Bernd Hanstein, VP Product Management System Solutions, Rittal GmbH & Co., provides a tour of the Rittal booth at Hannover Messe 2012.

The lockable, 8-wire RJ45 Harting industrial 10G Ethernet connector is rated IP20 for the office IT environment and requires no tools or expertise to assemble.

RIC Centre and ABB present a 6-session program designed to kick-start ideas and nurture innovation within advanced manufacturing in Ontario. At the session, "How to Evaluate Your New Ideas," presenter Paul Smith of Mississauga, ON-based Xerox Research Centre of Canada demonstrated how his global company evaluates the innovations of in-house scientists. The Davis campus of Sheridan College in Brampton, ON, played host to Smith as part of the innovate>forward initiative.

Audi's future e-tron models will cover long distances powered by practically silent electric motors. To ensure that pedestrians in urban settings will hear them, the brand has developed a synthetic solution: Audi e-sound. Acoustics engineer Rudolf Halbmeir at Audi demonstrates the acoustic technology.

PTC announced the general availability of Mathcad Prime 2.0, the latest release of its engineering calculation software.

Techs from industry specializing in food processing, automotive parts production and aerospace engine assemblies gathered recently at Omron Canada Inc. headquarters in Toronto to participate in PLC program training. Instructor Matt Labadie spoke with Canadian Electronics editorial director Mike Edwards about what the training can offer to novice and experienced PLC programmers. Omron offers Basic, Intermediate and Advanced courses throughout the year at its hands-on training centre.

Markham, ON-based Quanser Inc. demonstrates the QBall-X4, a UAV experiment platform for research in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) control and design. The quadrotor helicopter was developed using Maplesim simulation software from Maplesoft of Waterloo, ON.

Agilent business development manager Tak Tsang explains how the new U1177A Bluetooth wireless adapter adds flexibility for techs using Agilent DMMs.

Agilent product marketing manager Phil Stearns demos DVM capability inside 1 GHz model InfiniiVision 3000 X-Series oscilloscopes.