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September 14, 2006 Public Safety VPN Solution Upgraded For Better Coverage
Multi-Net Mobility, a mobile virtual private network (VPN) solution that delivers secure, seamless connectivity to public safety and government workers, now has two significant improvements. An optimized network switching feature added to the solution's Intelligent Routing suite detects when the user is in an area of overlapping wireless network coverage. If the active network experiences a weaker signal strength, the feature picks up the drop in signal quality and ...
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September 14, 2006 Partnership Leads To RFID Antenna Developments
Two RFID developments have emerged from a partnership between Hyan Microelectronics Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China) and Paralec Inc. (Rocky Hill, N.J.). An anti-counterfeiting smart label using a printed silver antenna affixes inside or outside a product package. The label breaks instantly if someone tries to remove it. The smart labels are engineered to ISO 14443 A/15693 standards and operate at a recommended frequency of 13.56 MHz. They have a user-programmable memory of...
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September 14, 2006 Test Platform Yields More Thorough RF Hardware Measurement
Agilent Technologies is now offering a test platform that enables thorough system-level testing for wireless networking and cellular communications systems. The Connected Solutions Workbench makes RF hardware measurements such as swept error vector magnitude (EVM), complementary cumulative density function (CCDF), and bit-error-rate (BER) analysis possible for prototype hardware. It includes pre-configured test setups that support multiple wireless standards such as ...
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May 11, 2006 Embedded: DBMS Speeds Embedded Transactions
The royalty-based Encirq Framework V2.2 is a small-footprint (starting at 24 kbytes) database management system (DBMS) designed for embedded applications. The Encirq PL programming language, an enhanced SQL language, compiles directly to C code. This makes it suitable for C/C++ and Java applications. The DBMS also attains faster embedded transaction performance by improving the commit times at a minor increase in memory utilization. The new version lets designers open and close the storage...
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William Wong
May 11, 2006 Embedded: Fast-Booting PC/104 Plus SBC
The SBC1491ET x86 PC/104 single-board computer offers a 133-MHz STPC Atlas processor, 64 Mbytes of RAM, and a 576-Mbyte flash memory disk that boots DOS in under 5 seconds. The board also has two serial ports, PS/2 mouse and keyboard ports, and SuperVGA video. It has a battery-backed-up real-time clock plus AT-compatible interrupt, timer, and DMA controllers. Free DOS development tools can be downloaded from the company's Web site. Support for Linux, Windows CE, and VxWorks also is...
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William Wong
May 11, 2006 Embedded: Tiny SBC Targets Industrial Apps
The Nano I/O Server packs a 1.8-MHz Pentium M and a plethora of peripherals into a 120- by 125-mm package, including PC/104 Plus expansion and peripheral connectors. This single-board computer (SBC) has right-anglemounted connectors for VGA, RS232, four USB 2.0 ports, PS/2 mouse and keyboard, and Ethernet. A Compact Flash socket is included for removable storage. Versions with a fanless 600-MHz Celeron M and a low-power 100-MHz processor also are available. Power can be supplied via the...
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William Wong
May 11, 2006 Embedded: 8-Bit MCU Does DSP Duty
The 8051-based, 40-MIPS, single-cycle VRS51L2xxx family incorporates digital signal processing (DSP) extensions, including multiplication and addition calculator (MAC) support and a 32-bit barrel shifter. It saves board space with an on-chip 40-MHz precision internal oscillator. The chip also has an SPI port, an I2C port, two UARTs with micro baud adjustment, up to 14 timers/counters, eight pulsewidth modulators, and two pulse-width counters. Pricing starts at less ...
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William Wong
May 11, 2006 Embedded: SBC Integrates Data-Acquisition Peripherals
The Poseidon single-board computer (SBC) sports up to a 2-GHz VIA Eden ULV or 1-GHz VIA C7 processor with up to 512 Mbytes of 533-MHz DDR2 (double-data-rate) RAM. It includes the latest interfaces, such as four USB 2.0, Gigabit Ethernet, and Serial ATA mass storage. It also has four RS232 serial ports (two with RS422/485 capability) and an IDE interface. The autocalibrating analogtodigital converter (ADC) interface provides solid analog performance. It includes 32-channel, 16-bit analog...
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William Wong
May 11, 2006 Embedded: Stacked PC/104-Plus SBC Sports 1.6-GHz Pentium M Processor
The Cheetah single-board computer (SBC) uses a two-board stack to house its 1.6-GHz Pentium M processor with a 400-MHz processor-side bus and 855 GME chip set, which handles up to 1-Gbyte double-data-rate SDRAM. It can plug into the top of a PC/104-Plus stack. The system contains two serial ports, a parallel port, two USB 2.0 ports, 100BaseTX Ethernet, IDE, audio, and PS/2 keyboard/mouse support. Video support uses the Extreme Graphics 2 video built into the chip set. It supports low-voltage...
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William Wong
May 11, 2006 Embedded: Hard Real-Time Hypervisor Blends RTOS And OS
The RT-Hypervisor targets the latest Intel CPUs with VT-x virtualization support. RTHypervisor can meld a real-time operating system (RTOS) and a high-level operating system such as Windows XP or Linux, providing each with a protected execution partition on a dedicated processor core in a multicore environment. Its early boot technology can virtualize some or all of the interfaces used by the operating systems. Contact the company for licensing information. ED ...
