Volume 18, Issue 7

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RoHS one year later: supplies of leaded solder drying up

July 1, 2007
When the European Union’s RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances) legislation took effect one year ago, it marked the beginning of the end for most electronics assemblies containing...
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Computers

Raytheon develops polymorphic computer that can reconfigure on the fly

July 1, 2007
Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems engineers have developed computer architectures able to adopt different forms depending on their application, reconfiguring and adapting to...
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CFD analysis delivers impressive savings for electronics thermal design

July 1, 2007
Computational-fluid-dynamics (CFD) software is an invaluable thermal-analysis weapon for the electronics design arsenal.
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Communications

Electro-optics briefs

July 1, 2007
Northrop Grumman awards LaBarge $2 million for electro-optical military aircraft defense systemLaBarge Inc. in St. Louis won $2 million in contracts from Northrop Grumman Corp...
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FPGA integrators are still asking a lot from design and development tools

July 1, 2007
Tools that enable systems designers to alter and control the functionality of field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) have improved substantially over the past few years, yet FPGA...

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IEC defines new global standard for blown-fiber procedures and performance

July 1, 2007
GENEVA - The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) in Geneva, Switzerland, has published the first global blown-fiber standard, IEC 60794-5.
Computers

PC/104-Plus CPU modules edge closer to leadership of the PC/104 family

July 1, 2007
The PC/104-Plus architecture, which incorporates a fast stackable PCI connector in addition to the standard ISA connectors of original PC/104 boards, has seen steady growth in...
Communications

THE VIEW FROM EUROPE: It’s not the Cold War 2.0, but it is brinkmanship

July 1, 2007
The rest of Europe is increasingly alarmed by Russia. Since I wrote about the Kremlin’s opposition to the anti-missile defense shield proposed by the U.S. in April, much has happened...
Communications

European fusion researchers choose Cedip infrared for IR thermography

July 1, 2007
The European Fusion Development Agreement (EFDA) has awarded Cedip Infrared Systems in Croissy-Beaubourg, France, a contract to supply a further advanced infrared (IR) thermography...
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Products

July 1, 2007
Mercury offers integrated UAV-based reconnaissance systemClick here to enlarge imageThe VistaNav-SSR integrated unmanned aircraft system from Mercury Computer Systems in Chelmsford...
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Hunter-Killer UAVs to swarm battlefields

July 1, 2007
Hunter-Killer: by most definitions, the term designates an entirely new class of UAV, not a weaponized sensor platform, such as the MQ-1 Predator, but an aircraft designed from...