White Paper: Windows CE Development for RISC Computers Made Easy
By: Thomas Walters and Earle Foster Windows CE (a.k.a. Windows Embedded Compact), originally released in 1996, can be an attractive alternative to the full Windows…
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White Paper: Using FPGAs to Improve Embedded Designs
By: Greg Harrison and Earle Foster Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) are semiconductor devices that are programmed after manufacturing to accomplish application specific functionality. FPGAs…
White Paper: MIL-STD-1553 IP Cores – An Emerging Technology
The MIL-STD-1553 serial data bus is widely used for control purposes in avionics, aircraft and space systems. Forty years since its release, 1553 is evolving…
White Paper: Computer System Design for Critical Applications
By: Earle Foster Careful upfront attention to computer system design will save field failures and headaches later “Industrial computer” is a widely used term that…
White Paper: Eliminate the Risk of RS-485 Data Corruption
By: Earle Foster and Jeff Hunter How-To Overcome the Perils of Moving Data via RS-485 I. Background and Objective The RS-485 communications standard was introduced…
Test Report: USB to Serial Adapter Designs
Impact of Architecture on Performance of USB to Serial Adapters “We were stunned at the performance differencebetween brands of multiport USB to serial adapters.”Design architecture…