Enabling interoperability in high-performance embedded applications

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Risk management for counterfeit materials

Counterfeit materials will continue to challenge the defensive capabilities of manufacturers in the military and aerospace industry.

Overview about the 6U VPX single board computer VPX6-185

This Video is presented by Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing’s VPX6-185 6U VPX single board computer is a high performance rugged processing platform.


Early verification and validation using model-based design

One of the primary benefits of model-based design is the opportunity to do rigorous verification and validation in parallel with all other development steps, especially early in the development process.

Smarter products - software becomes the most active ingredient

As software becomes the most active ingredient in product innovation, traditional manufacturers are essentially becoming software companies. While this transformation is sparking unprecedented leaps in product value, it is also introducing new challenges and implications.

Building ultra-slim embedded systems with Em-ITX

Building a slimline or thinline embedded system can be a difficult task or a relatively simple one depending on the form factor chosen for the task. But how slim is slim enough?

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Sharp: industrial 7-inch displays with LED backlight

Sharp unveils a series totalling five industrial standard 7 inch TFT LCDs in the first half of 2010. The spectrum ranges from the robust screens of the more mechanically resilient Strong2 class with extended temperature range from -30 to 80°C to a "light" type LQ070Y3DG3A variant, with an operating temperature of -20 to 50°C which is designed to be more suitable for consumer applications. This display is also available as a touch screen model boasting very good optical properties: with 300 cd/m² it possesses comparatively high brightness and is every bit equal in terms of contrast to its non touch screen sister model. The TFT LCD is also impressively slim, at 7.1 millimetres being only 1.1 millimetres deeper than the variant without the touch screen unit.

In addition to the 800 x 480 pixel resolution, the five new 7 inch industrial displays have their LED-based backlight in common. The principal advantage of LEDs for industrial applications is their extremely rapid responsiveness and good dimming qualities. This makes it easy to control the brightness of the display as a function of the ambient light using photodiodes to automatically adjust the display’s brightness so that legibility remains consistently good even in frequently changing light conditions.A further plus point of LED backlighting is the low voltage, direct current power supply, which reduces EMI behaviour while reducing system complexity since measures to protect against high-voltage can be dispensed with. Operation in areas at risk of explosion is also simplified. With a depth between 6 and 9 millimetres, Sharp’s new 7 inch TFT LCDs have less than half the depth of comparable CCFL variants accompanied by greater mechanical robustness.