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Three Considerations for a Successful Vision-Guided Motion System
Priya Ramachandran, National Instruments
A well-implemented vision-guided motion system enables manufacturers to improve product quality, enhance process control, and increase efficiency while lowering cost of ownership. Three considerations for finding a successful solution have proven to help yield a high ROI within a year of commissioning.
Vision-guided motion systems can automate tasks at accuracies and speeds that provide next-generation machines with faster throughput, higher quality and lower cost. Today, theRead More...
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RTEC10 is an index made up of 10 public companies which have revenue that is derived primarily from sales in the embedded sector. The companies are made up of both software and hardware companies being traded on public exchanges.
| COMPANY | PRICE (USD) | CHANGE |
|---|---|---|
Adlink | 1.09 | 0.621%
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Advantech | 2.89 | -0.233%
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Concurrent Comp | 3.90 | 9.244%
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Elma | 475.09 | 0.058%
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Enea | 5.34 | -1.370%
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| -   Interphase | 5.01 | 0.000% |
Kontron | 8.02 | 3.248%
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Mercury Comp | 13.50 | 0.446%
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Performance Tech | 1.87 | -3.109%
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PLX | 3.08 | 0.654%
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Radisys | 6.14 | -1.917%
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| 52 WK HIGH | 52 WK LOW | MKT CAP (Million USD) |
|---|---|---|
1.12 | 1.09 | 150.11 |
2.90 | 2.82 | 1,595.50 |
3.90 | 3.73 | 35.74 |
475.09 | 475.09 | 108.55 |
5.38 | 5.20 | 94.21 |
| 5.14 | 4.92 | 34.55 |
8.14 | 7.93 | 446.47 |
13.52 | 13.33 | 413.24 |
1.93 | 1.87 | 20.79 |
3.11 | 3.04 | 137.17 |
6.25 | 5.95 | 170.30 |
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As designs become more compact and power consumption becomes an ever more important issue, the need to address these demands with single-chip ASICs grows. To meet these demands, however, the nature of the ASIC needs to change.Changing Demands Are Changing the Role and Applicability of SoCs and ASICs
Brian Calder, IntervalZero
Multicore architectures and raw silicon speed are closing the performance gap between general purpose processors, SoCs and ASICs. This makes it possible to do in software all of the functions on a GPP that would have previously required an ASIC.TECHNOLOGY CONNECTED
The Benefits of COM-Based Single Board Computers
Jonathan Miller, Diamond Systems
Recent discussions have debated the advantages of COMs, such as COM Express, versus stackable SBCs, such as PC/104. Here’s how to get the benefits of both at the same time.TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYED
GigE Vision Interfaces Deliver Higher Performance for Machine Vision Systems
John Phillips, Pleora Technologies
The increasing performance and density of today’s vision systems are placing demands on bandwidth and preprocessing. Higher speed 10 GigE Ethernet interface devices and FPGAs for preprocessing vision data can increase the ease and reduce the cost of upgrades.TECHNOLOGY IN SYSTEMS
Re-focusing the SoC for Energy Optimization
Rasmus Christian Larsen, Energy Micro
Minimizing power consumption in SoCs involves more than just sleep modes. Often, hardware-assisted techniques can save CPU cycles and reduce power consumption.Software Considerations to Manage and Optimize System Power
Adam Kaiser and Arvind Raghuraman, Mentor Graphics
Modern CPUs have rich facilities for power management. The combination of a power-aware RTOS with application-level strategies can enable designers to greatly optimize system-level power consumption.INDUSTRY WATCH
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ARM on COM Modules: Meeting the Needs of Mobile Devices
Tom Williams, Editor-in-Chief
A new design of very small modules is in the works that will support ARM processors with a standard connector. This is driven by the ever-growing need for high performance with minimum power consumption.EDITORIAL
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