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In Search of Higher-Energy-Content Batteries
As suppliers, automakers, and others join forces to develop high-performance battery components aimed at increasing the range of electric vehicles, current advanced batteries are edging closer to...
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Bussmann Series Electric Vehicle Fuses
Eaton’s (St. Louis, MO) new Bussmann series electric vehicle (EV) fuses are specifically designed to protect sensitive electric and hybrid automotive equipment, including high-voltage, high-capacity...
What's Online RF & Microwave Electronics
Bosch Inaugurates New Technical Center in Pittsburgh
Increasing its presence in a region some are beginning to refer to a “Silicon Valley – East,” Germany-based auto supplier Bosch this week opened an expanded technical center in...
Global Vehicles Automotive
Ram Rebel TRX Concept Has 2017 Ford Raptor in Its Sights
It was a showdown between the latest full-size performance pickups at the 2016 State Fair of Texas in Dallas, where SAE torque and towing ratings are worshiped as devoutly as homemade...
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Test and CAE Simulation Software Application
Aqira from HBM Prenscia (Tucson, AZ) is a brand-new software application that leverages existing nCode products and enables streamlined processes for durability, for both test and CAE simulation....
Product Briefs Software
Interactive 3D PDF Technology
Tech Soft 3D (Bend, OR) offers enhancements to its Tetra 4D Converter, a powerful solution for converting 3D CAD to 3D PDFs, and Tetra4D Enrich, a new application that enables anyone to create rich, interactive 3D...
Global Vehicles Transportation
Honda’s All-New 2017 CR-V: Larger, Lighter, Turbocharged
Barely a week after Honda announced its CR-V compact crossover posted an all-time U.S. sales record for the month of September, the company revealed an all-new, fifth-generation...
Technology Report Software
Making Multiphysics Fast and Convenient
Mimicking real life interactions in complex products like automobiles or aircraft often requires a Multiphysics approach. It requires combining, for example, simulations of combustion, heat transfer,...
Product Briefs Manufacturing & Prototyping
PLM Platform for Manufacturing Process Planning
Aras Manufacturing Process Planning (MPP) is a new product lifecycle management (PLM) platform-based application from Aras (Andover, MA) for managing the complex business processes that extend...
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Gas-Damped Auto Crash Sensor
The new Endevco model 7264H from Meggitt Sensing Systems (Irvine, CA) is an optimally gas-damped accelerometer for automotive safety testing with target applications that include pedestrian safety, military-vehicle...
News Mechanical & Fluid Systems
High-Flow Transmission Valve
Nachi America, Inc.’s (Greenwood, IN) automotive hydraulics division has developed a 2-way automatic transmission valve that supports the increased OE demands for large volumes of transmission fluid. New...
Technology Report Propulsion
Optimizing Engine Oil Warm-Up Strategies for 'Real-World' Driving
Optimizing engines for the new era of 'real-world' driving cycles will require new lubrication strategies—fast warm-up being a particular area of focus. A recent U.K....
Product Briefs Electronics & Computers
SIDACtor Protection Thyristors
Littelfuse, Inc.’s (Chicago, IL) new series of SIDACtor protection thyristors in DO-214AB (surface-mount) packages are designed to protect low-data-rate interfaces and outdoor data interfaces in general...
Product Briefs Electronics & Computers
Heavy-Duty LVIT Inductive Linear Position Sensors
Alliance Sensors Group (Moorestown, NJ) has expanded its sensor product offering with the addition of the LR-27 LVIT (linear variable-inductance transducer) Series Inductive Linear Position...
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Nissan Unveils 2018 Production Variable-Compression-Ratio ICE
Nissan broke new ground for gasoline engines at the 2016 Paris Motor Show when it unveiled the first production-intent variable-compression-ratio gasoline engine. The VC-Turbo, a...
Products Manufacturing & Prototyping
Radiation Tolerant 3-Phase Motor Drive
Data Device Corporation (DDC) (Bohemia, NY) introduced a new high-reliability, 3-phase radiation tolerant motor drive, providing 100k Rad Total Dose protection, and advanced circuit and logic protection...
Products Manufacturing & Prototyping
Lightning Protection Products
CDM Electronics (Turnersville, NJ) now stocks the full Times Microwave Systems' Times-Protect™ Series of surge and lightning protection products and accessories. These connectors meet or surpass all industrial,...
Products Manufacturing & Prototyping
700 MHz - 6 GHz Benchtop Power Amplifiers
AR (Bothell, WA) now provides up to 350 watts of linear output power over the 0.7 to 6 GHz instantaneous frequency band in one benchtop amplifier housing when driven with a signal generator output of 0...
Products Manufacturing & Prototyping
Portable 3D Scanner
Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence (North Kingstown, RI) has released the new Leica Absolute Scanner LAS-20-8, a portable laser scanner for large volume inspection applications such as automotive sheet metal, aerospace mold...
Products Manufacturing & Prototyping
Inertial Navigation System
Based on iXblue’s (Natick, MA) unique Fiber Optic Gyroscope Technology, Phins C3, C5 & C7 are fully scalable inertial navigation systems with a similar architecture and interface. Available as an OEM version,...
Products Manufacturing & Prototyping
Radio Test Set
Astronics Corporation (East Aurora, NY), through its wholly-owned subsidiary Astronics Test Systems, has introduced a radio test solution for use in commercial aerospace, military, and civil security applications. The new CTS...
Products Manufacturing & Prototyping
Ptototyping FPGAs
Microsemi Corporation (Aliso Viejo, CA) has introduced the RTG4™ PROTO field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) developed specifically to enable prototyping of space systems, enable lower cost prototyping and design...
Products Manufacturing & Prototyping
Fanless Embedded Computer
DFI Tech (Sacramento, CA) now offers a higher performance quad core processor in its rugged EC series fanless computing systems. The EC700-BT Fanless Embedded System from DFI Tech features an Intel® Atom™ E3845...
Products Manufacturing & Prototyping
Disk Encryption Technology
Enova Technology Corp. (San Jose, CA) recently announced its 10th generation X-Wall MX+ hardware security solutions for Microsoft EHDD. The X-Wall MX+ has built-in TCG Opal 2.0 capability to effectively transform any...
Products Manufacturing & Prototyping
ARINC 600 Network Server
MEN Micro Inc. (Blue Bell, PA) now offers a robust ARINC 600- compliant high speed network server for inflight communications. Pre-integrated and prequalified to DO160-G up to the operating system, the versatile MP70S...
Products Manufacturing & Prototyping
ADS-B Compliant Transponder
ACSS (Phoenix, AZ), an L-3 and Thales Company, has developed an ADS-B transponder solution for legacy corporate aircraft, the NXT- 700. This next-generation Mode S transponder will satisfy the DO-260B mandate for...
Products Manufacturing & Prototyping
Rate Indicator/Totalizer
The Hoffer (Elizabeth City, NC) HIT-4U Rate Indicator/Totalizer is being offered with additional options providing the user with enhanced functionality and flexibility in a compact enclosure. The choice of a NEMA 4X...
Products Manufacturing & Prototyping
Rugged Embedded System
Connect Tech (Guelph, Ontario) announces Rosie, its latest rugged embedded system, based on the NVIDIA® Jetson™ TX1. Housed in a compact enclosure with optional mounting brackets, Rosie features the NVIDIA Maxwell™...
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Achieving Performance Advantages in Unmanned Systems
Unmanned Vehicle Systems (UVS) are reaching new levels of functionality and performance, and it’s not just for air vehicles either. Ground and underwater UVS programs are all taking...
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