Special Feature
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Benefits of CompactPCI
CompactPCI is establishing itself as a leading bus architecture for embedded systems in telecommunications and industrial control, as well as in the command and control markets. Since its introduction in 1995, it has become the fastest-growing industr...
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I2O: A strong resource in developing CompactPCI systems
Without question, the two hottest new technologies for embedded systems are CompactPCI and Intelligent I/O (I2O). Although these technologies originated in the general-purpose computing world, they have both emerged as ideal matches for the performanc...
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A success story... Alpha-powered CompactPCI + VMEbus? Almost turnkey!
The combination of CompactPCI and VMEbus represents an extremely attractive alternative for those applications caught between older VMEbus applications and more current CompactPCI environments. This article describes an application where the most effec...
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Using PMC and IP mezzanines in your CompactPCI system
If you have tried to build a CompactPCI system with specialized I/O, you might have been sadly disappointed to find that this relatively new bus architecture doesn't yet have the enormous range of specialized I/O boards that are available for older bus...
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CompactPCI spurs new packaging innovations
The Peripheral Component Interconnect bus (better known as the PCI bus) is today's choice for high-performance desktop systems. Why? As one very important reason, it provides the data transfer bandwidth and video performance needed by today's graphical...
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CompactPCI: A natural SHARC DSP platform fulfilling CompactPCI's potential
Without a doubt, CompactPCI is hot. Many industry analysts have praised the bus, and many designers are beginning to adopt it in their embedded-processor designs. The reason behind this proliferation of growing interest is twofold: First, the CompactPC...
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Integrating desktop technologies into embedded systems
Desktop technologies, originally developed for personal computers, are now being evaluated for use in demanding embedded applications such as telecommunications, industrial automation, data acquisition and control applications. Unfortunately, their use...
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"VMEbus versus CompactPCI: Is this really a "bus war" or a "circus"?"
Recent press coverage has heralded the beginning o a new "bus war," reminiscent of the competition between VMEbus, Multibus II and Futurebus during the 1980's. But will this new war produce clear winners and losers, as that war did? In this article Nag...
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Five criteria that will make CompactPCI a success
The success of any new embedded bus technology can be (to a certain extent) predicted by a look at 5 criteria for success. Meeting all 5 of these criteria assures the highest probability of acceptance. The absence of even one creates a weak link that m...
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A new backplane bus for compact systems
An introductory article on the new backplane bus for CompactPCI.
Remy David, Gespac
Peter Zackin, Cyclone Microsystems
Glen Lowry, Alta Technology Corporation
Bob Senko, Bittware Research Systems