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EDN  5/6/13
The family of industrial-grade USB 2.0 hubs at B&B Electronics just expanded with the introduction of the UH104, an affordable, four-port mini USB hub to connect multiple peripheral devices to a single USB port.

ECN   5/1/13
B&B Electronics Manufacturing expanded its family of industrial-grade USB 2.0 hubs with the UH104, an affordable, four-port mini USB hub used to connect multiple peripheral devices to a single USB port.

EE Times  5/1/13
The UH104 by B&B Electronics is an affordable four-port mini USB hub that connects several peripheral devices to a single USB port.

The Read-Out Instrumentation Signpost    4/30/13
B&B Electronics has expanded its family of industrial-grade USB 2.0 hubs with the UH104, an affordable, four-port mini USB hub used to connect multiple peripheral devices to a single USB port.

Cabling Installation & Maintenance   4/30/13

Manufacturing Business Technology  4/26/2013
I. Thou shalt place high priority on security, for hackers lurketh, thieves stealeth and employees bungleth
II. Thou shalt document thine installation, so that even Homer Simpson mayest discern the system whither thou goest; for to write the IP address on your hand or your forehead shall not be deemed sufficient
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Manufacturing Business Technology  4/22/2013
When TCP/IP networking moves out of the home and office environment and into the real world, the 100-meter range limitation of copper Ethernet cable becomes a problem. The remote sensors along an oil pipeline, for example, are going to require a bit more range than that. Fortunately, there are ways to provide it. With conversion and extension, networks can cover distances that are measured in kilometers rather than meters.

Remote Site & Equipment Management     4/16/13
When designing remote machine-to-machine (M2M) wireless systems it’s important to consider the methods you’ll use to manage your devices when they’re not right in front of you. Perhaps they’ll be in another room, or another city, or if you’re NASA, on Mars. The more devices you have, and the farther away they are, the worse the problem becomes.

Automation World  4/11/13
Designed for machine-to-machine connectivity, the Spectre 3G cellular router from B&B Electronics also features 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi.

ECN     4/10/13
B&B Electronics announces that it has added 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi connectivity technology to its rugged SPECTRE 3G cellular router.

EDN  4/10/13
B&B Electronics is making good use of its acquisitions—it’s just announced that its rugged SPECTRE 3G cellular router now features 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi connectivity.

EE Times  4/10/13
The single-box solution provides local M2M network connectivity through its built-in Wi-Fi Hotspot, Ethernet 10/100 and I/0 ports, and connects to the Internet via CDMA and HSPA+ cellular telephone networks.

Product Design & Development  4/8/13
Announcement of the new SPECTRE RT 300 series industrial wired Ethernet routers.

Wireless Design & Development  3/29/2013
Podcast interview with Bill Conley. Find out what oneM2M is doing and the impact it is expected to have.

3/27/ 2013  EE Times

Control Magazine  3/27/2013
 (See "SCADA in the Cloud")
Walt Boyes interviews Bill Conley about the solution he designed for a water utility in Arizona that incorporates nearly all of the new SCADA system architecture.

3/26/2013  ECN

M2M Evolution Magazine  3/13/13
Carl Ford, partner at Crossfire Media, columnist for M2M Evolution Magazine and producer of the M2M Evolution conference, interviews B&B Electronics's Bill Conley about oneM2M's goals, potential impact on the market, and more.

Electronic Design  3/13/13
The Internet of Things will collect data from myriad sources and crunch it into digestible bites to make your day easier in ways we have yet to imagine

Remote Magazine   2/19/2013
We’ve all heard the ‘smart refrigerator” story used to describe the coming “Internet of Things” and the future of data communications. The idea is that your refrigerator will become intelligent, that it will be able to monitor its own contents, and that it will use that data to provide you with grocery lists or to suggest recipes that will use up what’s already on hand.

Automation World Editorial Deep Dive Video  1/31/2013
In this Editorial Deep Dive video, Mike shares his thoughts on why Wi-Fi is becoming an increasingly viable option for industry because of its architecture, interoperability, bandwidth and marketshare advantage.

EE Times 1/30/13
Conley’s value was seen all too clearly in an earlier 2012 TIA presentation on the need to simplify the cellular network certification process. Complexities and inconsistencies encountered by device makers and developers when certifying M2M devices, as well as difficulties experienced by users when attaching M2M to carrier networks, was Conley’s central theme.

