Industrial Computers and Embedded Systems Reference Materials
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WP #154: Electrical Efficiency Measurement for Data Centers
From: Schneider Electric ITDescription: Data center electrical efficiency is rarely planned or managed. The unfortunate result is that most data centers waste substantial amounts of electricity. Today it is both possible and prudent to ...
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WP #175: Preparing the Physical Infrastructure of Receiving Data Centers for Consolidation
From: Schneider Electric ITDescription: The consolidation of one or more data centers into an existing data center is a common occurrence. This paper gives examples of what is becoming a standard architecture for preparing the physical ...
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WP #46: Cooling Strategies for Ultra-High Density Racks and Blade Servers
From: Schneider Electric ITDescription: Rack power of 10 kW per rack or more can result from the deployment of high density information technology equipment such as blade servers. This creates difficult cooling challenges in a data center ...
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Touch Screen Selection Guide
Description: A touch screen is an assembly that is mounted in front of a video display. It is activated by touching, with a stylus or finger, the selected area on the display that indicates the desired function. ...
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Power supplies for the next generation of CompactPCI systems
From: nVent Schroff, Inc.Description: In order to supply the components of the system with their required DC voltages, power supply units (PSUs) are built into CompactPCI systems. The tasks of the PSUs include the following: to provide a ...
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Advice of Charge (AOC) Solution in the Cloud
From: Patton Electronics Co.Description: This technical case study describes the MetroAOC service, a cloud-based advice of charge solution from Metronet. Provided in the Software as a Service (SaaS) paradigm, the MetroAOC service is powered ...
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A Demonstration of PCI Express Generation 3 over a Fiber Optical Link
Description: In 2007, the PCI SIG released an external cabling specification enabling interconnection of PCI Express systems at 2.5 Gb/s (Generation 1) and 5Gb/s (Generation 2), facilitating access to PCIe ...
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ECDIS Hardware and the Integrated Bridge
From: Moxa Inc.Description: The marine industry's mandated transition to the Electronic Charts Display and Information System is a revolutionary development in ships' bridge systems. In this white paper, we show you how ...
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Eliminate Software Disasters with a Self-Repairing OS
From: Moxa Inc.Description: Corruption of system software - whether in the OS or in local, user-specific applications - can be equally catastrophic for both remote industrial installations and sites with mass deployments of ...
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[White paper] Eliminate Software Disasters with a Self-Repairing OS
From: Moxa Inc.Description: Corruption of system software - whether in the OS or in local, user-specific applications - can be equally catastrophic for both remote industrial installations and sites with mass deployments of ...
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WP #102: Monitoring Physical Threats in the Data Center
Description: Traditional methodologies for monitoring the data center environment are no longer sufficient. With technologies such as blade servers driving up cooling demands and regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley ...
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WP #147: Data Center Projects: Advantages of Using a Reference Design
Description: It is no longer practical or cost-effective to completely engineer all aspects of a unique data center. Re-use of proven, documented subsystems or complete designs is a best practice for both new data ...
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WP #154: Electrical Efficiency Measurement for Data Centers
Description: Data center electrical efficiency is rarely planned or managed. The unfortunate result is that most data centers waste substantial amounts of electricity. Today it is both possible and prudent to ...
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WP #175: Preparing the Physical Infrastructure of Receiving Data Centers for Consolidation
Description: The consolidation of one or more data centers into an existing data center is a common occurrence. This paper gives examples of what is becoming a standard architecture for preparing the physical ...
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WP #46: Cooling Strategies for Ultra-High Density Racks and Blade Servers
Description: Rack power of 10 kW per rack or more can result from the deployment of high density information technology equipment such as blade servers. This creates difficult cooling challenges in a data center ...
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Troubleshooting Your Industrial Network
From: Black BoxDescription: Ethernet is rapidly spreading across a wide range of industrial environments. This standardized, plug-and-play technology is easy to install and it works 99% of the time. But when it doesn't, it is ...
