Agilent Technologies Inc. announced the U1270 Series handheld digital multimeters (DMMs), setting new levels of performance in industrial handheld DMMs. This series offers a wide range of measurement capabilities; including feature sets that are found only in higher end industrial handheld DMMs.

The U1270 Series allows engineers and technicians to make faster, more accurate measurements. The new DMMs include capabilities such as low impedance mode to eliminate stray voltages, and low-pass filtering to remove noise that distorts voltage and current readings. The new Smart Ohm function helps ensure confidence in results by minimising false readings due to leakage current.

To enhance usability, the DMMs have a slim, easy-to-grip profile and controls that are easy to operate, even when wearing heavy gloves. The U1270 Series are the world’s first DMMs to feature a flashing backlight as visual alert to enhance continuity checks in dark, noisy environments.

These water- and dust-resistant handheld DMMs were designed for industrial troubleshooters who work in dusty, grimy, damp and dark environments.

Additional capabilities include PC connectivity for data-logging applications and easy access to the fuse through the rear-panel battery door.

OFS has released a new aerospace cable under the tradename FlightLink. The product was first shown in the US in April at the SPIE Defense, Security & Sensing show.

FlightLink cable is a 62.5 µm fiber in a lightweight, 1.8mm outer jacket construction. It meets or exceeds the ARINC 802 standard, an extensive set of requirements and testing for commercial aircraft.

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BFi OPTiLAS announced today that it has signed a pan-European distribution agreement with Connect One Ltd.

Under the terms of this agreement, BFi OPTiLAS will distribute Connect One's complete range of embedded chips, modules and device servers, which IP-enable any device over wired and wireless LANs.

Connect One creates innovative, cutting edge iChip™ updateable Internet Controller™ chips and iChip based Embedded Modules that dramatically reduce time-to-market for wired and wireless systems designers and simplify the inclusion communication into a customer's design. Typical design time is one man-month for the iChips, and the embedded modules products are fully certified and plug & play.

"BFi OPTiLAS offers a superb combination of industry knowledge and local presence, and hence was the natural choice for us", said Mr. Amir Friedman, Connect One' CEO.
"We are pleased to distribute the Connect One's product portfolio in the European marketplace. Connect One products are cost effective, and have the high-end performance that customers are looking for in today's competitive market conditions", said Mr. Ernesto Prestifilippo, European Business Development Director of BFi OPTiLAS.

About Connect One
Established in 1996, Connect One Ltd. is widely regarded as the device networking authority, with many innovative firsts to its credit. The company manufactures semiconductors and device servers that facilitate secure, reliable and robust Internet Protocol-based communication for everyday devices. Connect One is privately owned, with offices in San Jose, CA, and Kfar Saba, Israel.

Agilent Technologies Inc. introduced the U1210 series handheld clamp meters, with up to 1000 A of high-current measurement capability for cables up to 2 inches in diameter. Agilent also announced an updated range of handheld instruments clad in vivid orange to highlight the company's commitment to user safety. The bright color provides greater visibility and is in line with conventional color coding that indicates caution; in typical industrial settings.

To provide greater safety protection for engineers and technicians working with high voltages and currents, the Agilent U1240B and U1250B series digital multimeters (DMMs) and U1210A clamp meters carry CAT III 1000 V, CAT IV 600 V safety ratings. The DMMs are certified to IEC 61010 and CSA standards and have passed additional high voltage (hipot) tests that exceed the standards.

In addition, Agilent's handheld DMMs and U1210A clamp meters include 4-mm-tip probes. The reduction in the length of the exposed tip is especially important in CAT IV environments, and the additional insulation further prevents dangerous arc flash if the tips are inadvertently shorted together during probing. The U1240B and U1250B DMMs also include a 30 kA high energy fuse to further protect the user against violent fuse failures during high-current measurements.

