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Examining apps for smart cameras

By Michael Long (Analog Devices, Inc.)
Smart cameras offer an alternative for cost- and space-constrained application areas where requirements are not likely to change.

FMC modules deliver high-speed I/O from ADCs to FPGAs

By Mark Littlefield (Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing)
Overcoming the difficulty of designing an FPGA with I/O that suits a variety of applications.

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Green up: 'Green' hot, from our expert guests

By Don Dingee
This month, we wanted to show you some of our expert guests doing most of the talking. Here's a collection of recent content discussing green ideas in OpenSystems Media's print, E-letter, white paper, and broadcast archives.

A new approach to testing embedded-LO converters

By By David Ballo (Agilent Technologies)
Though they offer significant advantages compared to spectrum-analyzer-based methods, traditionally, vector network analyzers have not been used to characterize the group delay of analog satellite transponders, due to the lack of access to the RF signals or the time bases of the internal Local Oscillators (LOs) within the transponder. A new way to make group delay measurements of embedded-LO converters with modern VNAs will yield increased measurement speeds and significant accuracy improvements.

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White Paper: Critical Techniques for High Speed A/D Converters in Real-Time Systems

By Rodger Hosking (Pentek, Inc.)
Now in its 4th Edition, this handbook focuses primarily on A/D converters with sampling rates higher than 100 MHz. Sampling techniques are reviewed, as well as FPGA technology and high-speed serial fabrics. The latest Pentek high-speed A/D products and applications based on such products are also presented.

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Developers throttle the bottleneck to grab maximum I/O bandwidth using FMCs

By Rob Hoyecki (Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing)
The full potential of FPGAs to process data does not have to be hamstrung by data bottlenecks.

DO-254: The other safety-critical specification

By Chris A. Ciufo (Editor)
Did you know there’s a companion to DO-178B? Here are some Hot Tips to make hardware certification easier.

VITA 42.0 receives ANSI recognition, VITA 46.14 tackles analog and RF on VPX

By John Rynearson (VITA)
Get an update on the latest VITA standards' statuses and objectives with information provided by VITA technical director John Rynearson.

How secure is secure for embedded systems’ design

By Philip Giordano (Analog Devices, Inc.)
One thing that many designers get wrong is designing a security system without first identifying and understanding real threats that are likely to be encountered and represent significant risk to their end products.

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JPEG2000 cuts delays in digital video distribution

By John Wemekamp (Contributor)
Removing the straitjacket of wired analog distribution, digital distribution is enabling video transmission over long distances at high resolutions while facilitating improved situational awareness.

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White Paper: Software Defined Radio Handbook, 7th Edition

By Roger Hosking (Pentek, Inc.)
SDR (Software Defined Radio) has revolutionized electronic systems for a variety of applications including communications, data acquisition and ... (continues)

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Floating-point MCUs offer smart sensor calculation perks

By Yashvant Jani, PhD (Renesas Technology)
On-chip FPUs speed up calculations and require less code in MCU smart sensor applications.

White Paper: QuiXilica V5 Architecture: The High Performance Sensor I/O Processing Solution for the Latest Generation and Beyond

By Andrew Reddig (TEK Microsystems, Inc.)
Military sensor data processing applications for communications, radar, and electronic warfare have an insatiable demand for increased signal performance. Sensors continually require more channels, increased processing capabilities, higher memory performance and greater communications bandwidth.

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White Paper: Freescale’s Embedded Hypervisor for QorIQ™ P4 Series Communications Platform

Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
To realize the full potential of multicore systems, many usage scenarios require using multiple secure computing domains, often managed by different operating systems, on the same physical device. This can be accomplished by dividing the cores, memory and I/O devices of a system into secure, logical partitions. The partitions need to operate independently of each other, and operating systems must be able to access and manage the hardware resources belonging to the partition with little or no overhead.

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Models show which way the wind blows

By Hermann Strass
Embedded systems including pressure sensors, analog and digital I/O, and measurement software collect and analyze data in aerodynamic simulation models.

Embedded electronic fashion that rocks

By Hermann Strass
Using Sunload backpacks, outdoor enthusiasts can charge their notebooks, mini TVs, and badira jacket MP3 players while hiking during the day and enjoy TV and concert-grade music at night by the campfire.

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Tiny, low-power COM leaves legacy interfaces behind

By Matthias Fellhauer (LiPPERT Embedded Computers)
The first CoreExpress model, the CoreExpress-ECO, utilizes an Intel Atom processor and related system controller hub.

VITA 57 (FMC) opens the I/O pipe to FPGAs

By Malachy Devlin (Nallatech)
PMCs and XMCs enable carrier cards to be personalized with the required I/O interfaces, and now FPGAs are following suit via the VITA 57 FPGA Mezzanine Card (FMC) standard: the first open standard I/O mezzanine module for FPGAs.

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Hearing you loud and clear

By Hermann Strass (OSP)
Hermann describes the role a CompactPCI SBC plays for VoIP interoperatbility testing.

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White Paper: When Extending Battery Life, Two Processors are Often Better Than One

By John Dixon (Texas Instruments, Inc.), Zack Albus (Texas Instruments, Inc.), Adrian Valenzuela (Texas Instruments, Inc.) and JB Fowler (Texas Instruments, Inc.)
This paper looks at ways to extend battery life by combining DSPs and MCU.

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MOST effective multimedia networking

By Hermann Strass
Using MOST, audio and video signals can be transported efficiently without any overhead for addressing, collision detection/recovery, or broadcast.

