TECHNOLOGY IN ACTION
wenglor acquires MEL Mikroelektronik GmbH Another addition to the product portfolio of the sensor manufacturer based in Tettnang
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COM Express goes ultra-low power
c
ongatec AG, a leading manufacturer of embedded computer modules,
announces immediate
availability of the conga-TC87 Type 6 COM Express compact module supporting 4th Generation Intel® Core™ processors. It is a low-power single-chip solution, codenamed Haswell-ULT, with integrated chipset (PCH) and graphics. Despite increased performance, the maximum thermal design power (TDP) is a mere 15 watts. The 4th Generation Intel® Core™ processors are an optimization of the existing microarchitecture. Improvements include new microcode and extended registers, an expansion of the vector processing unit, larger and much more powerful graphics units, as well as standard hardware support for AES encryption in all models. Unique features of the Intel® Core™ i7-4650U and i5-4300U are revised power management;
expanded, individually
configurable turbo-boost modes; extensive TDP configuration management for adapting to the chosen cooling solution.
congatec AG Tel: +49-991-2700-0 Web:
www.congatec.com
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englor is expanding again: Since Friday
August 16, 2013, the
Munich-based sensor and measuring system expert MEL Mikroelektronik has been part of wenglor sensoric GmbH based in Tettnang, Germany. With around 40 employees, the company brings more than 25 years of experience and know how in the field of optical laser measurement technology and will be able to use their potential to the full through wenglor's global sales network. For wenglor, the acquisition means a strategic expansion of the product portfolio and another addition of new technologies.
MEL Mikroelektronik GmbH was founded in 1985 and has its headquarters in Eching near Munich.
Following failed attempts to find a successor for the family enterprise founded by Hans-Jürgen Langer, a fusion with wenglor was taken into account. After numerous meetings and negotiations over many
months, MEL managing director Langer and the wenglor management team led by Dieter, Fabian and Rafael Baur came to an agreement. Since Friday last week, MEL is now part of wenglor.
Despite the takeover, Langer will continue to work for MEL in his previous role for the next two years to allow a smooth transition of the company management. In addition, wenglor appointed the previous Head of Product Management Torsten Hellerström as an additional managing director in Eching to organize the coordination between the two companies. The integration will be divided into several stages with the company continuing to operate under its previous name at first.
was able to achieve constant sales figures. However, instead of having its own active distribution, the company organized the sale of their products through trading partners. The use of the global wenglor distribution system and of the overall company structure is now supposed to make the product range even better known and more successful. "wenglor and MEL complement each other in an ideal way.
Due to its technology leadership in the field of light section sensors Hans- Jürgen Langer's company wenglor sensoric ltd. Tel 01536 313580 Web:
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USB 3.0 connector, with SuperSpeed technology
rate that is 10 times higher than its predecessor, USB 2.0 with 480 MBit/s. Its electrical contacts remain in place, thus assuring the complete backwards compatibility to USB 1.0.
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Our type A USB 3.0 connectors have the same mechanical construction and are backwards compatible with USB 2.0. Würth Elektronik carries these types in the following variants; available in single/dual types in THT or SMD.
• Horizontal with 1.04mm offset • Horizontal inverted with 0.14mm or 1.75mm offset
All type A connector versons have an LCP insulating body, selective gold-plated contacts and a housing of brass which is matt tin plated, they permit at least 5,000 mating cycles at operating temperatures between –20°C and +85°C. They also feature a rated electrical current of up to 1.8 A per pin.
There are innovations in the constructions of the B types and the Micro-USB variants also, they too are available in horizontal THT or SMD versions.
The entire WR-COM series is lead-free, halogen-free and RoHS-compatible. They feature the UL94- V0 flammability rating and are suitable for lead-free wave and reflow soldering based on the JEDEC standard.
Wurth Electronics UK Ltd 40 Tel: 0161 886 4926 Web:
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he WR-COM connector series is one of the first USB 3.0 connectors in the market that complies with specifications of the USB Implementers Forum. With 5 GBit/s, the USB 3.0 interface offers a data
New 4U MicroTCA Rack System
F
oremost Electronics, the Essex based specialist distributor of electromechanical components,
is
now stocking the Schroff 4U high 19” MicroTCA rack system which incorporates the thermal management and redundancy features required to ensure high system availability while keeping space requirements to a minimum. Intended primarily for telecoms applications the new enclosure is designed to accommodate 12 single mid-size AdvancedMC modules, two single full-size MicroTCA carrier hubs and two single power modules up to 12HP in width for N+1 redundant operation. The system conforms to the PICMG MTCA.0 R1.0 base specification and is equipped with a backplane which employs dual-star topology for interconnections between the slots allowing implementation of a fully redundant system. Cooling redundancy is provided by two rear- mounted hot-swap fan modules, each fitted with two temperature controlled fan modules and an EMMC cooling unit manager. Airflow is from front to rear and the air inlet filter can be replaced from the front of the unit.
Foremost Electronics Ltd Tel: 01371 811171 Web:
www.4most.co.uk
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