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...

Software debugging is recognized as one of the most time-consuming activities in the software development cycle. As teams try to get high-quality products to market at reduced costs under increased scheduling pressure, they run the risk of stalling on the challenges introduced by multicore developme...

AdaCore, Verocel, and Wind River Systems joined together as a team to provide a real-time embedded development platform, which is used as the basis for DO-178B Level A safety critical application development for the Boeing 787. Wind River Systems provided VxWorks 653, the common core ARINC-653 opera...

The Cavium Networks OCTEON family of multicore MIPS64® processors offers a scalable, highest-performance, and lowest-power solution for intelligent networking applications, ranging from 100Mbps to full-duplex 20Gbps. These processors, with one to 16 cnMIPS cores on a single chip, integrate next-gene...

VPX represents the future of VME. Eschewing the still-relevant 25 year old parallel bus backplane in favor of serial switched fabrics, VPX supports literally hundreds of user-defined I/O lines at speeds approaching 5 GHz. Also known as VITA 46, VPX has a companion specification called REDI (Ruggediz...

OpenSystems Publishing invites you to our annual Live Media Kit. The Live Media Kit is an interactive marketing tool essential for all marketing managers, executives, product marketing managers, PR and agencies. Here you will learn what coverage our editors are planning for 2009 including the unveil...

Ever heard of "Ever heard of "Talking Radars" or ESA radars? Programmable digital down conversion? C4ISR? Software-defined radios? SIGINT or ELINT? You get the idea. It's hard to find any advanced military system that doesn't at some point rely on digital signal processing to fulfill the mission. I...

In this 90-minute webcast, Power.org highlights some of the key technology standards our members are collaboratively developing for the Power Architecture electronics platform: * Enhancements to the Power Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) * Standardized debug interface for single and multi...

Mercury has recently announced the Converged Sensor Network Architecture, a novel digital signal processing architecture that conjoins the agility of cluster computing with sensors at the tactical edge of the battlefield. The new SR-110 10GE Gateway is a critical component of Mercury's CSNA offeri...

Tundra Semiconductor will be delivering an in-depth presentation on optimizing applications using PCI Express bridges. Applications covered will include video security, embedded computing, PC add-in cards, storage adapters and riser cards. Tundra will cover the challenges that designers need to be a...

Do most embedded projects need an RTOS? It's a good question. The answer lies in the very nature of embedded devices. Devices that, in many cases, are manufactured in the thousands, or millions, of units. Devices where even a $1 reduction in per-unit hardware costs can save the manufacturer a small...

Harsh and mission-critical applications have a set of requirements all their own, such as environmental stresses and extreme temperatures, that typically precluded the use of Computer-on-Modules (COMs) in these environments. However, an improved COM standard geared specifically for rugged applicat...

Choosing an IBV (Independent BIOS Vendor) that fits your engineering needs and matches your style of doing business can be the critical link to the success for your UEFI projects. Consider the following: * How experienced is your prospective IBV - especially its engineers - regarding UEFI techn...

By now you’ve heard of VXS – and maybe even VPX – but just what the heck do they all mean? After all, you’re still supporting systems with VME32, and “2eSST” sounds like a European supercar. Well, strap in, because serial fabric-enabled VME boards in VXS and VPX flavors are now available off-the-she...

Creation of Safe and Secure embedded systems imposes exacting challenges for the architecture, implementation, and cost. Industry leaders will provide information on the real-time tools, services and technologies needed to deliver devices requiring safety certification and/or multiple independent...

Software Defined Radio. Even the phrase sounds cool and represents the height of leading-edge technology. And there’s good reason: SDR relies on the most sophisticated software and middleware, high-end digital signal processing techniques, and some of the most contemporary radio front-ends available...

Multicore processors are a staple part of every processor vendor's product offerings these days. Multicore processors come in many configurations from symetrical cores to Systems-on-a-Chip with co-processors. Designers of embedded systems face many application migration issues that need to be addres...

The introduction of MicroTCA and its benefits have been well received by embedded designers interested in standards-based, next generation platforms. However, while many discussions abound regarding lowering costs for MicroTCA, finding true cost savings for YOUR MicroTCA project can be elusive. Join...