Electronic Design UPDATE e-Newsletter | April
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Introduction to Green Engineering
Learn about the green engineering and sustainable design practices that are being developed and deployed with National Instruments products and technologies to conserve energy, identify process inefficiencies, increase uptime, and reduce scrap.
Download the free E-Kit. techview |Fibre Channel Still Alive And Well With 8-Gbit/s Switches And HBAs By Louis Frenzel, Communications/Test Editor
Fibre Channel (FC) has been the storage-area network (SAN) connection technology of choice for years. Competition from the Ethernet-based iSCSI has made SAN market inroads over the past few years, and there’s no doubt that increased competition will continue. However, FC certainly isn’t dead. Read the full article... engineer's resource | Webinar: Wireless Sensing Networks: A Survey Of Design Options
Presented by Winland Electronics
April 30 Developing a wireless sensor network can be an awesome challenge or a simple matter of picking the right module, depending on who you ask. Off-the-shelf solutions have certain advantages, but may not be the best overall solution to your problem. Homegrown or custom solutions can be designed to overcome specific challenges, so they can be critical for certain projects. Learn more about the technical pros and cons of both options in this live course.
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ESC 2008
The Embedded Systems Conference is here and it looks to be even better than last year's—despite the downturn in the economy. Not even flagging home sales could deter the number of announcements and new products. Come check out the daily highlights from the show and exclusive commentary.
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focus on EDA |
Reprogrammable, radiation-tolerant, and optimized for
high-performance logic, DSP, and embedded processing, the Virtex-4QV
family of FPGAs reportedly comprise the first such devices for space
applications to offer multiple platforms meeting the processing needs of
video, audio, radar streams, and packet processing functions. Read the
full article...
EiED online |
Technology Editor Bill Wong takes a look at Intel’s new Centrino
Atom processor designed for low-power, mobile Internet devices (MIDs) as
well as other embedded applications. Read the
full article...
Learn about the green engineering and sustainable design practices that are being developed and deployed with National Instruments products and technologies to conserve energy, identify process inefficiencies, increase uptime, and reduce scrap.
Download the free E-Kit. techview |Fibre Channel Still Alive And Well With 8-Gbit/s Switches And HBAs By Louis Frenzel, Communications/Test Editor
Fibre Channel (FC) has been the storage-area network (SAN) connection technology of choice for years. Competition from the Ethernet-based iSCSI has made SAN market inroads over the past few years, and there’s no doubt that increased competition will continue. However, FC certainly isn’t dead. Read the full article... engineer's resource | Webinar: Wireless Sensing Networks: A Survey Of Design Options
Presented by Winland Electronics
April 30 Developing a wireless sensor network can be an awesome challenge or a simple matter of picking the right module, depending on who you ask. Off-the-shelf solutions have certain advantages, but may not be the best overall solution to your problem. Homegrown or custom solutions can be designed to overcome specific challenges, so they can be critical for certain projects. Learn more about the technical pros and cons of both options in this live course.
Click here to register.
ESC 2008
The Embedded Systems Conference is here and it looks to be even better than last year's—despite the downturn in the economy. Not even flagging home sales could deter the number of announcements and new products. Come check out the daily highlights from the show and exclusive commentary.
Click here to view our Web page
focus on EDA |
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High-Performance, Large-Capacity FPGAs Launch
For Space Apps
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Intel’s Atom
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Learn how to automate your test system using solid state
switches
This application note from Agilent provides a complete overview of FET, PIN diode, and hybrid solid-state switches. It discusses the features of each type of switch, which specifications to consider and why, and gives application examples.
To learn more and download the note, click here. Engineering TV | Engines and Energy Conversion Laboratory Research at the Energy and Engines Conversion Laboratory at Colorado State University focuses on fuels, energy conversion, and energy distribution. Applications are concentrated in transportation, air quality, indoor air quality, village energy systems, and distributed energy. Products developed at the EECL in partnership with their industrial sponsors have reduced pollution in the atmosphere by millions of tons and have saved over 14 billion cubic feet of natural gas.
