Sarsen Technology Christmas Opening Hours

Christmas is creeping ever closer....

Time is running out to get your orders placed, so its good news that the Sarsen Technology team will be available to help you right up until Friday 21st December.

Our offices will be closed from Monday 24th December until Tuesday 1st January.

We will be back in the office on Wednesday 2nd January.

Please let us know if you need anything before then by calling the office on +44 1672 511166, or emailing us - info@sarsen.net.

The Technology Behind London 2012

The last time London hosted the Olympics was in 1948, and it was a very different event to the Games taking place in London today. There was very little technology in use - the general public listened to events on the wireless, and if it was a really significant event neighbours would get together to listen, bringing people together to share the experience.

Keeping up to date with London 2012 will be completely different; the Games today are much more accessible. There are many ways of keeping up to date, via your mobile phone, tablet or PC.

Alongside the visible tech; the glittery scoreboards and instant replays on the big screens, behind the scenes technology including switches and routers will be helping information whizz seamlessly across the Olympics Park. Cisco said earlier this year that it believes its network will handle around 60GB of data every second during the Games, as scores, event listings, video data and other information is sent to organisers and broadcasters. Those working in the Games' various operations centres have 12,000 PCs, 900 servers and 1,000 notebooks from Acer behind them.

On Your Marks….. The London games are the first to feature an electronic starter’s gun, linked to speakers behind each sprinter to ensure that they all hear the “shot” at the same time. There is also a laser projected across the finish line to record the winner with maximum accuracy – a bit different from the 1948’s London Olympics, where the athletes broke through a fluttering white tape. Times, previously recorded by a chap with a stopwatch and a keen eye, are now obtained by speed guns that can capture the moment an athlete crosses the finishing line to the millisecond, helping ensure the right athlete is at the top of the podium!

The security operation is led by the police, with 10,000 officers available, supported by 13,500 members of the armed forces. Ships situated in the Thames, Eurofighter jets and surface-to-air missiles will be available as part of the security operation. 

The BBC is the primary broadcaster for the Olympics and plans to broadcast coverage of every sport, either on TV or online. Events like the 100m final will be watched by billions, but for those of us that enjoy a bit of archery or judo, you can hit the red button, and enjoy  some of the less mainstream sports. YouTube will live stream the games in 64 territories in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, and this content will also be viewable on YouTube's mobile and Xbox Live applications, giving the public unprecedented access to the Olympics.

The Games will also see a huge demand for Wi-Fi, as visitors send pictures and links to Twitter and Facebook.Twitter is the social network king for big events. Sharing news and views in 140 characters couldn’t be easier. During the Olympics everyone from Lord Coe to the athletes in the stadium, to those watching trackside will be busy tweeting their perspective on the Games.

If all that tech isn’t enough for you, don't forget all the bookies' computer systems processing bets; all the medical equipment on standby for every eventuality; TfL and the on-going challenge of making sure everyone, spectators, athletes and the working public alike can get to where they need to be; all the cutting edge technology that has gone into the design and manufacture of all the kit – javelins, discus, tennis rackets, cycle helmets….. even the track itself.

Next time you watch Team GB win a medal remember the technology behind the scenes that is making this all possible!

Some data supplied by The Inquirer and Knovel.com

7 Reasons to Choose United Electronic Industries for all your Data Acquisition and Control Requirements......

Founded in 1990, United Electronic Industries (UEI) is a leader in the PC/Ethernet data acquisition and control, Data Logger/Recorder and Programmable Automation Controller (PAC) markets. Their ‘Cube’ chassis offers incredible I/O flexibility, accommodating up to 6 I/O boards from a selection of over 25. Sarsen Technology has represented UEI in the UK for nearly 2 years.

There are so many reasons why you would benefit from choosing a UEI solution; these are just a handful….

1.       They get around….

UEI products are used in a huge variety of applications, including Simulator I/O, in-vehicle test (flight and ground), UAV/ULV/USV control, electronic production test, machine and vehicle health monitoring, temperature monitoring, wind power system control, vehicle frame stress testing, jet engine test and much more. Whether your application is on the ocean floor, on land or boat, in the air, or in space, UEI products have been there!

