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Our editors compile and consider different approaches to a technology sector, helping the reader ready their product for market. This includes such issues as updates on industry standards, advances in semiconductors, development tools, connectors, RTOSs, and networking infrastructure.
Stadnards Update
SUMIT-ISM—Uniting Legacy and Advanced I/O in a Stackable Form Factor
by Gary Harris, VersaLogic
December 2009
In early 2008, the Small Form Factor Special Interest Group (SFF-SIG) introduced a ground-breaking new interconnect technology called Stackable Unified Module Interconnect TechnologyRead More...
High Reliability
Increasing Reliability through Automated Enforcement of Design Rules
Paul Anderson, Ph.D., GrammaTech
November 2009
In the ongoing effort to improve software reliability, advanced static-analysis tools have proven to be effective at finding serious programming errors. These tools use sophisticatedRead More...
Rugged Systems for Rugged Apps
Communication Rack Mount Servers Move to New Levels of Reliability
by Keith Taylor, Kontron
October 2009
The growing demand to maximize uptime, performance and reliability of networked systems has led to the design of more rugged server solutions. Moreover, these types of rugged solutionsRead More...
Small DSP Boards
Digital Signal Processors at the Intersection of Form and Function
Anders Frederiksen, Analog Devices
September 2009
Consistent with Moore’s law, digital signal processors (DSPs) continue to grow in computational performance and functionality while shrinking in size. The pace of this architecturalRead More...
Mobile Robots
Mobile Robotics: Moving Robots Forward
Meghan Meckstroth, National Instruments
August 2009
Mobile robotics is one of the fastest growing fields of engineering. By 2015, the Department of Defense has mandated that one third of all military vehicles must be autonomous. TheRead More...
Security for Wireless Networks
Security in Wireless Sensor Networks
Kurt Stammberger, Mocana
July 2009
Devices and “smart objects” like industrial sensors are rapidly outnumbering workstations on networks worldwide, with some experts projecting that within 5 years there will be over 100Read More...
Security for Wireless Networks
Wireless Security and CERT C
Chris Tapp and Paul Humphreys, LDRA
July 2009
The widespread adoption of wireless technology in embedded systems, such as wireless DSL routers, printers, streaming audio devices, PDAs and smart phones, over the past decade has ledRead More...
Managing Small Modules
Using I2C for "Behind-the-Scenes" Management
Michael Thompson, Pentair/Schroff and Serge Zhukov, Pigeon Point Systems
June 2009
The Advanced Telecommunications Architecture (ATCA) and MicroTCA specifications include hardware platform management capabilities because the target markets demand high reliability andRead More...
USB in Embedded
USB Offers Many Choices for Use in Embedded Systems
Yingbo Hu and Ralph Moore, Micro Digital
May 2009
USB is not a peer-to-peer protocol like Ethernet. One USB device, called the USB host, acts as the master. Other USB devices, called USB devices or USB peripherals, act as slaves. TheRead More...
USB in Embedded
USB and StackableUSB: Enabling Efficiency and Scaling for Embedded Designs
Susan Wooley, Inter Stackable Standards Group
May 2009
Board-level system designers have benefited from Moore’s Law of exponential improvement in size, cost, density and speed over the years as processor boards have packed more horsepowerRead More...
USB in Embedded
USB I/O for the Embedded OEM
Stephen Newbegin, ACCES I/O Products
May 2009
With the advent of the serial interconnect such as PCI Express and USB, the most obvious reaction and approach for designing new I/O has been to continue with just offering a connectorRead More...
USB in Embedded
USB 3.0 Boosts Speed 10x, Broadens Embedded-Systems Applicability
Adrian Braine and Ben Papps, PLX Technology
May 2009
USB has become the interface of choice for many PC and consumer products, having reached an installed base of more than six billion units and counting. It is the ubiquitousRead More...