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Dear Engineer,
More and more embedded systems are implementing FPGAs. If you're designing with FPGAs, be sure to attend Pentek's & Xilinx's on-line seminar below. Also, this issue looks at several system design challenges: connector failure, cooling, and shielding.
Kelvin Aist
Sierra Sales |
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"I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image."
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 Preventing & Fixing Bent Pins By Kelvin Aist
VMEbus, CompactPCI, and other architectures adopted a pin and socket mating convention. While reliable, damaged pins or sockets are not uncommon. What can you do if you have a bent or damaged pin? Learn more
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Criteria for Optimum Cooling & Shielding By Elma
Electronic packaging offers two difficult challenges: cooling and shielding. Both illustrate a complexity of tradeoffs when optimizing an enclosure design. Elma offers practical design tips in this article. Read on |
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What is CompactPCI Express?
It is a new specification, denoted as EXP.0, which maps PCI Express onto the CompactPCI 3U form factor. The serial point to point bus has a bandwidth of up to 16 x 2.5 Gb/s (read) or 8 x 2.5 Gb/s (full duplex). Find out more |
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ADLink brings PCI Express to data acquisition with DAQe-2010 / 2016
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Datametric's rugged ToughRider computer & display is Mil-Std-810 ready |
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NEW! Moxa's Linux or CE Industrial Ready-to-Run, Embedded Computer |
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Get the most features on a VMEbus Intel processor: Xycom's XVME-690 |
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