Electronic Design UPDATE e-Newsletter | March
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A crisis of critical proportions is emerging as more and more IC designs demand a complex mix of digital and analog functionality to meet cost, size, packaging, power, and price considerations. This is a switch: in the past, most chips have been either digital or analog. Read the full article...
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Announced as the industry's fastest flash-memory file platform for
Linux, the Datalight's system combines its Reliance high-integrity file
system and FlashFX Pro intelligent flash media manager. According to the
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editor's view |Companies Roll Out Their Best And Brightest At
APEC 2008
By Don Tuite, Analog/Power Editor
IEEE's APEC is the power industry's premier tradeshow and convention. This year's event, held in Austin, Texas from Feb. 24 to Feb. 28, was no exception. (APEC 2009 will be in Washington, D.C.) As a trade-press editor, I go to APEC to track trends and to learn about the dozens of new devices and ICs introduced there. Here's a look at what I took away from the sessions and the tradeshow floor. Read the full article... Engineering TV | Boxing with ZCam 3DV Systems' Algorithm Engineer Sagi Katz discusses the company's ZCam technology while Rich Flier demonstrates a gaming application (and also shows some boxing skills).
Standards organizations and fiber-optical component vendors are
working hard, creating the next generation of fiber-optic networks. The
target is 40-Gbit/s and then 100-Gbit/s data rates over existing
single-mode fiber. Read the
full article...
Targeting next-generation embedded processors using 45-nm
technology, the Qseven form factor developed by congatec AG and Seco
s.r.l. offers high-performance embedded computing on a board measuring
70 by 70 mm. Read the
full article...
According to a study by NanoMarkets, the market for materials used
in thin-film and organic photovoltaics (PV) will hit $3.8 billion by
2015, with opportunities available for both traditional electronic
chemicals suppliers and innovative materials firms. Read the
full article...
ORPC Maine, LLC has received an additional $200,000 award from the
Maine Technology Institute (MTI) to continue commercial development of
the company's technology to generate electric power from tidal currents.
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full article...
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Linux-Based Flash File Platform Breaks Speed
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IEEE's APEC is the power industry's premier tradeshow and convention. This year's event, held in Austin, Texas from Feb. 24 to Feb. 28, was no exception. (APEC 2009 will be in Washington, D.C.) As a trade-press editor, I go to APEC to track trends and to learn about the dozens of new devices and ICs introduced there. Here's a look at what I took away from the sessions and the tradeshow floor. Read the full article... Engineering TV | Boxing with ZCam 3DV Systems' Algorithm Engineer Sagi Katz discusses the company's ZCam technology while Rich Flier demonstrates a gaming application (and also shows some boxing skills).
Click here to view the video.
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Mach-Zehnder Modulator Driver Makes 40 And 100
Gbits/s Happen
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Compact Embedded Form Factor Suits
Ultra-Mobile Apps
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NanoMarkets Sees Strong Growth For Thin-Film
PV
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Tidal Power-Generator Project Awarded More
Funding
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Check Out the Latest Views and News from APEC 2008
Electronic Design's APEC 2008 Hotspot has the latest coverage on this year's IEEE APEC tradeshow, including commentary from Analog/Power Editor Don Tuite and product coverage fresh from the event. CLICK HERE. product picks online | Graphics Switches Connect PCIe/DP PMC I/O Modules Simplify Virtex-5 FPGA Deployment DC-DC Converter Trims The Budget LabVIEW 8.5 Expands Control Design And Simulation Module Pre-Calibrated Position Sensors Replace Pots engineer's resource | Rev Up Your Interdisciplinary Design Skills What happens when a microcontroller turns on a power FET, sending a current pulse to a motor coil that develops a magnetic field that turns the rotor shaft, advancing a timing belt that drives a pair of nip rolls suspended on bearings in a web-processing operation on a form, fill, and seal machine installed on a potato chip line at a Frito Lay plant in central California? And how can you be sure that the encoders, prox sensors, and other feedback devices you plan to use will accurately see and report every relevant motion, machine state, and process condition? And will the signals get through the networks fast enough, without being corrupted, giving the controllers time to execute their algorithms as intended? It's a lot to think about, and it only scratches the surface of what many engineers grapple with today. If you happen to be one of them, then the place for you — where you can find answers and meet others with similar concerns — is www.Mechatronic-Design.com.
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April 1-3 ED bookstore |Programming in Scala: A Comprehensive Step-By-Step Guide By Martin Odersky, Lex Spoon, and Bill Venners
I especially liked the treatment of implementations specific to Scala such as traits, mixins, and actors. These are features that are found in other languages, but Scala implementers did a bit of cherry-picking so Scala has a host of godparents. The book does a good job of covering not only the how but what and why as well. This is important if you expect to get the most out of Scala without a good bit of experimentation and exploration. Read the full article...
Electronic Design's APEC 2008 Hotspot has the latest coverage on this year's IEEE APEC tradeshow, including commentary from Analog/Power Editor Don Tuite and product coverage fresh from the event. CLICK HERE. product picks online | Graphics Switches Connect PCIe/DP PMC I/O Modules Simplify Virtex-5 FPGA Deployment DC-DC Converter Trims The Budget LabVIEW 8.5 Expands Control Design And Simulation Module Pre-Calibrated Position Sensors Replace Pots engineer's resource | Rev Up Your Interdisciplinary Design Skills What happens when a microcontroller turns on a power FET, sending a current pulse to a motor coil that develops a magnetic field that turns the rotor shaft, advancing a timing belt that drives a pair of nip rolls suspended on bearings in a web-processing operation on a form, fill, and seal machine installed on a potato chip line at a Frito Lay plant in central California? And how can you be sure that the encoders, prox sensors, and other feedback devices you plan to use will accurately see and report every relevant motion, machine state, and process condition? And will the signals get through the networks fast enough, without being corrupted, giving the controllers time to execute their algorithms as intended? It's a lot to think about, and it only scratches the surface of what many engineers grapple with today. If you happen to be one of them, then the place for you — where you can find answers and meet others with similar concerns — is www.Mechatronic-Design.com.
Backed by some of engineering's top information sources including Machine Design, Electronic Design, Motion System Design, and Power Electronics, Mechatronic-Design.com is the interdisciplinary engineer's desktop, toolbox, library, and lifeline in one easily accessible place.
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April 1-3 ED bookstore |Programming in Scala: A Comprehensive Step-By-Step Guide By Martin Odersky, Lex Spoon, and Bill Venners
I especially liked the treatment of implementations specific to Scala such as traits, mixins, and actors. These are features that are found in other languages, but Scala implementers did a bit of cherry-picking so Scala has a host of godparents. The book does a good job of covering not only the how but what and why as well. This is important if you expect to get the most out of Scala without a good bit of experimentation and exploration. Read the full article...