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CompactPCI Plus from PICMG Advances Future of CompactPCI

Even the most profound technological developments will evolve over time, as market needs and computing demands change. So it’s no surprise that CompactPCI, originally developed in theRead More...

Products & Technology

High-Density AC-DC Adapters for Medical Applications A series of wall mount switching adapters, designed specifically for medical and information technology equipment (ITE)Read More...

USB and StackableUSB: Enabling Efficiency and Scaling for Embedded Designs

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...

Express104 Defines the Next Generation of Small, Stackable Embedded Computing Modules

The embedded computing marketplace is as fragmented as it is diverse, often creating painful “either/or” decisions for both suppliers and users of plug-in I/O boards. A new connectorRead More...

Pico-ITX–The Next Big Thing in Small Form Factors

Space can be a major concern when designing embedded systems. Certain applications have requirements for dimensions. For example, a backseat entertainment computer should ideally fitRead More...

A Multicore Approach to More Efficient Embedded System Performance

For years, commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) board designers have typically relied on using faster processors to deliver enhanced performance when designing increasingly powerful singleRead More...

Increasing Image Acquisition Rates for Bandwidth-Hungry Applications

Electronics component manufacturers must continually improve productivity and quality to remain competitive. Motion control and machine vision play an important role in this effort byRead More...

Machine-to-Machine Communications Monitor Environmental Impact

Wireless-enabled data services have never been more important to business success. For more than 20 years, businesses have used wireless data to improve services and enhance the valueRead More...

Machine Vision Passes the Bucket

Unloading empty paint buckets from a pallet and placing them on a conveyer line for filling is fast-paced, stressful and tedious work. One worker moves pallets from a truck, clipsRead More...

LPC Bus-Legacy Lives On

Legacy buses and I/O appear to be on the chopping block. Large pin count parallel communications buses are being replaced by faster serial architectures. Examples include Serial ATARead More...

Products & Technology

Radio-via-Ethernet Board for Streaming Audio without a PC A ready-to-go answer for integrating an Internet radio solution that will play streaming audio without the need for aRead More...

6U cPCI Processor Blade with Optional Extended Temp and Conduction Cooling

Atom-Based ETX 3.0 CPU Module Targets Harsh Environments

Atom-based COM Express Module Features Video, 2 LAN and 2GB Memory

Integrated Industrial PC Line Based on Intel Atom

Atom-Based PC/104+ Fanless SBC with Advanced Graphics

Cirque and Ocular Team up on Crystal TouchT Display Screens

Rugged FPGA-Based Frame Grabber & Video Capture XMC Card

A new rugged, high-resolution frame grabber and video capture XMC (VITA 42.3) card delivers high-resolution analog and digital video capture functionality and advanced serialRead More...

Atom-Based PC/104+ SBC Supports CRT, LVDS, SATA II, and CompactFlash

An Intel Atom-based PC/104+ single board computer (SBC) is designed for space-limited applications requiring fanless operation, such as portable medical, interactive kiosk,Read More...

Embedded User Interface as Component

“Compact” COM Express Module with Atom N270 and 945GSE Express Chipset

A “Compact” COM Express module measuring 95 mm x 95 mm is fully compatible with the Type 2 pin-out of the PICMG COM Express specification. This highly integrated Express-ATC “Compact”Read More...

Two Modules Target Next-Generation High-Definition Video

Two new innovations in high-definition multimedia playback have been designed to give customers the edge when employing the latest HD H.264 and VC1 codecs that are quickly gainingRead More...

The Three Faces of Embedded

Do you ever find it a challenge to explain to your spouse or children what you do for a living? Everybody knows PCs—in fact, in many ways our children know them much better than we do.Read More...

Advancing Advances in Technology

Two innovative companies have different takes on what could be called “conventional advanced technologies”—graphics and wireless networks. Both highlight ways these slightly differentRead More...

Print is Not Dead, but Paper May Be

The usual argument over the question of whether or not print publishing is washed up as a medium usually is focused on magazines, newspapers and the Internet. Many of these argumentsRead More...

Embedded Form Factors Harness Emerging Technologies to Enable Wireless Systems

Wireless connectivity is merging with technological advancements in silicon, signaling, mass storage and software to meet the high-performance, ultra-low-power requirements forRead More...

Happy Holidays from SF3

‘Twas the night before shipping, the deadline was near Not a creature was stirring but one engineer His systems were staged in burn-in with care In hopes that a serial consoleRead More...

Facing the Challenges of Touch Screen Design

Capacitive touch has become a hot technology for various markets ranging from consumer and white goods to industrial and medical markets. As designers experiment with capacitive touchRead More...

Capacitive Touch Development Suite for Atmel AVR Microcontrollers

Capacitive Touch Development Suite for Atmel AVR Microcontrollers A complete development suite for capacitive touch buttons, sliders and wheels using AVR microcontrollers fromRead More...

