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.
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 www.slashdot.org 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.
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
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.
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.
Circuitry Parts Circuitry Parts is world�s largest online PCB schematic and footprint library with support for multiple EDA tools. CircuitryParts extensive database covers Protel DXP and PCAD ASCII libraries for more than half-a-million electronic componens.
Career Focus CareerFocus is a comprehensive human resources services company in China. The services we provide include: executive search, recruitment outsourcing and salary survey.
SMTnet Express accepts technical articles about the electronics manufacturing process. Published articles will feature the author's name and company and will link to the company's Dynamic Company Page on SMTnet. Inquire at SMTnet
Company News
Send your press releases to SMTnet for inclusion in the SMTnet Express. Post your news directly to the SMTnet News Site and have it link directly to your company's Dynamic Company Page.
SMTnet Express Archives
Every SMTnet Express issue is archived on SMTnet. You can search the archives by subject and key words. Go directly to the Express Archives for your research needs.
Advertising in the Express
Banner ad spots can be purchased to appear in single or multiple issues of the Express. Send your inquiries to SMTnet
Advertising on SMTnet
Promote your marketing message on SMTnet and create valuable exposure for your company on the industry's most heavily trafficked commercial site. We can customize flexible ad campaigns to help you achieve your marketing objectives. Send your inquiries to SMTnet