May 2014 Newsletter

Our May Newsletter is out today with lots of interesting info. Sign up on our front page website to get the latest news! Afinia H480 3D Printer, 7" TouchPanel PC, Rigol Scopes and Mac-operating Picoscopes ...

Sub-millisecond frequency sweeps, anyone?

An inquirer was amazed that our Tabor AWG Signal Generators can do sub-ms frequency sweeps he bought one immediately saying "we've been searching for this for a long time!!"
http://www.saelig.com/category/MFR00117.htm

April Monthly Deal

I hope you are receiving our Monthly Deal emails, highlighting one or two products that we usually buy in bulk and pass the savings on to colleagues like you. (If not, sign up to receive it on the front page of our website.) April’s Deal was an Owon 10MHz AWG Signal generator, reduced from its list price of $299 down to only $227.   The AG1012 combines arbitrary waveform generation and function generation using Direct Digital Synthesizer (DDS) technology to provide stable, precise, low distortion signals at up to 10MHz, with a 125MSa/s sample rate and 14-bit resolution for precise, stable, pure low distortion basic waveforms (sine/square/pulse/ramp/noise), 6 built-in arbitrary waveforms (exponential rise, exponential fall, sin(x)/x, staircase, etc.), 26 built-in and user defined arbitrary waveforms.- at up to 20Vpp. Both output channels can be configured separately or locked together.  

We still have a few left - if you are thinking about getting a signal generator for your test bench, now is the time! Use Coupon Code S1014A when checking out.

Inflatable AirBeam EMI/RFI Enclosures

Saelig Company, Inc. has introduced inflatable AirBeam  Enclosures  for quick set-up Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) shielded, Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) shielded, or Chemical Biological Containment (CBC) enclosures, configured to rapidly deploy and provide an instant state-of-the-art environment as small as 7x7-feet or as big as an aircraft hangar.  Applications may include many types of EMI-RFI compliance testing, embassy or field military security, RF or radar interference shielding, EMI-RFI tolerance testing including HERO testing, secure TEMPEST communications.

Securing the Internet of Things

ECN just published an article of mine highlighting some potential dangers of Internet-enabled devices - fridges used to produce spam (and not the edible kind)....

http://www.ecnmag.com/articles/2014/03/securing-internet-things

March 20th is the International Day of Happiness

Today we at Saelig celebrate the International Day of Happiness!  Enjoy these best jokes: 

How many surrealists does it take to screw in a light bulb? A fish                                       

 How many tickles does it take to make an octopus laugh? Ten tickles.

Two antennas met on a roof. They fell in love and got married.  The ceremony was rubbish - but the reception was brilliant

Why was the mortgage so upset? Because it was a loan                                                          

Why was the horse so happy? Because he lived in a stable environment

Do you want to hear two short jokes and a long joke? Joke, joke, jooooooooooooke.

The Beach Boys walk into a bar. One says to the other “Round? Round? Get a round? I get a round?”

Two dogs are walking along a street. They are passed by a third dog driving a lorry load of logs.
One turns to the other and says: “He started fetching a stick and built up the business from there.”

Two cannibals eating a clown, one turned to the other and said: ‘does this taste funny to you?’

What do you call a Frenchman wearing sandals? Philippe Philoppe    
                                  
Did you hear about the magic tractor? It turned into a field.

I have a gravel path in my garden while my neighbor's is concrete. I think mine wins on aggregate.
 
Old Tommy Cooper joke:  ‘So I went to the dentist. He said 'Say Aaah.' I said 'Why?'  He said 'My dog's died.'

A Higgs’ Boson walks into a church.   The priest says, “We don’t allow Higgs’ Bosons in here.”
The Boson says, “But without me, how can you have mass?”

Why was the writer in agony?                Because the sub-editor had removed his colon.
 
What do you get if you cross The Godfather with a lawyer? An offer you can’t understand.

A Centurion walks into a pub and asks for a Martinus. “Don’t you mean a Martini?” says the barman. “No,” says the Centurion, “If I want a double I’ll ask for one.”

 

The barman says: “We don’t serve faster-than-light particles here.” A tachyon enters a bar.

A Roman walks into a bar,  holds up two fingers, and says:  “Five beers, please.”

A police officer on traffic duty flags down a car.  “Sir, you appear to have 12 penguins in the back of your car.”
“That’s right, officer, I do.”
“Well that’s ridiculous – take them to the zoo straight away.”
“OK officer.”   And the car drives off.
Next day, the same policeman in the same spot sees the same car drive past – with the penguins in the back. He flags him down again.
“I thought I told you to take them to the zoo…”
“Yes, officer, and it was great – today I’m taking them to the cinema.”

A photon checks into a hotel and the porter asks him if he has any luggage. The photon replies: “No, I’m traveling light."

A classics professor goes to a tailor to get his trousers mended. The tailor asks: “Euripides?” The professor replies: “Yes. Eumenides?”
  
Met a Dutch girl with inflatable shoes last week, phoned her up to arrange a date but unfortunately she'd popped her clogs
 
They say being a hostage is difficult - but I could do that with my hands tied behind my back.

Happy St. Patrick's Day