EPN Industrial Automation Blog

Repeating light

Today, fibre-optics based on polymer optical fibres - POF- are increasingly being used, not only because they are immune to electromagnetic interference but because they are also able to meet the demands of automated applications for greater data volumes. However, these fibres are subject to a natural aging process, which successively increases fibre attenuation. That in turn increases the need for exact diagnostics of the transmission path.

Sunshine on my display

You may have experienced the disappointingly poor quality of the visual experience on your mobile devices — particularly when it comes to watching a movie, mobile TV or still pictures. While this is just an inconvenience, it can become a safety-critical issue on handheld terminals for field operation in industrial applications. Even with the advancements being made in mobile display technology, they still fall short in terms of adequate contrast ratio for viewing high quality multimedia content. Reflecting sunshine can make this experience even worse. The fundamental problem can be summarized in two four-letter-words. In order to avoid heart attacks while trying to read the information on a floodlit display, QuickLogic has signed an agreement with German, Munich-based, Data Display to bring VEE to industrial and digital signage applications.

embedded world 2010 Exhibition&Conference: Innovation drives Optimism

For the experts of embedding computing the upcoming trade show embedded world 2010 may be a special highlight: The venue not only sets standards and records every year. Despite the difficult economic conditions, the industry’s international get-together continues to grow with innovation that reflects the dynamic of this market.

Industrial-grade QVGA TFTs

A range of 3.5inch QVGA TFT displays has been designed by Anders Electronics for high-end industrial and medical devices. They offer a three- to five-year guaranteed availability, and the portrait model has an on-board LCD controller for reduced design complexity and accelerated time to market.