Special Feature
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CompactPCI power supplies - the power that drives the system
System integrators by and large are focused on the applications of the redundant system. However, it is sometimes forgotten that the reliable operation of the application is also a function of the infrastructure supporting its implementation -- specif...
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A high-performance SDR implementation for CompactPCI
This article briefly discusses SDR and then describes details of Spectrum's high-performance CompactPCI SDR platform - the SDR-3000.
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Board designers leverage technology to achieve optimum balance of power and performance
High performance, low power, and low cost will continue to be driving factors for embedded systems of the future.
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Small but powerful signal processing sub-systems
This article addresses the challenges of signal processing subsystems.
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CSPA: A scalable, heterogeneous and modular Communication Signal Processing Architecture
The breakthrough CSPA approach applied in the Atlas Universal Digital Signal Computer from Eonic Solutions has shifted the system design approach from hardware to software. This is enabled by the use of reprogrammable FPGAs as the key components. Arou...
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Facilitate your customized embedded platform in 30 days
This article discusses the advantages and disadvantages of off-the-shelf or SBC custom designs. Features, cost, schedule, and reliability are the most important issues.
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A story of high-speed innovation
Anticipating customer demands for innovative interconnect systems, Winchester Electronics has successfully reinvented itself to maximize the company's future position as a technology-centric organization. Winchester is now a much different company tha...
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The value of dedicated bus exercisers
Bus exercisers and bus analyzers are designed as mutually supporting development tools, which maximize the benefits of capturing and analyzing traffic on the bus. While most CompactPCI designers use some sort of protocol-specific analyzer or a general...
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The six levels of system integration
This article outlines 6 steps to system integration, as well as what to look for when selecting a manufacturer to do system integration.
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Slimmer, cooler, smarter - next generation CompactPCI power supplies
The author looks at some challenges associated with CompactPCI power supplies and cooling, and introduces emerging technologies that are designed to make advertising these challenges easier for the CompactPCI system integrator.
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How not to smoke your CompactPCI board
When you new CompactPCI board starts smoking after you plug it into a backplane, that's a sure sign it's time to get to know the CompactPCI bus a whole lot better.
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HyperTransport as an emerging new I/O bus standard
Faster processors and silicon process have squeezed traditional single-ended, Address/Data, and Control I/O buses to their engineering limits. These I/O buses, such as PCI-X can no longer meet the demand for high-speed, multinode data connectivity, le...
Aaron Applebaum, LV Power
Jeff Durst,
Eric Verhulst, Eonic Solutions
Michael P. Driscoll, Winchester Electronics
