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  • ALM

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    Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) is integral not only in the military and avionics embedded technology realm - rife with product obsol... Moreescence - but also in the larger, more fast-paced embedded realm encompassing consumer, medical, smart grid, gaming, and many other application types. In essence, anywhere embedded software development takes place, an ALM software platform can help designers and program managers to manage and coordinate all of an application’s or project’s artifacts and activities. Specifically, an ALM platform provides holistic coordination of all software design processes as a whole: system design, modeling, requirements management, defect management, test management, configuration management, and release management. Additionally, there’s the challenge of managing safety-critical applications’ traceability across disciplines; however, this too can be managed with an ALM software platform. Some ALM software includes compliance with standards such as MISRA, DO-178B, and the Homeland Security Agency’s Common Weakness Enumerations (CWE), among others. Closely tied to ALM is Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), which enables software designers to increase operational efficiency during a product’s lifetime. The Bill of Materials (BoM) is central to this process of growing efficiency, and PLM software provides a way to manage a product’s BOM from conception to obsolescence.

  • Unmanned Systems

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    Welcome to the Unmanned Systems TechChannel, where you will receive breaking news and industry want-to-knows, relative to cutting-edge unman... Morened technologies used by the military embedded defense technology realm. Key topics include unmanned vehicles such as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs), Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs), and autonomous vehicles, among others. We also bring you the latest on other unmanned technologies like UAV ground control stations, robotics, drones, and much more. We'll relay the latest from AUVSI and other pertinent industry consortia, individuals, and companies.

  • Embedded Wireless

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    The Embedded Wireless TechChannel focuses on the "Internet of Things": Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications, smart/connected ca... Morers, and connected devices beyond smartphones and portable computers. Key enabling technologies for embedded wireless applications include LTE, next-generation Wi-Fi 802.11ac/d/f, White-Space and Near-Field Communications.

  • Cloud

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    The Cloud TechChannel precipitates what's on the horizon for on-demand Web-based embedded computing resources and how they're tran... Moresforming the traditional notions of data access and storage through the concept of virtualized network infrastructure. The connectivity enabled by this shared infrastructure has the possibility of bringing to fruition long-held ideas such as the “Internet of things” and enhancements to the smart grid, but raises issues surrounding data integrity and security, network transparency, and virtual machines. The Cloud TechChannel keeps an eye on the weather, tracking developments in “Green Computing,” Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), device/location independence, Web operating systems, and other key tenets of Cloud engineering.

  • Analog

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    Analog circuits operate on voltages, currents, and electrical signals, from DC to microwave RF frequencies. Analog functions complement digi... Moretal, which operate solely on binary bits of information, and provide the critical real-world interfaces to sensors, supplies, and communication channels. Analog IC designers may develop standalone products such as amplifiers and voltage regulators, or develop functions that are embedded in today’s complex Systems on a Chip (SoCs), which rely more and more on mixed-signal analog-digital operation.

  • DSP

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    Digital Signal Processing (DSP) is the method of processing signals and data in order to enhance or modify those signals or to analyze those... More signals to determine specific information content. A typical DSP system consists of a processor and other hardware used to convert outside analog signals to digital form and possibly back to analog (continuous) form. The DSP TechChannel delivers news, discussion, analysis, and resources related to digital signal processing.

  • EDA

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    EDA Digest is the industry's leading source for news, content, and articles spotlighting the most significant advances in 3D ICs, hardw... Moreare/software co-design, system-level prototyping, analog and digital verification and physical implementation, and manufacturability and yield optimization. The annual Resource Guide features a graphical depiction of the EDA ecosystem, a variety of product profiles, and a message from the EDA Consortium, while quarterly E-newsletters keep readers in sync with up to date coverage devoted to EDA.

  • FPGA

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    One of the fundamental architecture issues is the type of DSP platform. Digital signal processing functions are commonly implemented on two ... Moretypes of programmable platforms; DSPs and Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs). DSPs are a specialized form of microprocessor, while the FPGA is a form of highly configurable hardware. In the past, the usage of DSPs has been nearly ubiquitous, but with the needs of many applications outstripping the processing capabilities (MIPS) of DSPs, the use of FPGAs has become very prevalent. Currently, the primary reason most engineers choose use an FPGA over a DSP is driven by the MIPS requirements of an application. Thus, when comparing DSPs and FPGAs, the common focus is on MIPs comparison – certainly important, but not the only advantage of an FPGA. Equally important, and often overlooked, is the inherent advantage that FPGAs have for product reliability and maintainability. This second advantage is the focus of this discussion.

  • Linux

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    Linux is an operating system based on the Linux kernel created by Linus Torvalds in 1991. The Linux kernel is one of the largest and most ac... Moretive free software projects in existence, with thousands of commercial and private developers contributing code to the kernel and developer communities supporting distributions such as Debian, openSUSE, and Fedora. As free and open source software, its underlying source code can be used, modified, and redistributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL). Linux can be installed on a variety of hardware platforms, powering everything from the New York Stock Exchange to smartphones to supercomputers.

  • Embedded Software

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    Beyond simple input/output data transformation, embedded software is built into the electronics of devices we use every day - cars, phones, ... MoreTVs, appliances, health monitoring equipment, etc. - to control these systems' interactions with the physical world. Embedded software thus becomes more complex as applications become more sophisticated in systems such as planes, missiles, and process control systems. Developers must consider timeliness, concurrency, liveness, reactivity, and heterogeneity when programming abstractions. Types of embedded software include operating systems such as embedded Linux, Windows Embedded, and Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOSs), which are intended for real-time applications and designed to be very compact and efficient, forsaking many functions that non-embedded computer operating systems provide. Communication protocols designated for embedded systems can be closed or open source.

