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The very latest in scales, weighing technology

Clarissa
Photo: Cardinal Scale Photo: Cardinal Scale Photo: Cardinal Scale The Armor digital truck scale is a digital system includes cloud-based iSite remote monitoring, 8-in.-high clearance below the deck to avoid debris accumulation, and axis gravity-driven load cell stands. Other features of Cardinal Scale’s Armor are a 135-ton overall capacity, I-beams running continuously from headplate to headplate with cutouts, SmartCell digital load cells that are completely encapsulated for superior water protection – inside and out – and a 50-ton concentrated load capacity. Visibility into production processes as they happen Photo: Loadrite Photo: Loadrite Photo: Loadrite InsightHQ allows managers and supervisors to… Read More

Micron Technology Sees Big AI-Powered Boost In Capital Spending

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What’s going on here? Micron Technology slightly increased its 2024 capital expenditure forecast to around $8 billion, driven by investments in high bandwidth memory (HBM) semiconductors for AI applications. What does this mean? Micron Technology, based in Boise, Idaho, is one of the top three suppliers of HBM chips, crucial for AI servers. The company’s state-of-the-art HBM3E chips will power Nvidia’s H200 chips. As of March, Micron’s entire 2024 inventory of HBM chips – vital for AI development – ​​was sold out, with a significant portion of 2025’s supply already pre-allocated. Micron is ramping up production from current eight-layer HBM… Read More

SparkFun launches RTK technology – GPS World

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Photo: SparkFun SparkFun Electronics has launched the RTK Torch, designed for high-precision geolocation and GIS needs. It has tri-band reception, tilt compensation and millimeter accuracy. The RTK Torch can provide millimeter-grade measurements. Users can connect a phone to the device over Bluetooth and receive the NMEA output and work with most GIS software. The RTK Torch features Zero-Touch RTK technology, which gives connected devices WiFi credentials for a hotspot or other WiFi network. The device will begin receiving corrections without any further setup, with no NTRIP credentials required. These corrections are obtained over WiFi from u-blox PointPerfect and are available… Read More