There is an increasing demand from utility companies for remote reading of meters for water usage, electricity etc. and since such meters are often installed in buildings or underground good radio coverage and extended distance range is becoming mor...

For OEMs, the advantages of application-ready platforms are apparent. They only have to add their application software to the application-ready system solutions, leaving the costly development, integration, and certification of the hardware complete...

While embedded system designers struggle to meet high demands in compact mobile or mission-critical computers, an ANSI/VITA standard takes Computer-on- Modules to new levels of rugged performance.

Recent discussions have debated the advantages of COMs, such as COM Express, versus stackable SBCs, such as PC/104. Here’s how to get the benefits of both at the same time.

With the broad adoption of new standards, such as COM Express Rev. 2.0, embedded system designers have now been decoupled from the CPU-specific legacy interfaces.

Customization is a common service offered by many suppliers in the embedded computing industry. This article explores the advantages of PC/104-based platforms as a beneficial starting point for modification options.

DSC has unveiled an digital signage ashtray which is specifically designed for installation outside bars, pubs and restaurants. The system is based on the Mini-ITX motherboard Fujitsu D2963-S1 with AMD embedded ASB1 platform.

This article describes the various communication technologies used in smart metering and predicts a strong growth potential.

In this Webinar Arrow Electronics and its partners are talking about Industrial Ethernet, also called real-time Ethernet. It provides an overview about Ethernet Powerlink and introduces a solution for a master control unit and a slave unit, both usi...

Axiomtek industrial design gives the tBOX series the advantages of a ruggedize form factor ideal for today’s transportation demands.

This article describes the COM Express CPU board MSC CXB-6S, now available in a variety of Intel Core and Celeron recommended configurations as standard products. For OEM volume partners, custom configurations can be fitted with any of the embedded ...

The optical guidance system Optiguide steers the bus to within less than 5 cm of the bus stop. For the onboard control computer the robust and compact PC/104-Plus boards from Kontron are in use. The CPUs are the AMD Geode processors which excel thro...

Professional ABLE public display systems are particularly robust and can be deployed in a wide range of indoor and semi-outdoor applications. The large displays differ from popular consumer products by having robust metal housings, protective screen...

Networks must support customers’ aspirations such as new developments in mobile devices like tablets and smartphones, meaning substantial increases in bandwidth demand. The infrastructure is evolving to suit, with the underlying requirement to han...

PC/104 system providers adopting the Qseven COM technology approach benefit from a range of fully scalable products, much faster time to market, latest Intel technology, and lower costs on larger projects, thus increasing margins in real terms, whil...

This article shows that cooling systems are playing an increasingly important role in any type of device, particularly in terms of futurebased aspects such as energy saving and efficiency.

This article presents the draft of new standard designed by Fastwel and submitted to the PC/104 Consortium. It is currently under review by the Technical Committee. As the new specification attempts to combine the advantages of the PC/104 specificat...

This article looks at the potential impact of the addition of AVX technology in the second generation Intel Core i7 processors on DSP applications in the military and aerospace arena.

This article describes the new orthogonal and orthogonal direct backplane connector technology and its advantages for embedded systems, allowing OEMs to place more system boards within a compact mechanical chassis.

Quality over the long term - Syslogic celebrates 25 years of operation and introduces a series of new products. One of the highlights is new rugged PC for applications where performance and reliability is the main issue and may more new products.

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