Acme Portable Machines has introduced
a new line of powerful server
computers for integrators and original-equipment
and original-design manufacturers
involved in products for test and measurement,
military and aerospace uses,
field data acquisition, law enforcement, the
automotive industry, and telecommunications,
as well as end users of multimedia
platforms. The portable GMII-102 workstations
come with a 2.0- or 3.0-GHz Pentium
processor and have eight expansion
slots, a hard-disk drive with a minimum
capacity of 80 GB, and two additional
drive bays that can be configured as a floppy-
disk drive, CD-ROM, CD-RW, DVD,
DVD-R, or a combination. The units measure
16 × 10.75 × 8.25 in., and they have
sufficient storage capacity to meet most
needs for backup storage; multiple segmented
networks; large file transfers; field
audits; and high-end image, graphics, and
video requirements.
Acme Portable Machines, Inc.
1330 Mountain View Circle
Azusa, CA 91702
Analog Output Boards
CyberResearch’s new RCO series of analog
output boards makes it easy for programmers
to produce accurate, repeatable
waveforms. The new boards provide 16-bit
resolution combined with a maximum
update rate of 100 kHz. The RCO series
includes a programmable first-in–first-out
buffer that collects 64,000 data points, and
it has a short output-settling time—the
pause required between collecting
one burst of data and
another—of 10 µs to 0.03%
of full scale. The RCO series’
16-bit resolution, or 1 part
in 65,536, helps reduce
unwanted frequencies generated
by steps in the output
waveform. The boards can
transfer data via programmed
input–output devices, interrupts,
or PCI bus-mastering
direct memory access. Cyber-
Research’s RCO boards come with two 20-
MHz, 16-bit counter–timers.
CyberResearch, Inc.
P.O. Box 9565
New Haven, CT 06535-0565
Pulsed-Laser Diodes
Laser Components’ new high-power,
pulsed-laser diodes (PLDs) ensure excellent
beam characteristics, high reliability, and
high temperature stability. Delivering at
wavelengths of 905 and 1,550 nm, stacked
emitters can reach up to 120 W in peak
power at a pulse length of up to 200 ns.
Applications include range finding, laser
radar, security scanners, and test and measurement
systems. The 905 PLDs come in
TO-18, 5.6-mm, or 9-mm housings; as an
8032 Coax; or as a chip on a ceramic
mount. The 1,550-nm PLDs, best suited
for eye-safe range finding, come as single-emitter
or stacked devices packaged into a
TO-18 mount. Laser Components also provides
custom-designed PLDs and units
with other wavelengths.
Laser Components Instrument
Group, Inc.
10 Upton Drive
Wilmington, MA 01887
Faraday Isolator
Del Mar has optimized
its new
optical isolator,
the 5AFI36-
800B broadband
Faraday Isolator,
to work with femtosecond
Ti:sapphire
lasers. The device isolates the laser from its
own reflections. Its magneto-optical rod is
cut from glass (MOS-10), polished to a flatness
of L/10, and has a parallelism better
than 10 arc•s and a peak isolation of 36 dB.
It is antireflection-coated to give a residual
reflection of less than 0.2% on each side in
the 765- to 835-nm range. The isolator’s
polarizers are air-spaced Glan prisms made
of calcite. Entrance and exit faces of the
polarizers are antireflection-coated to provide
a residual reflection of less than 0.3%
in the 765- to 835-nm range.
Del Mar Ventures
4119 Twilight Ridge
San Diego, CA 92130
Photonic Crystal
Fiber
Newport has entered the photo crystal
fibers (PCFs) market with its comprehensive
line of prepackaged products targeted
to laboratory research. Its products cover
all PCF types, including endlessly singlemode,
hollow-core, polarization-preserving,
photonic-bandgap, and highly nonlinear
performance fibers. Specific products
include bare fibers as short as 1 m, fibers
with sealed ends, and connectorized fibers.
Newport carries ytterbium-doped PCFs to
form the basis of high-performance lasers
or optical gain amplifiers. Crystal Fiber A/S
fabricates the new PCF line under an exclusive
agreement with Newport.
Newport Corp.
