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Mixed FPGA/Processor Platforms Accelerate Software Algorithms
David Pellerin, Impulse Accelerated Technologies, James Smith, Altera, Scott Thibault, Green Mountain Computing and Lloyd Hyden, Arrow Electronics
The use of field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) in high-performance embedded applications has gained in popularity in recent years. FPGAs have proven themselves capable of handling Read More...
Integrated Modeling Environment Constructs High-Fidelity Plant and Controller Models
Mike Dickens and Jay Sharp, The MathWorks and Jim Ledin, Ledin Engineering
Over the past decade, the development of guidance, navigation and control (GN&C) systems has come to rely increasingly on modeling and simulation techniques. Properly applied,Read More...
Publisher's Letter
Switched Fabrics Slow on the Uptake
Warren Andrews
Switched Fabrics have been in the news for the past three or four years now, yet outside of switched Ethernet, there’s been little large-scale deployment in the embedded marRead More...
Software & Development Tools
Choosing and Taking Full
Darcy Wronkiewicz, Green Hills Software
Choosing a CPU for an embedded product is tricky. The team set with the task of choosing a target architecture must ask a number of important questions. How fast does it need to be? HRead More...
On-Chip Debug Provides Insight
Craig Haller, Macraigor Systems
The basic method of debug for many years was the ROM monitor, a stripped down version of today’s “board support package.” The ROM monitor was software that residRead More...
Tech Feature
Common Platform Concept Enriches HA Apps
Dr. Markus Leberecht, Force Computers
The winds of change continue to build momentum in the massive communications infrastructure market. The convergence of data and communication networks is ramping up, and next-geneRead More...
ATCA/AMC: The Backbone for Telecom High Availability
Todd Wynia, Artesyn Communication Products
Component suppliers have been chasing telecom OEMs (TEMs) for more than two decades, trying to get them to outsource basic infrastructure such as chassis, board-level products (blRead More...
High Availability: A Game of Tradeoffs
Terrence Lui, GNP Computers
Ask ten engineers what high availability means and you’ll likely get at least nine different answers. However, most agree that high-availability (HA) systems are concerned wRead More...
Technology in Context
New Signal Conditioners Do More Than Amplify and Filter Data
Brian Betts, National Instruments
Measuring an analog signal with a PC requires analog-to-digital conversion. Ensuring that those analog signals or sensor measurements are acquired accurately, reliably and safely Read More...