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LED Backlights Done Right
Description: LED backlights offer numerous advantages over CCFL backlights. General Digital's serial-parallel design allows the display to be used in the event of LED failure. ...
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*Common Problems Checklist (PDF 50 KB)
From: TelparDescription: IMPORTANT!: In all cases, download the printer's user manual from our Website and familiarize yourself with it first! The user manual will be your greatest help in knowing how to correctly operate and ...
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Next Generation Operator Interfaces
Description: issues. OEMs, like most manufacturers, must do more with less, offer the latest technology, and deliver high-quality reliable machines. However, the big issue that worries nearly every machine builder ...
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Mounting an Optically-Bonded LCD
Description: There are few things more heartrending than buying liquid crystal displays, ensuring their safe transport, and handling them with extreme care, only to damage them irreparably during the mounting ...
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Protection for EOS for IEEE1394 Lines With TPD4S1394
Description: The IEEE 1394 interface is a serial bus interface standard for high-speed communications and isochronous real-time data transfer. It is frequently used by personal computers, as well as in digital ...
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Achieving conduction heat transfer for commercial AdvancedMCs in a rugged MicroTCA System
From: nVent Schroff, Inc.Description: A how-to for retooling commercial AMCs to meet rugged requirements. ...
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CompactPCI Cards for Advanced Avionics Systems Development
Description: CompactPCI is a first choice for modernizing legacy test equipment or developing a new system. Its modular hardware design, wide range of COTS I/O options, good instrumentation control, and clear ...
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Meeting Safety-Critical Requirements with MIL-STD-1553
Description: MIL-STD-1553, which has served as the primary command and control interconnect in military aircraft for more than 3 decades, is now being designed-in as the standard for next-generation commercial ...
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PC/104 Evolves Meeting the Embedded Military Market NeedsPC/104 Evolves Meeting the Embedded Military Market Needs
Description: This article describes the evolution of the PC/104 form factor and its advantages in applications which require high performance, low power and small form factor. ...
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Rugged Modules and Boards for MIL-STD-1553 and ARINC 429 Standards
Description: This article describes the MIL-STD-1553 and ARINC 429 standards and their differences in detail, and introduces a wide range of components, test boards, rugged embedded boards, rugged small form ...
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Small Form Factors - Well Suited Solutions for MIL-STD-1553
Description: Small form factors are becoming more popular in embedded military applications, allowing reduction in size and weight for rugged embedded systems. There are many different standards for small form ...
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Fujitsu_Embedded_Compact_Printer_ftp-600_Whitepaper
From: TelparDescription: Fujitsu_Embedded_Compact_Printer_ftp-600_Whitepaper ...
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Optimizing_Thermal_Printing_APS_Whitepaper
From: TelparDescription: A critical element in many kiosk applications is the printer. Kiosks typically feature a thermal printer, and choosing the right one can help ensure the success of a kiosk deployment. ...
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Tech_Tip_Thermal_Paper_Construction
From: TelparDescription: Thermal Printing Technology provides for instant printing on command. No warm-up time is required for the first page. Laser printers can take 20 seconds or more to start printing the first page. This ...
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TechTip_How_to_Solve_Paper_Jams
From: TelparDescription: A common obstruction issue involves printer paper making contact with an enclosure in which the printer is housed. Printer enclosures, such as a kiosk system, provide an opening for the paper from the ...
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TechTip_Paper_Reources
From: TelparDescription: Critical measurements used in Paper Roll specifications ?? Inside diameter of the core. This measures the actual space between the inside walls of the core. ?? Outside diameter of the core. This ...
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Basics of Virtualization Part 2
Description: Shedding light on Virtualization for the industrial market. ...
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Basics of Virtualization Part 1
Description: Shedding light on Virtualization for the industrial market. ...
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A Touchy Subject
Description: A brief exploration of some currently available touch screen technologies. ...
