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Home Toys
August 2005 |
Making a Case for Advanced AC Power Conditioning The sensitivity and sophistication of today's electronic circuits require serious AC power conditioning. Anything less is too costly to consider, and will limit the performance users demand.   |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
December 2004 |
New Products Overload-protected plastic relays for military and aerospace... Remote solid-state power-controller board... Electrically conductive adhesive solders... Rugged low-noise amplifiers for GPS applications.. etc. |
Home Toys
April 2005 |
Installing A Doorjamb Light Switch These ideas will allow the installer to provide for the installation of an unlimited numbers of doorjamb controlled lighting arrangements. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
July 2004 |
New Products Fixed-Carbon-Composition Resistor... Miniature 40/60-Watt Power Supply... Three-Phase and Neutral EMC Filter... PolySwitch to Prevent Damage to Control Boards... Low Profile Switching Power Supplies... 150-Volt Rectifiers... etc. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2012
Liu et al. |
MEMS Switches for Low-Power Logic A modern twist on a trusted old technology -- the electromechanical relay -- could lead to ultralow-power chips |
Home Toys
August 2005
Adam Blake |
A Technical Introduction to Audio Cables As audio systems continue to improve in accuracy, listening to a "live" performance in your living room gets closer to reality. Cables are an enabling factor for advancements in audio reproduction and can play a remarkably important role in your system. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
October 2006 |
Attenuator Relay Design Improves Performance in Ultra-miniature Package Teledyne Relays is offering the A152 electromechanical attenuator relay that blends the attenuator circuit and bypass path inside the relay. |
Home Toys
October 2002
Andrew Benton |
A Review of AC Surge Protection and Power Conditioning SurgeX protection meets the most stringent requirements of the Federal CID, was designed to withstand an unlimited number of category C1 surges as defined by IEEE 62.41-1991, filters out transients, and does not require close proximity to the building-ground to operate with total effectiveness. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
December 2005
Powers & Penglase |
Using DC-DC Converters in Mobile-Based Ground Equipment As designers incorporate increasing amounts of sophisticated electronics into industrial and military vehicle-based applications, high-density DC-DC converters have evolved to keep pace. |
Technology Research News
May 5, 2004
Eric Smalley |
Y Switches Set up Low-Power Logic Researchers are looking into Y-branch switches, which have the potential to use less energy because they turn circuits on and off by directing electrons in one of two directions rather than opening and closing the circuit. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2005
Linda Geppert |
Power to the Molecules A "crossbar latch" supplies the missing piece for a nanosize alternative to the transistor. Now, researchers at Hewlett-Packard plan to knit them into a huge circuit, hoping to put the technology on the market in about 10 years. |
Technology Research News
January 26, 2005
Eric Smalley |
Nano Bridge Builds Logic Researchers from the Japanese National Institute for Materials Science have given an old technology -- the mechanical electric switch -- a quantum update. |
Home Theater
June 21, 2004
Scott Messler |
20 Questions for. . .Don Bouchard The vice president of sales and marketing for Ultralink/XLO, a manufacturer of high-performance A/V cables and connectors, discusses the cable terms and technologies you need to know and offers his insight on the benefits of high-end cable. |
Home Toys
October 2005 |
Relay 8, X-10 Driven Eight Circuit Relay Module from WGL Designs The Relay 8 offers a quick and easy way for the home automation enthusiast to have relay control using conventional and easily available X-10 power line commands. |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2011
Keane & Kim |
Transistor Aging Measuring the degradation of microprocessors is tricky. Doing it better would unleash more processing power. |
Home Toys
April 2005 |
How To Build An X-10 Broadcast Car Monitor Monitoring if your car is home or "on the road" with automation systems. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
June 2006 |
DC Solid-State Power Controllers to Replace Conventional Circuit Breakers Teledyne Relays is introducing a series of DC solid-state power controllers to replace conventional electromechanical circuit breakers to reduce component count, system weight, and cost, while increasing system reliability. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
February 2005 |
New Products Switches... Integrated circuits... RF and microwave test... etc. |
IEEE Spectrum
December 2008
R. Stanley Williams |
How We Found the Missing Memristor The memristor -- the functional equivalent of a synapse -- could revolutionize circuit design |
Home Theater
July 2001
Mike Wood |
HT Boot Camp: AC Power There's absolutely nothing worse than putting together an awesome home theater system that's starved for power or buzzing with ground loops. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
October 2004 |
New Products 2.9-GHz handheld RF-signal-strength analyzer... 6.4-inch outdoor display modules... Modifiable complex-switching device... Inject/eject hot-swap handle... etc. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
June 2005 |
Rad-Hard Solid-State Relays for High-Reliability Systems International Rectifier is offering four radiation-hardened solid-state relays for high-reliability (hi-rel) applications. The new hermetically sealed relays are all-electronic devices designed to replace electro-mechanical relays in power bus switching, heater-control circuits, battery charging, and other hi-rel applications. |
Home Toys
December 2005
Garth Powell |
Protecting and Maximizing the Performance of Your Precious Plasma! AC noise is far greater in both amplitude and bandwidth than ever before. When it couples into critical circuits it will distort low-level information as well as create data corruption and losses. |
Home Theater
March 26, 2002 |
PS Audio's New Power Director The Power Director performs AC conditioning, surge and spike protection, non-current limiting, and communication and switching interfaces for a custom home audio/video system or rack-mount environment... |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
May 2006
John Keller |
Technology analysis weighs strengths and weaknesses of magnetic switches The analysis shows that although one technology can provide an advantage over others in a specific area, in general all of the technologies offer a variety of capabilities. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
January 2009
Todd Stocker |
Getting More Out of Today's Pulse/Pattern Generators Modern pulse/pattern generators give users a lot of control over the signals they create. Going beyond basic settings will allow designers and test engineers to better match outputs to application needs and improve test results. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
February 2006 |
Magnetic-latching half-size crystal can relay for military applications The dual-pole, dual-throw relay can switch as much power as 2 amps at 28-volts DC and offers a 0.2-decibel insertion loss at 1 GHz. |
Technology Research News
December 15, 2004
Eric Smalley |
Silicon Ring Boosts Light Chips Researchers have developed an all-optical switch that is made from silicon and is small enough to be made by the thousands on computer chips. |
PC World
September 2005
Sean Captain |
The Cable Game Salespeople may tell you that exotic video cables deliver a better picture. But the results of our exclusive lab tests could save you money. |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2006
Rahul Sarpeshkar |
Brain Power Neuromorphic engineering has been around for 20 years, and its first fruits are finally approaching the market. The likely first application is bionics. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
September 2005 |
Column on heat issues misses the most fundamental solution Reader says recent editorial on the problem of chip heat was spot on, but missed the most fundamental solution to the problem: don't create the heat in the first place! |
Popular Mechanics
May 2009 |
How to Diagnose Car Electrical Problems by Tracing Voltage Drops Electricity shouldn't be daunting, especially when it comes to automotive wiring. |
Home Toys
April 2002
Bob Hetherington |
Leviton Decora Home Controls Scene-Capable Dimming Wall Switch Receivers Well, it's time to change over the house from those old ivory X10 pushbuttons to something a little more contemporary with higher quality and reliability. We decided on Leviton's newest line of wall switches. |
Audiophilia
May 2007
Henry Wilkenson |
Gilmore Raptor 500D Monoblocks The Raptor monoblocks are true winners. |
PC World
August 2001
Stan Miastkowski |
Upgrade Guide: Keep It Powered, Keep It Cool Keep you upgraded PC fully powered and properly cooled, step-by-step... |
Technology Research News
November 19, 2003
Eric Smalley |
Switch promises optical chips Computers have historically been electronic rather than photonic because lightwaves, while great for sending signals over long distances, are controlled by equipment that has proven difficult to shrink to computer chip scale. The rise of photonic crystals promises to narrow the gap. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
September 2007 |
Crane Electronics Offers Digital Switch Matrix Family The Electronics Group of Crane Aerospace & Electronics is offering a digital switch matrix family providing switching for high data rate emitter coupled logic signals as fast as 300 megabytes per second, or for the low data rate of RS-422 signals. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
May 2006 |
Tactile mini trim switch The T4-T tactile mini trim switch is a favorite among design engineers because the positive detent indicates circuit transfer to the operator. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
May 2009 |
Murata Power introduces AC ammeters for military test and measurement The Datel ACA5-20RM series covers input ranges from 100 to 500 amps for military electronic equipment that uses switching power supplies. |
Technology Research News
July 27, 2005
Eric Smalley |
Quantum crypto scheme doubly fast Researchers have found a way to double the speed of information transfer over quantum cryptography systems. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2012
Rachel Courtland |
Six Paths to Longer Battery Life These six technologies could save on smartphone power |
IEEE Spectrum
December 2009
Neil Savage |
New Schemes for Powering Processors Building an on-chip high-voltage transmission grid is one way researchers think they could distribute power better |
Popular Mechanics
October 17, 2007
Mike Allen |
Whatever Happened to the 42-Volt Car? It's been just about 10 years since the auto industry was abuzz with the impending transition of automotive electrical systems from 12 volts to 42 volts. Didn't happen. Isn't gonna. Stop holding your breath. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
July 2005
Ben Ames |
Power electronics drive next-generation vehicles From electric-drive ships to hybrid Humvees, military vehicles that rely on electric motors will soon rely on advanced power electronics to handle huge voltages in their drive trains. Designers of military vehicles, in fact, see electric power as the next great frontier. |
Managed Care
January 2008 |
The Formulary Files A look at the factors that affect formulary switching. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
February 2006 |
Proximity sensors for aerospace, industrial, and other applications The PRX+2450 is an overmolded pick-and-place form of the HSR-0025 for applications where size and performance are critical. It combines switching and sensing functions in one tiny package. |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2010
James Turner |
The Smart Power Strip A Web-enabled outlet tells you how much power an appliance is consuming and lets you turn it on and off remotely |
Popular Mechanics
March 17, 2009 |
6 Low-Voltage Electrical Repairs You can Do Yourself Doorbell doesn't ring, or rings continuously... Wall or ceiling light doesn't light... Cordless power tools losing power... Cordless phone won't hold a charge... Extension cord resistance... |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
May 2007 |
EAO Offers Rugged, Vandal-Proof Pushbutton Switch The Series 56 pushbutton guarantees a stable force to the switch unit, independent to the force applied to the pushbutton. |
Wired
March 2001
Stewart Brand |
Founding Father Paul Baran conceived the Internet's architecture at the height of the Cold War. Forty years later, he says the Net's biggest threat wasn't the USSR -- it was the phone company... |
