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Pulse limiter

01 June, 2008 | Supplied by: Westek Electronics Pty Ltd

The Schwartzbeck VTSD 9561-F diode pulse limiter with built-in 10 dB high power attenuator and fuse lamp protects sensitive measuring equipment when analysing spectra with high energy.

Integrated RF shielding

01 June, 2008 | Supplied by: RF Parts Australia Pty Ltd

RF Micro Devices has introduced its MicroShield integrated RF shielding.

Vibration-resistant module

01 June, 2008 | Supplied by: RF Modules Australia

Aimed at applications where RF engineers need to consider the interference effects of nearby vibrating machinery, Radiometrix has developed the HVR2 receiver module, a high vibration-resistant version of the RLC2 that uses the company’s direct digital synthesiser (DDS) local oscillator design to make it almost totally immune to mechanical vibrations at frequencies below 500 Hz.

RF modules

01 June, 2008 | Supplied by: Nu Horizons Electronics Asia Pty Ltd

Nordic Semiconductor ASA says designers without specialist RF knowledge can now build an ultra-low power ISM-band wireless link into a product or application within hours by using pre-approved modules developed by RF Digital.

Amplifier drivers

01 June, 2008 | Supplied by: ASD Technology Pty Ltd

Miteq has introduced a range of linear SSPA drivers. Three models cover all the common satellite communication bands, AMFLD-05700850-60-16P for C-/X-band, AMFLD-12501850-60-16P for Ku-/DBS-band and AMFLD-27003100-60-12P for Ka-band.

Appointed to global marketing role

14 May, 2008

Radio Frequency Systems has appointed Eric Mariette as vice-president of global marketing and strategy. He is responsible for ensuring that the company’s portfolio of RF solutions is fully visible to the global wireless sector, and that the company’s expanding solution-set meets the demands of the industry.

Wireless networks that build themselves

30 April, 2008

Wireless sensors in embedded systems in devices from traffic lights to mobile phones, designed to create wireless communications networks automatically, could benefit a range of areas, including emergency management, security, helping vulnerable people to live independently, traffic control, warehouse management and environmental monitoring.

Power control unit

07 April, 2008 | Supplied by: ASD Technology Pty Ltd

Miteq Inc has released its uplink power control unit that now includes the UPC-L version.

GE863-PRO3 GSM/GPRS module

07 April, 2008 | Supplied by: Glyn Ltd

Telit has released the GE863-PRO3 GSM/GPS module. The device includes a quad-band GSM/GPRS class 10 engine as well as a dedicated ARM9 application processor (the Atmel standard microcontroller AT91SAM9260) and flash and RAM memories.

Is RF a danger to health? – Part Two

07 April, 2008 by Elizabeth Latham

This is the second part of a multi-part series looking at various RF effects including sperm count, interruption of sleep patterns and brain tumours. Researchers at the Cleveland Clinic in America studied 361 men at their infertility clinic to investigate the effect of mobile phone use on semen quality.

Is RF a danger to health? - Part one

05 March, 2008 by Elizabeth Latham, Journalist

Over the years there have been ongoing concerns, scare stories and many reports on the possible harming effects of RF emissions, particularly in relation to mobile phones

Commercial modular series

05 March, 2008 | Supplied by: GME Pty Ltd

The GME Commercial Modular Series offers the end user greater flexibility when choosing a commercial radio.

Remote programmer

05 March, 2008 | Supplied by: Amalgamated Instrument Co

Amalgamated Instrument has released a radio remote programmer for its large digit displays. This enhances the flexibility of the display range by allowing both set-up and control without wired connection or the necessity to access the set-up pushbuttons within the display. This ease of set-up presents a real safety advantage.

Moxa NPort W2150 Plus and W2250 Plus wireless device servers

07 February, 2008 | Supplied by: CrispTech Pty Ltd

CrispTech has released the Moxa NPort W2150 Plus and W2250 Plus, claimed to be the first wireless device servers in the world to support IEEE 802.11a/b/g.