About Mike Novello
Mike is a finance industry executive with expertise in test, IT and avionics equipment acquisition, resale, residual valuation, leasing, renting and consignment.
Megger Best Practices Battery Maintenance and Substation Seminars
Free Megger Best Practices Battery Maintenance and Substation Seminars Megger Best Practices Battery Maintenance and Substation Seminars now in Atlanta, Georgia and Orlando, Florida Secondary batteries play an essential role in many areas of business and commerce, but to be … Read More →
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Tagged FL, Florida, Free, FREE one-day seminars, Georgia, Kissimmee, Megger Best Practices Battery Maintenance and Substation Seminars, one-day, Roswell, Secondary batteries, seminars, substation maintenance
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NIST Identifies Smart Grid Standards
NIST Identifies Five Foundational Smart Grid Standards The Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has advised the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) that it has identified five “foundational” sets of standards for Smart Grid interoperability and cyber … Read More →
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Tagged communication protocols, control centers, Five, Five Foundational, Foundational, IEC 60870-6, IEC 61850, IEC 61970, IEC 62351, IEC standards, National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST, NIST Smart Grid Standards, NIST Standards, Smart Grid, Smart Grid Standards, substation automation
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Webb Telescope Snapshot: Cryo-Testing
The James Webb Space Telescope The ISIM structure is inspected inside NASA’s Space Environment Simulator at the Goddard Space Flight Center after enduring weeks of temperatures less than minus 300 degrees Fahrenheit; the same temperature it will see for the … Read More →
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Tagged Camera, Cryo-Testing, electrical interface, electrical tests, Element, Engineering, engineering test unit, Environment Simulator, infrared-optimized space telescope, Instrument Module, instruments, NASA, Near-InfraRed, Near-InfraRed Camera Engineering Test Unit, Optical Test, Optical Test Element Simulator, optical testing, Simulator, test cycles, Test Unit
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Oscilloscope Trade In Program
LeCroy Oscilloscope Trade In Program Get 15% off list price on the purchase of a new LeCroy oscilloscope when you trade in any used oscilloscope. Eligible Models for Trade-In: Any Working Oscilloscope towards the WaveAce Series oscilloscopes Any Working 100 … Read More →
Posted in Oscilloscope News
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Tagged 1 GHz, 100 MHz, 300 MHz, 500 MHz, LeCroy, Oscilloscope, Oscilloscope Trade In Program, surplus oscilloscope, trade in, WaveAce, WaveJet, WaveSurfer
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The Smith Chart
What is the Smith Chart? A plot of complex reflection overlaid with an impedance and (or) admittance grid referenced to a 1-ohm characteristic impedance. The Smith chart, invented by Phillip H. Smith is a graphical aid designed for electrical and … Read More →
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Tagged admittances, constant gain contours, electrical engineers, electronics engineers, graphical aid, Impedance, noise figure circles, radio frequency engineering, reflection coefficients, regions for unconditional stability, RF, RF Design, RF parameters, scattering parameters, Smith Chart, S_{nn}\
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Wireless Gigabit Alliance
What is the Wireless Gigabit Alliance? WiGig Alliance was established by technology leaders within the CE, PC, semiconductor and handheld industries to address the need for faster, wireless connectivity between computing, communications and entertainment devices. The organization has developed a … Read More →
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Tagged 60GHz spectrum, 7 Gbps, 802.11 Medium Access Control (MAC), 802.11n rate, beamforming, CE industries, communications devices, computing devices, entertainment devices, handheld industries, HDTVs, IEEE 802.11 standard, monitors, multi-gigabit speeds, multi-gigabit wireless communications, PC industries, projectors, semiconductor industries, unlicensed 60 GHz spectrum, WiGig technology
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FCC Frees Vacant Airwaves for Super WI-FI Tech
Washington, D.C. — The Federal Communications Commission today took steps to free up vacant airwaves between TV channels — called “white spaces” — to unleash a host of new technologies, such as “Super Wi-Fi,” and myriad other diverse applications. This … Read More →
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Tagged airwaves, FCC, low power auxiliary service, mobile wireless devices, National Broadband Plan, spectrum, super wi-fi, TV bands, TV White Space device, UHF channels, white space spectrum, wi-fi, WiFi, wireless microphones
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DASH7 and RFID
What is DASH7? DASH7 is a new wireless sensor networking technology using the ISO/IEC 18000-7 standard for active RFID, operating at in the 433 MHz unlicensed spectrum. DASH7 provides multi-year battery life, range of up to 2 km (potentially farther), … Read More →
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Tagged 100 kbps, 433 MHz, 433 MHz unlicensed spectrum, active RFID, Add new tag, Bluetooth, communications, DASH7, DASH7 Alliance, DASH7 and RFID, DASH7 protocol, DASH7 wireless data technology, ISO/IEC 18000-7 standard, low power uwb, microwatts, multi-hop, public key encryption, RFID, sensors, tag-to-tag, unlicensed spectrum., WiFi, wireless sensor networking, Zigbee
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Arms Up for Mars Rover Curiosity
PASADENA, Calif. — NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has been exercising its robotic arm since last month, when the arm was first fastened to the rover. In the long run, watch for this long and strong arm to become the signature … Read More →
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Tagged aeroflex, Calif, Curiosity, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Mars, Mars Rover Curiosity, Mars Science Laboratory, NASA, Pasadena, robotic arm, Rover
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UL Photovoltaic Modules Certification, Testing in Japan
Underwriters Laboratories Expands Its Global Photovoltaic Footprint To Japan Underwriters Laboratories (UL), a global leader in safety testing and certification, announced on September 9th the opening of a testing and certification facility for photovoltaic (PV) equipment in Ise City, Mie … Read More →
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Tagged Certification, Japan, modules, Photovoltaic, PV equipment, PV modules, PV panels, PV systems, safety specifications, safety testing, Sustainable Energy, Testing, testing requirements, UL, Underwriters Laboratories
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