Remote Site & Equipment Management     1/23/13
B&B Electronics has announced that its cellular device product manager and wireless expert, Bill Conley, was tapped by the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) to participate as a TIA delegate on the newly formed oneM2M.

Control Engineering     1/22/13
Bill Conley was named by the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) as a delegate for oneM2M, which is a group dedicated to ensuring global functionality for machine-to-machine (M2M) systems.

Sensors Magazine     1/22/13
Mr. Conley's TIA 2012 presentation on the need to simplify the cellular network certification process prompted TIA to broaden its focus to include issues such as certification and deployment, as well as prompted his delegate nomination.

Control Design     12/10/2012
Is There Currently a Leading Standard for Connecting Distributed I/O and Sensors That's a Safe Pick for the Future?

Remote Magazine   December 2012
It's said that Christopher Columbus encountered a ferocious storm when returning from his first voyage to the Americas. Worried that news of his discoveries might be lost, he placed a report in a waterproof cask and set it adrift. In the end, Columbus survived the storm and brought his story home in person. His floating keg and its written report still  haven't turned up.

 3/28/2013 TMCNet Dark Fiber Community

Plant Engineering   11/26/12
The network edge is continually expanding into new applications and new industries, and network-enabled sensors are leading the way. Metcalfe’s Law tells us that every time you add another device to a network, whatever that device’s function may be, you increase the value of the network.

EDN Network   10/29/12
The SPECTRE 3G cellular router by B&B Electronics wirelessly connects remote M2M equipment over CDMA and HSPA+ cellular networks. Plug-and-play ease and extensive remote management, deployment and customization possibilities combine to extend local M2M networks connected by Ethernet 10/100, RS-232 or RS-422/485.

Control Engineering   10/24/12

Vehicle Service Pros    10/16/12
B&B Electronics' Streamer onboard diagnostics for the Ford F150 with the EcoBoost engine helps fleet managers calculate fuel consumption and other pertinent data. Without a MAF sensor to collect data from, the tool uses a specific algorithm to extract MAF and feed it into Telematics Service Providers' (TSPs) fleet management applications.

Electronic Design    10/10/12
In most ways, industrial Ethernet is more or less the same thing that you’ve got running through your home or office. It’s the same basic technology and the same chipsets. The only real difference is the quality of the connected devices. Things like hubs, routers, and switches in industrial environments must be able to stand up to shock, vibration, and temperature extremes on a daily basis. The consumer-grade gadgets that we use in our homes and offices aren’t designed or built for that kind of abuse.

Product Design & Development   10/10/12
B&B Electronics, makers of the Streamer line of on-board diagnostics (OBD) OBDII devices, has announced that it now supports the new Ford EcoBoost gas-turbo direct-injection engine, a new option on the popular F-150 Ford fleet truck. Because the EcoBoost does not directly measure Mass Air Flow (MAF) on the engine, a key element in calculating the instant fuel rate diagnostic intelligence that helps fleet managers optimize their efficiency and costs, B&B has developed a specific algorithm to extract MAF and feed it into Telematics Service Providers’ (TSPs) fleet management applications.

Control Design   10/05/12
Elinx ESW100 unmanaged industrial Ethernet switches have LC small-form-factor fiber connectors and are panel-mountable. 

Automation.com   9/25/12
Be it the transition from nomadism to agriculture or the Industrial Revolution and the subsequent shift to global urbanization, it is easy to look backwards and see how technological innovation inevitably reshapes human societies. In retrospect, the changes seem obvious and predictable. But things get a bit more complicated when it is your own world that is changing.

Product Design & Development   9/18/12
USB was a great leap forward. Its convenience, flexibility, and interoperability have simplified everything from cabling to device installation. Engineers can now connect up to 127 devices using a single port and add new peripherals without opening a computer to insert an expansion card. Devices are hot swappable; cables are interchangeable; and USB will even supply power to a downstream device.

Electronics Weekly    8/8/12
B&B Electronics Europe provided a fibre, cellular and wireless communications network for the Volvo Ocean Race Galway Grand Finale.

Control Design   7/17/12
One-port Ulinx isolators protect connected equipment from surges, spikes and electrostatic discharges carried on USB cable. 