For DMM users, the bright orange enclosures are meant to serve as a vivid reminder that they have an extra layer of protection against the unknown, said Ee Huei Sin, vice president and general manager of Agilent's Basic Instruments Division. For the other models, the bright color highlights investment protection through feature sets that go beyond those of typical handhelds and put our customers a step ahead in troubleshooting, maintenance and repair in electronic, electrical and industrial applications.

Avago Technologies' MGA-633P8 is the latest addition to the family of ultra low noise, high gain, high linearity Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) Active Bias Low Noise Amplifiers (LNA). Leveraging Avago’s proprietary 0.25um GaAs Enhancement-mode pHEMT process, the device achieves Best in Class NF (0.38dB @ 900MHz) performance and is designed to be used as first stage LNA within cellular base station transceiver radio cards, tower mounted amplifiers (TMA), combiners, repeaters and remote/digital radio heads.

The MGA-633P8 is an Active Bias LNA which operates from 450MHz to 1500MHz. Additional products will be released later in the year that support frequencies within all major cellular bands: GSM, CDMA, UMTS and the next generation LTE (700MHz band in North America and 2.5GHz band in Europe and Asia). Since all of the devices will share a common footprint, pin-out, and external matching network, they provide a common PCB design to customers when used at different frequencies and therefore simplifying the PCB layout.

MGA-633P8 is housed in a miniature 2.0 x 2.0 x 0.85 mm surface mount 8-lead QFN package.

Target markets/segments are Wireless Infrastructure (LTE, WCDMA, TD-SCDMA, WiMAX and etc…), and other wireless systems from 400-1500MHz that requires Ultra low NF and high linearity LNA.

Economical, Easy to Use InGaP HBT Gain Block Amplifiers Ideal for WiMAX, Wireless Base Stations, Satellite TV, and Set-Top Boxes Avago Technologies, a leading supplier of analog interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications, today announced two new economical, easy to use general purpose InGaP Hetero-Junction Bipolar Transistor (HBT) MMIC gain block amplifiers for use in a variety of wireless applications. Avago’s AVT-51663/53663 gain blocks, which operate within the DC to 6000MHz frequency band, can be used as either a broadband gain block or driver amplifier. These gain blocks target designers of cellular infrastructure applications, but can be also be used in a variety of other wireless applications such as Base Stations, WiMAX, WLAN, CATV, Satellite TV and set-top boxes.

Avago's AVT-51663/53663 gain block amplifiers, which are internally matched to 50-Ohms, were designed in Darlington configuration housed in an industry standard six-lead SOT-363 surface mount plastic package. The Darlington feedback structure provides inherent broad bandwidth performance resulting in a useful operating frequency range of up to 6 GHz making the AVT-51663/53663 ideal for small-signal gain cascades or IF amplification. Moreover, these new gain blocks feature easy installation and only require DC blocking capacitors, RF choke, biasing resistors and bypass capacitors for operation. Additionally, no additional RF matching components are required to achieve broadband performance.

These new gain block amplifiers were developed using advanced InGaP HBT technology that offers state-of-the-art reliability, temperature stability and consistent performance. At a typical operating condition of 5V and 37mA, the AVT-51663 delivers performance of 19.0dB gain, 24dBm Output Third Order Intercept Point (OIP3) and 12.5dBm Output Power at 1dB Gain Compression (P1dBm) and 3.2dBm noise figure at 2000MHz. The AVT-53663 operates at 5V and 48mA to deliver a performance of 19.5dB Gain, 5dBm OIP3, 15dBm P1dB and 3.2dB noise figure at 2000MHz.

Key Features: Small signal gain amplifier 50 Ohm input and output Broadband high linearity No RF matching components required

Flat broadband frequency response up to 2GHz Single, fixed 5V supply Industry standard SOT-363 package Lead-free and RoHS compliant

Customizable devices provide high sensitivity at very low flows, low pressure drop, high stability, and help reduce production costs

Honeywell today announced the introduction of the Honeywell Zephyr™ Digital Airflow Sensors that deliver the industry's most accurate airflow reading across the operating range of the sensor. The new HAF Series devices provide highly accurate digital output, enhanced reliability, and repeatable measurements to meet many medical and industrial application specifications.