  • Rugged Power

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    Military applications and systems including rugged handheld computers or TabletPCs, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), Unmanned Aerial Systems... More (UASs), mission computers, avionics, radar, telemetry, sonar, and manpacks - to name just a few - are based on disparate technologies. And, they all have differing roles within the mission and on the battlefield. The only design commonality among all of them is that they all need power - and specifically "rugged power" - to bring them to life. These harsh-environment, mil-deployable power technologies are all designed (or uprated via HALT/HASS testing) to meet the rigors of the modern battlefield. They must meet MIL-SPEC and other mission-specific requirements for extreme shock, vibration, and temperature levels. These "ruggedized" power technologies include power supplies, DC-DC converters, batteries, fuel cells, power adapters, and more, all ready for the demands of today's front lines.

  • AdvancedTCA

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    Understand where the PICMG xTCA and AMC specification series came from and where the AdvancedTCA, MicroTCA, and AdvancedMC specs are going a... Mores they help improve interoperability, lower costs, and cut time to market for the next generation of test and measurement, data acquisition, and carrier grade/military communications equipment.

  • VPX

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    As a VME progeny standard, VITA/VSO's VPX (VITA 46) form factor provides much higher bandwidth than VME could ever deliver, among other... More plusses. But there was one issue with VPX: system-level incompatibilities among multiple vendors. Thus VPX's sister standard, OpenVPX (VITA 65) was developed, defining modules, slots, and backplane profiles to ensure system-level interoperability. Meanwhile, the VPX/OpenVPX ecosystem continues to grow with additional burgeoning VITA standards such as VITA 62 (Power Supply Modules for VPX/OpenVPX) and VITA 66 (Optical Interconnect on VPX), with more standards sure to arise.

  • Android

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    News, discussion, analysis, and resources for embedded developers and the Android OS

  • LTE-Advanced

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    Gain perspective on the embedded infrastructure supporting the planet's ongoing appetite for wireless data connectivity.

  • Smart Energy

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    Explore embedded processors, microcontrollers, software, networking, sensors, and the changes going on in how they relate to managing electr... Moreicity generation, distribution, and use. Follow trends in tech affecting the smart grid and utilities, smart building automation, smart appliances, smart home and consumers, and electric vehicles.

  • Safety Certification and Security

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    A couple things that are imperative in society and in just plain life – safety and security – are just as important in the embedded comp... Moreuting realm. From avionics to automobiles to spacecraft to the manufacturing plant, we all like to know we're safe from physical harm caused by mechanical equipment failures. In the avionics realm, electronics safety criticality is ensured by the FAA's safety certification standards called DO-178B and DO-254, for example. In the outside plant or central office, NEBS compliance is likewise vital. However, in the security-critical world, military Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) and net-centric systems used by DoD Command and Control (C2) must be hack-proof to protect our soldiers' lives – and our national security. Multiple Independent Levels of Security (MILS) and virtualization-scheme partitioning can be used to help prevent security infractions and work by invoking a separate partition for each application, thus separating applications with varying classification levels and providing users access only to the applications for which they are authorized. And lastly, though perhaps not necessary for all secure applications, Common Criteria certification additionally means the application has gone through rigorous security testing.

  • Multicore

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    Ever-smaller silicon geometries are reaching their physical limits. This threatens to slow the pace of Moore’s Law to a stand-still. As a ... Moreresult, multicore technology is becoming widely available to address the performance bottleneck. The key to successful multicore product development is system and application level software that takes full advantage of the parallel processing environment without being too difficult or time consuming to write and validate. Multicore silicon allows the flexibility to partition cores for specific functions thereby requiring fewer silicon components or replicating the same processing function across multiple cores to substantially increase processing power. LAN/WAN/MAN networking, mobile 4G/LTE, medical, automotive, and industrial control markets already use multicore processing, and the list is growing. The multicore channel keeps your finger on the pulse of silicon, platform, and software developments as they happen in order to make effective and efficient use of this quickly advancing technology.

  • ESC

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    The Embedded Events TechChannel is dedicated to expanding coverage at the embedded industries top tradeshows and seminars. Event coverage in... Morecludes ESC, Electronica, Embedded World, DesignEast, DesignWest and several more. Coverage also includes the latest news, products, keynotes, lectures, and blog. Follow these hashtags for more: #elec12 #designwest #esc_events #EW2012

  • Virtualization

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    Always-on goals put virtualization in the spotlight. If programs could execute in an environment separated from the underlying hardware reso... Moreurces, when hardware failed, the processes could move to another system. With virtualization, a number of Operating Systems (OSs) can run on one hardware platform, helping to lower data center expenses. Switching to a customer's operating system to troubleshoot problems is also enabled by virtualization, which makes multi-tasking possible. Multiple virtualized systems can be run by a single-core processor, or a set number of cores within a multicore processor can be dedicated to each virtualized system. Virtualization's appeal to the safety- and security-minded is apparent: It's possible to isolate a virtualized system in order to protect it.

  • Telehealth

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    Telehealth, which is defined by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), is the... More use of electronic information and telecommunications technologies to support long-distance clinical health care, patient and professional health-related education, public health, and health administration. Technologies used in telehealth typically are videoconferencing, the Internet, store-and-forward imaging, streaming media, and terrestrial and wireless communications. While new applications are increasingly found for using these technologies, significant barriers remain to making these technologies an integral part of daily health care practice.

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