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New Products

Vision Engineering introduces the SX45 stereo zoom microscope. Although it is affordable, it maintains a high level of optical performance. It has a zoom ratio of 6.3:1 and a magnification of x50.

A digital or USB camera can be used simultaneously, and a trinocular viewing attachment is available. Users can choose from numerous standard options, such as the bench stand, the boom mount and the articulated arm. Multimedia solutions are also available for image archiving, acquisition, processing, analysis and documentation.

www.visioneng.us

Advanced Interconnections Corporation introduces a compact socket adapter system. The hybrid design utilizes both male and female pins in an interstitial pattern, in 0.65 mm-pitch BGA and LGA footprints.

Designed for development and validation of BGA and LGA devices, production level socketing and SMT board-to-board connector applications, the system is 2.00 mm larger than the device package. No external hold-downs are necessary.

The adapter offers signal attenuation up to 3.5 GHz, and unique alignment pins assist in hand placement and protect the pin field. Optional stand-offs are available. Features include standard eutectic tin/lead solder balls or lead-free tin/silver/copper solder ball terminals for RoHS-compliant applications.

www.advanced.com

Advanced Interconnections Corporation introduces Mezza-pede, SMT connectors designed for 1 mm-pitch micro board-to-board and flex cable-to-board applications. With a low profile, the screw-machined system is well suited for numerous high reliability applications, such as providing power to tunable lasers.

The pin and lead frame design is fully surface mountable, and Mezza-pede has a mated height of 4 mm. Features include screw-machined terminals with multi-finger contacts with a per contact current rating of greater than 1 Amp at 80° C.

Mezza-pede comes in standard dual row 8- and 14- position models. Other pin counts and optional enhancements are offered.

www.advanced.com

Zuken introduces CADSTAR 11, the latest version of the company’s desktop PCB design solution. CADSTAR 11 enables technology integration with all the latest technologies. It is reported to be the most accessible design solution on the market.

Features include an improved schematic symbol generation wizard to output numerous gates; supported sheet signal references for browsing through hierarchical schematics and additional interactive placement tools.

An improved Design Editor reduces waste costs associated with PCB manufacturing; pins can be hidden in schematics when a symbol is connected. The PR Editor is able to improve the control of skew constraints, and it supports Native and Intelligent PDF output.

www.zuken.com

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. introduces ActiveParts Portal, an expansion of its ActiveParts online component data solution. The technology will allow PCB design teams greater access to key component information.

In addition, Cadence is partnering with SupplyFrame, Inc. to provide greater access to component information needed during the design phase. The company announced productivity-boosting technology and improvements for Cadence OrCAD Capture CIS and Allegro Design Entry CIS products.

This includes Context-aware Non-Linear Graphic Editing, schematic editing technology for dense designs. It provides a magnifying auto-zoom between focus points during editing operations. The area under the curser is magnified as the user moves within the canvas.
www.cadence.com

NOVACAP introduces the X7R and X5R series, high-capacitance multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs). The devices combine higher volumetric capacitance per given board area with lower equivalent series resistance (ESR).

Packaged in 0402 to 1812 case sizes, the MLCCs have low ESR characteristics that are typically one to two orders of magnitude lower than alternative devices at frequencies greater than 10 kHZ. They also can use a single pick-and-place step to place high-capacitance-value devices into an array along with multiple components.

Standard and custom lead frames can be affixed, increasing reliability through thermal and mechanical stress reduction. Non-standard plating finishes can possible, and the devices are RoHS compliant.

Ideal for replacing polarized tantalum and electrolytic capacitors, the devices use less power. They are suitable for various applications, including digital circuits, LCD modules and power supply bypass capacitors.

www.novacap.com