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Call for industrial research in Embedded Computing Systems

With about €100 million public funding the EU and at least a €100 million contribution from industry and research organisations, the ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking has published its Call 2010 for R&D proposals

Achieving high level synthesis from MATLAB and Model-based description

Engineers have increasingly been using MATLAB and Simulink for very concise modeling and design of their algorithms. With Synphony HLS, they can take algorithm concepts developed at this high level and implement them directly into silicon.

Enabling interoperability in high-performance embedded applications

OpenVPX expands on the VPX Base and Dot Specifications and provides a System Specification to address interoperability issues between VPX modules and Chassis. OpenVPX is an extensible specification which addresses the current and future needs for computing in harsh environments.

Small form factor boards embrace new generation of the Atom family

This article describes the PC/104 form factor CPU board and a type 2 COM Express CPU module based on the Intel Luna Pier and Luna Pier Refresh platforms.

Early verification and validation using model-based design

One of the primary benefits of model-based design is the opportunity to do rigorous verification and validation in parallel with all other development steps, especially early in the development process.

 
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Still wondering how virtualization can help you building the future?

This article examines a microkernel-based approach which can extend the efficiency improvements yielded by virtualization to the field of embedded systems, with its special real-time, safety, and security requirements.

Risk management for counterfeit materials

Counterfeit materials will continue to challenge the defensive capabilities of manufacturers in the military and aerospace industry.

Intel Core i7 processor powers innovative embedded PC solutions

This article introduces a new embedded PC family based on the latest Intel Core i7 processor and the QM57 platform controller hub (PCH).

Overview about the 6U VPX single board computer VPX6-185

This Video is presented by Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing’s VPX6-185 6U VPX single board computer is a high performance rugged processing platform.

Smarter products - software becomes the most active ingredient

As software becomes the most active ingredient in product innovation, traditional manufacturers are essentially becoming software companies. While this transformation is sparking unprecedented leaps in product value, it is also introducing new challenges and implications.

 

Flash memory diagnostic tool for Compact Flash Cards

This White Paper is presented by MSC

Particularly industry, CF (Compact Flash) cards are widely used storage media as in industrial PCs and PLCs. But life-time of flash memories depends on specific physical conditions and principal effects. Therefore MSC has developed the FMDT (Flash Memory Diagnostic Tool), which easily allows an estimation of CF card lifetime with given conditions inside a particular specific user application.

CF storage cards are in spite of HDD, SD, MMC and other media very common in both, end consumer products such as digital cameras, handheld devices and in various industrial areas. Particularly in industry, CF cards are widely used storage media as in industrial PCs and PLCs. Main criteria for storage devices are reliability, availability, data integrity, insensitivity and undisturbed usage.

Storage media, based on flash technology, depend on specific physical conditions and principal effects. The result is the wearout of storage cells and at least reduction of lifetime. Significant conditions, among others are the principle construction of flash cells, manufacturing processes, environmental conditions like temperature, supply voltage, amount of data, file size, number of read/write cycles and of course the operation in the respective application...

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