Most looked at Story in January - Keynote presentation by NASA, highlighting the building of Curiosity and the challenges of getting to Mars at ARC Forum in Orlando

Flexibility & performance for traditional oscilloscope apps - National Instruments has announced the NI PXIe-5162 digitiser and updates to the LabVIEW Jitter Analysis Toolkit.

Modbus device communications software - NET.MBLINK 4.0 is a factory floor device communications software just introduced by CimQuest INGEAR. This software delivers fast communications between Modbus-based devices--such as PLCs, meters, instruments and controllers--and industrial computers, without the need for costly OPC servers or licensing fees.

Real-time communication for industrial WLAN - Using a new Key-Plug, the Scalance W product family from the Siemens Industry Automation Division can now be equipped for integrated real-time transmission over Industrial Wireless LAN(IWLAN) in compliance with the IEEE 802.11n standard.

The first year of the next 50! - Former editor ISA Transactions Professor Russell Rhinehart has written a fast journey to evolution of the journal and implicitly the history of control and instrumentation.

Industrial design awards - Three new products from the Siemens Industry Automation Division have been selected to receive the coveted iF product design award 2013.

Annual fieldbus conference in Britain - The PROFIBUS Group has announced preliminary details of the conference programme to be presented at its 20th Anniversary event on 26th June at the Stratford Manor Hotel, Warwickshire (GB).

Flying high in business jet - The recent announcement by Rockwell Collins that its Pro Line Fusion® integrated avionics system that uses LynxOS-178 is now in service on the Gulfstream G280™, marks the system's debut in the super mid-size business jet market segment.

Test probe for use in flying probe testers - A new range of test probes for use in flying probe testers such as the Acculogic (Scorpion) and Digitaltest test systems is now available from Peak Test Services.

PLM market leaders enter new industries - The primary influence on the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) market in Asia for this reporting period (base year 2011) continues to be the emerging economies of Asia such as China and India.

SCADA Visualization App! - InduSoft has launched an InduSoft Visualization App for Windows 8 and Windows RT, Microsoft's highly-anticipated new version of its Windows operating system.

Press force sensor - Kistler Instruments has upgraded its press force sensor range to provide full consistency throughout the measuring range from 0.1 to 700 kN.

Smart vision systems for packaging inspection - Smart vision systems and compact vision systems, for applications such as product and packaging inspection; code and label reading and verification, and 3D measurement of product volume to optimise packing and reduce packaging waste, will be shown by Stemmer at Pro2Pac

SCADA Security Directions 2013 - Eric Byres predicts on security in 2013!

Selecting thermowells - Emerson Process Management has introduced an online thermowell calculation tool that incorporates the new ASME PTC 19.3 TW standard which is now available free on their website!

Ergonomics focuses on the user! - In March 2013, COPA-DATA will introduce a new version of its automation software. zenon 7.10 again focuses on the user and features pioneering technology, with its support of 64-bit, Windows 8 and Multi-Touch.

Static-analysis technology available in academia! - GrammaTech has expanded its no-cost academic program to include CodeSonar®. The tool can now be used in academic research and teaching.

Long-term seawater analysis, using Seal Analyser, has global significance -

Harvesting gold down under! - Five meters supplied by Krohne to a gold producing facility to protect tripper cars from damage caused by overfilled bins, avoiding a potentially hazardous situation in huge Australian gold mine.

Moving light to the front of the panel - LED lighting manufacturer Bivar Inc and Marl International have formed an international opto-electronics partnership with manufacturing facilities in North America, Europe and Asia and a portfolio of approximately 24,000 high performance LED and light pipe products.

Tim Clayton appointed Divisional Marketing Manager for Anglia M2M,

Offshore contract - Yokogawa has been awarded a contract by GDF SUEZ E&P UK Ltd to supply the integrated control and safety systems (ICSS) for its new Cygnus Development Project, following on from recent North Sea contract awards from a number of major oil and gas companies.

Safety for specialist CNC machine builders - NUM has released a sophisticated system-wide functional safety architecture for its CNC system, providing an exceptionally scalable solution that can be applied very easily to almost any type of machine tool - regardless of complexity or number of axes.

Monitors for every application - The Ashtead Technology stand at AQE 2013, the Air Quality and Emissions Show, will feature a comprehensive range of the latest air monitoring instruments, providing visitors with an opportunity to learn about new technologies and to try out some of the latest equipment.

Most looked at page in last seven days: Hardening vulnerable SCADA protocols

Wall box solution - Rittal's Technical System Catalogue lists all the benefits of its top selling, cost effective, AE wall box range such as corrosion resistance, a range of accessories for easy assembly as well as security and environmental issues.

