MasTec Ltd
The Ingenious Devices and Smart Works Company

March 2008              Circulation 14,000+ World-wide                Edition # 81

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Spot Buying
ODM/OEM Buying

Best Product of the 2008 Year
Company of the Year

Drop in Network Applications



Monthly Discussion

Automation

Latest 2008 Products - Omega
Updated PAC Website - OPTO 22

Micronor 2008 Encoder Catalog - Micronor

Comms / IP
Compact Flash RS-232t - Elan
Converters to plug ExpressCards, PCMCIA and CardBus cards into PCI Express Slot - Elan
Converters to plug Compact Flash cards, PCMCIA and Cardbus cards into ExpressCard slot - Elan

Gigabit Copper or Fiber Switches - Aaxeon
Remote IP Devices for Control and Monitoring - Aviosys

Technical Comms articles
Quatech's PCI Express Article - Quatech
Article on PCI Express Technology - Read
Some info on RS-232 and 485 Comms - B&B
Eliminate the Risk of RS-485 Data Corruption - Sealevel

Computers

-40 to 80 degrees -
Lowest Power, Highest Performance SoC Designs - ICOP
RCM4300 Development Kit With Free Book On Embedded Security - Rabbit


Ask Larry - Rabbit Questions
Look at all the Rabbit Micro Kits - Rabbit

DAQ

New DAQ Company - DATAQ
USB DAQ Catalog - Eagle


Education

Two Bio-Medical Trainers - K&H
LabVIEW Hardware Trainer - K&H

Low Cost Instruments - Educational
New Training Equipment, AC Power, Electrical. Applied Power and Micros , - Anshuman


Encoders and Motion

MSHA Certified Optical Encoder - BEI

Filters

Chips, Hybrids and box Analog and Digital Filters - Frequency Devices

Gauges

Low Cost 3D Accelerometer - SWS

GPIB

New Mandatory GPIB Driver - ICS

Imaging and Motion

New Gigabit Camera up to 100meter cables - Dalsa

Low Cost - Small Handheld - Digital Microscope for Inspection UWin
Another microscope that is even smaller that is USB connected -- SWS

Instruments

Programmable DC Loads - Array
New Low Cost Instruments - Anshuman
New Low Cost Handheld Colour 200MHz Scope with True RMS DMM functions - GW Instek

Logger

Low cost USB IP68 Datalogger - Fourier

Power

Lead Prices - Discussion

Soltec UPSs for $45 - Sale

Range of Spiral Batteries - BLS
Range of many types of Batteries - BLS

Din Rail PSUs with CDC UPS function - Array

PAC - Programmable Automation Controllers

New PAC Website - OPTO 22

Semiconductor

USB 2 very fast Universal Gang Programmers - RK

Signal Conditioning

Universal 5B Module - Dataforth
Discussion on Isolation - Dataforth
Aliasing, Filters and Phase Angle in Signal Conditioners - Dataforth

Software

Multi-Core LabVIEW 8.5 - NI
Measurement Studio upgrade - MCC

Solar

Solar Charge Controllers and more - EP Solar

Transducers

Colour Detection Eltrotech

Wireless

MasTec Stocks XBEE and XBEE Pro Zigbee modules - Digi

Mesh Radio - Rabbit

M2M- GSM Controllers - Astel
Low USB GSM/GPRS/SMS Modem + Voice - Falcom

Three New Cellular Options - Digi
Drop in Network Applications - Digi
Point to Multi Point Ethernet - Digi
DiN --XBee™ Wall Router Extends Drop-in Networks - Digi



Hello to all our Readers,

This months Newsletter covers a hiuge array of things again, and I have added some excellent application notes on Comms, DAQ adn Wirless etc. Hope you enjoy it.

We continue to add new companies with special technology also, look a BLS Spiral Batteries, Anshuman, K&H etc

For all those looking for a low cost colour Scope and DMM handheld in one package with True RMS etc, then the GW Instek product maybe the one.

I would also like to welcome a new large group of Research and Teaching Engineers and Scientists from all the Universities and Technical Institutions in NZ. We hope you benefit from this monthly read and view.

We would like to see more staff and administrators reading the newsletter each month and invite more to subscribe if they wish. Subscribe

Recently MasTec went to an International Education Expo in Thailand and from that we have arranged to be distributors for many of the exhibiting companies.

You can view the growing list at this link. Education Products

This month we have added a new category in the newsletter -- Solar Products, this will extend out from here into Alternative Power in general. MasTec has been selling AC~DC Power Systems since 1992 and alternative power is really starting to find its feet these days with a new generation of companies appearing from the first generation development. One fof the leadering countries is China. Due to lack of power, many have developed their own systems, Solar, Wind, Hydro, Inverters, etc etc.

We will be adding WInd Products and Hydro Products and introducing a new range of specialist Solar, Wind and Hydro Inverters now coming on the market.

Anyone out their interested in LED Street Lamps?? Yes we have these also. Huge savings in install, maintenance and running costs. More next month.

Also some late news, we now have PDA compact Flash Port RS-232 adaptors from Elan.




MasTec Staff Contacts :-

 Administration

 Saera.Moala@mastecnz.co.nz

Saera Moala

 Spot Buy Sales

 Saera.Moala@mastecnz.co.nz

Saera Moala

 Liason for OEM Accounts

 Saera.Moala@mastecnz.co.nz

Saera Moala

 Spot Buy Instrument & Wireless Sales

 loyal.noronha@mastecnz.co.nz

Loyal Noronha

 OEM Instrument & Wireless Sales

 loyal.noronha@mastecnz.co.nz

Loyal Noronha

 Spot Buy Power Sales

 dhara.pandya@mastecnz.co.nz

 Dhara Pandya

 OEM Power Sales

 dhara.pandya@mastecnz.co.nz

 Dhara Pandya

 All Sales Instrumentation, Wireless and Power

 manasi.gaonkar@mastecnz.co.nz

Mancy Gaonkar

 Power Dealers Sales

 marketing@mastecnz.co.nz    

Jeannie Murdoch

 Marketing

 marketing@mastecnz.co.nz    

Jeannie Murdoch

     

Product Development

 rob.maskell@mastecnz.co.nz

Rob Maskell

Please send Jeannie Murdoch in Marketing any updates on company details, any new staff members etc

Please contact our staff for any products, Loyal, Saera, Dhara, Manasi, Jeannie are always pleased to help