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Kits for Kids, November 2009  10/5/2009 3:36:00 PM
SysComp Circuit GearYoung people with an interest in electronics still have a cornucopia of kits to start with. As a youngster I had a crystal radio that picked up several local stations I listened to with a small headphone. You can still buy crystal-radio kits and many cost under $20. The Xtal Set Society's Web site offers seven crystal radio kits, including the

Brushless DC Motors Roll On  9/17/2009 9:40:00 AM
You can find brushless-DC motors in appliances, medical instruments, and industrial equipment because they offer advantages over their brushed-DC-motor siblings. But before you can use a brushless-DC (BLDC) motor you need to understand how it works.

SuperSpeed USB: A USB 3.0 Update  9/2/2009 11:34:00 AM
SuperSpeed USB connections — coming in 2010 — will zip data between devices at a theoretical rate of 5 Gbps, or more than 10-fold faster than a high-speed USB 2.0 connection. The faster transfers could help embedded-system developers who design video kiosks, TV recorders/players, and test-and-measurement equipment that use large quantities of information.

Modules Simplify RF Designs  8/5/2009 12:00:00 PM
wireless_mod_sumReady-to-use wireless modules provide a way to quickly get a design "on the air" when engineers find RF circuits and communication protocols fall outside their areas of expertise. Even when engineers have RF experience, a module still might make sense from the perspective of saved time and money.

Thermal Management Strategies for Extreme 3U cPCI Embedded System Applications  8/5/2009 10:45:00 AM
As the cooling challenges of 3U CompactPCI (cPCI) embedded system applications multiply due to increased processing power, reduced package sizes and more hostile environments, new thermal management options and industry standards continue to evolve. Chip and board manufacturers have already done a vast amount of work to mitigate thermal management concerns.

When Good Memories Go Bad – Data Recovery of Flash Media  7/1/2009 12:00:00 AM
Computer hard disk drive storage has an impressive history of technological advances, from the RAMAC storage systems in the 1950s to perpendicular recording introduced a few years ago. The advancement of these technologies has increased the density of today’s hard disk drives to the terabyte range. Along the way frustrations with new storage technology have been proprietary equipment formats, initial high investments, and failed expectations of reliability.

New PICMG 2.30 Draft Standard for cPCI Can Extend Legacy System Life  6/1/2009 12:00:00 AM
To take advantage of advances in high-speed serial data transmission technologies, PICMG is releasing a new option for its popular CompactPCI standard. The new PICMG 2.30 Compact PCI PlusIO standard is based on PICMG 2.30 core specification and defines the migration path from parallel PCI to the serial PCI Express.

Embedded Systems 2009  5/15/2009 12:00:00 AM

Here are a few pictures we took ont he floor of the 2009 Embedded Systems Confernce. Recognize anyone?

A Visit to the 2009 Embedded Systems Conference – Part II  5/15/2009 12:00:00 AM
With over 8,000 attendees, this year’s Embedded Systems Conference (ESC) was a pleasant surprise to an industry expecting a low turnout. Held in San Jose from March 30 to April 2, the event had a nice assortment of new tech and devices. Here is our second portion of our two-part coverage of the event.

A Visit to the 2009 Embedded Systems Conference  5/4/2009 2:00:00 AM
With over 8,000 attendees, this year’s Embedded Systems Conference (ESC) was a pleasant surprise to an industry expecting a low turnout. Held in San Jose from March 30 to April 2, the show demonstrated that while the economy may be depressed, the design engineering community isn’t.



 




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