1791 Deere Avenue
Irvine, CA 92606
Signal-Controller Support
Data I/O now provides high-volume programming
support on its PS300 automated
programming system for Texas Instruments’
(TI’s) TMS320F2812 digital-signal
controller. The PS300 machine, developed
in collaboration with TI, accommodates up
to 12 four-socket adapters and is designed
specifically for Flash-based applications,
which makes it ideal for digital-signal
processing. As a result, TI’s automotive,
large-domestic-appliance, and industrial
customers have a fast, cost-efficient, highthroughput
programming solution for TI’s
TMS320F2812 controller. The PS300’s
unique architecture delivers the lowest programming
cost for high-density Flashbased
devices through a combination of
exceptional programming speed, a reliable
handler platform, system scalability, and
software-based processing control.
Data I/O Corp.
10525 Willows Road NE
P.O. Box 97046
Redmond, WA 98073-9746
Fluorescence Analyzers
Innov-X’s new portable X-ray fluorescence
analyzers deliver fast, precise
identification and
analysis of the
most challenging
metal
alloys ,
including
stainless
steel; nickel–cobalt superalloys;
specialty molybdenum,
rhenium, and tungsten alloys;
and precious metals. Innov-X’s battery-powered,
point-and-shoot units feature Smart
Beam, an X-ray-tube technology that uses no
radioactive isotopes and, thus, eliminates
federal regulation, disposal requirements,
and travel restrictions. Built-in software
enables users to upgrade and modify the
analyzers, such as by adding new elements
and alloy grades to its memory. Applications
include quality control and assurance;
recycling of alloys; and many tests
on solids, liquids, coatings, and powders.
Innov-X Systems, Inc.
300 Wildwood Avenue
Woburn, MA 01801
Loadlock Transducer
MKS Instruments has introduced its
HPS Series 901 Plus (901P) loadlock
transducers for semiconductor-industry
use and other applications requiring a
wide range of pressure-sensing capability.
Designed specifically for the loadlock
environment, the 901P is an absolute
and differential vacuum gauge with higher
accuracy, stability,
and a faster response
time than conventional
thermal-conductive
gauges. Each
transducer functions
as three sensors.
Hence, the 901P
series provides a wide
measurement range
and saves space. Its
technology yields accurate measurements
as low as 10–5 Torr, and gas-independent
absolute pressure measurements from 50
to 1,000 Torr.
MKS Instruments,
HPS Products
5330 Sterling Drive
Boulder, CO 80301
CCD Detectors
McPherson now provides windowless,
back-illuminated charge-coupled device
(CCD) detectors as an option on two of its
spectrometers for the direct detection of
high-energy vacuum ultraviolet and extreme
vacuum ultraviolet spectra. The detectors
enable users to rapidly measure and analyze
pulsed sources or temporally unstable
events. The detector–spectrometer combination
creates an instrument useful for industrial
development of 13- and 157-nm
advanced lithographic tools and basic
research in high-energy physics and chemistry.
McPherson offers the CCD detector
option on its Model 248/310G spectrometer
for work in the 1–100-nm range and the
Model 234/302 for wavelengths of 50–200
nm. Both units are available with gratings of
various groove densities, which allows factory
or user configuration for wide-wavelength
survey or high-resolution zoom spectroscopy.
McPherson, Inc.
7A Stuart Road
Chelmsford, MA 01824-4107
Test-Valve Assembly
Swagelok’s integrated test-valve assembly
allows users to visually observe condensate
removal and monitor steam-trap per-
formance, one way a company can reduce
expenses related to steam and energy loss,
reduced heating capacity, and equipment
damage. The valve assembly consists of two
stainless steel Swagelok 63 series generalpurpose
ball valves for isolation and testing
and a CF3M Swagelok two-bolt universal
mount for easy installation of a steam trap.
The valves have quarter-turn handles available
in locking, nonlocking, and latch-locking
models, and a variety of end connectors.
Buyers can choose from three test-valve
vent locations: facing toward the steam
trap, away from it, or downward.
Alfa Aesar has released a new CD-ROM
version of its 2003/2004
Research Chemicals,
Metals, and Materials
Catalog, which
includes almost all
the information contained
in the print version
plus several additional
features. The CD lists the company’s
complete product line of organic and inorganic
chemicals, pure metals, elements,
alloys, and other research materials. In
addition, it allows users to search for products
by drawing the molecular structure of
the desired material, and it provides a database
of Material Safety Data Sheets for most
Alfa Aesar products.