The Read-Out Instrumentation Signpost   7/4/12
It is unusual for us to have an application on these pages right on our own doorstep. The Galway based European HQ of B&B Electronics provided us with an opportunity share with our visitors a momentous occasion in this part of the world.

EE Times   6/13/12
On a rainy day in 1937 the German airship Hindenburg arrived in Lakehurst, NJ, after a trans-oceanic flight. The ship dropped its mooring ropes, and a few minutes later it went up in flames. Theories about the fire include exotic tales of sabotage, but most scientists agree that the true culprit was an electrostatic discharge (ESD). And they agree that the potential for disaster was designed into the Hindenburg right from the very beginning.

EE Times   6/13/12
Making headway on its goal of becoming a single point-of-support for connectivity solutions for industrial networks, B&B Electronics just bought IMC Networks. What IMC brings to B&B is its comprehensive fiber access networking solutions. 24-year old IMC provides optical access and media conversion solutions for LAN, MAN and FTTx applications.

DesignNews   6/8/12
Sensors and their accompanying recording devices are growing steadily more sophisticated and can record everything from exhaust gas temperatures to the electrical activity in a human heart. And they don't just collect data anymore. They're becoming intelligent. Embedded microcontrollers and built-in software are turning them into thinking, communicating, and active nodes of intelligent networks -- systems that demand localized intelligence and real-time, sensor-driven analytics. You don't just connect them anymore. They communicate with you.

Electronic Specifier Design   6/7/12
To paraphrase Mark Twain, the rumours of the demise of serial ports are greatly exaggerated. Serial ports are everywhere, in everything from industrial automation systems to scientific instrumentation. Too many people have too much invested in serial-equipped devices for the standard to disappear any time soon.

Control Global   6/7/12
Walt Boyes talks with Sean Harrigan, president and CEO of B&B Electronics, a manufacturer of industrial networking equipment, about networks and wireless standards.

Control Engineering 6/4/12
If you’re not designing Wi-Fi (802.11) into your systems already, you’ll be doing so very soon. Wi-Fi is rapidly establishing itself as the standard wireless connection for industrial devices. It’s a big change, but it needn’t be intimidating. There are plenty of vendors out there who have all of the necessary expertise. You don’t have to reinvent the wheel; you only need to put that vendor expertise to work in your own applications. This article will tell you how to go about it.

Automation World   5/24/12 
These 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi access points provide machine-to-machine equipment with wireless networking capabilities.

Wireless Design and Development  5/22/12
Hosted by Janine E. Mooney, No String Attached - Your Wireless Broadcast is Wireless Design and Development's web-based interview show. In this podcast, Andy Ross, Director of Wireless Applications for B&B Electronics discusses new Airborne technology.

Control Design   5/18/12
Small-form-factor serial servers connect serial devices to Ethernet networks 

Control Engineering 5/14/12
How Wi-Fi industrial wireless communications can save time, trouble, and money: Flexible work cells, mobile connections, and network enabling legacy devices are three overlooked areas to apply industrial wireless technologies. Three more are...

Telematics Update   5/7/12
TU chats with Mark Hutzinger, Product Management, Business Development at B&B Electronics, about telematics opportunities and challenges and the increasing range of connectivity options

EE Times   5/3/12
B&B Electronics Manufacturing Co., Inc. has launched its first 802.11 b/g WiFi access point to provide M2M equipment with wireless networking capabilities. This industrial-grade wireless access point is the first fruit of B&B’s October 2011 acquisition of Quatech, whose Airborne wireless networking devices feature WiFi connectivity technology to network-enable industrial M2M devices.

Electronic Design  5/3/12
Nubians built their pyramids with stone, while the Chinese used hard-packed clay. The Native Americans of Illinois built dirt pyramids. The Babylonians used sun-dried brick. From Aztec temples to Egyptian tombs, the pyramid form is so ubiquitous that people write books avowing alien intervention or the occult as the cause.

Product Design and Development   3/15/12
The new 1-port Ulinx UHR401 and 2-port Ulinx UHR402 USB isolators are designed to isolate and protect connected equipment from surges, spikes, and electrostatic discharges carried on USB cable.

EE Times   3/9/12
B&B Electronics Manufacturing Co. Inc. expanded its family of USB isolators, which are designed to isolate and protect connected equipment from surges, spikes and electrostatic discharges carried on USB cable.

