October 14 was World Standards Day, which paid tribute to the efforts of thousands of experts worldwide who collaborate within IEC, ISO and ITU to develop voluntary International Standards that facilitate trade, spread knowledge and disseminate technological advances.Learn more from the IEC. … [Read more...]
Electric Plane Wins $1.35 Million Prize
A Pennsylvania company has won a $1.35 million prize from NASA for developing a highly efficient airplane power by electricity.Pipistrel-USA.com earned the top prize in the CAFE Green Flight Challenge, sponsored by Google.The plane developed by Pipistrel doubled the fuel efficiency requirement for the competition, flying 200 miles in less than two hours while using less than a … [Read more...]
University's RFID Lab Launches Test Program for Apparel
The RFID Lab at the University of Parma's Department of Industrial Engineering in Italy will begin testing the performance of various makes and models of EPC Gen 2 ultrahigh-frequency (UHF) RFID hardware for use by European apparel retailers and manufacturers. The program, known as "RFID 4 fashion certified," is intended to determine how well the hardware performs in real-life … [Read more...]
Low-Power System Circuit Protection
Tyco Electronics’ white paper is intended to help designers and manufacturers understand the protection requirements to ensure that equipment will be able to withstand the full force of surge and power fault testing. Download the white paper at Tyco Electronics. … [Read more...]
Companies Partner to Provide Cable Products for JSF Program
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., has entered into a strategic partnership with A. E. Petsche Company to provide GORE® FireWire® Cable Products for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) F-35 Lightning program, the Department of Defense’s next-generation strike aircraft system for the Navy, Air Force, and Marines. A. E. Petsche will manage the requirements of all program partners to … [Read more...]
Murata Signs Distributor Agreement with Sager Electronics
Murata Electronics North America recently entered into a distributor agreement with Sager Electronics, allowing Murata to expand its outreach into a variety of markets, with emphasis on the industrial and healthcare markets. Sager was selected because it serves a significant set of smaller and mid-tier North American customers in multiple market segments. Learn more from … [Read more...]
EMI Critical Issue for Composite Bodied Aircraft
As European aircraft manufacturer Airbus pushes ahead with its next widebody airliner program, the A350 XWB, the company has come up with an entirely new design, which raises critical issues regarding EMI. One of Airbus’s flying test-beds, an A340-300, has been fitted with an A350 XWB fuselage shell panel in place of a metal panel for flight tests. The use of composites to make … [Read more...]
Living Life at 2.4GHz
In a recent article in Gizmodo discussing why 2.4GHz was chosen for unlicensed wireless items, attention focuses on the frequency of microwave ovens. The article notes that despite heavy shielding, microwave ovens’ powerful emissions could sometimes interfere with neighboring frequencies, so it was decided that they should be given a few megahertz of space in both … [Read more...]
Singapore University Unveils New Research Lab
The National University of Singapore has opened its new 11- story T-lab building, which will enable, among other things, accurate measurement of the electromagnetic properties of any substance that will help identify compounds that reduce electromagnetic interference between electronic devices.Read more Singapore’s Straits Times. … [Read more...]
NASA’s NPP Climate Satellite Prepares for EMC Testing
Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) has completed its pre-testing review which will lead to the agency performing electromagnetic interference and compatibility testing. A group of multi-disciplinary experts from NASA and NOAA, as well as a number of independent reviewers conducted the pre-environmental review of the five-instrument satellite. The … [Read more...]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 436
- 437
- 438
- 439
- 440
- …
- 647
- Next Page »
