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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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SSV: COM with web server, web client, SQL database

With the new ARM9-based DIL/NetPC DNP/9265, SSV presents a compact and energy-efficient computer-on-module for complex embedded networking applications. In addition to a TCP/IP stack with SSL support and SPI firewall, the Linux operating system preinstalled in the flash memory adds special embedded Internet capabilities. These include HTTP/HTTPS web server with FastCGI, SQlite database, PHP 5.3 with JSON, and LibGD and Gnuplot for dynamic creation of images. Furthermore, this newly developed DIL/NetPC offers various web client functions, for transmitting any given data in XML or JSON format to an external server using an HTTP POST or GET operation, for example. It also features an embedded twitter client. The DNP/9265 can thus automatically create short text messages for a Twitter microblog to announce important state changes.

Aside from a 10/100 Mbps Ethernet LAN interface, the DNP/9265 offers a multitude of other interfaces such as 1x ISO/11898A 2.0B CAN, 1x USB 2.0 Host, 3x UART, 1x SPI Master/Slave, 1x I2C Master/Slave, 20-bit GPIO and an SD card interface. The mechanical form factor is the convenient DIL-40 format with a module area of 55 x 23 mm. That makes it interchangeable with other members of the DIL/NetPC family. A starter kit is available with the DNP/SK30 for evaluation purposes. This includes a baseboard with a 40-pin DIL connector for the DNP/9265, 1x LAN with RJ45, 1x CAN on a pin connector, 2x RS232 as 9-pin Sub-D connector, and a breadboard area for customizations.