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Smart Computing Article - Don't Get NIC'd
December 2001 Vol.7 Issue 12 Page(s) 92-95 in print issue Add To My Personal Library Upgrading Your Network Interface Card Is Easy & Beneficial Upgrading a NIC (network interface card) for a notebook computer is normally a simple operation. Most notebooks use the PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory
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Touchscreens widen the outlook for LabView
panel LCD with resistive touchscreen. It runs Windows XP on a 40-GB hard drive and offers connectivity through Ethernet, five USB, two PCMCIA ports, and two half-length PCI slots. Typical connections are to PCIbased data-acquisition boards or external USB-based data-acquisition modules, as well
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Medical Device Link .
, including USB, CompactFlash, PCMCIA, RS-232, and PCI products. External test houses are used to verify that the company's products are compliant to relevant standards. The electronics firm's manufacturing facility is certified to ISO 9001:2000. A series of pressure transmitters has been designed
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Medical Device Link .
Focus on suppliers of electronic products A multifunction bridge chip that offers a CompactFlash-to-USB interface enables medical products with a universal serial bus for interfacing with the host computer to be redesigned in PCMCIA/CF format for use in personal computers or personal digital
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Options for Adding Serial Ports
Desktop PC, Palm, or Laptop PC. USB, PCMCIA, PCI and ISA are some of the methods that will be discussed. The Universal Serial Bus (USB) provides a high data rate and Hot Swap connection for PCs, providing an easy connection to a wide variety of multimedia and network USB devices. Generally considered
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Smart Computing Article - Flash to floppy diskette drive
of ROM chips and because they are tiny and lightweight, these units of memory are used for storage in a wide range of small and/or mobile products, including cell phones, modems, MP3 players, home video game consoles, PDAs (personal digital assistants), PCMCIA Type I and Type II memory cards
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Force/torque sensors help industrial robots make the right moves
a sensor controller consider output format, output resolution, and available interface software. Common output formats include RS-232, analog voltage, and computer bus (ISA, PCI, CompactPCI, VMEbus, PCMCIA, USB, and IEEE-1394). Resolution, noise rejection, and interface software vary by model
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Sensible Sensing
are currently compatible with PCI, cPCI, PCMCIA, ISA, and USB data-acquisition cards with a variety of resolutions and sampling rates. Robert Little. ATI Industrial Automation. Apex, N.C. www.ati-ia.com. Six-axis force/torque (F/T) sensors measure force and torque in many applications, including