The Honeywell Zephyr™ Digital Airflow Sensors offer several competitive advantages not found in other digital airflow sensors, including:

High 2.5% accuracy that allows for very precise airflow measurement, often ideal for demanding applications with high accuracy requirements;

Customization, which allows the sensor to be designed to meet specific end-user needs;

High sensitivity at very low flows to enable the detection of the presence or absence of airflow in the application;

High stability to reduce errors due to thermal effects and null shift to provide accurate readings over time, often eliminating the need for system calibration after printed circuit board (PCB) mount, and periodically over time;

Low pressure drop, which typically improves patient comfort in medical applications, and reduces noise and system wear in components such as motors and pumps;

Linear output to provide a more intuitive sensor signal than the raw output of basic airflow sensors which can help customers reduce production costs and implementation time.

Inphi Corporation, a high-speed analog semiconductor company, today introduced its 4336TA Transimpedance Amplifier (TIA) for next-generation Small Form-Factor 40 Gbps Very Short Reach (VSR) transponder modules. The new 4336TA is a high-gain TIA that enables transponders to achieve high-sensitivity and high-overload performance over a wide range of temperatures and supply voltages. As a result, Inphi helps its customers simplify the design, production and installation of 40 Gbps serial components and equipment. The new 4336TA component will be shown at OFC/NFOEC 2010 in San Diego, March 23-25. Engineering samples of the 4336TA are available immediately.

"Networking and data centers play a vital role in the delivery of cloud services, which require more speed and scale than ever before. We are seeing more organizations and service providers rapidly moving from 10 Gbps to 40 Gbps core and backbone networks to handle the rising video and mobile data traffic,"; said Young Sohn, President and CEO, Inphi. "Our new 4336TA will enable customers to better manage the increasing 40 Gbps data traffic on the network, while providing improvements in signal integrity, capacity and power."
"Over the next two years, service providers worldwide will either plan to use or already are using 40 Gbps serial technologies for router connections," said Andrew Schmitt, Directing Analyst, Optical, Infonetics Research. "Due to the rapid growth of the 40 Gbps optical market in 2009, with port shipment roughly doubling when compared to 2008, companies like Inphi that have a strong technology and market position will be able to take advantage of the expected expansion of 40 Gbps serial deployments."
4336TA Improves Link Margins; Leapfrogs Competition Innovative analog integrated circuit design techniques from Inphi are enabling the rapid growth of 40 Gbps serial deployments. The 4336TA delivers the highest gain, highest sensitivity and excellent optical overload performance for an unparalleled dynamic range, which improves link margins and leapfrogs the performance of other products offered today. "One of the most challenging 40 Gbps issues is to connect routers-to-routers and core routers-to-DWDM systems at the native 40 Gbps serial bit rate, while maintaining performance over wide dynamic range of optical power, temperature, and supply voltage conditions,” said Loi Nguyen, Vice President Networking, Communications and Multi-Market Products, Inphi. “Customers have asked that we build a TIA solution to solve this technical challenge. We are pleased to introduce the new 4336TA to address our customers’ problems and enable them to quickly develop SFF 40 Gbps VSR transponder modules for SONET/SDH as well as for future 40 Gigabit Serial Ethernet applications."

The new 4336TA is designed to meet the demanding signal integrity requirements of 40 Gbps serial connections over diverse environmental conditions. Inphi's new 4336TA offers exceptional performance margin in terms of sensitivity and overload. The high-gain functionality eliminates the need for external limiting amplifiers and other integrated circuits. The new 4336TA helps reduce the complexity of 40 Gbps serial components and equipment with the following features:

• Wide dynamic range
• Best optical overload, > +6 dBm
• Highest gain 40 Gbps TIA, 3.5 KΩ
• Stable bandwidth and signal integrity over operating conditions