Dear Engineer,

If you design test and measurement or data acquisition systems, check out the upcoming PXI conference coming to your area soon (below).  Also, please welcome two new members of our sales team:  Steve Holder, Arizona sales, and Ralph Palmer, New Mexico sales.

Kelvin Aist
Sierra Sales

"Beware of computer programmers that carry screwdrivers."

Leonard Brandwein

Backplane Wiring Know How  (Part 2 of 2) By Kelvin Aist

The first half of this article explained how standard backplanes are wired using connectors common in the industry.  These power connectors are defined further in our handy Backplane Power Connector Glossary.

Next Generation Computer On Module By Jeff Munch, ADLink

The Computer On Module (COM) concept has been around for many years. PC104 and ETX are two of the better known COM standards.  Learn more about the most recent standard:  COM Express.  Read On

Sierra Sales & Condor Engineering Team Up

Sierra Sales now represents Condor Engineering for the Rocky Mountain states.  Contact us to discuss your Mil-Std-1553 and ARINC avionics requirements.

Geotest and over 20 test companies host the PXI Technology and Applications Conference (PXI TAC).  Register 

May 16, Albuquerque, NM
May 18, Denver, CO
May 23, Phoenix AZ

M Series MIL-SPEC cabinet exeeds Mil-Std-810E, 167, & 901D
Optima EPS

Diamond System's Poseidon 2 GHz EPIC CPU with autocalibrating data acquisition

NEW!  4Gb Fibre Channel, SATA / SAS, and 1GbE combo analyzer from
Absolute Analysis

Need LAN based data acquistion with signal conditioning? Check out Dataforth's isoLynx

Sierra Sales: Your Engineering Partner
Since 1996, we have worked with engineers and computer designers to build better systems. We've helped hundreds of projects by providing hardware solutions from top tier manufacturers. If you would like to save time and money on your next project, contact your local Sierra Sales engineer  today.