2.       Thinking outside the ‘Cube’

UEI have over 25 different available I/O layers, as well as a host of other boards and accessories, meaning they can be creative in finding innovative solutions for customers, responding to their needs with standard products and variations so they can complete their systems successfully, on time, and within budget. UEI offers both COTS and custom products to OEMs, end-users, and systems integrators worldwide.

3.       Green is the new Black

All Cube and RACKtangle™ chassis products and accessories are fully RoHS Compliant. This includes all UEI products that begin with: DNA, DNR, UEIPAC, UEISIM or UEILOGGER, including all chassis, I/O boards and accessories.

4.       Speaking your language

UEI supports all popular Windows, Vista, Linux and Real-time operating systems, programming languages, and application packages such as LabVIEW, MATLAB, and DASYLab.

5.       Location, Location, Location

United Electronic Industries is represented in nearly all of the US States, as well as across the globe, as far as Australia and Japan. We are all eager to talk to you, and help you put together an ideal solution to match your application.

6.       Bend Me, Shape Me, Any Way You Want Me

The UEI cube is not in any way bendy. In fact it’s very rugged! But it is uniquely flexible, with the ability to be used as an Ethernet I/O slave, standalone data logger, a standalone Linux-based PAC or a Modbus Slave. With I/O interfaces for analog I/O, digital I/O, counter/timer, ARINC-429, quadrature encoder, CAN-bus, serial I/O and more, you can precisely match the I/O configuration to your application.

7.       They’re in it for the Long Haul

All hardware manufactured by UEI is warranted for 2 years to the original purchaser and UEI guarantees the availability of all RACKtangle/Cube series products for a minimum of 10 years. 

If this hasn’t convinced you, give us a call or check out the UEI pages on our website for more information. http://www.sarsen.net/dept/united-electronic-industries_d0141.htm

Sarsen Technology DSEi Competition Winner

If you visited the Sarsen Technology Ltd stand at the Defence Security and Equipment International (DSEi) exhibition last September, you would have had the opportunity to add your business card to the hat and enter a prize draw to win a brand new iPad 3.

Sarsen had hundreds of visitors to the stand at the exhibition at ExCeL, many with a keen interest in the embedded computing and data acquisition COTS hardware, software & systems supplied by Sarsen to the world’s leading defence & aerospace OEMs. The BittWare embedded COTS hardware featuring the Altera Stratix FPGA is a key technology solution supported by Sarsen Technology. Steve Dodsworth of Altera drew the winning card from the hat.

The lucky recipient of the iPad 3 was Julien Loyer of Esterel Technologies. Julien had to wait until Apple released the iPad 3 until he could receive his prize at the Altera European HQ in High Wycombe.

Steve Dodsworth of Altera is pictured presenting the prize to Julien Loyer of Esterel Technologies. 



Left to right:
Bob Blake - Product & Corporate Marketing Manager, Altera Europe Ltd
iPad 3 Price draw winner: Julien Loyer - Sales Manager Northern Europe, Esterel Technologies
Steve Dodsworth - EMEA North Area Sales Director, Altera Europe Ltd
Nigel Norman - Managing Director, Sarsen Technology Limited

High Density x16 PCIe 2.0 Graphics Backplane

New from Trenton Technology is the BPG8032 high density x16 PCI Express 2.0 graphics backplane. It is ideal for video display wall controllers and GPU computing applications and the BPG8032 supports up to 17 high-end video and graphics processing cards with high-speed & low-latency x16 PCIe 2.0 links. It is designed to enable complete video display wall and data solutions using Matrox™ Mura MPX Series cards & Trenton high-performance system host boards.

