SPOTLIGHT

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Next Generation Design Data Management

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Spending far too much time and energy wrestling with your team’s design documentation? Learn to create a pushbutton design release process, integrate bills of materials and parts with your ERP / MRP systems, manage design and fabrication variants plus more. Don’t miss this live Feb 25th, CLICK HERE

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Embedded Processing Design Made Easy

The ADI BF518F FMC Reference Design is a simple-to-use platform using the low-power Blackfin processor and Microsoft .NET Micro Framework.

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Embedded Computing Yearbook 2009

Download now the digital-only "Embedded Computing Yearbook 2009", a special issue of Boards & Solutions magazine . This 70-page electronic magazine provides you with more than 25 technical articles about Boards & Modules, Systems and Software.

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Chips & Tools Yearbook 2009

Download now the digital-only "Chips & Tools Yearbook 2009", a special issue of ECE magazine . This 70-page electronic magazine provides you with more than 25 technical articles about about Micros & DSPs, Tools & Software, Embedded Distribution and FPGAs, PLDs & ASICs

 

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 Avionics Europe - 24th & 25th of March 2010 in Amsterdam

Avionics Conference is now in its 8th year, and retains its position as the premiere conference for the avionics industry. Recently purchased by PennWell Corporation, and now incorporating Defence Electronics, the Avionics Conference 2010 will consist of a trade exhibition, two-day conference program, workshops, master classes, exhibitor presentations and technology demonstrations. The next Avionics will be held 24-25 March 2010 in Amsterdam.

DESIGNER'S CORNER 

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Enabling interoperability in high-performance embedded applications

OpenVPX expands on the VPX Base and Dot Specifications and provides a System Specification to address interoperability issues between VPX modules and Chassis. OpenVPX is an extensible specification which addresses the current and future needs for computing in harsh environments.

Small form factor boards embrace new generation of the Atom family

This article describes the PC/104 form factor CPU board and a type 2 COM Express CPU module based on the Intel Luna Pier and Luna Pier Refresh platforms.

Risk management for counterfeit materials

Counterfeit materials will continue to challenge the defensive capabilities of manufacturers in the military and aerospace industry.

Overview about the 6U VPX single board computer VPX6-185

This Video is presented by Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing’s VPX6-185 6U VPX single board computer is a high performance rugged processing platform.

Early verification and validation using model-based design

One of the primary benefits of model-based design is the opportunity to do rigorous verification and validation in parallel with all other development steps, especially early in the development process.

Smarter products - software becomes the most active ingredient

As software becomes the most active ingredient in product innovation, traditional manufacturers are essentially becoming software companies. While this transformation is sparking unprecedented leaps in product value, it is also introducing new challenges and implications.

Building ultra-slim embedded systems with Em-ITX

Building a slimline or thinline embedded system can be a difficult task or a relatively simple one depending on the form factor chosen for the task. But how slim is slim enough?