Networking Equipment Reference Materials

Description: This white paper covers where and when to employ Layer 3 routing at the edge of a network. This paper also provides definitions and applications for several widely used routing protocols including ...

Description: This white paper outlines specific installation considerations when installing a WLAN antenna including Fresnel Zones, LOS, reflection, multipath etc. ...

Description: The project involves creating systems that integrate real-time information from production facilities with asset data, and then transmitting the information to ONGC's corporate data center to manage ...

Description: Phase Locked Loop (PLL) circuits are increasingly used in microcontrollers to achieve higher internal clock frequencies. Incorporation of PLL circuits allows better performance while reducing overall ...

Description: Taiwan's Hsuehshan Tunnel is an engineering marvel. With a total span of 12.9 kilometers, it is the world's fifth longest tunnel, the longest in Southeast Asia, and the world's longest two-way tunnel. ...

Description: This paper proposes a solution for extending the availability of transparent high-speed Ethernet by re-using the existing T1/E1 TDM network. By employing inverse multiplexing technology with support ...

Description: For many years, serial interfaces such as current loop, RS-232, and RS-485 have been the preferred methods for industrial communications. Ethernet offers high reliability with the proven ability to ...

Description: This paper proposes a solution for extending the availability of transparent high-speed Ethernet by re-using the existing T1/E1 TDM network. By employing inverse multiplexing technology with support ...

Description: With the advent of the next-generation optical transport network that provides the foundation for building up a Next Generation Network (NGN), a 40-Gbit/s class ultra-high-speed and large-capacity ...

Description: Communication network systems are rapidly growing in size and complexity. These systems have many high speed integrated circuits with critical operating parameters and must provide extremely reliable ...

Description: Advances in data communications has created efficient methods for several devices to communicate over a minimum number of system wires. The Controller Area Network (CAN) is one of these methods. CAN ...

Description: This application note describes the implementation of the PICmicro MSSP module for Master I 2 C communications. The Master Synchronous Serial Port (MSSP) module is the enhanced Synchronous Serial Port ...

Description: Many network protocols are described using the seven layer Open System Interconnection (OSI) model, as shown in Figure 1. The Controller Area Network (CAN) protocol defines the Data Link Layer and ...

Description: Controller Area Network (CAN) was initially created by German automotive system supplier Robert Bosch in the mid-1980s for automotive applications as a method for enabling robust serial communication. ...

Description: The Controller Area Network (CAN) protocol is an asynchronous serial bus with Non-Return to Zero (NRZ) bit coding designed for fast, robust communications in harsh environments, such as automotive and ...

Description: There are many different microcontrollers on the market today that are being used in embedded control applications. Many of these embedded control systems need nonvolatile memory. Because of their ...

Description: AN1107 An HTTP Server Using BSD Socket API FEATURES Author: Sean Justice Microchip Technology Inc. The HTTP server provided here does not implement all HTTP functionality; it is a minimal server ...

Description: AN1066 MiWi™ Wireless Networking Protocol Stack CONSIDERATIONS Author: David Flowers and Yifeng Yang Microchip Technology Inc. A network using the MiWi protocol is capable of having a maximum of ...

Description: AN941 ® Programming Windows XP for Embedded IR Applications FIGURE 1 shows an IrDA standard system, where aF Author: Joseph Snyder, Microchip Technology Inc. Windows XP based PC is communicating ...

Description: AN1140 USB Embedded Host Stack Most USB peripheral devices are divided into Author: Kim Otten categories, called classes. Each class has special Microchip Technology Inc. requirements regarding its ...

Description: AN1141 USB Embedded Host Stack Programmer's Guide FEATURES Author: Bud Caldwell Microchip Technology Inc. * Supports USB embedded host applications * Handles device enumeration and configuration * ...

Description: AN1163 USB HID Class on an Embedded Device FEATURES Author: Sean Justice Microchip Technology Inc. This application note provides key components of a HID device class driver. The Microchip HID device ...

Description: AN1163 USB HID Class on an Embedded Device FEATURES Author: Sean Justice Microchip Technology Inc. This application note provides key components of a HID device class driver. The Microchip HID device ...

Description: AN1169 USB Mass Storage Class on an Embedded Device FEATURES Author: Sean Justice Microchip Technology Inc. This application note provides key components of an MSD device function driver. The ...

Description: With the introduction of Microchip's microcontrollers with the USB OTG peripheral, microcontroller applications can easily support USB Embedded Host functionality. One of the most common uses of this ...

Description: This USB FM Radio design is intended as a reference for incorporating FM radio functionality into a USB product. The design consists of two major components, the Si4701 FM radio receiver and the ...

Description: There has been much excitement and talk over the years about the appropriateness of ATM for all manner of telecommunications applications. Many white papers and articles asserted that ATM was the ...

Description: Managers responsible for enterprise networks are facing unprecedented changes in the technology which is available to them. These new technologies offer the opportunity to operate enterprise ...

Description: The changes and upheaval in the telecommunications resulting from the Telecommunications Act of 1996 have spawned a need for tighter integration of access, multiplexing and routing functions. These ...

Description: The Patton 2800 Remote Access Server can help small corporations consolidate and manage a variety of voice and data access demands. In the Typical Corporate Access Scenario (below), telecommuters are ...

Description: The Patton 2800 Remote Access Server can help corporations provide cost-effective data access for branch offices, and can connect those offices to the corporate headquarters. In the Enterprise Network ...

Description: Patton Electronics has always been the champ when it comes to RS-232 products. And though some fingerwaggers might label RS-232 as "obsolete," fascinating applications for Patton RS-232 products just ...

Description: Service providers are finding it increasingly difficult to compete in the telecommunications market by differentiating their offering on price alone. A combination of regulatory and competitive ...

Description: The capital cost of introducing any new service is often the figure that attracts attention. However, with multi-service provision, the initial equipment costs can be exceeded by the operational costs ...

Description: System managers use network management software to monitor, control, and test communication devices. A variety of standardized and proprietary management systems have been deployed. However, Simple ...

Description: The technology which now enables us all to be part of one large global community is impressive. Fibre optic cables cross oceans, networks of satellites link continents and sophisticated management ...

Description: For many years, serial interfaces such as current loop, RS-232, and RS-485 have been the preferred methods for industrial communications. Ethernet offers high reliability with the proven ability to ...

Description: Today's Internet does far more then email and file transfers. Initially designed for non-real-time (NRT) data applications, the Internet has matured far beyond these tasks. In addition to web ...

Description: The Problem: The USB Interface Was Not Designed for Industrial Environments The USB interface was originally designed to give home computer users a universal method for connecting peripherals. Over ...

Description: "We help broadband internet hardware companies such as Scientific Atlanta (a Cisco company), Arris Group, Wave 7 Optics, and Intel ensure their broadband products are compliant for the market in which ...

Description: Mobitex is a packetized wireless 900-MHz wide area network (WAN) that allows mobile/portable subscribers to transfer data, including e-mail, through the growing national and international network ...