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Calibration of the Highest Caliber
Description: Outline of the initial (but important!) steps in calibrating an LCD monitor. ...
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How to Clean an LCD Monitor 101
Description: A step-by-step method for effectively cleaning the surface of your LCD monitor. ...
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Using IEEE 1588 v2 to Achieve the Synchronization of Sampled Values on the Substation Process Bus
From: Moxa Inc.Description: With a 500 kV grid as its backbone, Jiangsu uses one of the largest electricity grids in China. 220 kV transmission plants cover all the urban and rural areas across the province. ...
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Cleaning Your Zebra 2844 & 2842 Printer
Description: The Proper Cleaning and Maintenance For Zebra Desktop Printers. ...
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Cleaning Your Zebra G-Series Printer
Description: Instructions on how to clean and maintain your Zebra G-Series Desktop Printer. ...
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Cheese Manufacturing Application
Description: Part of the cheese making process requires a saltwater rinse to cure newly made cheese as it passes through an extruder. The mist from the process coats the entire room with a thick condensation. ...
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DOE - Thin Client Computing can Reduce End-User Energy Costs by up to 95 Percent
Description: In 2009, Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced plans to spend $256 million in Recovery Act funds to "support energy efficiency improvements in major industrial sectors." This spending could directly ...
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Food Production Application
Description: Fumigation of a large food production site takes careful planning and coordination to guarantee safety and prevent contamination. Fumigations are scheduled during employee holidays to prevent ...
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Manufacturing in a Dusty Environment
Description: A manufacturing plant had PCs in a dusty environment. The fans sucked in dust and debris causing overheating and failure after about a year. Since the company had 200 PCs, several had to be replaced ...
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Save GREEN with Thin Clients
Description: Forget the political side of Green - just follow the money. Your company is looking for ways to reduce operating costs and a Thin Client system will result in huge savings for both you and the ...
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Transportation Application
Description: Many companies have one IT department that covers a number of locations requiring the IT staff to make regular visits to the other plants for maintenance and repair. Using standard ThinManager ...
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Five Ways to Build Flexibility into Industrial Applications (.pdf)
Description: As industrial system complexity increases, FPGAs offer the ability to integrate an entire system on a chip (SoC), at a lower cost compared to discrete MCU, DSP, ASSP, or ASIC solutions. This document ...
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A Flexible Solution for Industrial Ethernet (.pdf)
Description: This white paper describes the use of Altera® FPGAs to deliver a multistandard Industrial Ethernet capability from a single PCB implementation. The benefits of FPGA implementation are described ...
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Implementing the Top Five Control-Path Applications with Low-Cost, Low-Power CPLDs (.pdf)
Description: Since their introduction in the mid-1980s and across all end markets, CPLDs have been design engineers' favorite choice for control path applications. Taking into account today's severe pressure to ...
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Harris Case Study -- Out of the Ashes: Lessons Learned from a Disaster (.pdf)
From: Suntron CorporationDescription: Beverly Kaufman's high opinion of Harris County's administrators and staff was put to the test when disaster struck. Her colleagues didn't let her down. Before the sun set on "fire day," a cohesive ...
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Embedded Computers in Substation Automation (.pdf)
From: Moxa Inc.Description: Power substations play a critical role in transporting electricity from power plants to homes, businesses, and factories. However, a typical power grid can be comprised of hundreds of substations that ...
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Using CMSIS-DSP Algorithms with RTX (.pdf)
From: ARM Inc.Description: This Application Note describes the development of a digital filter for an analog input signal using the CMSIS-DSP Library and the RTX-RTOS. The application, designed for an NXP LPC1768 device, can be ...
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More Than Just CPU Performance-Criteria for Choosing an x86-based Embedded Computer (.pdf)
From: Moxa Inc.Description: When in the market for an x86-based embedded computer, most system engineers only take hardware requirements such as CPU performance into consideration. Unlike RISC-based computers, which are designed ...
