of the CIP Safety specification of the Open DeviceNet…
New Configurable Universal Signal Conditioners
RICHMOND, VA ‚– Weidmuller announces the introduction of a new family of innovative products for processing analog signals ‚– the MANN SERIES. This new series ranges from simple dedicated units to complex microprocessor-controlled devices that can be used with almost all signal types and measurement sensors. The MANN SERIES products also offer a variety…
B&R’s Newest Industrial PC
B&R's newest industrial PC generation, the APC810, adds new products to the top of the performance range and is fully integrated in the Automation PC product line. The APC810 is based on the newest Intel® CoreTM Duo technology. This technology combines two processor cores in one housing, resulting in a considerable boost in performance over…
Industrial Control Seminars
Germantown, WI — WAGO Corporation is offering five three-day Industrial Control Seminars focusing on the latest in control technology at its Germantown headquarters; the first of the free seminars will occur March 31—April 2, 2008. “The seminar will advance the working knowledge for those programming and installing PLC- or PC-based industrial control systems,” said Marc…
Ultra-thin PCs
The ePC-Series computers include 15, 17, and 19 in. versions with a standard, thin front panel mounted depth of less than 3.0 in. (76.2 mm). The CompactFlash socket and multiple I/O eliminate the need for bulky expansion slots and rotating CD-ROMs and floppies. I/O ports include 10/100/1000 Ethernet, one RS-422/485, two RS-232, four USB 2.0,…
Beijer Electronics’ New Range of Embedded Industrial PCs
New Embedded Industrial PCs are ideal for complex machine control and process visualization in tough industrial environments where maximum reliability and high performance is required. Built-in reliability Beijer Electronics’ EPC series delivers on high reliability thanks to the shock-absorbing hard disk and other vibration resistant features such as expansion slots with a solid card holders.…
Advantech Launches Embedded Automation Controller
The Industrial Automation Group of Advantech introduces the UNO-4678 high-performance fanless embedded automation controller with an onboard Celeron M 1 GHz processor and 512 MB of memory. There are eight isolated RS-232/422/485 ports with automatic flow control and three 10/100Base-T RJ-45 ports. The UNO-4678 supports Lm sensor which can retrieve CPU and board temperatures for…
Nematron Corporation launches ePC-Series Industrial Computers
Ann Arbor, Michigan – Nematron Corporation announces the launch of the new ePC-Series of Industrial Computers. There are currently three sizes, 15”,17”, and 19” in this series with more additions to follow. All areavailable with 5-wire Analog Resistive touchscreens and NEMA sealedpanel mount front panels. Their ultra-thin size and very thin panel mounted depth of…
Advantech Launches Intel Q965 MicroATX Motherboard
(Cincinnati, OH) – The Industrial Automation Group of Advantech introduces the AIMB-564, an Intel Q965-based Industrial microATX motherboard that supports Intel Core 2 Duo processors and implements Active Management Technology (AMT) that enables remote management. There are seven SATA II drive connections and an eSATA HDD designed with RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 software. The…
Advantech Launches Intel Pentium M Embedded Automation Computer
The Industrial Automation Group of Advantech introduces the UNO-2176 Intel Pentium M 1.4 GHz/Celeron M 1.0 GHz embedded automation computer that supports a pre-configured Windows XP Embedded OS and Windows CE 5.0 images with optimized onboard device drivers. Seamlessly integrate your applications into Windows XP Embedded and speed up your system development with an application…