Guide to programming in C and C++.
An illustrated 208-pg book, Enough Rope to Shoot Yourself in the Foot: Rules for C and C++ Programming, is a collection of >100 guidelines, tips, and techniques for writing in C or C++. The author discusses general rules, formatting, and proper code organization before dissecting central issues, such as organizing and writing main- tainable code. In paperback, the book costs $24.95. McGraw-Hill Inc, Professional Book Group, New York, NY.
Brochure details gaskets.
A six-pg color brochure highlights Gore-Shield EMI/RFI shielding gaskets. The brochure details uses and descriptions of products designed to suppress un-wanted electromagnetic or RFI and create environmentally tight and chemically inert seals. WL Gore and Associates Ltd, Dundee, Scotland.
Fiber-optic components catalog.
This short-form catalog offers fiber-optic components for use in communication and instrumentation systems. Selections include lasers, LEDs, pinFET receivers, positive-intrinsic-negative detectors and receivers, transmitters and instruments, and package specifications. The 12-pg guide features photos and technical drawings. Lasertron, Burlington, MA.
Plastics-material guide.
This color brochure profiles a line that includes 29 extruded, compression, and injection-molded products. The guide details applications for thermoplastics, such as fluoropolymers, Torlon, Duratron, and Celazole. This guide also offers selection tips; material-positioning charts; and mechanical, electrical, and chemical properties for each thermoplastic grade. DSM Engineering Plastics Products Inc, Reading, PA.
Data book available on CD-ROM.
A 750-pg power-supply data book includes power-conversion information, a glossary, application notes, and detailed regulation data. It also accents specifications on benign, industrial, and rugged grades of power supplies. The CD-ROM operates on IBM compatibles with Windows 3.1 or higher and on Mac systems with System 7.0 or higher. Melcher, Chelmsford, MA.
Guide highlights high-performance ICs.
The 1996 Product Selection Guide contains information on both standard products and ASICs. It features a family of Fibre Channel ICs, 155/622-Mbps asynchronous-transfer-mode/synchronous-optical-network transceivers, and the GLX ASIC array family. Vitesse Semiconductor Corp, Camarillo, CA.
Potting and encapsulation compounds guide.
An eight-pg application selector guide spotlights potting and encapsulation compounds. The literature describes both one- and two-component systems and shows room-temperature-, heat-, and UV-curing grades. It also provides viscosity, gel time, cure time, service-temperature operating range, and descriptions for each grade. Master Bond Inc, Hackensack, NJ.
Solid-state LED lamps for utilities.
The Power-Line LED Catalog details solid-state lamps to replace incandescent bulbs in utilities, substations, refineries, or treatment and power plants. The lamps provide features such as reduced heat, lower current, resistance to shock and vibration, no cold-filament inrush current, and enhanced visibility. The guide also contains specifications for lamps for control panels, bench boards and annunciators and an incandescent cross-reference guide. Data Display Products, El Segundo, CA.
Application notes profile timer/counter analyzers.
Two free application notes spotlight three separate timer/counter analyzers. The ABCs of Time and Frequency Analysis (literature No. B0285UEN) covers basic signal analysis; explains why a time and frequency analyzer is necessary to view frequencies that vary with time; and explains how to measure jitter, frequency noise, and frequency modulation. Sources of Error in Time Interval Measurements (literature No. B0288UEN) explains factors that contribute to inaccuracy in time-interval measurements and the steps you can take to reduce the inaccuracy of such measurements. Fluke Corp, Everett, WA.
Engineering-salary guide.
The 1996 Engineering Salary Survey and Career Planning Guide contains local and national salary information and compares salaries for skill and experience levels in engineering and manufacturing. The book also offers information on current trends and opportunities, job titles and descriptions, career case studies, and career-planning advice. Dynamic Communications, Dallas, TX.
Note spotlights antenna and propagation set.