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How Building A/D Applications from a Simple Base Can Minimize Problems Downstream (.pdf)
From: Acromag, Inc.Description: A common task of real-time systems is to extract information from the real world in a form that can be manipulated by a computer to make logical decisions. Converting real world phenomena like music, ...
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Using MODBUS Sample Code in Embedded Applications (.pdf)
From: Moxa Inc.Description: Moxa provides sample code to help end users streamline access to peripherals from Moxa embedded computers. Besides using sample code to speed development of client-server, serial, and other peripheral ...
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A Primer on Obtaining IEC 61850-3 Certification for Embedded Computers (.pdf)
From: Moxa Inc.Description: IEC 61850 is an Ethernet-based protocol standard used mainly in substations for data communication. Substations use a number of controllers for a variety of purposes, including protection, ...
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Creating Embedded Computing Opportunities in Marine Shipping (.pdf)
From: Moxa Inc.Description: Sea transport is an industry that presents many IT challenges and opportunities. The world merchant marine fleet totaled 97,504 ships (a propelled sea-going merchant vessel of at least 100 GRT) at the ...
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Reference Chart: D-Subminiature, Centronics and SCSI Connector Chart
From: L-com, Inc.Description: Reference guide helps you find the exact part you need. You may not know the name of every connector in the industry, but you know what you want. Compare our detailed pictures of popular AUI, ...
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Key Thermal Design Ingredients for Industrial-grade Computers (.pdf)
From: Moxa Inc.Description: One of the greatest challenges for industrial computing manufacturers is to deliver products that meet industrial standards and operate in harsh environments. This challenge is made even greater due ...
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How to Choose a Marine Computer:Criteria for Selection (.pdf)
From: Moxa Inc.Description: Technological advances have transformed the way many industries do business, and maritime shipping is no exception. Modern ships host an ever-increasing number of electronic devices and equipment. ...
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What Is a Data Logger?
From: NIDescription: Data logging and recording is a common measurement application. In its most basic form, data logging is the measuring and recording of physical or electrical parameters over a period of time. The data ...
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Low-Voltage 16-Bit I2C and SMBus I/O Expander with Interrupt Output, Reset, and Configuration Registers (.pdf)
Description: This 16-bit I/O expander for the two-line bidirectional bus (I2C) is designed to provide general-purpose remote I/O expansion for most microcontroller families via the I2C interface [serial clock ...
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Advantages of the PXI Platform and NI Software for Sensor Measurement & Signal Conditioning Systems
From: NIDescription: The rapid adoption of the PC in the last 20 years catalyzed a revolution in instrumentation for test, measurement, and automation. One major development resulting from the ubiquity of the PC is the ...
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So What is Rugged? (.pdf)
From: HandheldDescription: What does rugged mean? From a user perspective, rugged is really just the computer's ability to keep operating under all exposed working conditions. And not just once, but for the life of the unit, ...
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Ethernet-Compliant Remote HMI Stations for Hazardous Areas (.doc)
From: R. STAHL, Inc.Description: The installation of explosion protected HMI stations is common in production plants with hazardous areas. These stations communicate via cable connections with servers at the process control level in ...
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High Spur Free Dynamic Range RF Photonic Links allow MIL SATCOM and RF Distribution Networks to Leverage Optical Communication Infrastructure (.pdf)
Description: Radio Frequency (RF) Photonic links have been the focus of researchers since the early 1980's, and the advances in performance capabilities have been continually expanded by innovative industry ...
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Advanced Tools for High Speed Serial Data Measurements: Equalizer Emulation And Virtual Probing™ (.pdf)
From: Teledyne LeCroyDescription: Two new tools that operate in LeCroy scopes - Equalizer Emulation and Virtual Probing - are provided for dealing with difficult test and measurement problems in measurements of equalized systems. ...
