Feb 2004 Edition # 34
MasTec is seeing unprecedent business development throughout NZ and Australia since December.
All sectors are growing, with ATE - Automatic Test equipment, Microprocessor, DAQ - Data Acquisition, Comms, SSR, Wireless RF and GSM, M2M, Program Temping and Projects being the largest growth areas.The media doesn't often cover these types of stories in depth but behind the scenes all the companies like MasTec are very busy supplying products, expertise, training and Integration services. I am sure some of my colleagues out there reading this will be nodding their heads in agreement.
This month we look at some new products, some new companies, also leave last months newsletter section on products on again because in some early editions the hyperlinks did not work, also introduce Sandra our visiting German marketing student and also continue on with the health tips which for 2004 will become more broad than food as health as we now know is body, mind and soul.
Sandra Berger:-
We have been very happy to have a marketing student from German working in our office.
Sandra Berger may have contacted you about Wireless and M2M use in NZ and Australia.If not please take Sandra's Wireless and M2M Survey
Power Kinetics new website:-
New BOB 400VA UPS and Download UPS software
http://www.powerkinetics-emea.com/
New Products and Services:-
Pocket PCs MasTec has in house expertise for programming Pocket PCs. We are just completing a project using a Compaq IPAQ for controlling a Wireless project.We also have USB DAQ modules and software for PDAs--ask about these
Measurement Computing New Low Cost USB MIO DAQ module $289 +GST Qty one.
Sheldon Instruments SI-MOD6800 DAQ for DSP small PCI form factor. Inputs are (100khz/250khz options), with up to 64 analog inputs, up to 16 DACs, up to 36 digital IO all on a LabVIEW Real Time OSless DSP engine.Z World RabbitNet RN1400 relay expansion card for Rabbit microprocessors. - 6 SPDT relays-10A AC maximum switching current (8A DC)-250V AC maximum switching voltage (125V DC)-100mm DIN rail tray mountable-RabbitNet interface: Up to 1MB per second using standard ethernet cable, up to 10m from RS422.
UEI United Electric UEI has just announced a whole family of PXI based DAQ cards.
You may be wondering if we sell much PXI. The answer is yes, it is becoming a standard for high end test.Exacq Exacq has also just announced a whole family of PXI based DAQ cards.
Eagle USB is becoming a very popular means of connecting DAQ products to PCs, Laptops, PDAs and Pocket PCs. Eagle through the Micro DAQ site has USB, Serial and NOW Wireless DAQ
OPTO 22 The SNAP-LCE is a stand-alone, small-footprint, industrial controller designed for use with OPTO22 SNAP Ethernet-based I/O units, primarily in industrial control applications. Programmed with ioControl™ (included with purchase), the SNAP-LCE can run up to 16 ioControl flowcharts simultaneously—twice as many as SNAP Ultimate I/O—and can control multiple I/O units.
Also for the Linux OEM market The SNAP-ARL-ASDS is a highly programmable, Linux-based I/O processor for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), information technology (IT) professionals, and others seeking to develop custom software applications to interface with the full line of lifetime-guaranteed Opto 22 SNAP I/O modules. The SNAP-ARL-ASDS is the first product in the new SNAP OEM I/O product family.
ICS For all our ICS Users. The 488-USB Drivers have just been upgraded to version 1.9.1. This version includes fixes that make the 488-USB Drivers more robust, improves PC to 488-USB communication and adds NI Measurement and Automation Explorer (MAX) compatibility.
Sealevel Also make a great range of USB digital modules, how about a low cost 96 DIO on the end of a USB cable!, now that is very useful as one of customers recently found out. High current drive also.
Penny & Giles For all the motor sports development people. An updated and revised 26 page product brochure that details the full range of linear and rotary position sensors suitable for the motorsport industry is now available, low cost and high temperature specs make these a great choice.
MeasX DASYLab 8 Beta is now shipping, with huge DAQ card support.
Last month's Products repeated for those that didn't get the correct links:-
OTC is king of 802.11b (11mbps) and 802.11g (54mbps)
The models below are indoor models. There are also both Outdoor and Industrial grade models. Tell us what type you require.
