FPGA board for avionics applications designed by MEN Micro

AMBLER, Pa., 4 Sept. 2010. MEN Micro Inc. now offers the 6U field programmable gate array (FPGA) -based, triple-redundant A602 64-bit VMEbus single board computer (SBC) that uses a lock-step architecture keeping software development at a minimum for avionics applications.The A602 runs the same set of operations in parallel to ensure that the programming...

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Dawn of a New Age in Serial Switch Fabrics

By John KellerEditor in ChiefWe stand on the doorstep of the next generation in serial data switch fabric networking, which will see vast speed increases from today's data processing. The dominant switch fabrics of today–Gigabit Ethernet, PCI Express, and Serial RapidIO–all are ready to move to even faster versions, which promise fundamental leaps...

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Automated inspection in printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) manufacturing

Visual inspection has long been a necessary method of quality control in Printed Circuit Board Assemblies (PCBA) manufacturing. The characteristics of electronic assemblies have changed substantially over the last decade. Todays high lead count, fine pitch SMT components are becoming even more difficult for humans to inspect at the same time automated...

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Which Laptop battery is right for you?

The short answer is: “Whichever type fits your laptop.”Laptop batteries vary according to the model and type of laptop computer for which they’ve been designed. All laptop batteries do, however, share some common characteristics that differentiate them from regular household batteries:• Laptop batteries are rechargeable• They are composed of...

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