ADLINK Technology introduce its industry first (PoE) frame grabber

ADLINK Technology, Inc., now offer its GIE62+, the industry's first Power over Ethernet (PoE) frame grabber, which supports two independent Gigabit Ethernet ports for multiple Gigabit Ethernet Vision device connections with data transfer rates up to 1000 Mb/s.

By supporting the Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP), the two Gigabit Ethernet ports of the GIE62+ can be configured as a Link Aggregation Group (LAG), and provide a sustained maximum data rate of 2 Gb/s.

The GIE62+ is ADLINK's latest addition to their "power over cable" series of frame grabbers supporting Power over Camera Link®, IEEE 1394b (FireWire 800), and now Power over Ethernet. "Power over cable" solution provides single cable solutions between cameras and frame grabbers to provide both data and power. Applications will greatly benefit through reduced costs, simpler installation (supporting cable lengths of up to 100 meters), and lower maintenance.

"This unique combination of features will be a great benefit for a wide range of applications, especially where high-speed industrial vision is required", stated Ethan Huang, Senior Product Director at ADLINK. "We've even included two of each isolated TTL digital inputs, outputs, and programmable trigger pulses to connect to external devices such as position sensors and strobe lighting to further simplify implementations of complex designs."

The GIE62+ also provides automatic detection of being a powered device within the system to ensure reliable connections between other PoE and non-PoE cameras and frame grabber cards. 

For further, information on The GIE62+, ADLINK's latest addition to their "power over cable" series of frame grabbers and its complete line of machine vision products, view website: http://www.adlinktech.com/Vision/  Refer to page 122

Molex announces Quad Small Form-factor Pluggable Plus (QSFP+) solution  for high-density applications

Molex Incorporated (NASDAQ: MOLX and MOLXA) introduces the Quad Small Form-Factor Pluggable Plus (QSFP+) interconnect solution designed for a multitude of markets and applications including switches, routers, Host Bus Adapters (HBAs), enterprise data centres, high-performance computing (HPC) and storage. Components of the system include the Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) shielding cage, passive cable assembly, active cable assembly, optical MTP cable assembly, optical loopback and a 38-circuit SMT iPass™ host connector.

Quad Small Form-Factor Pluggable Plus (QSFP+) interconnect solution.

 "The QSFP has evolved to QSFP+ to meet 10 Gbps data rates just as SFP progressed from SFP to SFP+ for 10 Gbps rates. The original QSFP MSA now resides as INF-8438 and is no longer an appropriate designation for use, being superseded by SFF-8436 in the SFF [Small Form Factor] Committee," said Jay Neer, advanced technical market manager, industry standards, Molex Incorporated.
 
"The SFF-8436 document specifies a transceiver mechanical form factor with latching mechanism, host-board electrical-edge connector and cage. The hot-pluggable transceiver integrates 4 transmit and 4 receive channels plus sideband signals. Molex's QSFP+ transceiver (cable plug) can replace up to 4 standard SFP+ transceivers, resulting in greater port density and overall system cost savings over traditional SFP+ products," continued Neer.
 
QSFP+ uses a standard 38-circuit iPass SMT host connector with a proven mating interface that enables high durability. The iPass contact design, also implemented in other standards such as PCIe*, SAS, SATA, Ethernet and InfiniBand**, provides four balanced differential channels featuring class-leading isolation, and bandwidth, with durability cycling up to 250 cycles. The Molex host connector mounts to the PCB beneath a low-profile metal cage that provides latch points and is engineered to provide appropriate EMI protection for the host system port. Optional light pipes and heat sink thermal solutions can be clipped onto the cage when needed.
 
The QSFP+ cable assemblies are designed to accommodate stacked and ganged connector configurations in extremely high-density requirements. They support 10G Ethernet, InfiniBand, SAS and SONET/SDH standards with different data rate options.
 
The optical QSFP+ MTP cable assemblies and loopbacks meet the QSFP+ interface specification. Cables are constructed with 12-fiber 3.00mm round cable for data centre interconnect cable assembly applications. The round cable provides much improved cable management over the traditional flat ribbon cable. A robust 4.50mm round optical cable ensures cable integrity and improved cable routing for installations that require connections greater than 25m apart.
 
QSFP+ MTP-to-LC breakout cable assemblies are available for SFP+ or patch-panel installations. Loopbacks feature a compact housing compatible with module spacing and loop optical transmit ports to receive ports for testing, burn-in and field troubleshooting.
 
