Corporate Timeline

2009

• FlightSafety International has received Federal Aviation Authority (FAA), Level D Qualification on its first SimI/O equipped simulator. The Hawker 900XP simulator’s I/O system is based on UEI’s RACKtangle I/O chassis. The UEI RACKtangle provides the interface between the controlling computers and the simulator’s various systems including Avionics Interface Computer (AIC), Control Loading and Motion (CLM) and Flight Deck I/O (FDK).
• United Electronic Industries (UEI) announces that NASA has selected the UEI PAC Cube to perform an essential role in controlling the COLBERT treadmill in the new space station exercise facility. Though Comedian Stephen Colbert won the highly publicized write-in contest for naming its new facility, NASA followed its long-standing policy of not using names of living people for space hardware and instead chose to name it “Tranquility” in honor of the original Apollo 11 Moon landing. In a tip of the hat to the comedian, however, NASA did decide to use the name COLBERT for the exercise treadmill to be installed in the new facility — an acronym for Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill. The new treadmill is scheduled to be “up (way up) and running” early next year.
• UEI releases of the DNA/DNR-1553-553 two-channel, dual redundant, 1553 bus interface boards. Each board provides two independent, dual redundant bus interfaces for 1553 communication. The DNA version is compatible with UEI PowerDNA and UEIPAC “Cubes” while the DNR version is designed for use in UEI’s twelve and six slot RACKtangle chassis. Each port may be independently configured as a Bus Controller (BC), Remote Terminal (RT), or Bus Monitor (BM). Designed to function in harsh environments, the DNA/DNR-1553-553 is fully tested for operation from -40 to +85°C, 0 to 70,000 ft and can withstand 5g vibration and up to 50g shock.

2008

• UEI releases the DNR-12-1G (a.k.a. RACKtangle™) Ethernet I/O chassis. Based upon the electronics in the company’s popular “Cube” I/O chassis, the new rectangular form factor increases the number of I/O slots from six to twelve, in a compact and rugged 3U chassis. As the RACKtangle is electrically compatible with the “Cube” form factors, all of the I/O boards available in the cube form factor are also available for the RACKtangle.
• UEI releases the DNx-AI-254 LVDT/RVDT interface boards. The boards are available in two models — one for use with UEI’s popular PowerDNA Cube and another for rack-mounting in a PowerDNR RACKtangle chassis. Multiple operating modes ensure compatibility with all standard sensor wiring and excitation configurations, making the boards suitable for a very wide range of linear and rotational motion applications. Each board has four fully isolated, LVDT / RVDT channels with independent A/D converters, and each channel offers 16-bit resolution, 0.1% accuracy, and scan rates up to 500 Hz.
• UEI announces the release of the DNA-AI-211 analog input board. The board features 4 fully isolated, IEPE/ICP® accelerometer / vibration sensor channels and offers 24-bit resolution with a 109 dB signal to noise (S/N) ratio. Configured with an A/D per channel, the board offers sample rates up to 125 kS/s per channel (500 kS/s for the board). The AI-225 is specifically designed to allow direct connection to industry-standard 2-wire vibration sensors and provides both software and LED annunciation of open or shorted sensors.