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  As all of you may have guessed, Advanced Thermal Solutions survived the Blizzard of 2015!   The Massachusetts State Emergency has been lifted and we are open for business.  For our engineers, here’s some numbers here on the storm:

• Snowfall was between 24 – 36 inches depending on where you were in Eastern Massachusetts
• Peak wind gusts were 78 mph
• 500 National Guard troops were needed during the storm for help
• 35,000 tons of salt were on hand in Boston along at the start of the blizzard
• 700 pieces of snow removal equipment were ready in Boston at the start of the blizzard
• 40,000 homes lost power in great Boston during the blizzard
• Ski Areas in Massachusetts (Nashoba Valley, Wachusett and Bradford) got about 30 inches of white powder snow, perfect for skiing

For those of you looking for some easy reading on a Friday afternoon at work, here is a link to photos of the Blizzard of 2015.

   Due to a state of emergency being declared in Massachusetts by Governor Baker because of Blizzard Juno, Advanced Thermal Solutions is closing their offices as of 3PM. We will remain closed until Massachusetts Governor Baker lifts the State of Emergency.

For the state of emergency notice please click to:  Massachusetts State Government Alerts.

More information updated here on Google Public Alerts, click to Google Public Alerts

         Advanced Thermal Solutions now has a video presence in China!  ATS has launched its own video channel in China using the very popular Chinese video service, Youku.  Youku is similar to  YouTube, but, in China.

So what do we have on our channel?  The same high quality content of how to videos, technical product videos and product demo videos that visitors can watch on the ATS Youtube channel.

You can see ATS’s Youku channel at this link:   ATS Video Channel on Youku.

Where does one start to look for a heat sink?

Typically for most buyers and engineers, they open Google (or Bing), type the heat sink type they want, like board level heat sink, into the search box and see what appears.  And what does appear exactly?

Usually what appears is a lengthy SERP (Search Engine Results Page) of suppliers for the heat sink being searched for.   That’s alot of material to go through frankly, at last count at 5PM EST here at ATS’s Boston R&D Campus, 4,680,000 different entries.

At ATS we have a more innovative way to approach finding the right heat sink. Just come to http://www.qats.com and use our new quick heat sink search tool.   Its right at the top of every web page you visit.   Here is what it looks like:

You just type in the basic dimensions of the heat sink  you need and up pops a variety of solutions with instant links to datasheets, pricing and more.  Our 1 minute video shows you how it works

  When we heard the “out of this world” news about our iQ-200 being chosen product of the month, we were very excited.    You can see the full NASA Tech Briefs article here but here’s a quick snippet:

The iQ-200™ instrument from Advanced Thermal Solutions, Norwood, MA, measures the temperatures of solid materials and surrounding air, while also tracking air velocity and air pressure. Measurements are taken simultaneously at multiple points to profile heat sinks, PCBs, and card racks for testing and characterization.

While the iQ-200 is a very flexible instrument input wise, the software included software is an important part of making all the pieces work together.

The software is called, IQstage, it manages incoming data from various sensors and provides a rich graphical presentation of the results.   This happens automatically, saving time since it automates the process of data collection and reporting.

Learn more about the iQ-200 here: iQ-200 Product Page

Our brief video shows the full capability of the iQ-200: