It's Automotive April at Sarsen Technology!

Welcome back, we hope you enjoyed the extended break and had a great Easter.

This month on the Sarsen Technology blog it’s Automotive April. Every week we will be bringing you news and information from our manufacturers, with a spotlight on the automotive industry in particular.

The term automotive was created from Greek autos (self), and Latin motivus (of motion) to represent any form of self-powered vehicle.

Example: Self-Powered Vehicles

The automotive industry began in the 1890s, with hundreds of manufacturers pioneering the horseless carriage. The United States led the world in total automobile production. In 1929 before the Great Depression, the world had 32,028,500 automobiles in use, and the U.S. automobile industry produced over 90% of them.

From ULVs to F1, and from robots to the car you’re driving today, every single one has been made using data acquisition systems, buckets of I/O, control and monitoring equipment, and sophisticated, reliable hardware solutions. We know quite a lot about this stuff……

We know all about control and monitoring applications.......!

We’ve been involved in a big range of automotive applications, including engine monitoring and control hardware for city buses, I/O hardware for control and monitoring of simulators, noise, vibration and harshness (NVH) testing and Unmanned Land Vehicle (ULV) control.

 

Noise, Vibration and Harshness Testing.......

Keep an eye out for more stories on the blog, as well as regular updates on Twitter and LinkedIn!

Happy New Year from Sarsen Technology!

Happy New Year!

If you’ve been away over Christmas, welcome back. If not, did you miss us?

The Sarsen Team have enjoyed a few days off over the holiday period, but we’re back in the office now, and looking forward to all the exciting things we have coming up this quarter. We have visitors coming from across the pond, from United Electronic Industries and BittWare, and lots of new technology to tell you all about.

Look out for our new blog feature; ‘Under the Spotlight’, every Tuesday, when we shine a light on a Sarsen sector, be it one of our manufacturers, a specific technology, or even a member of staff!

Also new to the blog this quarter is our monthly market focus. January is ‘Green’ month, where we’ll be bringing you information on renewable energy, utilities management and environmental technology available from Sarsen.

As always, if there is anything you would like more information about please get in touch with one of the team on +44 1672 511166 or email us.

Happy New Year and best wishes for an exciting and prosperous 2013.

While the boss is away......

The boss has gone away, and left us to fend for ourselves for a week. 

Time to sit back, watch some virals on YouTube, drink copious amounts of tea and generally relax. 
Right?

Wrong.

It’s easy to feel a bit inattentive when the boss is away, but we don't have time to put our feet up - this week is another busy one for Sarsen. We have quotes to send out, customers to visit and new enquiries to follow up. It’s also a good time to start looking at 2013, with marketing plans to be drawn up, and exhibitions schedules to look at. 
 

And speaking of exhibitions, the next one on the Sarsen calendar is the Advanced Engineering UK Show on 7th /8th November at the NEC in Birmingham. Tim Norris will be representing Sarsen Technology at the show, if you would like to meet up with him to discuss a new project, or one of our products in particular, please drop us a line.

Oh. And FYI, there are only 8 weekends left before Christmas!!

Automotive Test and Measurement from Sarsen Technology Ltd

Automotive Testing.

It’s a pretty broad spectrum, covering everything from prototyping through to stress measurement, dynamometer testing and NVH (noise, vibration and harshness) data logging.

With the UK Automotive industry enjoying a resurgence over the last year, it’s more important than ever to provide customers with the latest, most reliable technology for all their testing needs.

Here at Sarsen, we represent a number of US based manufacturers with a host of products designed with the Automotive Test and Measurement industry in mind.

United Electronic Industries (UEI) is a leader in the PC/Ethernet data acquisition and control, Data Logger/Recorder and Programmable Automation Controller (PAC) and Modbus TCP markets. Their Cube and RACKtangle chassis can be configured in 5 different ways, to maximise potential usage. They will function as I/O slaves under control of a host PC, may be run as fully standalone data loggers or embedded controllers, or can be run as a hybrid, running applications locally, but taking direction from, or sharing data with a host PC on the network.

Deployment options –

• Ethernet I/O – PowerDNA
• HIL
• ULV control
• VME replacement
• Embedded control – UEIPAC
• Dynamometer control
• Prototype/production test
• Battery testing
• Data logger – UELogger
• NVH
• CAN/ECU logging
• Vehicle Health monitoring
• Simulink I/O – UEISIM
• Model verification
• Rapid prototyping
• HIL testing
• Modbus TCP I/O – UEIModbus
• Controller modernization
• Production test
• PLC Augmentation

VersaLogic Corp has recently released the Falcon EPU - a complete embedded computer in an extremely small/rugged format. The Falcon runs on an Intel Atom E6x0T processor, giving 1.6 GHz performance with low power consumption. 
Roughly the size of a credit card and less than one inch thick, the Falcon is designed to withstand extreme temperature, impact, and vibration. A wide input voltage range of 8 to 17 volts (12V typ.) simplifies system power supply requirements, meaning it is fully compatible with 12V automotive applications. The Falcon is a great choice for all kinds of requirements -  

Rugged HMI and Control 
Robotic Systems

Mobile Fixed Function 

Security / Surveillance 

Predictive Maintenance

 

 

 

If you would like any more info, please give us a call on +44 1672 511166, or email us - info@sarsen.net