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03PCs: Cost-effective, high-performance motion control platforms
By Kim Hartman (TenAsys)
The title is correct, but isn't referring to the basic Windows-based PC that we all know. Instead, a virtualized environment with real-time deterministic capability can turn a PC into a motion control platform.
01Encoders open the way for new applications
By Reinhard Kuhn (DR. JOHANNES HEIDENHAIN GmbH)
Technology in optical scan linear encoders is changing to support more demanding applications in which motion control performance largely depends on the type of encoder used.
02Building an FPGA-based solution for industrial wireless sensor networks
By Stefano Zammattio (Altera Corporation)
Using FPGAs, designers can implement a flexible communications interface in a plant network via a WirelessHART or SP100.11a gateway.
01Today’s motion control requires close hardware/software integration and flexibility
By Patrick H. Dwyer (Aim Controls)
Advances in FPGA technology with both integrated processing cores and better real-time performance have compelled designers to revisit tasks for motion control. Functions once completed in software can now be placed in an FPGA for enhanced performance and increased features.
01White Paper: Smart screens for embedded industrial applications
By Andy Gryc, Product Marketing Manager (QNX Software Systems Ltd.)
Smart screens are becoming the preferred HMI for industrial control applications. These applications must meet stringent requirements for usability, reliability and longevity. We evaluated strategies and tools for building smart screens on systems running the QNX® Neutrino® RTOS. Adobe Flash Lite meets all the requirements essential to our industrial smart screen development strategy.
03Go wireless, or go home
By Don Dingee
With 15 billion devices in play and a range of wireless choices for different jobs, getting connected isn’t as simple as choosing one network.
Robust communication systems migrate into building intelligence
By Herve Branquart (ON Semiconductor)
With so many networks to choose from, could a mature, tested, familiar industrial network be the answer for building intelligence? Here's the case for CAN in long-distance applications.
04Wi-Fi and U-SNAP: Advancing smart grid adoption in homes
By Bernard Aboussouan (GainSpan) and Janet Peterson (Our Home Spaces)
Industrial wireless networking and the smart grid go hand in hand, or more accurately, machine-to-machine. Wi-Fi, already deployed in many homes and on smart phones, can make the connection quickly and effectively in a new U-SNAP format.
03Cellular networks do more than voice
By Michael Day, PhD (ADC)
It's easy to overlook, but it's not news that cellular wireless networks carry data traffic nicely, and that is exactly what many industrial applications need when operating over a wide geographic range.
01300 channels, maybe something’s on
By Don Dingee
The idea behind vision systems isn't just to capture more video, but to provide intelligent functions and services.
01A bright outlook for GigE Vision
By Eric Carey (DALSA)
Using standard Ethernet equipment paves the way for new possibilities in interconnecting multicamera systems.
01Seeing beyond the cart
OpenSystems Media
A shopping cart-mounted system is transforming the ways that retailers sell and consumers buy their products.
01Examining apps for smart cameras
By Michael Long (Analog Devices, Inc.)
Smart cameras offer an alternative for cost- and space-constrained application areas where requirements are not likely to change.
01Industrial vision in a box
OpenSystems Media
A NASA software application uses NI LabVIEW and vision software to conduct advanced visualization, processing, and analysis.
01Intelligent cameras advance embedded video processing
By Albert Kay (IntelliVision)
An intelligent camera combines "eyes" with the "brain."
02The climate (control) for ZigBee
By Tom Fredricks (Emerson Climate Technologies)
Tom discusses the trends and challenges involved in using ZigBee to enable the smart grid.
02White Paper: Intel Industrial Control Reference Design
By Intel (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.
01White Paper: Embedded Systems for Industrial Control in a Greener World
By Intel (Intel)
Industrial Control Solutions Guide: To meet the demands for energy efficiency for cost savings and to reduce emissions that contribute to global warming, Intel stands ready with the technologies, the product roadmaps and the vision for a greener future.
04The greening of industrial system design
By Tom Schulte (Altera)
A look inside the latest FPGA technology reveals how design separation is resulting in safer, lower-power motor control implementations.
03Mesh wireless sensor networks: Choosing the appropriate technology
By Leor Hardy (Virtual Extension) and Marius Gafen (Virtual Extension)
While most network approaches use routing as the basic architecture, new flooding-based technology offers distinct advantages, especially when i... (continues)
04PoE with integrated digital isolation saves energy and money
By Amit Gattani (Akros Silicon)
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.
01Point, line, plane, um, wait, I got this …
By Don Dingee
The much-hyped "smart grid" is neither smart nor a grid.
01Battery-Assisted Passive: The next wave of RFID technology
By Matt Ream (Blue Spark Technologies)
A new class of auto-ID technology offers a breakthrough in the price/performance curve for high-volume RFID applications.
01Unclonable RFID strengthens product authentication
By Vivek Khandelwal (Verayo)
Innovative silicon biometric technology provides a simple and robust anticounterfeiting mechanism.
01Ultra-low-power wireless sensor networks: Designing with different energy sources
By Cees Links (GreenPeak Technologies)
Energy harvesting devices enable autonomous, battery-free sensor networks by tapping into the power available in the environment.
In machines, we somewhat trust
By Don Dingee
When it comes to something monitoring us, we are quick to question its accuracy.
RFID, now and next
By Nikhil Ayer (National Instruments)
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
By N. Venkatesh (Redpine Signals)
RTLS tags based on 802.11n improve location system performance and increase battery life.
Wanted: High memory in a passive tag
By Bob Hamlin (Tego)
Storing archival records directly on tags enables users to retrieve valuable information at the point of activity.
Tags from the edge
By Baldev Nair (GlobeRanger)
Software supporting RFID and non-RFID hardware can help companies harness information from the edge.
Tracking and monitoring nuclear materials
OpenSystems Media
An RFID system developed by Argonne National Laboratory keeps tabs on nuclear material containers for the U.S. Department of Energy.
IP-based networks level the playing field
By Geoff Mulligan (IPSO Alliance)
Using IP as the communications protocol simplifies the design and testing of a wireless sensor network.
Embedded, real-time … Windows CE? It’s validated
OpenSystems Media
Windows CE 6.0 R2 passed a series of real-time performance capability tests with flying colors.
M2M and M2E: Next steps to improve performance
By Roy Kok (Kepware Technologies)
Specifications developed by various standards bodies are helping make machine to machine communications a snap.
We need silicon, not just shovels
By Don Dingee
It's about time economics cause something more meaningful to be built.





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