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 Examining apps for smart cameras
Michael Long — Smart cameras offer an alternative for cost- and space-constrained application areas where requirements are not likely to change.  Industrial vision in a box
OpenSystems Media — A NASA software application uses NI LabVIEW and vision software to conduct advanced visualization, processing, and analysis.  White Paper: Intel Industrial Control Reference Design
Intel — To simplify system development and get to market faster, the Intel® industrial control reference design facilitates the migration to a flexible modular architecture. It's based on an easy-to use platform, comprising hardware and software components from industrial market leaders.  PoE with integrated digital isolation saves energy and money
Amit Gattani — Employing on-chip electrical isolation between primary and secondary power in PoE devices provides real-time power management, parts count reduction, and substantial energy savings for large enterprises and Industrial Ethernet users. RFID, now and next
Nikhil Ayer — RFID will continue to evolve and solve new challenges as technological advancements help reduce the cost of tags and readers. 802.11n Wi-Fi in RFID
N. Venkatesh — RTLS tags based on 802.11n improve location system performance and increase battery life.
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 EDITOR'S CHOICE PRODUCTS
by Don Dingee
Making sense out of taps
Kionix: KXTF9 We’ve been covering MEMS accelerometers for quite a while, and we’ve been looking for companies to do something interesting by embedding processing directly on the sensor module. Kionix has introduced the KXTF9 with an integrated feature called Directional Tap/Double-Tap detectio...
Get data outside
National Instruments: NI 9921 and 9922 National Instruments recently announced additions to its line of Wi-Fi data acquisition modules. In thinking through the solution for customers, the company introduced new IP54-rated enclosures for those modules, enabling any of the Wi-Fi DAQ devices to be installed in harsh environments....
Grab frames with fewer wires
ADLINK Technology, Inc.: PCIe-CPL64 The Camera Link specification was recently enhanced to incorporate Power over Camera Link (PoCL), which as the name implies allows power to be delivered to a camera over the Camera Link cable without the need for a separate power connector. A Safe Power mode determines if a camera is PoCL...
See data outside
Stealth Computer Corporation: TT-840 Once data and images are acquired, showing them is important, and that display might have to be located in the same harsh environment. Stealth Computer’s new TT-840 comes to work with an IP68 rating (immersion proof) and an 8.4" sunlight-readable LCD.
The display is 1,000 nits bright...
Atom on the go
American Industrial Systems: Rugged Panel PCs Panel PCs are pretty common, but taking the features found in most and making the unit MIL-STD-810 and IP65 compliant is more interesting.
American Industrial Systems has integrated the Intel Atom N270 processor into a line of rugged panel PCs designed for vehicular applications. With a c...
Atom on the edge
EUROTECH: Helios Edge platforms are where sensors and devices meet the network. The job involves capturing data, aggregating it, and then distributing it back to the cloud for sharing and decision making.
Eurotech has come up with a small platform, the Helios, based on an Intel Atom Z5xx processor running...
A very different battery
Cymbet: EnerChip Onboard battery power can be a headache – or worse. In addition to disposal problems, conventional batteries can leak or even explode. SNAPHAT packages are relatively bulky and a hassle to replace. Super caps lose storage life because of leakage currents.
Cymbet’s EnerChip batter...
Take a pic, make a GUI
Amulet:  Amulet Technologies is putting its LCD driver chip and Graphical OS in Silicon firmware expertise into next-generation IP running on an Atmel ARM-based CAP7 microcontroller.
The new IP supports a color LCD with touch-panel capability and has been fitted into an Atmel CAP7 customizable MCU,...
Pint-sized powerhouse
LocoLabs: LocoLabs GCE  Designing a dynamic digital signage system or a Point-Of-Service (POS) kiosk? The Green Calliope Engine from LocoLabs is based on a Marvell PXA310 application processor coupled with a Marvell 88DE2710 1080p HD video processor and the Marvell 88W8688 Wi-Fi/Bluetooth combo chip. Other I/O in...
Java powers M2M box
AVIDwireless: AVIDdirector-M2M Model 200 Put together an Imsys Java processor, Cypress PSoC mixed-signal array, and connection options including a wide selection of cellular, Bluetooth, ZigBee, 900 MHz, and other wireless radio technologies, and you get a powerful Machine-to-Machine (M2M) interface platform.
The AVIDdirector-M2M...
RFID for the rugged industrial type
Escort Memory Systems: Cobalt HF Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags will soon be ubiquitous on items in your friendly big-box retail store where conditions are fairly benign. In industrial environments, however, conditions may be much more hostile. For example, on food processing applications, tags may be partia...
BACnet browsing shows the full picture
Siemens AG: Insight Revision 3.7  BACnet devices have become extremely popular in building automation networks, connecting systems such as heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning control; lighting control; access control; and fire detection systems. But managing a wide array of devices from different manufacturers on a...
Got a USB port? Start logging data
National Instruments: USB-621x Sometimes, the job calls for data logging in a remote location. Setting up big data loggers, power supplies, and sophisticated software is painful - it’d be much easier to just plug something simple into a laptop and go. But accuracy and proven measurement technology are still requi...
GigE, camera, Linux - action!
Prosilica: GE-Series Gigabit Ethernet cameras  Vision systems used to mean expensive hardware and complicated software. Today, designers can get a camera on their Ethernet network in minutes. Prosilica’s GE-Series Gigabit Ethernet cameras offer high-performance digital imaging for applications in machine vision, industrial inspe...
Big, big rackmount monitor
Chassis Plans: CPPM-8U23 Bigger monitors are the trend, and this one is really big. The CPPM-8U23 from Chassis Plans is an 8U 23" TFT LCD display with native WUXGA 1920 x 1200 resolution at 60 Hz – 75 percent more pixels than a 1280 x 1024 19" display. Viewability is great with 400 nit brightness, 700:1 contr...
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