Product note E4600-5 explains how to reduce field testing and design cycles using the Series IV Wireless Antenna and Propagation Element Set. The note covers two applications demonstrations: how to reduce the effects of fading by using the power-combining technique at a time-division multiple-access receive modulation scheme and how to measure co-channel interference as a function of cell size for frequency-reuse purposes. Hewlett Packard, Westlake Village, CA.
NASA on CD-ROM.
This CD-ROM contains databases and computer programs that represent 20 years' worth of NASA technology. It includes >800 NASA software programs with source code listings on topics such as expert systems, CAD/ CAM, aerospace analysis, robotics, and materials analysis. The CD-ROM also features NASA tech briefs, technical reports, patent claims, engineering and scientific software programs, Congressional hearings abstracts, and a thesaurus. JB Data, New York, NY.
Long-life aluminum electrolytic capacitors.
A new catalog features a range of standard and custom aluminum electrolytic capacitors. The guide highlights a new, type-CGL, large-can, computer-grade capacitor for applications in uninterruptible power supplies, motor-speed drives, high-wattage power supplies, and inverter systems. Aerovox, North Dartmouth, MA.
Book addresses op amps on three levels.
A 512-pg hardcover book, Op Amps: Design, Application, and Troubleshooting, provides an operational overview, numerical analysis, and design-procedure information on topics related to op amps. The book covers such topics as the basic concepts of integrated op amps, voltage comparators, signal-processing circuits, digital conversion, arithmetic-function circuits, and specialized devices. It costs $49.95 (ISBN 0-7506-9702-4). Butterworth-Heinemann, Newton, MA.
Technical guide profiles terminal blocks.
This technical brochure describes the ELV 0.150-in. system of high-density pluggable terminal blocks and headers. It contains data on all operating parameters and dimensional specifications, including installation factors for the line of >130 plugs, blocks, and headers. The brochure also includes information on optional accessories and variations, a guide to the ELV line, and a product-performance chart. PCD Inc, Peabody, MA.
Components and accessories for thermoelectric coolers.
This brochure details a line of coordinated components and accessories for thermoelectric coolers. The line includes a coordinated system of heat exchangers, cold plates, and spacer blocks and complete custom assemblies. The guide also details a new 12V-dc brushless-fan line, which includes hardware kits, solder packs, and thermal grease. Melcor Corp, Trenton, NJ.
New all-line product catalog.
This full-line, 110-pg catalog contains product descriptions, data sheets, and application notes for selecting simplex and duplex transmitters, re-ceivers and optical-link modules. The guide features the MTR-8510 duplex transceiver, which you can use in bidirectional communication over multimode optical fiber as high as 1.5 Gbps, and one-fourth- and full-speed Fibre Channel gigabit-link modules with power consumption at <800 mA. Methode Electronics Inc, Chicago, IL.
Articles and products for temperature measurement.
The 1996 Temperature Measurement Handbook and Catalog contains >275 pg of products for and technical articles on temperature measurement. The products section includes detailed information on thermocouples, resistance-temperature detectors, extension wire, power and instrumentation feed-throughs for pressure or vacuum chambers, accessories, indicators, and controllers. The technical section includes complete ANSI calibration tables, reprints of seven technical articles, and 51 pg of application notes. Nanmac, Framingham, MA.
Brochure presents test-tool line.
This brochure provides an overview of the expanded XL Series of handheld test instruments, including seven DMMs and a capacitance/resistance meter. The guide describes all meter functions and features, which include tests for volts, amps, alternating and direct current, capacitance, frequency, logic, transistor, and continuity. The bro-chure contains a selection guide, color photographs, and an accessories list. Wavetek, San Diego, CA.
Guide includes application notes.
A full-color, 100-pg catalog, the Digital Panel Meter Data Book and Applications Guide, contains design and applications information on >200 31/2- and 41/2-digit, LCD and LED-display miniature voltmeters. The guide also offers 16 illustrated application notes on topics such as dc ammeters, battery/supply monitors, re- sistor-scaling networks, thermometers, tachometers, and ac voltmeters. The book features data sheets with electrical specifications and dimensional drawings and a selection of accessories. Datel Inc, Mansfield, MA.
