Some new stuff

[Sandy]

To All-

I just have a bunch of clipping hangging around on the desk some may be of
interest to the folks out in TV land. There are items that are related to
EFI, DIYEFI, Automotive, programming etc. 

========

Pickups -


Panasonic Has a couple of new sensors, using a magneto-resistive technology
that has a temp range of -40 to +150c. Air gap up to 1.5mm, and 0hz-15khz
range. Look like they were designed for the Automotive industry.

Contact Karen Erzen, Panasonic Industrial 313.455.1740

Connectors -

Positronic Industries has the Infinity Series that look really good for PCB
mounting with high current and lots'o contacts. Connectors are for hot swap
power supplies, and features up to 56 pin count in several configurations.
Including Rt. Angle PCB, PCB, Bulkhead, and High Current Pins. Standard
pins are 25 Amp rated, and High Current pins rated at 40 Amps. Lots of
options. I have some coming for eval. The are not cheep, a connector pair
with machine pins are about $60 for the rt angle pcb and the matching mate
with pins. 

Positronic Industries 800.641.4054


PC Dyno Software -

Saw this in May Hot Rod, Low cost PC Windows based dyno program, $9.95 USD
(+ $1 Outside US). Looks somewhat interesting, has anyone tried this
program? Accepts M/C, Visa, Check, Money Order. Sorry no phone number or
web site listed.

Controlled Induction 
24650 Leafwood Drive
Murrieta, CA 92562


332' Based SBC -

Vesta Technologies has released the new version of the SBC332, the
SBC2000-332. Includes up to 1meg of each Flash, Rom, Ram. 2 Serial ports,
BDM, and other expansion. Size of 3.75"x4.85". Supported development
environment include Multi-Tasking Basic and SDS cross code. 20Mhz price
starts at $299 Qty 1 Assembled with mostly surface mount, not 332' socket.

Vesta Technologies 303-422-9800


Books and such -

Society of Automotive Engineers. You should call them up and get on the
mailing list. They have most of the books on engines and related
electronics. They also have the BOSCH RED handbooks which are a pretty good
start, as well as any related books on automotive engineering. Discounts
for those that are SAE members.

SAE Order line 412.776.4970

(CAUTION BLATENT COMPANY PLUG AHEAD)

Software Tools 

Delphi 3.0 released from Borland International. Delphi 3.0 features a 'ton'
of new stuff, OLAP, distributed databases, one step ActiveX creation, new
charting, new reporting, Web functionality and a ton of features to help
the novice programmer not make the mistake of buying Visual Basic! Full
EXE, no BS 'Psuedo' compiles, no DLL for ActiveX, all the stuff that Mr.
Bill forgot to tell you when using VB. Available in low cost version to
full Client Server and Multi-Tier version.

For those that must hack C/C++ but find Visual C++ Not very visual, C++
builder allows the development of TRUE C++ code the way Delphi does. No
lame wizards, true 2-way tools, with all the meat eating power that C++
offers. Based on the same proven component library as Delphi. Available in
low cost version and full Client Server version.

And finally comming soon (hopefully) JBuilder. Full Delphi like 2 way Java
tool. Based on 1.1 JDK. Included FULL Java Beans component integration,
unlike most other tools. All native code, no special files (like Asymetrix
Supercede), No lame code blocks like Cafe, no bogus 'Non-Visual' like
environment like J++. Tool parses code in the background to reflect any
code changes to the application. JDBC native drivers for Interbase, etc.
Again this is a comming soon. I have the beta's and it looks really good
for those waiting to do some real Java development, not just 'craplets'.

Check the web site for more information.

http://www.borland.com

(END OF BLATENT COMPANY PLUG)

Hope this is useful!

Sandy