For further information about the QSFP+ interconnect solution from Molex, view website: www.molex.com/product/qsfp+.html   Refer to page 122

Belden introduces new comprehensive range of copper cabling solutions for industrial Ethernet connectivity

Belden, a world leader in the development of signal transmission products for enterprise, industrial, building management, broadcast and security applications, has introduced a new and comprehensive range of copper cabling to support Industrial Ethernet and associated communication networks, including EtherNet/IP™ and Profinet. The new range offers more choice to suit specific application and cost requirements.

The new Industrial Data Solutions range was specifically designed for use in industrial environments and complements Belden's existing Industrial Data Solutions copper Fieldbus cable offering for industrial environments. Building upon its Fieldbus cable solutions with proven reliability, the Belden portfolio now offers customers a single source for all their industrial network connectivity needs, i.e. switches, connectors and cable, with a wide choice of products with the highest level of reliability, quality and performance in the industrial automation and data processing environment.

Belden Industrial Ethernet copper cabling solutions deliver the highest level of quality, consistency and performance possible in the industrial environment to ensurmaximum uptime and productivity.

Supporting Key Industrial Ethernet Standards
Belden offers a choice of two ranges according to Ethernet Protocol. Profinet cabling, a range of copper cabling conforing to the standard managed by PI International; and standard copper cabling to support other Industrial Ethernet standards.

Profinet Cabling
A range of copper cabling conforming to PROFINET, the industrial ethernet standard managed by PI International (compliant with Profinet PN-Cabling Guide 2252 V200 May 2007) and suitable for use in the industrial environment, cabling is SF/UTP and Cat 5e performance.

Standard Industrial Ethernet Cabling
A range of copper cabling to support industrial ethernet and associated networks such as EtherNet/IP™. Suitable for use in the industrial environment, cabling is SF/UTP for Cat 5e and S/FTP for Cat 7 performance.

Comprehensive portfolio
The new comprehensive portfolio is manufactured in Europe and offers over 30 different cable designs, both in 4-pair and 2-pair cables. In addition to its broad scope, the new portfolio offers other key advantages. Cables and cord sets can be designed to customer specifications. Also available is a choice of robust jacket grades for bulk cabling to meet the different requirements of general, harsh and extreme conditions. Armored and application-specific cable jackets are available upon request, including non-cross-linked, weld splatter-resistant jackets.

Belden Industrial Ethernet cables can be used in conjunction with Hirschmann™ and Lumberg Automation™ switches and connectors to provide effective industrial automation solutions for a number of industries. Key amongst these are Automation & Processing; Oil & Gas; and Energy.

For further information, view website: www.belden-emea.com  Refer to page 122

Synopsys' DesignWare Protocol Analyzer
for verification of SuperSpeed USB 3.0-based designs

New verification IP capability speeds time-to-market by simplifying debug of USB 3.0 interfaces

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced the DesignWare(R) USB 3.0 Protocol Analyzer, a new graphical debugger for SuperSpeed USB 3.0, the latest generation of the USB interface that delivers 10 times the speed of Hi-Speed USB 2.0.  The DesignWare USB 3.0 Protocol Analyzer simplifies debug for engineers verifying SuperSpeed USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 interfaces in their systems-on-chip (SoCs) by providing a graphical view of the protocol traffic. It helps users quickly identify unexpected patterns in the design traffic and then switches to a detailed view of the packet information to determine the cause.

The DesignWare USB 3.0 Protocol Analyzer is part of the DesignWare verification IP for USB 3.0. It displays the protocol traffic generated from simulation runs using the DesignWare USB 3.0 verification IP transactors in a high-level color-coded summary view and a more detailed symbol-view of the individual packets and payloads. Debug is accelerated by allowing designers to easily distinguish and browse traffic types and switch between the two views. The DesignWare Verification IP for USB 3.0 supports Verilog testbenches, and constrained random methodologies as defined in the proven Verification Methodology Manual (VMM) for SystemVerilog.

"The DesignWare Protocol Analyzer allows us to browse protocol activity and makes it much faster and easier to debug protocol errors and latency issues," said Jessy Chen, executive vice president of Realtek. "As we develop and bring SuperSpeed USB 3.0 integrated products to the market, it is important that our engineers have the right tools to accelerate investigation of protocol behavior."

"Verification engineers are faced with tremendous challenges as standard interfaces on SoC designs increase in number and complexity," said John Koeter, vice president of marketing for the Solutions Group at Synopsys. "By easing the verification effort with the new DesignWare Protocol Analyzer, Synopsys is leading the effort to help Realtek and other early providers of USB 3.0 solutions bring innovative products to market faster and with less risk."

For further information contact, Sheryl Gulizia,  Synopsys, Inc. e-mail: sgulizia@synopsys.com   Refer to page 140