Two short-form catalogs.
Two catalogs present product lines of spring-contact probes. Standard Products details offerings for conventional-bare and loaded-board test probes. Specialty Products catalog features probes for special applications, such as no-clean, high-frequency, connector, and automatic-test-generation (ATG) applications. Catalogs are also available for solid pins and metric, coaxial and ATG probes; battery contacts. A source book and catalog for probe-related technical issues are also available. Interconnect Devices Inc, Kansas City, KS
Catalog offers >50 product configurations.
A Switching Systems Catalog describes four mainframes handling 80 to 576 channels and 54 switching cards that plug into mainframe slots. The 28-pg catalog has a switching-card selection table that lists number of channels, switch topology, contact arrangement and potential, maximum voltage and current, offset current, and special features for each card. The guide also contains mainframe specifications, a primer on switch topologies, and abbreviated application notes for semiconductor and production testing. Keithley Instruments Inc, Cleveland, OH
IC industry forecast and review.
A 408-pg study is the 31st annual report on the IC industry. It features topics such as the future of BiCMOS; market, product, and technology forecasts; DRAM and SRAM trends; analysis of top IC manufacturers in each US and foreign region; the outlook for RISC and CISC µPs; and what to expect from ASIC devices. The report costs $795 for US customers and $855 for non-US customers, prepaid (with discounts for multiple orders). A CD-ROM version is available for $200 over the book price. Integrated Circuit Engineering Corp, Scottsdale, AZ.
Brochure highlights GPIB advancements.
An eight-pg brochure, "IEEE 488.2 Instrument Control," illustrates how system developers can use general-purpose interface-bus (GPIB) hardware and software products for instrument-control capabilities of industry-standard platforms and PC technologies. The guide includes GPIB advancements for technologies such as plug and play, PCI, PCMCIA, and Windows '95 and NT. It also details analyzers, controllers, converters, bus extender/expanders, GPIB ASICs, and driver and application software. National Instruments, Austin, TX.
Pamphlet details code revisions.
A free pamphlet describes >30 revisions of the 1996 National Electric Code. It covers residential, commercial, and industrial application codes, such as bathrooms, kitchens, basements, outdoor sites, equipment rooms, hotels, and hospitals. The pamphlet clarifies and explains each code and includes graphic depictions of typical installations. Leviton, Little Neck, NY.
Stacking solutions help manage add-on board demands.
A 30-pg product-selection guide highlights 0.100-in. connectors for between-, out-, through-board-sockets. The stacking products help designers manage demands for add-on boards by reducing time and the number of interconnects and cable connections required for small-board footprints. The guide includes photographs, specifications, and easy-to-read tables and is three-hole drilled for storage purposes. 3M, Austin, TX.
Catalog accents motors.
This catalog provides 48 pg of descriptions, line drawings, and performance data on a line of fractional-horsepower motors and accessories. The line includes C-Frame, 3.3- through 5.6-in.- diameter motors, available in shaded-pole and split-phase versions. Horsepower ranges from 1/50 to 1. Fasco Motors Group, St. Louis, MO
Catalog highlights 30 servoamplifiers.
This short-form catalog summarizes specs for 30 PWM servoamplifiers that drive brush and brushless servomotors to ~20 kW. The six-pg brochure also lists dc power supplies for a range of servoamplifiers and 12 wideband PWM power amplifiers rated from 1 to 200 kW. Copley Controls Corp, Westwood, MA.
Catalog lists 100 new products.
This 600-pg, soft-cover catalog features a line of measurement products and includes a color new-product section. It contains a variety of new form-factor solutions, detailed product descriptions, and a synopsis of the vendor's business focus. Tektronix, Pittsfield, MA.