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Kontron Server Includes PCI Express Functionality Using the PCI Express Butterfly Backplane, the Kontron Industrial Silent Server (Kiss) 2U may be equipped with up to four PCI Express x4 cards and one PCI Express x16 (PEG) card. The highly integrated 2U industrial server is suitable for complex visualisation and image processing tasks that require the independent operation of up to eight high-definition monitors or the integration of four PCI Express x4 frame grabber cards for machine vision or video surveillance. The industry server is designed particularly for applications in control rooms and operation centres of energy suppliers, rail companies or airports. Additional applications are found in infotainment and digital signage on trains and airplanes as well as in the gaming industry as a central computer for multiple gaming machines. A bandwidth of up to 8GB/s enables graphic-intensive simulations for weather forecasting, digital mock-ups, or virtual reality for operator traini...

ITT Team Enhances Website Functionality A cross-functional global team of employees from ITT Interconnect Solutions has revamped the company's website functionality. The website - www.ittcannon.com - now offers customers, sales partners and employees expanded information, features and functionality. An important enhancement is the addition of an information configuration system that works alongside both a web-based pricing configuration and a special price agreement (SPA) quotation system. The information configuration system provides users with a range of information based on 'smart' software programming that customises search results based on geographic location and other criteria. External visitors to the website and ITT channel partners are able to identify product information (specifications, pricing, lead times, stock availability and manufacturing plant) as well as information on RoHS and export compliance.

Added Functionality For GigE uEye Cameras Stemmer Imaging has announced that the GigE uEye high-end (HE) industrial cameras from IDS now have added functionality. The GigE uEye HE industrial camera range is said to be suitable for sophisticated, complex machine vision and image-processing applications. The range features 18 models, including both monochrome and colour versions, with resolutions from VGA (640 x 480 pixels) through WVGA (CCIR/PAL), XGA, SXGA, UXGA to QSXGA (2560 x 1920 pixels). The introduction of the uEye 3.30 driver provides increased support for many hardware and software features for this range of cameras. The driver provides support for both Windows Vista and the onboard serial interface. The camera's RS232 interface, seen from the PC as a standard COM port, enables control of peripheral devices such as a lens, a pan/tilt unit or a lighting controller. The driver also provides enhanced support for Genicam, with optimised internal image acquisition and the...