Single-Slot PCIe x16 Octal Graphics Card for Mission-Critical Environments

Single-Slot PCIe x16 Octal Graphics Card for Mission-Critical Environments A PCI Express graphics card is capable of supporting eight DisplayPort or DVI Single-Link outputs fromRead More...

COM Express Module Sports Higher Graphics Performance

COM Express Module Sports Higher Graphics Performance A new high-performance COM Express compact module features the Intel GS45 small form factor (SFF) chipset, which enablesRead More...

DisplayPort Comes to CompactPCI Embedded Board

DisplayPort Comes to CompactPCI Embedded Board A 3U CompactPCI multicore board with the CP308-MEDIA extension card is one of the first embedded products to feature the newRead More...

APIX Starter Kit for Development of Robust, Inexpensive Control Units

APIX Starter Kit for Development of Robust, Inexpensive Control Units Automotive Pixel Link (APIX) technology was originally developed for transferring image data in vehicles,Read More...

Graphics Processors Running General-Purpose Code Set to Revolutionize Embedded Computing

The quest for ever higher performance in embedded computing has seen successive generations of microprocessor come and go, with quad core the latest to rise to the challenge. DSP andRead More...

Color Machine Vision—Untouched by Human Eyes

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...

CPU Architectures Bring C Programmability into Formerly Specialized Devices

Given all the hardware assists that are continually appearing to speed specialized parts of applications such as I/O, signal conditioning, graphics processing, signal processing, etc.,Read More...

COM Express Module Aimed at Graphics-Intensive Embedded Apps

A new Computer-on-Module (COM) is based on Intel’s Core2 Duo processor and GS45 chipset with Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD, and is suited for power-sensitive applicationsRead More...

Core i7 / i5 COM Express Module Features Integrated Graphics and Memory Controller

A COM Express Type 2 module supports the 64-bit Intel Core i7 / i5 processor with CPU, memory controller and graphics processor on the same chip. Based on the latest Mobile IntelRead More...

COM Express Small Form Factor Module Based on Core i7

A new COM Express features the latest Intel Core i7-620M processor with a core speed of 2.66 GHz, with 4 Mbyte L2 cache and up to 8 Gbyte fast (1066 MT/s) dual channel DDR3 memory.Read More...

6U VPX Blade Debuts with Two Core i7 Processors

An innovative VPX computing blade for parallel data and signal processing applications incorporates two independently implemented Intel Core i7 processing nodes linked to a powerfulRead More...

Multiple Graphics Expansion Modules Support up to Six Displays per System

Multiple Graphics Expansion Modules Support up to Six Displays per System Adding multiple displays to systems is becoming increasingly popular for high-end and complexRead More...

AdvancedMC Processor Board with Core i7 and Integrated Graphics

AdvancedMC Processor Board with Core i7 and Integrated Graphics A single-width AdvancedMC processor module, designed with the new Intel Mobile Core i7 processor, offers aRead More...

Capacitive Touch Switches Improve Transparency with Less Reflectivity

An advanced capacitive touch switch technology detects variations in position and command, eliminates air gaps and reduces the number of layers required. This technology from OptrexRead More...

Tablet-Sized Capacitive Touch Screen with Multi-touch All-point Capability

A tablet-sized capacitive touch screen technology with unlimited finger tracking capability enables, among other things, a user to manipulate multiple pictures on the screenRead More...

Autonomous UIs—A New Path for Customizing Application Look, Feel and Function

Embedded computing has its roots in industrial automation and instrumentation. The vast majority of traditional systems was headless, or communicated with operators and other usersRead More...

Low Power 3U CompactPCI Blade Supports the Dual-Core Atom D510

From Your Finger to the Screen – How Touch screens Understand

While touch screens have become more prevalent in everyday electronics, few people understand how they really work. From the capacitive change from a human finger to the final motionRead More...

Rugged Single Slot Graphics Solution for Demanding Applications

Rugged Single Slot Graphics Solution for Demanding Applications A high-performance 6U VME rugged graphics platform combines an Intel Core2 Duo processor operating at up to 2.26Read More...

Fanless Panel PCs Balance Performance and Power Consumption

Two new fanless panel PCs are powered by Intel Atom N270 processors. The PPC-L128T and PPC-L157T from Advantech are 12.1” and 15” fanless panel PCs that deliver highRead More...

Touch Solution Enables High-Resolution Screens, Unlimited Touch

A new set of touch screen solutions now supports large touch screens up to 15 inches for emerging products including touch-enabled tablets, smartbooks, mobile Internet devicesRead More...

6.5 Inch and 15 Inch Touch Screen Panel PCs for Next Generation HMI Applications

Two new fanless touch screen panel PCs feature durability with IP65-compliant LED backlit panels that can withstand temperatures of -200° to 600°C. Device interactivity is assured withRead More...

