Radio Systems

WiMAX modulator

15 October, 2009 | Supplied by: Pacific Satellite Pty Ltd

Berkeley Varitronics has released a WiMAX modulator option for the Tortoise dual-band stimulus transmitter.

Ceramic antenna

15 October, 2009 | Supplied by: Arrow Electronics Australia Pty Ltd

Yageo has released the 3216 PIFA ceramic antenna for compact mobile device applications. It features a low-profile fitting for multifunctional product design and good signal transmission efficiency, up to 90%, almost on a par with a traditional metal antenna.

Metering gateways

15 October, 2009 | Supplied by: Netgear

Outpost Central and Sierra Wireless have introduced a series of wireless communication solutions for smart utility metering, enabling utilities to collect data on energy and water consumption, and consumers to make choices about their energy use.

A serving of digital soup

29 September, 2009 | Supplied by: GME Pty Ltd

In 2009 we’re all familiar with the term ‘digital’. We now have digital TV, digital set-top boxes, digital radio, our music library is stored in digital format and so on. We look at the 50-in LCD in the lounge room, pause for a second, take a look at the picture and think, well that was five grand well spent.

Centre to boost SKA prospects

21 September, 2009

A $100 million International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) has been opened in Perth.

Luggage handling at Hong Kong airport

28 August, 2009 | Supplied by: Motorola Solutions

A multi-year contract to supply Hong Kong international airport with up to 70 million RFID labels will see speedier and more reliable luggage handling for many of the 48 million passengers that use the airport each year.

P25 system for Brazil utility

27 August, 2009

Zetron's Acom advanced communications P25 system has been delivered to Tait Radio Communications for final installation at CTEEP, a major electric utility in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Enhanced two-way

19 August, 2009 | Supplied by: GME Pty Ltd

Additional features have been included in the GME TX4800 IP67 ingress rated 25 W mobile.

Modular RFID interface

17 August, 2009 | Supplied by: Turck Australia Pty Ltd

The BL ident RFID product portfolio has been expanded with the release of a simple RFID (RFID-S) slice for its BL20 modular I/O system. Each RFID-S slice contains two channels of RFID. Additional RFID slices, as well as traditional discrete and analog I/O slices, may be added to the system, making it the only product on the market that allows this combination on the same node on the network, according to Turck.

Wireless RF-over-ethernet

17 August, 2009 | Supplied by: Radio Frequency Systems Pty Ltd

RFS (Radio Frequency Systems) has unveiled ClearFill Star, claimed to be the world’s first fully digital RF-over-ethernet wireless indoor cellular coverage system.

Battery tester

17 August, 2009 | Supplied by: Cadex Electronics Inc

The Cadex C5100 battery rapid-tester classifies batteries into good, low or poor categories. Simple operation means shop assistants can perform the 30 s test while a customer waits.

RFID tags

17 August, 2009 | Supplied by: Peacock Bros Pty Ltd

The UPM Raflatac optimised Dog Bone, Short Dipole and Frog RFID tags are now available. The updated UHF EPC, Class 1 Gen 2 products have been enhanced with Impinj’s Monza 3 ICs.

Ethernet interface

17 August, 2009 | Supplied by: Daniels Electronics Ltd

Daniels Electronics and Zetron have jointly developed a P25 digital ethernet interface between their products, enabling direct digital connection from the Daniels P25 digital radio to the Zetron Acom advanced communication console system in accordance with the TIA P25 fixed station interface (FSI) standard.

OneWireless R120 process control system

17 August, 2009 | Supplied by: Honeywell Building Solutions

Honeywell has introduced the latest version of its OneWireless industrial mesh network system for manufacturing facilities. OneWireless R120 is claimed to feature the process industry’s first redundant wireless system gateway, a prerequisite for wireless process control.