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William Wong
May 11, 2006 Embedded: Print Circuits On Almost Any Substrate With Standard Gerber Files
The DMP-2800 materials deposition system is easier to use now that it can handle standard Gerber layout files with the Gerber File Import (GFI) software. The new support also handles bitmap files. With the GFI, the DMP-2800 printer can handle all popular pc-board layout packages at resolutions up to 5080 dots per inch (5-µm droplet pitch). The DMP-2800 also can be used for a wide range of applications in addition to putting circuits on a flexible surface. ...
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William Wong
May 11, 2006 Embedded: 15k RPM Hard Drive Hits 300 Gbytes
The 3.5-in. Cheetah 15K.5 is a high-performance (15k RPM), high-reliability drive designed for server applications. It's 20% faster than standard 10k RPM drives. The drive is available in a choice of 3-Gbit/s Serial Attached SCSI (SAS), Ultra320 SCSI, and 4-Gbit/s Fibre Channel. It's also available in capacities of 73, 147, and 300 Gbytes. Its mean-time between failure reliability rating is 1.4 million hours at full duty cycle. See Associated...
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William Wong
May 11, 2006 Embedded: 32-Bit MCU Has 20-Channel ADC
The MB91470 is ideal for applications that require high-performance analog monitoring. This 80-MHz MCU is based on the company's FR60 32-bit RISC microcontroller core with 32-bit multiplication and addition calculator (MAC) support that has a 72-bit accumulator. The chip has 512 kbytes of flash and 32 kbytes of SRAM. The MCU handles a pair of 12-bit analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) and a 10-bit ADC. Any of the 20 input channels can drive these ADCs, which are integrated with the on-chip...
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William Wong
April 27, 2006 Embedded: PC/104 GSM/GPRS Modem Brings Along Its Own Power Supply
The PV-1800 PC/104 GSM/GPRS modem board combines a GSM/GPRS dual-band 900/1800-MHz modem with its own 20-W power supply. The board also has eight isolated analog inputs with a 12-bit analog-to-digital converter, eight opto-isolated digital inputs, seven opto-isolated high-current (500-mA) digital outputs, and a spare RS232 port. TCP/IP over GPRS software is included. Its operating temperature ranges from ?20°C to 70°C. The PV-1800 costs $693. ...
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William Wong
April 27, 2006 Embedded: Virtual Platform Simulates Environments For TI's OMAP 3
The VPOM-3430 Virtual Platform provides a complete simulated environment for Texas Instruments' OMAP3430 dual-core hardware and software platform. This includes support for the latest ARM Cortex-A8 superscalar architecture inside the OMAP3. The virtual patform also simulates TI's M-Shield security framework enhanced with ARM TrustZone technology and the upgraded Imaging and Video Acceleration (IVA 2+) technology. The VPOM-3430 Virtual Platform starts at $2488 for a single user. The...
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William Wong
April 27, 2006 Embedded: Open-Source Database Brings Persistence To Java And C#
The Perst open-source project is available as a free download, though a licence must be purchased for commercial or closed-source products. The object-oriented database comes in Java and C# versions. It has "ACID" properties (atomicity, consistency, isolation, and durability) and supports a fast recovery time for rollbacks. Also, it has a runtime footprint between 30k and 300k, depending on the feature set, including optional garbage collection, automatic schema evolution, and XML...
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William Wong
April 27, 2006 Embedded: 16-Bit DSC Targets Motor Control, Lighting, And Power Conversion
The dsPIC30F line of digital signal controllers has gained two new chips—the dsPIC30F5015 and dsPIC30F5016. Operating from 2.5 to 5.5 V, they include 2 kbytes of SRAM. They also have an eight-output pulse-width modulator (PWM), with complementary or independent modes, plus four duty-cycle generators and programmable dead time. Their 1-Msample/s, 16-channel, 10-bit analog-to-digital converter offers four sample-and-holds for simultaneous sampling and a PWM trigger option. They feature...
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William Wong
April 27, 2006 Embedded: DVD Writer Supports All DVD Media
The dvd840 drive supports all types of DVD media, including DVD-RAM discs (5x speeds). It also supports single-(16x speeds) and double-layer (8x speeds) media, including LightScribe media. The dvd840i DVD Writer costs $89.99. It has an EIED interface. An external USB 2.0 version is available for $139.99. See Associated Figure Hewlett-Packard www.hp.com ...
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William Wong
April 13, 2006 Communications: PIN Diodes Now Available In Space-Saving SOD-323 Packages
Three high-performance PIN diodes housed in RoHS-compliant (Restrictions on Hazardous Substances) lead-free SOD-323 (small-outline diode) plastic packages consume less board space than prior versions housed in three-lead SOT-23 (small-outline transistor) and SOT-323 packages. The SOD-323 measures just 1.7 by 1.25 by 0.95 mm, versus the 3- by 2.5- by 1.1-mm and the 2- by 2.1- by 1.1-mm size of the SOT-23 and 323 packages, respectively. The HSMP-389Z is optimized for RF...
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Dave Bursky
April 13, 2006 Communications: Collaborative Efforts Let Wi-Fi Chip Tag-Team With CDMA Or WCDMA
A collaboration between Atheros and Qualcomm will produce a low-power, high-performance chip set for cellular and wireless LAN-capable handsets and PDAs. Mobile devices based on the forthcoming chip sets will support CDMA and WCDMA technologies as well as 802.11g or 802.11a/g wireless LANs. Atheros will work to ensure the interoperability of its highly integrated single-chip Radio-on-Chip for Mobile (ROCm) with the MSM6550 CDMA2000 or MSM6280 WCDMA chip sets from...
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Dave Bursky
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