Wescon 2000

This year marks the 49th year for Wescon, the largest annual electronics industry event for OEM professionals in the country. Taking place at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California from September 19-21, it's the premier meeting of design engineers, R & D specialists, QC/QA and packaging engineers, purchasing managers, specifiers, and OEM corporate executives.

Co-sponsored by the Los Angeles and San Francisco Bay Area Councils of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the Southern and Northern California Chapters of the Electronics Representatives Association (ERA), the event will attract tens of thousands of electronics professionals from around the nation and the world.

The show floor will feature approximately 1,200 exhibits by OEM technology suppliers, divided for the convenience of visitors, into these categories:

Design/component technology

Test and measurement

Semiconductor and EDA

Production and packaging

and, new this year,

Online service and international pavilion

Also part of Wescon/2000 is the Applications Conference, which is designed to serve the educational needs of EOEM engineers and managers, helping them stay current with the best ways to solve electronic system design issues.

Capacitors

This company's AL-Chip®PX Series polymer aluminum capacitors are designed to be a surface-mount alternative for OS-Con or tantalum capacitors. Impedance and ESR are said to be extremely low through the use of a conductive functional polymer as the solid electrolyte. The product is available in three sizes for use in dc-dc converters, voltage regulators, and decouplers in computer motherboards and servers.

United Chemi-Con
Booth 816
9801 West Higgins Road
Rosemont, IL 60018
FAX (847) 696-9278
www.chemi-con.com

Power supplies

This company has expanded its line of fully enclosed switching power supplies to fifteen models ranging from 5-48V dc, 0.3A-20A, regulated. The products are UL listed and CSA approved, and are said not to require derailing in UL 508 applications. New features include parallel operation of 10A and 20A supplies, adjustable output voltage for selected 24V dc supplies, and output voltage to 48V dc.

Entrelec
Booth 601
1950 Hurd Dr
Irving, TX 75038
FAX (800) 862-5066
www.entrelec.com  

Computer enclosures

This company's design-your-own enclosure systems are said to overcome the limitations of standhard housings and provide engineers with the capacity to adapt enclosures to specific needs. Modular front, center, and rear sections can be linked together in a number of combinations to produce a variety of enclosure designs. Available in three different external frame dimensions, the product can be panel mounted, wall mounted, or equipped with a handle for table-top applications.

Rose+Bopla Enclosures
Booth 1420
7330 Executive Way
Frederick, MD 21704
FAX (301) 696-9494
www.rose-bopla.com

Electronic simulation

B2 Spice A/D 2000 software is this company's latest electronic simulation and design software. Based on Berkeley Spice standards, the software features 16 types of analysis, and includes transient, fourier, noise, distortion, monte carlo, and parameter sweeps. A schematic editor allows the user to edit circuit designs and set up for simulations, and also works in text mode for users who work with spice netlists.

Beige Bag Software
Booth 1027
279 E Liberty
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
www.beigebag.com

Cage clamp

The Cage Clamp Compact 869 series of spring pressure terminators and accessories is designed for use in electrical appliances, small terminal boxes, and terminal strips. The product connects 28-12 AWG and has a current rating of 24 amps with a rated voltage of 500V. The 869 Series terminal blocks are assembled into multi-pole terminal strips and are available in standard numbers of poles or can be custom assembled to any length.

Wago Corp.
Booth 1008
N120 W19129, Freistadt Rd., Box 1015
Germantown, WI 53022
FAX (262) 255-3232
www.wago.com

Electrical connectors

This company's Heyco-Flex™nylon sweep connectors are said to resist penetration of water, oil, grease, gasoline, acidic solutions, and solvents into electrical machinery. Designed for use with flexible, nonmetallic liquid-tight electrical conduit and tubing, the product connects junction boxes and motor housings. Also, the product is said to allow installation around either lazy or tight corner angles in wet or dry environments.

Heyco Products Inc.
Booth 2224
1800 Industrial Way N Box 517
Toms River, NJ 08755
FAX (732) 244-8843
www.heyco.com

Converter

This company has launched a line of 50 and 75W HE Series single-output dc/dc converters for use in PCB layouts. Efficiencies are reported to be up to 88% with minimal output noise, line load regulation of between 0.1 and 0.2%, and 2% load transient overshoot. Other features include undervoltage lockout, input reverse voltage protection, over voltage protection, and remote on and off.

