Supplier News

  1. Wide-Band Short Backfire Antenna 9/1/2005
    The short backfire antenna (SBA) has been widely used for mobile satellite communications, tracking, telemetry, and wireless local-area network applications due to its compact structure and excellent radiation characteristics. The SBA consists of a pair of reflectors and a circular rim and, is excited by an H-shaped slot which has been cut on a rectangular patch. The H-shaped slot is centre-fed at one side of the slot by a cylindrical wire probe that has been extended from the inner conductor of a coaxial line...
  2. Autonams Selects Nordic's 2.4GHz Transceiver For Car Immobilizer Systems 7/14/2005
    Nordic Semiconductor ASA announced that Autonams has selected Nordic's 2.4 GHz transceiver nRF2401A for its new line of car immobilizer systems "SKYBRAKE DD"...
  3. Application Note: Automotive Sensors 6/28/2005
    A modern car has numerous microprocessor-controlled electronic sensors and actuators that carry out complex measurement, monitoring and control tasks. An indispensable tool in the development and production of these silent assistants are modern, non-contact optical metrology processes
  4. Application Note: Quality Control 6/28/2005
    TRW Automotive in Gelsenkirchen wants to ensure that the pumps on hydraulic steering gears do not make any unwanted noises while driving. Based on the vibration spectrum the process controller either approves the assembly for subsequent processing or rejects it as being faulty
  5. Application Note: Transfer Path Analysis 6/28/2005
    What kind of a noise is made when the surface of a component vibrates? What path does the noise take to your ear? What component vibration is most undesirable? These are the questions that employees at Polytec and HEAD acoustics are currently trying to solve within the framework of a joint project
  6. Application Note: Break Squealing 6/28/2005
    Optimizing automotive noise behavior is an important aspect in new vehicle designs. Using Polytec's innovative measurement technology, researchers at Robert Bosch GmbH have managed to track down the causes of undesired noises when braking
  7. Application Note: Automotive 3D Dynamics 6/28/2005
    The PSV 400-3D presents a huge potential for time saving as compared to accelerometers. It furthermore shows all the known advantages of laser scanning vibrometers, such as high point densities, non-contact measurements and ease of setup. This article contains the description of the measurements and their results
  8. New Workholding Solutions Brochure 6/21/2005
    Advanced Machine & Engineering Co.'s brochure includes descriptions of modular components, Self Aligning Fixture Elements (S.A.F.E.), grids, force cartridges, tombstones, locating systems, and high-density workholding systems
  9. Melexis Introduces New Highly Integrated Programmable Sensor Interface IC For Automotive Applications 6/9/2005
    Melexis introduces a new versatile, fully integrated and programmable sensor interface solution for automotive and industrial applications.
  10. $99 Devkit Supports All Goal Semiconductor Mixed-Signal And MCU Products Plus Industry-Standard 8051s And Ships With C Compiler 3/28/2005
    Goal Semiconductor today introduced the UniVersaKit (UVK), a new development kit and evaluation system that supports all Goal VERSA product families as well as most industry-standard 8051 microcontrollers and ships complete with IDE (Integrated Development Environment), C compiler and assembler.