DegreeC presents the F600 sensor, designed for board-mounted, embedded applications in which in-situ airflow sensing is necessary. The product gives real time airflow and temperature information to prevent critical thermal situations.
 
Mounting pressure monitors critical components. PCBs are able to warn of impending shutdowns due to fan failure or air blockage. The overall velocity ranges from 0.5 m/s to 5.0 m/s, and the sensor has an accuracy of ±10% of reading. The profile remains low on the PCB because of the small footprint design (0.500 inches).
 
Small omni-directional heads mean minimal distortion of the true airflow picture. The heads can measure air velocity and airflow temperatures across the board’s surface. 
 
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Innova Systems introduces SolidWorks 2009, a 3D engineering and design tool. Users are able to perform a variety of tasks, including creating virtual models of new products and generating analysis and testing data.
 
SolidWorks offers numerous tools that can model such aspects as 3D printed circuit board (PCB) modeling and enclosure design. It can also perform thermal analysis to model the behavior of a design.
 
“For many companies, SolidWorks is used not only to create the physical shape of the design, but also to test all aspects before it goes into production,” explains Mark Bradford, managing director. This reduces costly errors and increases time to market.
 
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Real Intent, Inc. introduces Meridian FPGA, verification software for Clock Domain Crossings (CDC). Designed to work with Quartuss II v8.1, it offers a cost-effective alternative to equivalent ASIC design software.
 
The software provides CDC closure through automatic, template-free and powerful clock intent verification at faster speeds. It also verifies FIFO and Protocol-driven CDC interfaces. Specific effects to FPGA platforms are automatically integrated.
 
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Agilent Technologies Inc. introduces Jivaro-for-GoldenGate, designed in partnership with edXact. The parasitic model order-reduction tool is designed for use with the GoldenGate RF simulator software. It is reported to enhance RFIC simulation speed and capacity– with negligible accuracy loss.
 
“Jivaro-for-GoldenGate fills the void between circuit extraction and simulation that results from an increase in parasitic components required to model the physical reality of circuit interconnects, substrates or packages,” explains Mathias Silvant, edXact president. Combined with GoldenGate RF, Jivaro reduces memory requirements and increases simulation speed during large parasitic-dominated, post-layout netlists.
 
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