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Group Delay and its Impact on Serial Data Transmission and Testing (.pdf)
From: Teledyne LeCroyDescription: This paper is an extension of last years paper entitled "Eye Pattern Measurements in Scopes". Last years paper pointed out the effects of bandwidth, roll-off rate, flatness, and group delay ...
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Quantifying Crosstalk Induced Jitter in Multi-lane Serial Data Systems (.pdf)
From: Teledyne LeCroyDescription: Multi-lane serial data links are susceptible to crosstalk from adjacent lanes as well as external aggressors. The resulting interference increases the jitter and noise on the victim lanes and can ...
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SuperSpeed USB Protocol Verification Probing at 5Gbps (.pdf)
From: Teledyne LeCroyDescription: USB 3.0 early adopters will begin testing the next-generation peripheral interconnect (known as SuperSpeed USB) later this year. Promising ten times the speed of USB 2.0 and backward compatibility ...
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Validation Methods for S-parameter Measurement Based Models of Differential Transmission Lines (.pdf)
From: Teledyne LeCroyDescription: Signal Integrity engineers are typically simulating systems using simulation models and measuring signals in systems using instruments. Often, during the design process, simulated models are replaced ...
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Extending the Benefits of USB (.pdf)
From: Black BoxDescription: Through the use of extenders, Universal Serial Bus (USB) is no longer limited to the desktop range of five meters (16.4 feet); you can now extend it to cover an entire campus with a range up to 10 ...
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The Original CTI Industrial Mouse™ (.pdf)
Description: The CTI Electronics Industrial Mouse™ is the easiest to use and most reliable sealed pointing device available for use in Industrial, Medical and Food Preparation applications. Replacing the ...
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Industrial Networking White Paper: IEEE-1588 Precise Time Protocol (.pdf)
From: L-com, Inc.Description: This paper the IEEE-1588 Precision Time Protocol as the basis for real time applications in an automation network. Using IEEE1588, it is possible for the first time to synchronize, in the ...
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Industrial Networking White Paper: Networking Interoperability to Industrial/Process and Ethernet/IP Environments (.pdf)
From: L-com, Inc.Description: This paper includes information on Layer 2 and 3 interoperability issues when deploying Ethernet/ IP as well as when to implement a hub versus a switch ...
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White Paper: Cabling Requirements for Harsh Environments (.pdf)
From: L-com, Inc.Description: This white paper will explain the difference between traditional commercial controlled environments and harsh, industrial environments as well as the type of cabling and interconnectivity products to ...
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Configurability is Key to Delivering Custom ATR Solutions (.doc)
Description: High-powered embedded computing equipment utilizing the Air Transport Rack (ATR) form factor is playing an ever-larger role in extreme, mission-critical applications in air, land, and sea ...
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Enhancing Electronic Displays in High-Ambient Light Conditions (.pdf)
From: Dontech IncorporatedDescription: Electronic displays are now commonplace in many demanding applications where both high ambient light readability and environmental compatibility can be achieved only through enhancements to commercial ...
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Applied Inventor
Description: Applied Inventor Designed so that users can learn Inventor on their own with little or no outside help, this detailed guide provides step-by-step instructions for those who would rather read every ...
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Applied SolidWorks
Description: Applied SolidWorks Providing step-by-step instructions along with numerous illustrations, this book begins at a very basic level and ends at a fairly advanced level so that users can learn Solidworks ...
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Partial Differential Equations: An Introduction with Mathematica and MAPLE, Second Edition
Description: Partial Differential Equations: An Introduction with Mathematica and MAPLE, Second Edition Designed for students majoring in math, physics, engineering or science, this text provides an introduction ...
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Server Architectures: Multiprocessors, Clusters, Parallel Systems, Web Servers, and Storage Solutions
Description: Server Architectures: Multiprocessors, Clusters, Parallel Systems, Web Servers, and Storage Solutions Comparing various options regarding server architecture from two separate points of view, this ...
