Every piece of hardware – from home desktop computers to smartphones, to rack servers, to wind turbines – is controlled by some sort of operating…
5-Wire Resistive Touchscreens for Rugged Panel PCs
Enclosure design, component selection and placement are vital industrial engineering techniques. However, in the case of rugged touch panel PCs, the touchscreen itself moves quickly…
The Top Trend in PCB Design: Simulation Software
Trends in printed circuit board (PCB) design often point by high-density interconnect (HDI), biodegradable PCBs and flexible PCBs. However, one trend that seems to be…
COM Module Technology: PCIe/104 & COM Express
In embedded computer systems, COM technology enables the use of an off-the-shelf computer module with a custom, application-specific carrier board, or boards, to fulfill the…
Responding to New Demands: The Unmanned Campaign Plan
The global security environment is shifting towards great power competition: when two or more countries have amassed enough military, political and economic power to compete.…
What Makes an Industrial PC Rugged?
Rugged PCs are computers designed to operate in harsh environments like those found in military, oil & gas and industrial applications. How are Rugged PCs…
Looking to the Future of Wi-Fi: Wi-Fi 7
Wi-Fi 6 was released in 2020, and Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be) is just around the corner with expected release in 2024. Wi-Fi 6 implements a number…
Securing Modbus Communications: Modbus TLS and Beyond
Modbus is a communications protocol developed in 1979 by Modicon to transmit messages between industrial control and monitoring devices. Modbus is a freely available open…
COM-HPC: The New Standard in Modular Computing
COM-HPC stands for Computer-on-Module for High Performance Computing and is the next-generation standard for modular computing systems. As technology continues to advance, demands grow for…