Please visit our web site for more details: Trenton Technology BPG8032

December 2011 News Bytes from Sarsen Technology

The December 2011 edition of the Sarsen Technology News Bytes is now available online. This month we are featuring new embedded technology solutions based on Altera Stratix V FPGAs, rugged convection cooled systems for COM Express & XMC modules and high performance AMD Radeon 6760 GPU Graphics XMC hardware. December 2011 News Bytes The image is a reproduction of an original watercolour by Pat Thuysbaert, showing a Christmas scene in Avebury, Wiltshire. Website: www.patsartbox.co.uk

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Paul Rainosek Of GSC Visits Sarsen Technology

The President of General Standards Corporation, Paul Rainosek, visited the Sarsen Technology offices in June. It was great to spend time with Paul and his family and we look forward to meeting with them again in Huntsville, Alabama.

BittWare Anemone - A New Approach to Floating Point DSP

Traditional floating point DSPs, while excellent at complex processing tasks, have limitations when it comes to chip real estate and power efficiency that have caused them to become an endangered species. And FPGAs, while superior for versatility and configurability, can be difficult to use for complex and evolving applications. The BittWare Anemone, featuring the Epiphany architecture from Adapteva, enables the best assets of both to be combined, thereby offering a completely new approach to floating point digital signal processing. This hybrid solution provides a standard processor software development environment working in conjunction with a world-class FPGA platform, allowing users to optimally partition their algorithms into hardware and software. The result is superior development productivity and unmatched system size, weight, and power.

United Electronic Industries Appoint Sarsen Technology as exclusive UK distributor

United Electronic Industries announce the appointment of Sarsen Technology as its exclusive distributor in the UK

MARLBOROUGH, WILTSHIRE – 18 October 2010 – United Electronic Industries (UEI) is pleased to announce that it has named Sarsen Technology Limited as its exclusive distributor in the United Kingdom. All UEI sales and marketing activity in the UK will now be handled by Sarsen Technology. The company will also provide first line technical and applications support, but will be fully backed by UEI’s technical support group. “Both UEI and Sarsen Technology are focused on providing optimum real-time and embedded solutions to our key clients in the defense, aerospace, simulation and transportation markets,” according to Rick Van Nostrand, International Sales Manager at UEI. “Sarsen Technology will give us the in-depth technical and commercial experience our data acquisition and control products deserve. Sarsen’s experience and reputation in serving the embedded electronics marketplace is a welcome addition to UEI’s team of international sales and distribution partners ” "We see a tremendous amount of opportunity in the UK for United Electronic Industries’ innovative Cube and RACKtangle™ DAQ and control chassis solutions," stated Nigel Norman, Managing Director at Sarsen Technology. "UEI’s data acquisition and control system products along with their supporting IP and software are the perfect addition to our line card. The UEI solutions will enable our customers to quickly deploy their products and in turn, reduce their time-to-revenue. UEI has arguably the industry’s most innovative industrial and embedded control solutions." — SHEET 1 OF 2 —

About UEI Founded in 1990, UEI is a leader in the PC/Ethernet data acquisition and control, Data Logger/Recorder and Programmable Automation Controller (PAC) markets. UEI’s I/O “Cube” and RACKtangle are compact, rugged platforms, ideal for DAQ, Logging and control applications in a wide range of applications and industries such as automotive, aerospace/aviation, unmanned vehicles, appliance test, simulator control, in-vehicle test, wind and solar power system control, semiconductor manufacturing, medical equipment and more. UEI offers both COTS and custom products to OEMs, end-users, and systems integrators worldwide. With analog, digital, counter, CAN-bus, Serial I/O, ARINC-429, 1553 I/O and more, UEI will have the interface you need. UEI supports all popular Windows, Vista, Linux and Real-time operating systems, programming languages, and application packages such as LabVIEW, MATLAB, and DASYLab. About Sarsen Technology Limited Sarsen Technology is United Electronic Industries exclusive distributor in the United Kingdom. Sarsen’s focus is on providing its customers with the very best in embedded digital signal processing, data acquisition and single board computer products and provides full local technical and commercial support. The company’s mission is to bring high technology solutions to market in the shortest possible time to the benefit of both customers and manufacturers represented in the UK and Europe. Please visit www.sarsen.net or call +44 1672 511166 for more details. — END —