White Papers
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"just fix it in software" Hardware abstraction layers (HALs) and measurement abstraction layers (MALs) are some of the most effective design patterns to make test software as adaptable as the hardware.
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RS-485: Still the Most Robust Communication
An examination of the characteristics that make RS-485 the most popular interface protocol for use in harsh, industrial environments.
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Automated Test Outlook 2017, Through the Eyes of NI's Cofounder: A Special Issue Guest - Edited by Dr. James Truchard
In this special edition white paper, NI Cofounder Dr. James Truchard reflects on the past 40 years of test and measurement, identifies market and technology trends impacting today's test organizations, and looks forward to what lies ahead.
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Faster Development of Safe, Smart Railway Solutions with SIL Level COTS Components
In the coming years, the digitalization of the rail industry will be the dominant task for train and track operators as well as for the OEMs and automation vendors that supply them. The aim is to make rail transport safer, more efficient and customer-friendly.
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WFMC+ Mezzanine Card Evolution for Low Latency and High Bandwidth Solutions
FMC+ is the next generation of FMC specification (VITA 57.4) that addresses the growing need for high speed wideband analog I/O.
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Strategies for Open Architecture COTS Operating Systems
Design for Refresh: Strategies for Open Architecture COTS Systems Software Operating Systems
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Implementing High Performance EMBEDDED Computing Hardware
High-Performance and Embedded Computing are not mutually exclusive system terms. See why. Embedded computers can be high-performance systems, see how. No more comprises, see how to implement high performance embedded computing hardware in your system applications.
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Open standard middleware enables new classes of HPEC solutions
The military is unquestionably deriving enormous benefit from commercial technologies such as location-aware cell phones, IoT's connected sensors, high performance computing in data centers, because it needs exactly what the commercial world needs.
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Abaco Systems and networking: what can we do for you?
Solving networking problems
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Mobile Edge Computing: The Edge is the Future
This white paper provides a brief overview of the challenges facing today's mobile networks and some of the current thinking about how those networks may evolve to 5G. We then consider how mobile edge computing will play a critical role both in making 5G a reality and improve the mobile customer experience for millions of subscribers around the globe.
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5 Real-Time, Ethernet-Based Fieldbuses Compared -- Which Standard Stands Apart?
One of the five real-time Ethernet fieldbus standards has achieved a tipping point of acceptance. Cutting through all the marketing clutter, it becomes clear that EtherCAT offers both superior performance and market acceptance. Its performance is an order of magnitude better than Ethernet IP and Powerlink.
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AXIS Software Development Tools
Declare independence from your hardware and operating system.
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Staff, MEN Micro Elektronik GmbH
Abaco Systems, Abaco Systems
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