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May 2009

Patient Monitoring Using Capacitive Sensors

Capacitive sensors can be used to measure many different physical parameters that are important when monitoring the health of patients. In particular, the technical advances made by sensor manufacturers in using micro electro mechanical systems (MEMS), fabricated using silicon microchip manufacturing techniques, have opened up new possibilities for integration which improve the ease and adaptability of their use.


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Designing Flexible Printed Circuit Boards

General purpose flexible circuit boards are those with electronic components that can be bent to fit in tight spaces. Most are just one or two layers thick and are meant for “flex to install” applications, as they will tolerate limited flex cycles. Circuit boards like this are often found in ...
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Software Development for Low Power Designs

The increasing emphasis on green technologies has focused more attention on low power design. Microcontroller vendors are responding by increasing their offerings of ultra low power devices that consume as little as 350 uA/MHz and have sub-uA sleep modes.


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Mar 2009
Increasing System Flexibility Using FPGAs
StackableUSB™ Adapting PC Technology to the Embedded Market
Using Virtualization to Secure Mobile Device Designs
Jan 2009
Deciphering the New SUMIT™ Specification
Applying Cognitive Memory to Pattern Recognition
Direct Spray Liquid Cooling Systems
Nov 2008
Using RFID to Protect System Firmware
Board Versus Box: The Age-Old DAQ Dilemma
Adopting Aerospace Development and Verification Standards for Software
Sep 2008
Interview with Ray Alderman, Executive Director of VITA
Modeling System Architecture and Resource Constraints Using Discrete-Event Simulation
RapidIO vs. Ethernet A Practical Technical Comparison
Designing Software Radio Systems With FPGAs
Aug 2008
Getting Real-Time Performance From A Full-Featured OS
Jul 2008
Omniscient Code Generation for 8-, 16- and 32-bit Microcontrollers
Using AdvancedTCA and MicroTCA in High-Availability Military Systems
Multipurpose Transaction Protocol: A New Data Transport Model
May 2008
Techniques for Cooling Power and Other Electronic Devices
Prototyping PMC Daughterboards
Touch Screen Technology 101
Mar 2008
Static vs. Dynamic Detection of Bugs in Safety-Critical Code
Feb 2008
Taking the Sting Out of Multiprocessor DSP Application Development
Using CompactPCI to Build Rugged Embedded Systems
Jan 2008
Z-RAM
Designing Configurable Air Transport Racks
Designing COTS Computers for Harsh Environments
Dec 2007
Taking PC/104 CPU Boards to the Next Performance Level
Oct 2007
Virtual Memory
Understanding the Unique Requirements of Portable Data Acquisition Systems
Ultra-Wideband Recording Stretches to Keep Up With Digitizers
Using Ethernet for Process Automation
How PCI Express Is Changing Machine Vision
Sep 2007
Cell Technology Tackles 3D Medical Imaging Reconstruction Challenges
User Programmable FPGAs Power CompactRIO Embedded Systems
Using RapidIO® Technology as a System-Level Fabric
Aug 2007
Cyber-Training Today’s Fighting Forces
Embedded Development and the .NET Micro Framework
Jul 2007
Embedded Security: Down to the Silicon
Next-Gen Networks Drive AdvancedTCA Deployments
Secure Your Embedded Wireless Network
Jun 2007
SMP vs. AMP: How Homogenous Is Your Embedded System?
Secure Partitioning Safeguards Real-time Performance
Visualization Tools Aid Multi-core Development
May 2007
Distributed Control Standard Connects Industry Regardless of Bus
Bringing Modularity to MicroTCA
Filtered Conduction Empowers Mil-Spec Desert Systems
Mar 2007
Multi-Cores: The Gateway to Next-Gen SBCs and Blades
Beamforming System Eases Crowded Wireless Spectrum
SOA in Practice: Model-Driven Repositories Fill the Gap Between Concept and Implementation
Jan 2007
Sensor Interface Design Demystified
Advanced Ceramic Heaters Improve IC Packaging and System Performance
Accelerated Testing — Raising the Bar on Electronics Integrity
Dec 2006
Multi-Fabric Switching Enables New Architectures for Military Systems
Nov 2006
Embedded Databases: Data Management for Real- Time and Embedded Systems
MILS: An Architecture for Security, Safety, and Real Time
Liquid Cooling Takes Aim at Gamer PC Applications
Jan 2006
A Software Development Process for Small-Scale Embedded Systems
Choosing Among ZigBee RF Power Options for Your Wireless Application

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