Alfa Aesar
26 Parkridge Road
Ward Hill, MA 01835
Nanopositioning Catalog
PI has issued 2004 NanoPositioning, its
supplement catalog and reference book on
the fundamentals of nanopositioning and
micropositioning technology. The 90-page
publication presents PI’s state-of-the-art
products and technologies—such as
ultrasonic
piezoelectric
linear motors,
6DOF hexapod
robots, scanning
stages for atomic microscopy, and
piezoelectric ceramics. It also provides
dimensions, specifications, and options for
all standard products to aid users in selecting
the system that best meets their needs.
PI L.P.
16 Albert Street
Auburn, MA 01501
Grapher 5
Golden Software’s newly upgraded version
of its Grapher two- and three-dimensional
graphing software package streamlines
the accessing and editing of all graphs
and enables scientists, engineers, and business
professionals to perform common
tasks that in previous versions required
multiple steps. Grapher 5 includes more
than 100 new features and enhancements,
including four new types of graphs, which
raises the total number of totally customizable
graphs to 26 and gives users even
more choices of how to most effectively display
their data. Two other new features provide
the ability to move plot labels using
the mouse and to rotate three-dimensional
graphs interactively.
Golden Software, Inc.
809 14th Street
Golden, CO 80401-1866
Varipose
Remcom’s Varipose software enables the
repositioning of Male Visual Human mesh,
including internal anatomical structures.
The mesh data consist of digital magnetic
resonance, computer tomography, and
anatomic images derived for the National
Library of Medicine from a single male
cadaver. Starting with male meshes in 10-,
5-, 3-, 2, or 1-mm voxel format, Varipose
also allows users to reposition body joints,
such as the knee, hip, elbow, and thumb,
while maintaining internal anatomical
structures. The easy-to-use dynamic-modeling
technique has significant bioelectromagnetic
engineering applications.
Remcom Inc.
315 South Allen Street, Suite 222
State College, PA 16801
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Acme Portable Machines has introduced
a new line of powerful server
computers for integrators and original-equipment
and original-design manufacturers
involved in products for test and measurement,
military and aerospace uses,
field data acquisition, law enforcement, the
automotive industry, and telecommunications,
as well as end users of multimedia
platforms. The portable GMII-102 workstations
come with a 2.0- or 3.0-GHz Pentium
processor and have eight expansion
slots, a hard-disk drive with a minimum
capacity of 80 GB, and two additional
drive bays that can be configured as a floppy-
disk drive, CD-ROM, CD-RW, DVD,
DVD-R, or a combination. The units measure
16 × 10.75 × 8.25 in., and they have
sufficient storage capacity to meet most
needs for backup storage; multiple segmented
networks; large file transfers; field
audits; and high-end image, graphics, and
video requirements.
Laser Components’ new high-power,
pulsed-laser diodes (PLDs) ensure excellent
beam characteristics, high reliability, and
high temperature stability. Delivering at
wavelengths of 905 and 1,550 nm, stacked
emitters can reach up to 120 W in peak
power at a pulse length of up to 200 ns.
Applications include range finding, laser
radar, security scanners, and test and measurement
systems. The 905 PLDs come in
TO-18, 5.6-mm, or 9-mm housings; as an
8032 Coax; or as a chip on a ceramic
mount. The 1,550-nm PLDs, best suited
for eye-safe range finding, come as single-emitter
or stacked devices packaged into a
TO-18 mount. Laser Components also provides
custom-designed PLDs and units
with other wavelengths. 
Del Mar has optimized
its new
optical isolator,
the 5AFI36-
800B broadband
Faraday Isolator,
to work with femtosecond
Ti:sapphire
lasers. The device isolates the laser from its
own reflections. Its magneto-optical rod is
cut from glass (MOS-10), polished to a flatness
of L/10, and has a parallelism better
than 10 arc•s and a peak isolation of 36 dB.
It is antireflection-coated to give a residual
reflection of less than 0.2% on each side in
the 765- to 835-nm range. The isolator’s
polarizers are air-spaced Glan prisms made
of calcite. Entrance and exit faces of the
polarizers are antireflection-coated to provide
a residual reflection of less than 0.3%
in the 765- to 835-nm range. 