Spectrum analyser series performance boosted! - Tektronix now has the lowest cost real-time spectrum analyzer for mid-range performance, featuring the industry's most advanced signal discovery and triggering capabilities.

"The better remote I/O system!" - The introduction of IS1+ is a key innovation for the leading explosion-protected remote I/O system IS1 from R Stahl. IS1+ now provides various additional features to address current and future requirements.

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The latest in test, control and design! - Discover the latest in test, control and design at the 2013 National Instruments Technical Symposium at five locations in Ireland and Britain.

Custom servo drive business extended - Metronix, has expanded the customisation capability it offers, and launched a new fast-track service.

High-accuracy 130A and 150A current transducers - LEM has introduced the LA 130-150 series of current transducers for use in motor drives, inverters, power supplies and general industrial applications.

Paperless recorders - Yokogawa has released two new product series, the GX panel-mounted paperless recorders and the GP portable paperless recorders. These are components of SMARTDAC+TM, a newly developed next-generation data acquisition and control system with excellent operability and expandability

Brazil's oil giant to host first remote operations management solution demo! - The Fieldbus Foundation is to conduct a series of live field demonstrations showcasing its FOUNDATION™ for Remote Operations Management (ROM) technology.

Ambient monitoring will never be the same again... - It is fitting that AQE 2013 has been themed '2013 Year of Air' because Jim Mills, Managing Director of Air Monitors Ltd, says "We will be launching game-changing new technologies at this event which will significantly improve the way in which air quality is monitored."

TFT Indicators - KOE Europe has announced the addition of a new high performance 15" TFT to its range of Lite+ LCD display modules.

Critical industrial power systems are now doubly protected - Emerson Network Power has announced that its industrial uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) now generate and broadcast self-diagnostic data for acquisition by Emerson Process Management's AMS Suite: Intelligent Device Manager asset management software.

High pressure switches -= Honeywell has introduced its Pressure Switches, High Pressure Premium, HPS Series, the only pressure switches available in the industry with a two million life cycle rating, IP67 environmental sealing, and multiple port and termination options

Process automation training on line - Krohne now offers a free online training tool focusing on various elements within the area of industrial process measurement.

Cost-effective motion control with its optimised motion series - Festo has launched a new compact electric cylinder (EPCO) and controller (CMMO), which form part of its optimised motion series positioning system.

Vector signal transceiver - National Instruments has announced 10 pieces of new application IP that enable engineers and scientists to use NI LabVIEW system design software to build their own custom RF instruments.

Harry Dizdar is the new sales engineer at AdaptSMT for a large region of Switzerland.

Event Partnership! - AQE 2013, the Air Quality & Emissions Show (formerly 'MCERTS') has announced a partnership with The Institute of Air Quality Management (IAQM)

Water in oil? - PVL now has a solution to the problem of monitoring water in oil, in the form of the WIO200 water-in-oil sensor

Record sales for robots - The annual sales of industrial robots for 2012 have beaten any other year to date reports the British Automation and Robot Association (BARA - part of the PPMA Group of Trade Associations).

System integrators to meet - The Control System Integrators Association (CSIA) invites all control system integrators and industry partners to its 2013 Executive Conference, May 1 - 4, in Florida (USA)

Master distributors - Hanley Controls Clonmel Ltd. have recently being appointed as the Master Distributor for Honeywell Process Instruments, Field Instrumentation, Liquid Analytical Instruments, Modular Systems and Wireless Products & Services for The Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

Telecom surge testing - Teseq has designed a new CDN (coupling/decoupling network) for surge testing on unshielded symmetrical high speed telecommunication lines including Ethernet.

Britains electronic engineering event for PCB test and debug - The dates for the 'ElectroTestExpo' consortium's regional PCB test and debug exhibitions in 2013 have been announced.Pickering Interfaces to attend.

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Scalable high-voltage connector - Han® HC Individual is the new Harting product family for universal contact arrangement options, allowing individually sealed 350 A contacts (to protection class IP 66) to be arranged in configurations with up to ten adjacent connections on one supporting rail.

Solenoid interlock with innovative operating principle - At first sight, Schmersal's new solenoid interlock AZM 300 is significantly different from other switchgear offered on the market. Because of the innovative interlocking system in the form of a Maltese cross, the interlock can be actuated from three sides, which provides for universal application possibilities.

Fanless embedded computer - ADLINK Technology has released the industry's first fanless embedded computer, the MXC-6300.

Drives in Eastern Europe & CIS Region -

Hardly room to stir at British environmental event! - "We are extremely pleased with the number of people that took advantage of everything that WWEM 2012 had to offer - visitors came from over 68 different countries and it is very satisfying to receive overwhelmingly positive feedback from both visitors and exhibitors."