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Stealing the Network: How to Own the Box
Description: Stealing the Network: How to Own the Box What would happen if the attackers were highly motivated and highly skilled? These authors have taken the time and effort to create ten stories exploring just ...
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ASN.1 Complete
Description: ASN.1 Complete A technical guide and reference to ASN.1, a standard language often used to describe data protocols. ...
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Clustering Windows Servers: A Road Map for Enterprise Solutions
Description: Clustering Windows Servers: A Road Map for Enterprise Solutions A unique approach to creating scalable Windows clustered systems. ...
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Computer Systems Performance Evaluation and Prediction
Description: Computer Systems Performance Evaluation and Prediction The purpose of this book is to make analytic, simulation and instrumentation based modeling and performance evaluation of database and computer ...
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Going Wi-Fi: A Practical Guide to Planning and Building an 802.11 Network
Description: Going Wi-Fi: A Practical Guide to Planning and Building an 802.11 Network Detailing the present and future of Wi-Fi technology, this guide explores practical business applications for 802.11 wireless ...
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Information Appliances and Beyond: Interaction Design for Consumer Products
Description: Information Appliances and Beyond: Interaction Design for Consumer Products As technology moves off the desktop and into our everyday lives, designers face tough challenges in creating practical user ...
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HCI Beyond the GUI: Design for Haptic, Speech, Olfactory and Other Nontraditional Interfaces
Description: HCI Beyond the GUI: Design for Haptic, Speech, Olfactory and Other Nontraditional Interfaces With contributions from leading human factors designers, this guide provides the know-how necessary to ...
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Measurement, Control, and Communication Using IEEE 1588
Description: Measurement, Control, and Communication Using IEEE 1588 Providing invaluable assistance in the design of new applications, this book offers detailed discussion of the complex features of the ...
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Physical Database Design: The Database Professional's Guide to Exploiting Indexes, Views, Storage, and More
Description: Physical Database Design: The Database Professional's Guide to Exploiting Indexes, Views, Storage, and More Discussing the concept of how physical structures of databases affect performance, this ...
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Resilient Storage Networks: Designing Flexible Scalable Data Infrastructures
Description: Resilient Storage Networks: Designing Flexible Scalable Data Infrastructures This book explains the components, as well as how to design and implement a resilient storage network for workgroup, ...
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Video and Media Servers: Technology and Applications, Second Edition
Description: Video and Media Servers: Technology and Applications, Second Edition An excellent practical guide, this second edition continues to provide a technical understanding of professional digital video ...
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Writing for Visual Media
Description: Writing for Visual Media This reference focuses on the fundamental problems faced by novice writing programs that will be viewed rather than read. ...
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Disaster Survival Guide for Business Communications Networks
Description: Disaster Survival Guide for Business Communications Networks A handy reference to ensuring protection of your organization's telephone, Internet, network and storage systems. ...
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Embedded Systems Architecture: A Comprehensive Guide for Engineers and Programmers
Description: Embedded Systems Architecture: A Comprehensive Guide for Engineers and Programmers A practical guide covering embedded hardware, firmware, and applications, this book clarifies all concepts with ...
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Embedded Systems Building Blocks, Second Edition
Description: Embedded Systems Building Blocks, Second Edition This text provides a set of software modules to save time in designing embedded systems, describing what each module is, how it works, what services ...
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Embedded Systems Design: An Introduction to Processes, Tools, and Techniques
Description: Embedded Systems Design: An Introduction to Processes, Tools, and Techniques An easy-to-understand guidebook for those embarking upon an embedded processor development project. ...
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Embedded Systems Firmware Demystified
Description: Embedded Systems Firmware Demystified Provides a roadmap for embedded system startups, demonstrates how to develop tools for 21 platforms, and more. ...
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PCI Bus Demystified, Second Edition
Description: PCI Bus Demystified, Second Edition An applications-oriented introduction to the PCI bus, this book places emphasis on implementing PCI in a variety of computer architectures and gives special ...