Front End | News Medical connectors with enhanced safety S S
miths Interconnect has introduced a high-density option to its well- established D series of connectors, tailored specifically for the medical sector. These connectors play a crucial role in meeting the demands of vital medical applications such as cardiac mapping of arrhythmias, intracardiac echocardiogram (ICE), intravascular ultrasound (IVUS), general imaging (MRI), and endoscopy applications.
The D04 connectors feature an impressive high density contact count, offering up to 82 contacts in the standard configuration and enduring up to 10,000 mating cycles.
Leveraging Smiths Interconnect’s advanced hyperboloid contact technology, Hypertac, these connectors ensure safety and reliability across diverse environments. With insulation resistance exceeding 5000 MOhm at 500 VDC and compliance with the electrical standards of EIA-364-05 to 70 test procedures, they meet stringent quality requirements. Designed for high-end medical applications, these connectors feature touch-proof push- button quick disconnect and finger-proof isolation for enhanced safety. Their D-shaped layout streamlines assembly, significantly minimising the potential for incorrect mating. Engineered for one-handed operation, they
are particularly suited for medical settings where efficiency is paramount. The Smiths Interconnect D04 Connector series is said to advance healthcare technology, with its precision engineering, advanced shielding, robust locking
mechanisms, and adherence to industry standards. The D04 range contributes significantly to the seamless integration of medical technologies, according to Aerco.
www.aerco.co.uk High-level object-oriented Python package for digitizers and generators
pectrum Instrumentation presents a new open-source Python package (“spcm”) that is now available for the current line of all Spectrum Instrumentation test and measurement products. The new package makes the programming of all 200+ instruments, offering sampling rates from 5 MS/s to 10 GS/s, faster and easier.
Python, popular for its simplicity, versatility and flexibility, features an extensive collection of libraries and frameworks (such as NumPy) that is designed to significantly accelerate programming development cycles. The new spcm package allows users to take full advantage of the Python language by providing a high-level object-oriented programming (OOP) interface that is specifically designed for
the Spectrum Instrumentation Digitizer, AWG and Digital I/O products. It includes the full source code as well as a number of detailed examples. Available on GitHub, spcm is free of charge under the MIT license.
Spectrum’s Python package safely handles the automatic opening and closing of cards, groups of cards and Ethernet instruments, as well as the allocation of memory for transferring data to and from these devices. All the device specific functionality is capsulated in easy-to-use classes. This includes clock and trigger settings, hardware channel settings, card synchronization, direct memory access (DMA) and product features such as Block Averaging, DDS and Pulse Generator. The package supports the use of real-world physical quantities and units (e.g. “10 MHz”)
enabling the user to directly program driver settings in their preferred unit system. This removes the need for tedious manual conversions to cryptic API settings. Moreover, this package also includes support
for calculations with NumPy and Matplotlib, allowing the user to handle data coming from, or going to, the products with the vast toolbox provided by those packages.
Users can include the Spectrum
Instrumentation Python package in their own programs, or fork to the repository to add more functionality.
https://github.com/SpectrumInstrumentation/spcm
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