Royalty-Free GUI Toolkit for Resource-Constrained Devices

A GUI suite of development tools optimized for embedded devices is targeted as a complete GUI software development solution for resource-constrained devices. Prism from Blue WaterRead More...

Rugged SBC Offers Robust Display Functions for Mobile Applications

A rugged, maintenance-free SBC is targeted for use in mobile and intelligent display environments including trains, public transportation, airplanes and other specialty vehiclesRead More...

Edge-Lit Light Guides Provide Backlighting for Touch Display Graphics

Ultra-thin light guides from Global Lighting Technologies (GLT) utilize the company’s LED-based edge-lighting technology to provide a solution for backlighting touch-enabled displayRead More...

Hybrid Flat Panel USB Controller Board – Ethernet and Wireless

Hybrid Flat Panel USB Controller Board – Ethernet and Wireless

A controller board family for industrial flat panel solutions is available in 4 basic versions from Display Solution. The d.screen Hybrid board matches and exceeds the needs ofRead More...

xxxx Embedded UI Design Tools Integrated with RTOS

Embedded UI Design Tools Integrated with RTOS

Safe Software: Things to Consider when Building Products that Can Cause Injury

A fair number of developers in the embedded software industry are now building products that are considered to be moderate or high level of concern devices. This terminology means thatRead More...

RISC-Based Touch Screen Computer with Extended Temperature Range

Head Transplant

Those of us old enough to remember when the word “control” always followed the word “embedded,” remember a day when even computer controlled equipment was beset with electromechanicalRead More...

Supercomputer Performance on a Chip Powers Next-Generation Embedded Image Processing

Current-generation imaging applications have exhausted every method for squeezing out additional performance. First, microprocessor vendors deepened on-die caches, created SIMD (singleRead More...

Mini-ITX Platform Provides Multiple Displays for Signage and Gaming

  A new low-power Mini-ITX motherboard couples the Via VX900 media system processor with a choice of 1.2 GHz and 1.6 GHz Via Nano Processors to provide a high-performance and highlyRead More...

Graphics Performance Drives Ever More Capable Small Form Factor Designs

It is well known that many embedded market applications have evolved to smaller, space-constrained designs that also require long-term availability and cost-effective embeddedRead More...

Growth of Solar Power Rides on Embedded Intelligence

The growth of the solar photovoltaic renewable energy industry in the United States is looking to have positive news for the spread of embedded systems. This may seemRead More...

Dual Core Mini-ITX Main Board Supports High-End Graphics

Coupling a 1.6 GHz VIA Nano X2 E-series processor with the VX900 media system processor, the new VB8004 Mini-ITX main board from Via Technologies provides a high-performance andRead More...

New Levels of Hardware Integration with LabVIEW 2011

National Instruments has unveiled NI LabView 2011, the 25th-anniversary version of its award-winning system design software. LabView accelerates the productivity of engineers andRead More...

Steve Jobs

The first time I actually met Steve Jobs was back around 1978 or 1979 at a Regis McKenna reception. Regis McKenna was the premier Silicon Valley advertising and PR agency of the day.Read More...

AMD vDual-Core Power on Qseven Module

A new Qseven module is based on the AMD Embedded G-Series and combines high-performance graphics, dual core processing power and low power consumption in a very small form factor. ItRead More...

Video and Display Technology at the Intersection of Full Multimedia Immersion

Today’s video and display technology designers are afforded more resources and flexibility than ever before to deliver stunning, ultra-immersive HD visual experiences for a wide rangeRead More...

KVM Extenders to Support New Linux Distributions for Multi-Display

A new generation of kernel-based virtual machine (KVM) extenders now supports a broader range of Linux operating systems, and showcases a new degree of remote multi-displayRead More...

App Servers and Lua Scripting Speed Rich Web Applications for Small Devices

Running a business used to be straightforward. You had development and production and marketing and sales, little of which had fundamentally changed for decades or more. And thenRead More...

Touch Screen HMI Displays Speed Development

A series of touch screen HMIs offers built-in Ethernet communications, advanced alarming/recipe/data logging capabilities and live video input/display capabilities. By allowing directRead More...

VPX Board Set with High-End DSP for Aero and SIGINT

Two modules, both designed to meet demanding SIGINT, COMINT and radar processing applications, together with  FPGA engines and FMC I/O modules from Curtiss-Wright Controls EmbeddedRead More...

Graphics-Capable HMI for Mobile Machinery

A new graphics-capable HMI comes with a 4.3” large TFT Display and has been designed especially for vehicles and mobile machines that are used in harsh environments. The BTM 012 fromRead More...

Industrial-Grade “Smart Panel” Products Integrate Touch LCD with Main Board