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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="15fd4c00dduajq.gif"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="95" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 46 WIDTH="91"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="46" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="91" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id15.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Wireless Hardware Solutions"><U>Wireless Hardware Solutions</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id9.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Wireless Software Solutions"><U>Wireless Software Solutions</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id10.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Next Generation IC Products"><U>Next Generation IC Products</U></A></div> <div> <B>Test Equipment</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.satfind.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.satfind.com"><U><IMG SRC="1a3973a0.gif" border=0 width="151" height="58" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.lunaroutpost.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.lunaroutpost.com"><U><IMG SRC="1a1923d0.gif" border=0 width="146" height="61" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <IMG SRC="1a2903b0.jpg" border=0 width="144" height="59" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#003333" FACE="Arial" ><B>Astrium</B></FONT>     |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Astrium"><U>home</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id15.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Wireless Hardware Solutions"><U>Wireless Hardware Solutions</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id9.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Wireless Software Solutions"><U>Wireless Software Solutions</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id10.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Next Generation IC Products"><U>Next Generation IC Products</U></A>   |   <B>Test Equipment</B></div> <div> Test Equipment</div> <div> Cyroscan-2000 Non-Intrusive Cable Scanner<FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="ArialMT" > </FONT></div> <div> (Patented Technology)</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="19d65910.jpg" border=0 width="101" height="145" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B>Products: </B>Cyroscan-2000PCS , Cyroscan-2000UCS</div> <bR> <div> <B>Primary target Market Sectors: </B>Phone, Internet, and Cable Industries</div> <bR> <div> The Space Shuttle uses dedicated signal conditioners (DSC's) for the purpose of conditioning transducers outputs and other signals to make them compatible with orbiter telemetry, displays, and data processing systems. The DSC's are located throughout the orbiter, often in difficult to access locations in the vehicle fuselage. When troubleshooting a potential instrumentation problem, personnel frequently have to demate cables to verify that the cable is not the source of the problem. Once a cable is demated, all systems, which have a wire passing through the connector, have to be retested when the cable is reconnected. Due to their inaccessibility, the DSC's sometimes have to be removed in order to check them. This results in many man-hours of Revalidations testing on systems that were unrelated to the original problem. The cost to the Shuttle program for these retesting procedures is exorbitant. This patented technology which allows cable continuity and DSC's performance to be checked nonintrusively saves many hours of testing every Shuttle flow.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Patented Innovation</B></div> <bR> <div> The continuity of a cable can be tested nonintrusively by applying a signal to one end of the cable and using a magnetic pick-up coil to monitor the presence of that signal along the length of the wire. A short or an open circuit would cause the receiver to lose the signal past that point, thus indicating the location of the problem. Existing commercial cable-testing equipment injects a signal in the several hundreds of kilohertz range. The use of such commercial equipment is not feasible when the DSC's are on-line, since their frequency response is limited to a few tens of hertz and such a high frequency would be severely attenuated by them. The presence of the DSC's makes imperative the use of a low-frequency injection signal. This results in two major challenges: (1) The amount of energy radiated by a shielded cable is greatly reduced at lower frequencies since the shielding becomes almost 100% efficient; and (2) the effectiveness of a pick-up coil when subject to a varying magnetic field is directly proportional to the frequency of the signal being picked-up.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Unique Features</B></div> <bR> <div> Different techniques are available to test the continuity of cables. Time-domain reflectometers (TDR's) for instance, are based on a pulse that is injected into a pair of wires. When the propagating pulse encounters a discontinuity a reflection occurs, and depending on the polarity of the reflected pulse, a determination can be made on whether the discontinuity was caused by a short or an open circuit. A TDR usually consists of a pulse generator and an oscilloscope to observe the reflected signals. TDR's have a problem when measuring discontinuities occurring close to the point of injection, since the round-trip travel time of the pulse and its reflection can be as short as a few nanoseconds.</div> <bR> <div> Cyroscan-2000 allows for very accurate measurements of the distance to a discontinuity, even when the discontinuity is only a few meters away. Furthermore, all the electronics are integrated in a portable instrument and is operated on regular AA batteries, thus reducing its size, setup time, and facilitating its use in places where physical access is difficult. </div> <bR> <div>  This technology has great potential for markets such as Phone, Internet, Cable, and Airplane Maintenance, who face similar problems when mating and demating connectors, could significantly decrease the time and effort needed to isolate and repair a faulty component or cable.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Price List:</B></div> <bR> <div> 2000-PCS       Portable Cable Scanner                  $ 255.0  </div> <div> 2000-UCS       Underground Cable Scanner           $ 895.0</div> <bR> <div> <B>Delivery:        </B>4-6 Weeks</div> <bR> <div> <B>Order :</B>            <A HREF="mailto: order@astriuminc.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto: order@astriuminc.com"><U>order@astriuminc.com</U></A></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>