802 RS-232 Serial Adaptor Link RS-232 devices back to networks using an 801.11b box.
802 Access Point Ethernet Link networks using an 801.11b box.
802 Bridge Station Ethernet Link networks using an 801.11b box.
802 VGA / Projector Adaptor Broadcast VGA with an 801.11b box.MCC PCIM-DAS16JR/16 is Now Available
This is the PCI version of the older ISA CIO-DAS16JR and CIO-DAS16JR/16 without any field wiring changes. It uses a DB37 connector, not a 100 pin mass termination connectors, a much low-cost offering. The PCIM-DAS16JR/16 is also compatible with the CIO-EXP series of products which gives our customers a cost effective way to implement a large A/D or temperature application.
Sensors:- Pulsotronic Sensors:- Inductive, Capacitive, Ultrasonic, Laser-- Huge rangePXI Systems:- There has been a gradual increase in the use of the PXI technology to solve some complex measurement and control systems. Look at PXI Alliance. MasTec's list for PXI suppliers are:- UEI, Exacq, PXIT, National Instruments, Adlink,Chroma, Measurement Computing, ICS.
Sentech:- This is a new camera supplier. Sentech have a large range of Cameras and line scan also.
Cotek Pure Sinewave Inverters with CE Certification
Excellent quality, built to exact manufacturing specs, 150, 300, 600, 1000, 1500 watts.
85-90% efficiencies, 12, 24, 48 VDC and outputs 110 or 230 VAC 50 or 60 HZ models.LabVIEW training I imagine many are planning some LabVIEW training for 2004. We are planning right now also. Please add your name to the 2004 training list. We have some lower cost options available now, ask about them.
Please send me a Info pack on LabVIEW Training by email.
On Site Programming Temps MasTec is now hiring out our engineers as LabVIEW, C++, VB, OPTO 22, Crystal Reports Programming Engineering Temps.
Direct Training and Consulting MasTec is now offering our engineers into sites to act in the role as "direct hands on, inside the project team training".
MasTec News: Smart Works Systems have released the Nokia 30 M2M low cost backplane
industria – global news about Automation, Process Control, Instrumentation, and Software for Australasia/Oceania
Website Link
New book we are recommending "LabVIEW GUI: Essential Techniques"
It describes building LabVIEW GUIs. If you think you are building good front ends this will make you super good. MasTec in 2004 will be incorporating many of the techniques in this book in project work.
Another new book we are using "LabVIEW Graphical Programming" Gary JohnsonThe original LabVIEW book updated to LabVIEW 6.1. It seems that most people are at 6.1 and holding. This book is about Advanced LabVIEW programming but more than that really it focuses on specific areas and project work.
MasTec Staff Contacts :-
Managing Director rob.maskell@mastec.co.nz OEM Purchases rob.maskell@mastec.co.nz Product Manager adam.samir@mastec.co.nz M2M Manager graham.carter@mastec.co.nz Applications Engineering christian.moxon@mastec.co.nz Integration Projects graham.carter@mastec.co.nz Office and Sales Manager saera.tui@mastec.co.nz Sales Co-Ordinator & DB Work michelle.soakell@mastec.co.nz Training Officer hitul.shah@mastec.co.nz Bio-Medical Engineer in Degree marissa.gordon@mastec.co.nz Visiting Marketing Engineer in Degree sandra.berger@mastec.co.nz (send Michelle any updates on company details, any new staff members etc)
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Some thoughts on peceptions:
For all those that have been reading these newsletters for the last few years, you will know by now that ideas that you may never have heard of or even thought about, are discussed very openly in this section, in a playful way because it is seriousness that causes us to become stuck in life, you may have noticed.!
So some thoughts to kick around during this year. Perceptions, Mirroring, Projections etc
Oops here we go with some heavy stuff, well actually it can be very light and playful if you like.
Perceptions:- ideas beliefs opinions etc are used all the time to make judgements or assessments during the day. Where do these perceptions come from, well the past really, unless you are very special, and so we are living our present by accessing the past.
Just a thought for you.
Now here is the fun part or the serious part. If you have loads of perceptions, most of us do, we drag them around with us as a huge chain of past things, in fact where ever we go, we can turn around and there is the chain following along behind and we keep checking everything against this chain. Very heavy, it can get very judgemental.
Cut the chain or shorten it, how can we do such a thing, well it is called transcending the need. Children do this automatically when they stop playing with their toys and move from those perception to books or adult perceptions, no one says how to do it but they do it, some revert later in life though.
So if children can do this automatically we can learn to do this again. We can do the same things with our list of perceptions ideas or beliefs etc.
Next month we will actually discuss how we can determine what we believe, it is coming up all the time and we miss it unless you are in witness mode.
Have a lovely time and start playing with the perceptions, remember they are ONLY thoughts, they can't bite.