Measure Foundry Adds New Components for Vibration & Temperature

For Measurement under Windows Vista
MARLBORO MA, USA — Data Translation announces the release of Measure Foundry 5.1 featuring Windows Vista support and the addition of new components.

The new Analog Input Synched component is specially designed to allow synchronization of two DT9837A modules, reducing development time as the two devices are presented in a single component configurable as one device with twice the channels.

The new ASCII File Writer component allows the user to easily save data directly to a text file. Also in this release are new Measurement Applets, including the Sound and Vibration Applet.

SMD Thermopiles & Plastic-Packaged Avalanche Photodiodes

Fremont CA, USA — PerkinElmer Optoelectronics, a leader in optical detection technologies, digital imaging, and specialty lighting today announced several new product families: Thermopile Sensors in SMD housings and Avalanche Photodiodes (APDs) in plastic packaging, each featuring improved thermal properties as well as new chip and packaging options.

PerkinElmer?s new SMD Thermopile family consists of two new products: the TPS 23S Thermopile Detector (small size) and the A2TPMI 23S Thermopile Sensor with integrated electronics. Each product line offers full SMD process capabilities as well as excellent thermal shock performance.

NEW? TPS 23x Thermopile Sensor Family: Miniature thermopile chips are ideal for remote temperature measurement applications such as in digital ear thermometers.

New Lab tool enhances microplate solvent thawing…

Leatherhead, UK — The new MicroStream? microplate thawing station from Porvair Sciences Ltd circulates ambient air across the base of a frozen microplate or tube rack to gently and evenly thaw samples without risk of damage.

The majority of compound stores worldwide utilise DMSO as the primary solvent. As DMSO has a freezing point of 18 °C, thawing samples from microplates or sample storage tubes is a widely recognised laboratory bottleneck.

Economical, quiet in use and compact, the MicroStream is an ideal addition to a laboratory’s microplate or tube rack sample management. Not only does the MicroStream increase laboratory productivity but it also maintains sample integrity protecting compounds during multiple freeze-thaw cycles, reducing the precipitation risk.