Terrence G. Ives is the 2013 Worldwide President of the International Society of Automation.

Piston inspection system prevents engine failures - An automatic vision inspection system to read the alphanumeric product identifiers cast into pistons has been developed by Olmec-UK Ltd for an automotive engine manufacturer.

Fieldbus users' event - The Fieldbus Foundation UK Marketing Committee (FFUKMC) has announced the first of its 2013 schedule of end user events - a FOUNDATION Technology Study Day to be held in London (GB) on Tuesday 26 February, 2013.

New negative pressure sensor for medical and other applications - Omron Electronic Components Europe has added a new piezo-resistive gauge pressure sensor featuring an extended pressure range as well as low power consumption and very small size.

60 years fitting in! - Brennan Industries Inc., a leading international manufacturer of hydraulic fittings and adapters, marks its 60th anniversary this winter.

Quality in OPC! - MatrikonOPC has been awarded ISO 9001:2008 certification by the Quality Management Institute (QMI) of Toronto, Ontario.

Hardening vulnerable SCADA protocols - Belden has announced vulnerability testing results of the Tofino Security Appliance by Digital Bond. Presented at the SCADA Security Scientific Symposium (S4) in Miami, Digital Bond's findings revealed that the industry's known sophisticated cyberattacks could not compromise the Tofino firewall.

"The sixth dimension sensor!" - Honeywell has introduced its Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU), 6-D Motion Variant, 6DF Series, designed to provide motion, position, and navigational sensing from a durable single device over six degrees of freedom.

Truly handheld RF Spectrum Analysers - Aim-TTi have launched a new series of handheld RF spectrum analysers, the PSA Series II. Available in 1.3GHz and 2.7GHz versions, the new instruments are smaller, lighter and have longer battery life than other handheld RF products

FTIR for hire! - The cost of FTIR gas analysers can exceed the budgets of those that could benefit from this sophisticated technology, so Quantitech has established a small range of FTIR gas analysers that are available for hire.

Interoperability test kit - The Fieldbus Foundation has released its H1 Interoperability Test Kit (ITK) 6.1.0. This powerful tool tests the functionality of an H1 (31.25 kbit/s) fieldbus device and its conformity with the FOUNDATION™ function block and transducer block specifications.

Unique test oscilloscope - Fluke has introduced the Fluke® 190 Series II 500 MHz ScopeMeter® Test Tool, the first to achieve a 500MHz at 5GS/s real-time sample rate in a handheld, sealed, rugged, oscilloscope, without compromising on safety rating, ruggedness or battery operating time.

Noncontact temperature measurement system - Raytek® has introduced the Raytek Equipment Monitoring System with DataTemp® Multidrop software, a noncontact temperature measurement system that provides round-the-clock condition monitoring of actively powered components or operating machinery in support of predictive and preventive maintenance programs.

Potential for Global machine safety market - New analysis from Frost & Sullivan, "Strategic Analysis of Global Machine Safety Market", finds that the market earned revenues of over€95m ($1.27 billion) in 2011 and estimates this to reach €1.31billion ($1.75 billion) in 2016.

Automated test in 2013! - National Instruments has just released its Automated Test Outlook 2013 highlighting the company's research into the latest test and measurement technologies and methodologies.

Light barrier shines - SmartReflect by Baumer, the light barrier without reflector, keeps on wowing the market. The innovative sensors were recognised with the "New Product Innovation Award" by the Frost & Sullivan analyst after a qualified research of the light barriers market.

New heat treatment facility - Construction work is now underway on Keighley Laboratories' new heat treatment processes building, at its West Yorkshire headquarters (GB).

More than an IR thermometer! - Announcing the world's first Visual IR Thermometer. The Fluke VT02 marketed in Ireland by Irish Power & Process, combines the convenience of a spot thermometer with the visual advantage of a thermal imager.

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Multimedia test! - National Instruments has announced the company's newest multimedia test offering, the NI PXIe-1491 digital audio and video analyser for HDMI, DVI and mobile devices.

Inclination sensors! - The new, liquid-based BSI inclination sensors from Balluff detect deviations to the horizontal on an axis over a full 360* contact-free and absolutely.

Curiosity about the Red Planet! - ARC Advisory Group tells us that its annual 17th ARC World Industry Forum is just one month away. Doug McCuistion, Director of the Mars Exploration Program at NASA, will provide the keynote presentation on the challenges faced and overcome in getting to Mars.

Meeting automated test requirements! - National Instruments released 20 new PXI and PXI Express switches last year, offering engineers higher density and higher bandwidth switches to meet a range of automated test requirements.