White Paper: Mobile Video Services: Ready for Prime Time

By Ilan Weizman (Surf Communication Solutions, Inc.)
In this paper, we will first examine the market drivers and competing service delivery technologies for mobile video. We will then review several leading mobile video services, and present selected video-processing extensions for mobile video delivery platforms. Finally, we will conclude by summarizing the benefits of mobile video for telecom equipment manufacturers (TEMs) and systems integrators (SIs) on the one hand, and for mobile network operators (MNOs) and value-added service providers (VASPs) on the other.

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Remote Monitoring Debriefing System (RMDS) conceived and developed by the Israel Aircraft Industry (IAI)

By Yehuda Singer, PhD (Beyond2000 Ltd.)
Yehuda explains the Remote Monitoring Debriefing System (RMDS), used by pilot trainees on their first solo flights, and reveals the system analysis that convinced the IAI and Beyond2000 to select a dual-core DSP architecture based on the BF561 from Analog Devices.

White Paper: Ethernet Enabling Serial Devices in High Availability Manufacturing

By Paul Wacker (Advantech, Industrial Automation Group)
Today, manufacturing organizations world wide are working on reducing complexity in the manufacturing process and increasing the transparency of processes throughout the enterprise. The ability to communicate data from any part of the enterprise to any other part of the enterprise is core to making modern manufacturing work.

White Paper: What Does an Automation Computer Look Like?

By Mike Berryman (Advantech, Industrial Automation Group)
So count‘em up! How many automation computers do you have? Did you overlook any?

White Paper: Best Practices for Networking Automation Computers

By Mike Berryman (Advantech, Industrial Automation Group)
Automation computers can be anywhere, and do very many things. Modern automation computers are connected to networks that may be connected to other networks throughout the plant, and via TCP/IP to the entire world.

White Paper: Digital Receiver Handbook: Basics of Software Radio

By Rodger H. Hosking (Pentek, Inc.)
The inner workings of the digital receiver are explored and actual digital receiver systems and commercially available products are described.

White Paper: Computer-On-Module Designs for the Future of Portable Devices

RadiSys Corporation
For mobile and handheld device manufacturers, the evolution of Compute-On-Module (COM) products has largely been a story of more capable modules being developed to better meet the need for small size, low power, and good performance. In order to meet competitive imperatives, the need for flexibility and low cost has played a key role as well. With every new generation of technology, engineers must balance all those factors, and in doing so, they must look forward to ongoing compatibility with future components, in order to avoid costly redesign down the road.

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White Paper: Technology Snapshot -- On the Path to 4G -- Advances Toward Next-Generation Networks and Handsets in Japan and Korea

By Masako Robertson (Portelligent Inc.) and Howard Curtiss (Portelligent Inc.)
This Portelligent paper overviews developments in fourth-generation wireless networks and handsets in Korea and Japan, including the technologies LTE, UMB, and WiMAX, and such regional variants as "WiBro" and "Super 3G."

White Paper: What Does an Automation Computer Look Like

By Mike Berryman (Advantech, Industrial Automation Group)
Every day, without thinking about it, we use hundreds of computers in every facet of our lives. Nearly every device with a display or a control in our homes, in our offices, and in our factories, has a computer in it. In our factories this is especially true.

White Paper: Integrated VXS SIGINT Digital Receiver/Processor

DRS Signal Solutions, Inc. and VMETRO, Inc.
A look at combining the DRS SI-9146 Dual Tuner and the VMETRO Phoenix VPF1 VXS DSP engine illustrates a low-risk SIGINT and EW development approach.

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Electronic firefighting

By Hermann Strass
The Z8 Airport Crash Tender fire engine is based on an 8 x 8 chassis with a V12 diesel engine delivering 1,000 metric horsepower and has nozzles for spraying water and foam to defend itself against approaching fire.

White Paper: Critical Techniques for High Speed A/D Converters in Real-Time Systems (Third Edition Handbook)

By Roger H. Hosking (Pentek, Inc.)
Technology, Theory, Products, Applications

White Paper: The Advantages of Small Form Factor HMI

By Hector Lin (Advantech Corporation)
As embedded computers have become ubiquitous, so too the need for human machine interfaces has grown.

White Paper: Chasing Moore’s Law - The Truth Behind the OS and CPU Upgrades for Industrial PC Users

By Alan Koch (Advantech Corporation)
Chasing Moore’s Law – The Truth Behind the OS and CPU Upgrades for Industrial PC Users

SIGINT in the real world presents nuances

By Dr. Malachy Devlin (Nallatech)
The flexibility of the FPGA means it can be used to run a dynamically configurable measurement application that measures the effect of the ‘uncontrollable’ parameters.

Hanging up on analog and flexing Wireless/DSP muscles

By William Strauss (Forward Concepts)
The demise of analog cellular, the growth of InterDigital and VeriSilicon, and DSP shipments.

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White Paper: Ethernet I/O Chassis - A VME Alternative

By United Electronic Industries (United Electronic Industries)
A modern alternative to VME I/O systems - UEI can solve availability problems

White Paper: Best Practices on Wind River Real-Time Core Application Development

By Michael Barabanov (Wind River Systems, Inc.)
Wind River Real-Time Core for Linux enables hard real-time response for various applications. The industry considers this technology one of the best, most mature hard real-time Linux solutions available today. Real-Time Core includes a hard real-time executive that coexists with the Wind River Linux kernel.

SDR applications: One size does not fit all

By Andrew Reddig (TEK Microsystems)
In the choice of PMC/XMC or VXS, VITA's VXS is beating out the competition by providing more board and front-panel space, higher densities, improved analog performance, and more IP and I/O choices than XMCs or PMCs.

 

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