CALEX Mfg.
Booth 1118
2401 Stanwell Dr.
Concord, CA 94520-4841
FAX (925) 687-3333
www.calex.com

Video system

This company's Encore™PCI systems link PCs to high-speed digital cameras for full-featured high-speed motion analysis and data acquisition. The system allows users to store high-speed video images directly to PC hard drives or removable CDs for emailing, central archiving, and sharing. The product can also capture images from up to four cameras at once for multiple views, and can measure speed, distance, acceleration, displacement, and elapsed time.

Olympus America
Booth 2348
2 Corporate Center Dr.
Melville, NY 11747
FAX 516-844-5620
www.olympusipg.com

GPIB interface

This company's GPIB-ENET/100 Ethernet-to-GPIB controller and PCI-8212 combination GPIB and Ethernet interface for PCI are said to allow high speed connection, sharing, and controlling of GPIB instruments on Ethernet networks. The use of 100BaseT Ethernet and HS488 architecture is reported to allow remote access to test equipment at performances comparable to that of plug-in boards.

National Instruments
Booth 2351
11500 N. Mopac Expwy.
Austin, TX 78759-3504
FAX (512) 683-9300
www.natinst.com

Connectors

This company's One-Piece Circular Plastic Connectors are designed for use in automotive and industrial electronics. Features include a wire entry seal to protect the rear of the connector, and a peripheral seal to protect the seal interface. The product is said to replicate the performance of standard connectors while also meeting IP-67 requirements for protection against diesel fuel, gear and engine lubricants, gasoline, antifreeze, hydraulic fluid, water, and salt sprays.

Tyco Electronics Corp.
Booth 801
Box 3608
Harrisburg, PA 17105-3608
www.tycoelectronics.com

Gaskets

This company's SOFT-SHIELD®4000 Series EMI gaskets are now available in four additional material variations. The product is a low closure force gasket which provides high levels of shielding and grouding in commercial electronics. The gaskets feature a PORON®open cell urethane foam core wrapped with aluminum foil fabric, and can be supplied with electrically conductive, pressure-sensitive adhesive.

Chomerics, Div. of Parker Hannifin
Booth 2128
77 Dragon Ct.
Woburn, MA 01888
FAX (781) 933-4318
www.chomerics.com

Interface connectors

This company's FI-X Series connectors for thin LCD interface are said to be compatible with high-speed differential transmission. The product is compatible with a variety of cables, including flex circuitry and thin wire coaxial cables, and feature bottom-type structure and 1 mm contact spacing for high level matched impedance. Applications include compact notebooks.

JAE Electronics
Booth 2419
142 Technology Drive Building 100
Irvine, CA 92618
www.jae.com

Keypads

This company's line of in-mold keypads are multi-molded to produce a permanent flexible panel with multiple graphics possibilities. Options include backlighting, EMI/RFI and ESD protection, and plastic cpas that can be attached to the keys. The product is said to meet IP67 sealing requirements, and can be supplied with or without a complete integrated assembly include circuit board and drop switches.

APEM Components
Booth 1407
Box 544
Wakefield, MA 01880
FAX (781) 245-4531
www.apem.com

Oscilloscope probe

This company's line of wide range current probes are said to meet the needs of semiconductor power engineers by providing wide-range current waveform monitoring from wide bands and minute currents to large currents. The 3273 clamp on probe is a wide band, sensitive probe which realizes the handling of wide bands from dc to 50 MHz and high signal ratios. The 3274 monitors wide-band dc to 10 MHZ and 150A.

Hioki
Booth 2339
6 Corporate Dr
Cranbury, NJ 08512
FAX (609) 409-9108
www.hioki.co.jp

Terminal blocks

Designed for solid wire applications, this company's line of printed circuit terminal blocks utilizes spring cage connections and accept two solid conductors per circuit for daisy-chain wiring. The product's technology is said to allow installation without actuating the spring.

Phoenix Contact
Booth 2493
Box 4100
Harrisburg, PA 17111-0100
FAX (717) 944-1625
www.phoenixcontact.com

Computer

This QTERM W-85 indsustrial computer runs the Windows®CE operating system, and is said to utilize a MIPS core to run cooler and with less power than comparable machines. Users can run off-the-shelf software or write their own programs. Features include a lighted, active matrix, color LCD display, a resistive touch screen, standard keyboard and mouse, 16 MB of DRAM memory and 8 MB compact flash for programs, data, and the operating system.

Qsi
Booth 1035
2212 S West Temple #50
Salt Lake City, UT 84115-2648
FAX (801) 466-8792
www.qsicorp.com

Fasteners

This company's PEM®broaching fasteners are said to eliminate the need for extra hardware while satisfying component-to-board, board-to-board, and board-to-chassis fastening needs. The product is designed for use with all types of printed circuit boards, as well as with acrylic and polycarbonate components. Available features include permanent threads, flare-mounts for greater pullout performance, springs, and captive screws.

Penn Engineering & Mfg. Corp.
Booth 1510
5190 Old Easton Rd.
Danboro, PA 18916-1000
FAX (215) 766-0143
www.pemnet.com

Adapter

This company's line of interposer products now includes the 321 and 370 pin Socket 7 compatible adapters. Designed to allow engineers to place components on the bottom side of the interposer directly beneath the processor, the adapters also allow the addition of capacitors and other components close to the processor to enhance electrical performance. Components can also be isolated on a multi-layer PCB interposer to minimize motherboard layer count.

Interconnect Systems
Booth 2432
708 Via Alondra
Camarillo, CA 93012
FAX (805) 482-8470
www.isipkg.com

Terminals

This company's Sturdi-Mount male terminals are said to provide increased PCB mounting strength by increasing the force necessary to deflect the terminal, which prevents mounting leg breakage, a cause of connection failure. The design is also said to keep the terminals perpendicular to the PCB so that position is maintained during, and permanently after, the wave soldering process.

Keystone Electronics Corp.
Booth 3701
31-07 20th Rd.
Astoria, NY 11105-2017
FAX (718) 956-9040
www.keyelco.com

Connector

T he Series HO connectors are designed to provide economical single connector mating of PCBs, with surface mount contacts on one side and pressure actuated pad mating contacts on the other. The pads on the mating board do not have to be gold plated, and can be sized to absorb board misalignment. The product has a current rating of 1.0 amp ac/dc and permit adjacent board spacing of 3.9 mm.

J.S.T. Corp.
Booth 2471
1957 Lakeside Dr.
Waukegan, IL 60085
FAX (847) 473-1373
www.jst.com

Crystals

This company's TO-5 (HC-35/u) packaged specialty crystals are designed for use in microwave, radar, telecommunications, and satellite communications applications. The product is mounted at three or four points, and has a range of 7 to 125 MHz. The crystals are also said to meet the high stability, low phase noise applications required of crystals when multiplied up to the GHz range. Operating temperatures range from 25 to 74C, but custom ranges are also available.

International Crystal Mfg.
Booth 314
Box 26330
Oklahoma City, OK 73126
FAX (405) 235-1904
www.icmfg.com

Sync module

This company's Stratum-3 Synchronous Clock Module is designed for use in telecommunication network synchronization and wireless communication systems, and is said to reduce cost, speed time to market, and filter jitter from incoming signals. The product features two independent outputs of any reference frequency from 8 kHz, and holds DSP coefficients in on-board flash memory which is said to provide a high degree of user flexibility.

Raltron Electronics
Booth 1006
10651 NW 19th St.
Miami, FL 33172
FAX (305) 594-3973
www.raltron.com

Switch seals

This company's EMI-RFI shielded boots are now available for pushbutton, toggle, and rotary-actuated switches. Made of silicone rubber, the boots feature a molded-in mesh shield which is said to contain spurious EMI-RFI signals. The boots are also reported to seal out moisture, oil, grease, dust, cleaning solvents, and other contaminants.

Apm Hexseal
Booth 1316
44 Honeck St.
Englewood, NJ 07631
FAX (201) 569-4106
www.apmhexseal.com

Ceramic resistor

This CSC family of surface mount ceramic resistors is designed for current sense and feedback circuits in electronic applications. The series is said to provide a low profile, wide operating temperature range, and low resistance, and reportedly can replace two metal element 'strip chips' in some designs.

IRC Inc.
Booth 1601
736 Greenway Rd. Box 1860
Boone, NC 28607-8607
FAX (800) 862-5066
www.irctt.com