Battery-operated hydraulic crimping tool for high-voltage contacts - Harting has expanded its range of crimping tools for Han® high-voltage contacts with the addition of a battery-driven hydraulic crimping tool which simplifies and accelerates the contact assembly proces

Wireless switchgear available with 868 and 915 MHz - At the SPS IPC drives exhibition, steute presented a new member of its modular wireless switchgear system, a radio board for 915 MHz networks. The switching devices using the radio (SW) technology can therefore now also be used in the USA and Canada, where the 868 MHz network commonly used in Europe is not authorised.

Alarm management for process monitoring - With the new CombiSeries, Baumer has developed tailor-made alarm management for the process industry.

Nueva Página web y soporte para clientes en España - Omega Engineering, su única fuente para la medición y control de procesos inaugura su nueva página web, que ofrece una de las selecciones más grandes y conveniente de instrumentación y sensores de calidad.

Upgrades to strengthen printing capabilities and boost reliability - Honeywell has been selected by Edda Trykk, the second largest publisher in Norway, to upgrade its Printa press control and shaftless drive systems at the company's newspaper printing facility in Stokke, Norway.

Automation accolades - Red Lion Controls, the global experts in communication, monitoring and control for industrial automation and networking, today announced that the company has been named a "First Team Supplier" by the readers of Automation World magazine, the leading business magazine serving automation professionals.

Dual channel process signal isolator - The SEM1750 is a cost effective dual channel signal conditioner that accepts a bipolar voltage or current signal and isolates to provide ranged industrial process output signals such as (0 to 20) mA, (4 to 20) mA, (0 to 10) V, (1 to 5) V DC.

Industrial liquid cooling package - Rittal now have a brand new Industrial Liquid Cooling Package (LCP).

Mounting system for US flowmeter - Sonic-Pro® Hybrid Ultrasonic flowmeters are now available with the all new T-Track Mounting system. The new small pipe capability is down to 0.5 inches, while the new large pipe capacity is up to 100". Installation is fast and simple.

Leader in wired & wireless Instrumentation - 2012 saw further growth in the sales of Mantracourt's T24 wireless range of instrumentation, with October proving a month of record sales for equipment within their standard product range.

W.A.G.E.S. for cost reduction! -

Critical monitoring of medical products! - Leading medical equipment and pharmaceutical manufacturer STD Pharmaceutical Products is using Gemini's Tinytag Radio Data Logging System to ensure that its sensitive products are stored in the correct conditions.

Filling the gap between thermometers and thermal imagers - Fluke has introduced the VT02 Visual IR Thermometer, a troubleshooting tool with an infrared heat map. Until now, electricians and industrial, HVAC and automotive technicians have had to choose between single-point infrared thermometers and high-resolution thermal imagers (infrared or "IR" cameras).

High power industrial power supplies! - The Unistax® range of power supplies from Powerstax offer high levels of ruggedness and is designed for use in stringent industrial applications.

New group make up on display! - Visitors to the 2103 Southern Manufacturing and Electronics Exhibition will be able to meet the new-look company Stadium Group/IGT Industries, a unique single source for integrated electronic technologies incorporating intelligent interface, power supplies, EMC filters, PCBA and box build

Industry's First PXI Express® HDMI Video and Audio Capture Card - Adlink Technology has released the industry's first PXI Express® HDMI video and audio capture card, the PXIe-HDV62A, enabling integration of full single-card analog/digital video and digital audio input.

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Factory Automation UpDate
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Control UpDate
Test & Measurement Digest
Control Review
Control Engineering Europe

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Comments, figures and observations at the start of 2013! -

Irish automation author recognised - The Keith Otto Award recognizes the authors of the best article in the ISA periodical InTech. David Twohig recently received this award for the best article in the September/October 2011 issue of InTech magazine titled, "Utility Optimization - Driving economic performance through the utilization of automation technologies."

Finnish company acquires US software tools leader - ExperTune has been acquired by the Finnish company Metso. ExperTune's acquisition is in line with Metso's strategy to deliver customer value solutions and grow the scope of the services business globally.

MEMS pressure sensors - This is a quick heads-up on International Frequency Sensor Association's (IFSA) newly published book titled, "MEMS Pressure Sensors: Fabrication and Process Optimization," from the pen of Parvej Ahmad Alvi Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics, School of Physical Sciences, Banasthali University, India.

Connector adaptors - To reduce installation time and costs Rittal have introduced a new range of moulded case circuit breaker adaptors with laminated copper connections pre-configured into the adaptor.

Dew point for dryers - The SF52 dew-point transmitter from Michell Instruments provides a heavy-duty and cost-effective solution to monitor moisture content in industrial dryers.