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news from the editors |
With the signing of a memorandum of understanding, Infineon
Technologies has thrown its support behind eCall, a European Commission
automotive safety initiative for automatically reporting car accidents.
Read the
full article...
Modstroem, a Danish utility company, is guaranteeing its customers
savings on their electricity bill with a new energy-monitoring product
based on Z-Wave tools. The Modstroem solution allows the company to
advise consumers on how to reduce their energy consumption. Read the
full article...
The Joint Industry Guide (JIG) for Material Composition Declaration
for Electronics Products, version 101A, is undergoing an extensive
revision. The guide provides a standardized list of substances for
supply-chain disclosure that may be present in parts or components
supplied to electronics manufacturers that are relevant for disclosure
due to regulatory or other purposes. Read the
full article...
NXP and STMicroelectronics are combining key wireless operations to
form a joint-venture company with strong relationships with all major
handset manufacturers. The new company will have the size to better meet
customer needs in 2G, 2.5G, 3G, multimedia, connectivity, and future
wireless technologies, according to the parent companies. Read the
full article...
This application note from Agilent provides a complete overview of FET, PIN diode, and hybrid solid-state switches. It discusses the features of each type of switch, which specifications to consider and why, and gives application examples.
To learn more and download the note, click here. Engineering TV | Engines and Energy Conversion Laboratory Research at the Energy and Engines Conversion Laboratory at Colorado State University focuses on fuels, energy conversion, and energy distribution. Applications are concentrated in transportation, air quality, indoor air quality, village energy systems, and distributed energy. Products developed at the EECL in partnership with their industrial sponsors have reduced pollution in the atmosphere by millions of tons and have saved over 14 billion cubic feet of natural gas.
Click here to watch the video.
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Infineon Signs On To EU’s eCall
Initiative
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Danish Utility To Cut CO2 Footprint
Two Tons Per Household
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Declarable Substance Guide Under Extensive
Revision
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NXP, STMicro Create Wireless Joint
Venture
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product picks online | 12-Bit DAC Delivers 4 Gsamples/s 16-Bit Digital Receiver Card Enlists Dual FPGAs AC-DC Supplies Pack 600 W Of Peak Power Surface-Probe Calibrator Ensures Accuracy Micro-Miniature TCXOs Outfit GPS Designs
Leading test and measurement companies worldwide are taking part in this virtual industry event, hosted by National Instruments, to share their tips and best practices for reducing cost of test. By participating in this online event, you can experience the presentations, exhibitors, and dynamic atmosphere of a traditional conference — all from the convenience of your desk.
Access session overviews and register for this free event. quick poll | How do you use operating-system virtualization?
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product picks online | 12-Bit DAC Delivers 4 Gsamples/s 16-Bit Digital Receiver Card Enlists Dual FPGAs AC-DC Supplies Pack 600 W Of Peak Power Surface-Probe Calibrator Ensures Accuracy Micro-Miniature TCXOs Outfit GPS Designs
Our editors have been busy! Come read their commentaries and check
out exclusive videos from ESC, CTIA, Mobile World Congress, APEC, and Embedded World exhibitions and see the technology of
tomorrow from major players in the electronics industry.
Bath, England
April 22-25 SAS Open House
San Jose, Calif.
May 6 PCB East 2008
Tinley Park, Ill.
May 11-16 Click here for more industry events and Web seminars on our PlanetEE.com Web site.
ED bookstore |
Read up on Communications/Test Editor Louis Frenzel's reviews and
recommendations on two reference guides from the industiral networking
industry. "Industrial Ethernet, 2nd Ed." by P.S. Marshall and J.S.
Rinaldi introduces how Ethernet carries the TCP/IP protocol suite and
covers Ethernet hardware. The second book, "Industrial Data
Communications, 4th Ed.," by L.M. Thompson, covers a rainbow of topics
within the serial-data communications field. Read the
full article...
Bath, England
April 22-25 SAS Open House
San Jose, Calif.
May 6 PCB East 2008
Tinley Park, Ill.
May 11-16 Click here for more industry events and Web seminars on our PlanetEE.com Web site.
ED bookstore |
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Industrial Networking Texts: Two
Selections
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