Fiber
Newport has entered the photo crystal
fibers (PCFs) market with its comprehensive
line of prepackaged products targeted
to laboratory research. Its products cover
all PCF types, including endlessly singlemode,
hollow-core, polarization-preserving,
photonic-bandgap, and highly nonlinear
performance fibers. Specific products
include bare fibers as short as 1 m, fibers
with sealed ends, and connectorized fibers.
Newport carries ytterbium-doped PCFs to
form the basis of high-performance lasers
or optical gain amplifiers. Crystal Fiber A/S
fabricates the new PCF line under an exclusive
agreement with Newport. 
Data I/O now provides high-volume programming
support on its PS300 automated
programming system for Texas Instruments’
(TI’s) TMS320F2812 digital-signal
controller. The PS300 machine, developed
in collaboration with TI, accommodates up
to 12 four-socket adapters and is designed
specifically for Flash-based applications,
which makes it ideal for digital-signal
processing. As a result, TI’s automotive,
large-domestic-appliance, and industrial
customers have a fast, cost-efficient, highthroughput
programming solution for TI’s
TMS320F2812 controller. The PS300’s
unique architecture delivers the lowest programming
cost for high-density Flashbased
devices through a combination of
exceptional programming speed, a reliable
handler platform, system scalability, and
software-based processing control. 
Innov-X’s new portable X-ray fluorescence
analyzers deliver fast, precise
identification and
analysis of the
most challenging
metal
alloys ,
including
stainless
steel; nickel–cobalt superalloys;
specialty molybdenum,
rhenium, and tungsten alloys;
and precious metals. Innov-X’s battery-powered,
point-and-shoot units feature Smart
Beam, an X-ray-tube technology that uses no
radioactive isotopes and, thus, eliminates
federal regulation, disposal requirements,
and travel restrictions. Built-in software
enables users to upgrade and modify the
analyzers, such as by adding new elements
and alloy grades to its memory. Applications
include quality control and assurance;
recycling of alloys; and many tests
on solids, liquids, coatings, and powders.
Alfa Aesar has released a new CD-ROM
version of its 2003/2004
Research Chemicals,
Metals, and Materials
Catalog, which
includes almost all
the information contained
in the print version
plus several additional
features. The CD lists the company’s
complete product line of organic and inorganic
chemicals, pure metals, elements,
alloys, and other research materials. In
addition, it allows users to search for products
by drawing the molecular structure of
the desired material, and it provides a database
of Material Safety Data Sheets for most
Alfa Aesar products. 
PI has issued 2004 NanoPositioning, its
supplement catalog and reference book on
the fundamentals of nanopositioning and
micropositioning technology. The 90-page
publication presents PI’s state-of-the-art
products and technologies—such as
ultrasonic
piezoelectric
linear motors,
6DOF hexapod
robots, scanning
stages for atomic microscopy, and
piezoelectric ceramics. It also provides
dimensions, specifications, and options for
all standard products to aid users in selecting
the system that best meets their needs. 
Golden Software’s newly upgraded version
of its Grapher two- and three-dimensional
graphing software package streamlines
the accessing and editing of all graphs
and enables scientists, engineers, and business
professionals to perform common
tasks that in previous versions required
multiple steps. Grapher 5 includes more
than 100 new features and enhancements,
including four new types of graphs, which
raises the total number of totally customizable
graphs to 26 and gives users even
more choices of how to most effectively display
their data. Two other new features provide
the ability to move plot labels using
the mouse and to rotate three-dimensional
graphs interactively.
Remcom’s Varipose software enables the
repositioning of Male Visual Human mesh,
including internal anatomical structures.
The mesh data consist of digital magnetic
resonance, computer tomography, and
anatomic images derived for the National
Library of Medicine from a single male
cadaver. Starting with male meshes in 10-,
5-, 3-, 2, or 1-mm voxel format, Varipose
also allows users to reposition body joints,
such as the knee, hip, elbow, and thumb,
while maintaining internal anatomical
structures. The easy-to-use dynamic-modeling
technique has significant bioelectromagnetic
engineering applications.