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System Design

VXFabric software system for backplane configuration 12/07/2011

When work started on developing the VPX backplane standard in 2004, members of the VITA Consortium wanted to create something which represented the ...

The best route to avoiding counterfeit electronics 11/07/2011

It's been discussed and analysed for years, yet there does not seem to be an end in sight for the trade in counterfeit electronics.

Power metering reference design centres on ARM based mcu 29/06/2011

The need to monitor energy consumption is throwing up a range of solutions, not only for electricity meters themselves, but also for devices that ...

Modular instrumentation set to meet new test challenges 14/06/2011

The world of test and measurement is changing; slowly for some, but at a rapid clip for other users. This change is seeing users moving away from ...
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Turning off the shelf components into application specific ... 14/06/2011

By definition, off the shelf modular instruments are designed to be general purpose, programmable and flexible enough to handle a variety of input ...

Thermal management systems feel the heat 14/06/2011

For every advance in the performance of systems in the semiconductor, microprocessor and computer industries, there is a corresponding increase in ...

Oscilloscope manufacturers provide more functionality for ... 24/05/2011

You might think that users at the lower end of the oscilloscope market were not interested in performance. But you would be wrong, as leading ...
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Clear force sensing material set to see touch screen ... 24/05/2011

Touch screens have proved to be a phenomenal success with smartphones and tablets, such as the iPad, changing the way that users interact with ...

Researchers work to increase efficiency of batteries 10/05/2011

There are fundamental limits to batteries. While they can produce high power or hold large amounts of energy, they are unable to do both.

Tools developers respond to growing popularity of Cortex-M ... 10/05/2011

ARM's Cortex-M range of microcontroller cores has changed the market landscape. Not only has it provided a number of companies with a platform on ...
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Achieving system level boundary scan in different ways 10/05/2011

Standardised in 1990 as IEEE1149.1, boundary scan (or Jtag) is a popular aid to post manufacture pcb test and as a means of programming cplds, fpgas ...

Coating finishes for moulded enclosures 26/04/2011

Plastic enclosures have many benefits: many suppliers serve the market with a great number of standard products available in different styles and ...

How hardware failures and data misinterpretation can affect ... 12/04/2011

Shortly before being gunned down by a robot played by Yul Brynner in the movie Westworld, a tourist is bitten by a mechanical snake. "That's not ...

PCB layouts and 3D designs move closer together 12/04/2011

For years, the worlds of electronic and mechanical computer aided design have evolved along very separate paths. It was never intended to happen this ...

Easing the pain of software maintenace 12/04/2011

The software code base within any company involved in developing systems with embedded microprocessors is an important asset.

Is lighting now in the mood for oled? 06/04/2011

Jeanine Chrobak-Kando, business development manager for led lighting at Verbatim, considers how oleds are evolving as complementary sources of indoor ...

Cooling power supplies 06/04/2011

A comparative analysis of power supply single speed air mover and an entire electronics enclosure system fan.

Cover story: Security issues when working on defence ... 22/03/2011

Responding to the global political situation, governments are placing more emphasis on defence and security. These moves are providing opportunities ...

Prototyping system designs on fpgas 22/03/2011

Software is a major – some might say the major – component of any system design and that software is often targeted at specialised hardware. Making ...

Retail technology, that personal touch 08/03/2011

Could the retail industry be on the verge of a revolution in technology? Laura Hopperton reports.
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CompactPCI Serial, setting the standard? 08/03/2011

Independent base standard CompactPCI Serial gets its official launch in Nuremburg. By Chris Shaw.

Cores for celebration: Intel's second generation Core ... 22/02/2011

There was a time when the industrial computing market wasn't that interested in such aspects as power consumption and graphics performance. But times ...

A design blueprint for a high efficiency ac/dc power supply 08/02/2011

The key elements in a topology for achieving very high efficiency ac/dc conversion in circuits rated at up to 1kW have existed for some time, but it ...

Breaking records again: The largest Embedded World event yet 07/02/2011

Embedded World, which takes place in Nuremburg from 1 to 3 March, is enhancing its reputation as the leading event of its kind anywhere in the world. ...

Is the hardware engineer becoming an ‘endangered species’? 07/02/2011

There is general agreement that software is now the dominant part of the embedded design process. There is also a trend towards platform based ...
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