Although the U.S. DoD did more to popularize the term “software defined radio” than any other entity, America’s military is only now starting to deploy SDRs. Instead, the civilian world of cellular base stations and fire/police/federal radios are gaining more momentum in SDRs – but they don’t have t...

Military and defense systems development brings together a challenging and unique blend of ruggedized platforms, reliable software, and sophisticated display and user input software. Whether the system is designed for intelligence gathering, strategic command, or communications, starting with a reli...

Does it seem like you're trapped between getting more out of a design, and how much battery power you have? It's a constant struggle for designers of handheld and mobile devices, who are pressing the limits on what can be done with software and processing power while still keeping devices very small...

Performance and cost have always been critical metrics for evaluating networking equipment. Multicore silicon offers an opportunity to optimize both. By efficiently distributing networking functions across multiple cores, systems can realize greater throughput, smaller footprint, and lower costs tha...

Linux is the fastest-growing operating system for device development. Some striking advantages are its proven scalability and flexibility, and full source-code availability. Once you’ve chosen Linux, you still have a decision to make: Will you “roll your own (RYO)” Linux or use a commercial Linux so...

The challenge for EDA tool vendors in attacking electronic system level (ESL) design can be simply stated - provide the tools and methodologies that let system-on-chip (SoC) designers use abstract, system-level models to create implementation-ready (RTL) descriptions of their desired hardware. The...

With the accelerating pace of application development and evermore compressed product life cycles, the ability to re-use and migrate legacy software to new platforms is paramount. Migrating from legacy RTOS-based designs to embedded Linux presents a range of engineering challenges, but also opportun...

If you are involved in designing or developing carrier-grade network equipment, uninterrupted service and comprehensive network management are likely mission-critical requirements. This presentation will define how standards such as NETCONF and those published by the Service Availability Forum (SA F...

The lack of timely and accurate access to sensor data negatively affects the warfighter every day. SigmaNETTM, from Mercury Computer Systems, is a combined hardware/software solution that addresses the data access issues by pushing exploitation close to the sensor, helping to deliver actionale inf...

The requirement for 'instant-on' capability in consumer electronics, ranging from cellphones to mobile internet devices to automotive platforms, has become a necessity. Customers' expectations for instant data or multimedia access has been increasing with trendy gadgets being released in the market....

For the application developer, this ecast offers a hands-on look at multicore technology from the viewpoint of a chip vendor, a systems vendor, and an operating system software vendor. What performance gains can be expected by implementing multicore right, both in hardware and software? How can mult...

The Fourth Wave of the Internet is upon us, with millions of new users joining the “inter-web” every year—and tens of millions of connected devices are sharing everything from simple keywords to location-aware “mash-up” concert databases. Web 2.0 apps like Twitter combined with an always-on BlackBe...

Virtualization has gained a strong hold in enterprise applications. Now it is gaining momentum in embedded computing. Find out from the leaders what they are doing to address multicore and security concerns with virtualization and hypervisors at the processor and RTOS levels.

The average new car now packs more electronics than the average living room. There are electronics systems for vehicle control, safety and regulatory compliance systems, driver assistance, networking, and infotainment – all depending heavily on embedded hardware and software to deliver a total exper...

LCD displays are finding their way into many, many devices as a simple way to implement an operator interface. But the days of hard-to-interface raw LCDs are over - many microcontrollers are integrating with LCD drivers and touch screen capability, and software is making small displays more useful a...

Join technologists from Texas Instruments (TI) and VirtualLogix (VL) as they discuss multicore solutions for high density applications, as well as TI's current portfolio and product roadmap for future solutions for high performance applications such as telecom infrastructure, high performance and em...

With a shift to multi-core processors on the horizon, many embedded software developers can expect a sudden spike in software complexity in their future development projects. This creates a significant risk of missing tight schedules because of the challenges introduced by multi-core development. Em...

Getting it right is the most profoundly important matter confronting system and software developers of safety-critical applications such as space flight, avionics, and any life-critical equipment. There are no predictable or predetermined answers. This E-cast will provide crucial insights on how to...

Eclipse has ushered in a new generation of Integrated Development Environments and tools. Eclipse, though, was never intended to be used for embedded development, and has to be enhanced to meet the needs of embedded developers. This Ecast will introduce and demonstrate a new Eclipse-based IDE that...

The ARM architecture is the most widely used processor architecture in the world with new licensees signing up every month. Supporting this growth is the ARM Connected Community which forms a broad ecosystem to support designers using ARM cores. Mentor Graphics are at the forefront of the ARM Connec...

The new Intel® EP80579 Integrated Processor with Intel® QuickAssist technology and Intel® Atom™ processor expand choices for today's embedded developers when it comes to employing multi-chip solutions in small form factor designs. Advantech is taking advantage of the benefits these products offer by...

One of our regular Small Form Factors columnists recently commented that “low power is the new black” – reflecting the tone of this season’s board introductions. Processors under 15W TDP, and in many cases much lower, are driving new form factors, devices, and ideas to places they weren’t able to go...

With our aging population and rising medical costs, improvements to our medical system are foremost on many peoples mind. Embedded computing is having a profound impact on improvements in medical treatment. New uses of electronics are emerging everyday with many more expected. Join us as industry ex...

Intel® Atom™ processor has opened up new possibilities for designers tasked with designing small, lightweight, thermally constrained, fanless embedded applications that require longer battery life. RadiSys and Nexcom are using the new Intel® Atom™ processor and the Intel® SCH US15W to develop small...