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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 | CHANGE |
|---|---|---|
 Kontron | 7.81 | 4.577%
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| Adlink | 1.54 | 2.388%
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| Advantech | 2.32 | 1.505%
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 Interphase | 1.61 | -3.012%
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| Radisys | 9.26 | -1.016%
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| - Performance Technologies | 2.10 | 0.000% |
| - Enea | 5.63 | 0.000% |
| PLX | 3.62 | -3.209%
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| Mercury Computer | 11.76 | -2.931%
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| Elma | 412.98 | -0.476%
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| HIGH | LOW | MKT CAP |
|---|---|---|
7.85 | 7.43 | 435.04 |
1.58 | 1.52 | 185.11 |
2.33 | 2.30 | 1,198.70 |
1.70 | 1.61 | 11.00 |
9.41 | 9.24 | 223.74 |
| 2.10 | 2.10 | 23.34 |
| 5.63 | 5.54 | 101.86 |
3.74 | 3.61 | 134.28 |
12.17 | 11.76 | 279.57 |
412.98 | 412.98 | 94.25 |
Technology Deployed
Factory Automation
Overcoming Concerns about Wireless PACs and I/O in Industrial Automation
Jean Femia, Opto22
August 2010
For several reasons, the automation industry has increasingly begun to examine and evaluate wireless interfaces and communication for projects both large and small. Among otherRead More...
Factory Automation
Industrial-Strength Computerized Machine Management
Ian Gilvarry, Intel
August 2010
Sometime soon the computer system in an industrial machine responsible for capping a popular cola, or welding the frame on an automobile, or controlling the operation of a city’s powerRead More...
Medical Devices
Medical Device Software: Why Has It Gone Code Red?
Bill StClair and Nat Hillary, LDRA
July 2010
An FDA analysis of 3,140 medical device recalls conducted between 1992 and 1998 reveals that 79% of software-related recalls were caused by software defects introduced when changesRead More...
Medical Devices
Ensuring Software Quality in Embedded Medical Devices
Elijah Kerry, National Instruments
July 2010
The term “medical device” is used to refer to any item that treats, diagnoses, prevents or monitors patients. This ranges from simple stethoscopes, to teleoperated surgical devices, toRead More...
Medical Devices
Embedded Technology Powers Healthcare Device Accessory to Improve Patient Ventilator Monitoring
Pete Dombrowski, Eurotech
July 2010
The Engström Carestation is an expandable respiratory care station from GE Healthcare. Its design is intended to help satisfy clinicians’ need for accurate, timely data with advancedRead More...
Medical Devices
Cost Reduction & Time-to-Market Drive Medical OEM Outsourcing of Embedded Computers
Erich Heikkila, Venture Development Corporation
July 2010
When VDC Research Group surveyed 50 medical/healthcare OEMs for the medical module of its 2010 embedded hardware demand-side research in Q2 of 2010, the medical customers were askedRead More...
Motor and Motion Control
Tightly Integrated Devices Yield More Efficient Motor Control
Yvonne Lin, Actel
June 2010
Motor controls are comprised of the power electronics that control the application of voltage and current to the motor. Digital motor controllers manage the power electronics toRead More...
Green Engineering
Fiber Optics Is the Path to Reliability in Wind Turbine Generators and Wind Farms
by Mickaël Marie, Avago Technologies
May 2010
Electricity generation by wind turbine generators, or WTGs, is a proven green energy technology in both land and offshore environments. However, wind farms located either onshore orRead More...
Green Engineering
Energy Harvesting and Power Balance in Wireless Sensor Networks
Martin R. Johnson, Illumra and Eugene You, EnOcean
May 2010
Wireless, energy-harvesting technologies are making waves in terms of sustaining building automation and energy conservation controls. By becoming versed in energy-harvesting andRead More...
Green Engineering
Embedded Computing for Energy Efficieny: More than Just Vendor Marketing Hype
Richard Dean, Venture Development Corporation
May 2010
According to the 2010 Annual Energy Outlook, published yearly by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), total electricity consumption, including both purchases from electricRead More...
Data Acquisition with Small Modules
High-Speed Digitizers Recapture Innovation as ADCs Yield to FPGAs
by Anthony Hunt, Signatec
April 2010
Prior to the new millennium, skilled hardware engineers pushed the technology envelope with inventive wideband digitizer designs leveraging an assortment of discrete logic integratedRead More...
Machine to Machine Systems Smooth Transportation
Providing Data in Real Time: Machine to Machine Systems Smooth Transportation
by Kurt Hochanadel, Eurotech
March 2010
In machine-to-machine (M2M) communications, a field-deployed wireless device gathers data and sends it to a back-end server through a wireless network. M2M is particularly useful inRead More...
Machine to Machine Systems Smooth Transportation
Monitoring the Railway with Technology and Keeping Both Running
Dana Earl, Salient Systems and Russ Nieves, Xembedded
March 2010
In the railroad industry, management by prevention is imperative. Faulty track and equipment causes half of all train derailments. The resulting cost to the global rail industry inRead More...
Wireless Networks for Building and Facility Management
Re-Inventing Wireless Building Automation for Smaller/Retrofit Jobs
Simon Leblond and Hami Chanon, SCL Elements
February 2010
A building automation system can save money by lowering labor, power and other costs. It can also enhance occupants’ enjoyment of the space through optimized climate control, a moreRead More...
Machine Vision in Factory Automation
Color Machine Vision—Untouched by Human Eyes
by Ben Dawson, Dalsa Corporation
January 2010
Human perception of color is influenced by genetic factors, experience, disease, age, adaptation, lighting and the colors in the immediate environment. For example, a color can appearRead More...