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Articles: Electronics & Computers
In the electronics industry today there are two commonly used high-speed memory types: static RAM (SRAM) and dynamic RAM (DRAM). Traditionally, SRAM embedded memory has been the designer's choice for fast memory, but since a typical SRAM...
Articles: Electronics & Computers
High-powered embedded computing equipment utilizing the Air Transport Rack (ATR) form factor is playing an ever-larger role in extreme, mission-critical applications in air, land, and sea environments....
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Tunable microwave devices based on metal terminals connected by thin ferroelectric films (see Figure 1) can be made to perform better by patterning the films to include suitably...
Articles: Electronics & Computers
The need for commercial off the shelf (COTS) single board computer (SBC) products continues to grow as higher processing, smaller footprints and lower power requirements become more critical. For...
Application Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA) is a methodology for analyzing potential problems early in the product development cycle where it is easier to take action to overcome potential issues, thereby...
Products: Electronics & Computers
VersaLogic Corp. (Eugene, OR) offers the Sidewinder, a single board computer (SBC) designed to complement their existing EBX product line. The Sidewinder is a reliable fanless design featuring a robust array of onboard I/O...
Products: Electronics & Computers
ASSET InterTech (Richardson, TX) has expanded its ScanWorks® system by adding signal integrity analysis applications that support Intel's next-generation embedded instrumentation technology, Intel® IBIST...
Products: Electronics & Computers
Lecroy® Corporation (Chestnut Ridge, NY) has introduced a 13 GHz test system comprised of the SDA 13000 Serial Data Analyzer, the D13000PS Active Differential Probe, and a suite of debug and analysis tools. The new system...
Products: Electronics & Computers
ALT Software, DiSTI, Green Hills Software, and RTI (Santa Clara, CA) have combined to introduce a robust solution for mission-critical data distribution and display. The real-time integrated avionics network is for remotely...
Products: Electronics & Computers
The new 32 GB SATA Solid State Disk (SSD) Drive from Ridata (Diamond Bar, CA) is almost twice as fast as a conventional hard disk drive. The data transfer rates are 60MB/s for maximum sequential read and...
Products: Electronics & Computers
Cornet Technology Inc. (Springfield, VA) has announced its latest VME64x PowerPC single board computer called the Celero CVME-7448ST. This board incorporates a newer hostbridge controller (Tundra Tsi109) and...
Products: Electronics & Computers
Dynatem (Mission Viejo, CA) offers the Intel® Core-Duo (Yonah) processor-based DPD VMEbus Single Board Computer (SBC). The DPD is a single-slot VMEbus (and VME64) compatible platform and requires only 5V from...
Products: Electronics & Computers
The new line of high-frequency center probe test sockets from Aries Electronics (Frenchtown, NJ) can be used with devices requiring pitches as low as 0.40mm. The sockets are used in CSP, MicroBGA, DSP, LGA, SRAM, DRAM,...
Products: Electronics & Computers
Lambda (San Diego, CA) has introduced the HWS1000 series of 1000-watt power supplies. The single-output power supplies are ideal for powering process control equipment, ATE, and factory automation systems. The power...
INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
Since their introduction in 1991, PC/104 standard based systems have been widely adopted in various applications. Unmanned aircraft control, onboard vehicle control and navigation systems,...
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
A four-port magic-T hybrid waveguide junction serves as the central component of a high-efficiency two-way power combiner circuit for transmitting a high-rate...
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Switched Band-Pass Filters for Adaptive Transceivers
Switched band-pass filters are key components of proposed adaptive, software- defined radio transceivers that would be parts of envisioned digital-data- communication networks that would enable real-time acquisition and monitoring of data from geographically distributed sensors. Examples of...
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Systems to provide improved tactile feedback to aircraft pilots are being developed to help the pilots maintain harmony between their control actions and the positions of aircraft control surfaces,...
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
A waveguide structure for combining the outputs of four amplifiers operating at 35 GHz (Ka band) is based on a similar prior structure used in the X band. The structure is designed to function with low...
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Waveguide Calibrator for Multi-Element Probe Calibration
A calibrator, referred to as the "spider" design, can be used to calibrate probes incorporating multiple acoustic sensing elements. The application is an acoustic energy density probe, although the calibrator can be used for other types of acoustic probes. The calibrator relies on the use of...
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
A special-purpose high-voltage power supply can be electronically switched on and off with fast rise and fall times, respectively. The output potential is programmable from 20 to 1,250 V....
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Noncoherent DTTLs for Symbol Synchronization
Noncoherent data-transition tracking loops (DTTLs) have been proposed for use as symbol synchronizers in digital communication receivers. [Communication- receiver subsystems that can perform their assigned functions in the absence of synchronization with the phases of their carrier signals ("carrier...
Articles: Electronics & Computers
Systems designers are always pressing for faster and faster real-time performance, and data acquisition technology continues to evolve to meet that need. Currently available...
Articles: Electronics & Computers
Software developers face constant challenges. Not only must their code be functionally correct, it must also be reliable. In addition, competition among software vendors has taken software quality to significantly higher levels....
Articles: Electronics & Computers
Portable data acquisition applications have to meet a number of stringent requirements not present in traditional laboratory systems. Environmental conditions such as...
Application Briefs: Electronics & Computers
VXS-based satellite communications development system TEK Microsystems Chelmsford, MA 978-244-9200 www.tekmicro.com
TEK Microsystems’ first VXS-based satellite communications...
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
This method uses a magnetic-fieldresponse contact sensor that is designed to identify surface contact and motion between contact locations. The sensor has three components: (1)...
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
A magnetic field response sensor is designed to measure displacement or rotation rate without a physical connection to a power source, microprocessor, data acquisition equipment, or...
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The upper part of the figure illustrates the major functional blocks of a direction-sensitive analog tachometer circuit based on the use of an unexcited two-phase brushless dc motor as a rotation...
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