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Development of Soldier Conformable Antennas Using Conducting Polymers

Soldiers performing dismounted operations in the field use radios that have antennas with a distinct visible signature and can become easy targets. These antennas also tend...

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Mechanical & Fluid Systems

Variable-Thrust, Multiple-Start Hybrid Motor Solutions

Interceptor boost propulsion has traditionally been dominated by solid rocket systems due to their responsiveness and high mass fraction capabilities. However, increased costs of handling...

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Mechanical & Fluid Systems

Wheel Force Transducer

Aconcept wheel force transducer has been developed that can measure the forces and moments between a tire and a road on a High Mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV or Humvee) driven under off-road conditions. The...

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Electronics & Computers

14-Bit Analog-to-Digital Converter

The 14-bit ADS4149 from Texas Instruments (Dallas, TX) is a high-speed analog-to-digital converter (ADC) that delivers low power consumption and performance across wide signal bandwidths from DC up to 550 MHz....

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Electronics & Computers

Coded Switch

Elma Electronic (Fremont, CA) offers a rugged version of its Type 07 line of coded switches. The M07A gray coded switch comes in 16 positions down to 2, and has a robust stainless-steel 6mm or 3mm tapped shaft. The switch meets...

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Electronics & Computers

FGPA Starterkit

The Kontron COM Express™ FPGA Starterkit from Kontron (Poway, CA) provides the necessary components to evaluate board designs with open-definable I/Os. OEMs can use the starterkit to develop dedicated full-custom SBC designs...

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Data Acquisition

Data Acquisition System

Ultraview Corp. (Orinda, CA) has announced AD8-1500 Series High Speed Data Acquisition (DAQ) Systems. The AD8-1500 line of PCIe data acquisition systems are capable of uninterrupted signal processing over two channels,...

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Electronics & Computers

Brushless PM Ring Motor

ThinGap (Ventura, CA) has released its 14050 14-inch Ring Motor series, which offer up to 60kW. The design produces no rotor-to-stator magnetic forces, cogging, eddy current losses, or hysteresis. Magnets and a 13-4 PH...

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Electronics & Computers

Power Generation System

Kollmorgen (Radford, VA) introduces the Power Generation System, a 28 VDC system that generates up to 30kW of power. Consisting of a permanent magnet AC generator, generator controller, software, and cables, the system...

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Electronics & Computers

Mezzanine Connector

Tyco Electronics (TE) (Harrisburg, PA) has released the mezzanine Mezalok connector. At 5 GHz+, the surface mount device incorporates a super-redundant “mini-box” four-point contact system for separable interface use....

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Electronics & Computers

Ruggedized XMC Module

Extreme Engineering Solutions (X-ES) (Middleton, WI) has released the XPort9100, a ruggedized conduction-cooled XMC module that supports eight +28V general purpose input/output (GPIO) channels commonly used to control...

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Software

Bus Analyzer Plus Data Reconstruction

Data Device Corporation (DDC) (Bohemia, New York) has added data reconstruction and troubleshooting capabilities to its dataSIMS bus analyzer software. Reconstruction, or On-Line Replay, mode enables users...

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Lighting

Color LEDs

OPTEK Technology (Carrollton, TX) has developed a series of color LEDs processed to meet MIL-PRF-19500-level TX and TXV specifications and help military systems engineers achieve high brightness, color illumination, and indication...

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RFID Memory IC

A new RFID device from STMicroelectronics (Geneva, Switzerland) allows technical equipment to 'talk back,' providing detailed information, such as a full maintenance history, to speed up servicing and simplify record keeping for...

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Electronics & Computers

Chassis Mount Power Supplies

XP Power (Sunnyvale, CA) has announced the VCS series of chassis mount single output AC-DC power supplies aimed at cost sensitive industrial applications. The series comprises 50W, 70W and 100W models and are...

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Electronics & Computers

SDRAM Multi-Chip Modules

Aeroflex Colorado Springs (Colorado Springs, CO) announced the addition of two SDRAM members to its Quantified Commercial off the Shelf (QCOTS) memory family: the 2.5G and 3.0Gbit SDRAM multi-chip-modules (MCM),...

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Electronics & Computers

ARM Cortex-A8 Computer Board

The SBC1651, an ARM Cortex-A8 computer board from Micro/sys (Montrose, CA), features the Freescale Semiconductor i.MX515 CPU at its core and consumes minimal power while operating at 800 MHz. The onboard Stackable...

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Electronics & Computers

Front I/O Industrial Computers

DuroPC (Blairsville, PA) has unveiled a new line of front I/O bracket industrial rackmount computers. RAC183, RAC184, RAC185 & RAC186 merges the best of the DuroPC line of Intel® Core™ and Pentium™...

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Electronics & Computers

PCIe XMC Module

Innovative Integration (Simi Valley, CA) has introduced the X6-RX, a flexible receiver that integrates IF digitizing with signal processing on an XMC IO module. The module provides up to 24 configurable receiver channels with a...

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Electronics & Computers

Flat Panel PC

WinSystems (Arlington, TX) has introduced the PPC3-G-6.5, a 6.5" open frame, color, flat panel PC based on a PC/104-Plus single board computer (SBC) that operates from -20°C to +70°C. It includes a resistive touch screen...

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Electronics & Computers

Optical Ethernet Transceivers

Marvell (Santa Clara, CA) offers the Alaska® family of secure optical Ethernet transceivers for datacenters and carrier networks. The four products cover applications at 10G, 1G, and 100Mb Ethernet speeds. The...

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Electronics & Computers

16-bit Sensor Signal Conditioner

ZMDI (Dresden, Germany) has introduced a new 16-bit sensor signal conditioning IC (SSC). Developed for resistive bridge sensors, the ZSSC3017 combines high accuracy amplification, 16-bit precision...

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Electronics & Computers

One-Part High-Strength Epoxy

Master Bond’s (Hackensack, NJ) new Polymer Adhesive Supreme 10AOHT-LO is a single component, no mix, thermally conductive compound featuring superior electrical insulation and toughness. It meets NASA low...

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Electronics & Computers

Rad-Hard Synchronous Buck Regulators

Modular Devices, Inc. (Shirley, NY) has announced the availability of compact Proton Rad Hard 100K+™ high efficiency synchronous buck regulators. The Model 5080 delivers reliable onboard low voltage DC...

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Electronics & Computers

RF Test Set

ZTEC Instruments (Orlando, FL) has furthered its expansion into the RF Test Equipment market with the introduction of the ZT8101 RF Test Set. The ZT8101 Test Set is comprised of three unique PXI instruments, the ZT8441 RF/IF...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

LDMOS Power Transistor

Richardson Electronics (LaFox, IL) has announced the availability of Freescale Semiconductor’s MRFE6VP6300H/HS, the first 50V, 300W LDMOS power transistor that delivers its full rated gain and power even after...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

Wireless Products Catalog

Times Microwave Systems (Wallingford, CT) has announced the availability of the 15th edition of the LMR® Wireless Products Catalog. The new catalog includes the entire range of LMR® cables including LMR-DB; LMR-FR;...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

RF-to-Digital μModule Receivers

Linear Technology (Milpitas, CA) has introduced the LTM9004 and LTM9005, two RF-to-digital μModule® receivers that integrate the key components for 3G and 4G base station receivers (WCDMA, TD-SCDMA, LTE, etc.)...

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Electronics & Computers

Analog + Digital VGA

Maxim Integrated Products (Sunnyvale, CA) has introduced the MAX2062, a fully programmable, multistate, dual-channel, analog + digital IF/RF variable-gain amplifier (VGA). As with its predecessor, the single-channel...

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