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Embedded PC/104 computing hardware to power its Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
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Salt Lake City and Atlanta Georgia - Parvus announced that a Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) graduate student team will be relying upon Parvus embedded PC/104 computing hardware to power its Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) in the AUVSI/ONR 8th International Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Competition taking place August 3-7 at the U.S. Navy's Space and Naval Warfare (SPAWAR) Systems Center in San Diego.
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Best Solder Tips
BEST Instructors have put to video demonstrations of common hand soldering skills. These are not designed to be in place of live one on one training where repetitive skills and subsequent one on one feedback is given. Rather they are quick refreshers designed to be viewed if a specific skill has not been practiced in a while.
COMET Opens New North American Service Center
SMT Magazine

COMET North America recently opened its new Service and Repair Center at its Stamford, Conn. headquarters. The new facility aims to ensure high-quality test, repair and maintenance for all COMET X-ray tubes, RF products and FEINFOCUS microfocus X-ray systems, with 24-hour turnaround time for the initial evaluation and analysis of a damaged X-ray tube or module.
19 million Amps
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On July 27, scientists at the National Nuclear Security Administration's Nevada Test Site said they generated a current equal to about four times all the electrical current on Earth. During the few millionths of a second that it operated, the 650-ton Atlas pulsed-power generator discharged about 19 million amps of current through an aluminum cylindrical shell about the size of a tuna can.
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PRO 8b selective laser soldering system received an award
PROMATION�s PRO 8b selective laser soldering system received an award at this year�s Advanced Packaging awards banquet for the Best New Technology 2005 in the reflow category.
Parvus Corporation unveiled three ruggedized 800MHz Pentium III
Parvus Corporation unveiled three ruggedized 800MHz Pentium III-based embedded processor boards - the SpacePC� 1460, 1461, and 1463. These fanless PC/104-Plus form factor CPU cards enable the Ultra Low Voltage (ULV) Intel� Tualatin Pentium� III
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Conversion
Posted by EC

Can someone advise how to convert from gallon to Kg?


ESD
Posted by Vic

Try sliding a standard plastic trash can liner in and out of the can a few times, then crumble up a few styrofoam (polystyrene) packing peanuts and dump the bits in.


Flux activity
Posted by jh0n

This may be completely normal, but I'm not used to seeing this with our old SnPb. I'm setting up reflow profiles for a SAC305 alloy, and it seems that on some of our larger pads, the flux seems to pool in the center.

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Overview of operation and features of Protel 2004.
Aug. 9, 2005
PCB Layout with Protel 2004
Aug. 17, 2005
Complete Coverage on Lead-Free from Preparation to Production to Reliability Sept 19-21, 2005

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July 31, 2005


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