ECN   3/8/12
B&B Electronics has expanded its family of USB isolators. Designed to isolate and protect connected equipment from surges, spikes and electrostatic discharges carried on USB cable, the new one-port Ulinx UHR401 and two-port Ulinx UHR402 USB isolators also protect themselves by virtue of their tough construction

Control Design   3/6/12
B&B Electronics Acquired Czech Company Conel, Expanding Its Presence in Europe and in the Wireless Market 

Control Engineering   2/16/12
B&B Electronics Manufacturing Co., Inc. expanded its family of Ethernet serial servers with the Vlinx VESP211 series of small form factor serial servers. VESP211 Serial Servers connect RS-232, RS-422 or RS-485 serial devices to Ethernet networks, allowing the serial devices to become nodes on the network.

Automation World   2/8/12
Family of industrial-grade Elinx Ethernet Extenders has been extended with models featuring built-in Power over Ethernet Plus (PoE+) and network management (called “managed”) capabilities.

Control Engineering   11/15/11
B&B Electronics Manufacturing Company, Inc. expanded its family of industrial-grade Elinx Ethernet Extenders with models featuring built-in Power over Ethernet Plus (PoE+) and network management (called managed) capabilities. Using existing copper wire infrastructure (Cat5 cable or two straight wires from the telephone line) to avoid the cost and hassle of fiber or new construction, B and B Electronics’ Elinx Ethernet Extenders allow system integrator, engineering and IT groups to simply and inexpensively deploy remote security cameras, IP phones and other Ethernet devices beyond Ethernet’s 100-meter (328 ft) limit

Security Systems Integration   10/31/11
B&B Electronics Manufacturing Company of Ottawa, Ill., releases the Elinx Series Ethernet extenders with models featuring built-in power over Ethernet plus (PoE+) and network management capabilities.

EE Times Europe  10/20/11
B&B Electronics Manufacturing Company, Inc., has expanded the company’s family of industrial-grade Elinx Ethernet Extenders with models featuring built-in Power over Ethernet Plus (PoE+) and network management (called managed) capabilities.

EE Times   10/20/11
B&B Electronics expanded its family of industrial-grade Elinx Ethernet extenders with models featuring built in PoE and network management capabilities. 

Control Design    10/18/11
Combining Strengths in Rugged Wireless Connectivity and Machine-to-Machine Communications, B&B Looks to Expand Its Product Technologies and Market Reach 

Control Engineering   8/24/11
The ESW100 joins the ESW200 series, which offers the same industrial-hardened certifications, but uses standard ST and SC fiber connectors. Unmanaged Ethernet switches allow network managers to connect additional Ethernet devices and route data to each specific device, controlling network traffic.

EE Times   7/27/11
Controlling network traffic just became easier with B&B Electronics Manufacturing’s ELinx ESW100 series of next-generation industrial unmanaged Ethernet switches. Featuring LC small-form-factor fiber connectors, the family offers the same industrial-hardened certifications as the company’s ESW200 series, and allows network managers to connect additional Ethernet devices and route data to each specific device.

Design News   7/21/11
B&B Electronics Manufacturing Co., Inc., a leader in rugged wireless connectivity and communication solutions, today expanded its family of next-generation industrial unmanaged Ethernet switches with the ELinx ESW100 series featuring LC small-form-factor fiber connectors.

Design News   5/10/11
A new indoor/outdoor Ghostbridge Wireless Ethernet Bridge from B&B Electronics Mfg. offers a line-of-sight range of up to 15km and 5 GHz performance. Used for cable replacements or extensions, it can create a transparent, secure, high-speed (up to 150 Mbps) point-to-point link between two remote devices or networks, eliminating up to 15 km of expensive and damage-prone wiring.

Sensors Magazine   5/8/11
The GhostBridge wireless Ethernet bridge from B&B Electronics Manufacturing Co., Ottawa, IL, creates a transparent, secure, high-speed point-to-point link between two remote devices or networks and has a line of sight range of up to 15 km.

Industrial Wireless Book   5/3/11
There is no configuration necessary or software setup required. According to B&B Electronics, you simply plug in, aim the LEDs to get the best signal strength and you are done. All settings are pre configured and fully linked for a wireless point-to-point link between devices or networks.