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28 KB Java Virtual Machine
IS2T (Nantes, France) recently announced MicroEJ® the industry’s first Java platform to support the development and integration of Java-based functionality for low cost, memory-constrained, C and C++ applications...
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Embedded Firewall
Icon Labs (Des Moines, IA) and Quadros Systems (Houston, TX) recently announced the availability of Icon Labs’ Floodgate™ Packet Filter embedded firewall software for the RTXC™Quadros™ realtime operating system....
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12-Bit Analog-to-Digital Converter
Touchstone Semiconductor (Milpitas, CA) has announced the new TS7003, a single-supply, single- channel, 12-bit analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The TS7003 combines a 10-MHz track-and-hold (T/H), a high-speed...
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PCI/104-Express Frame Grabber
The Model 911, PCI/104-Express 4-Channel Frame Grabber with Audio Capture from Sensoray (Tigard, OR) simultaneously captures four channels of analog video and four channels of stereo audio. It captures raw video...
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Trifold Rugged Rackmount Display
Chassis Plans (San Diego, CA) is now offering the TFX-19, a trifold rackmount LCD monitor in a 2U form factor. Chassis Plans’ TFX Dis plays are rugged, military grade, high-performance, 2U rackmount LCD panel...
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A/D Boards
United Electronic Industries (UEI) (Walpole, MA) has announced the release of four new analog input boards. All four of the boards offer 8 analog input channels, 24-bit A/D resolution and 120 kilosample/second maximum sampling rates....
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Durable Label Printer
Primera Technology, Inc. (Plymouth, MN) has introduced the LP130 Durable Label Printer for a wide range of rough-service applications, including the U.S. Department of Defense’s IUID program labels, UDI labels for...
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Three-Dimensional Plastic Part Extrusion and Conductive Ink Printing for Flexible Electronics
Structural electronics, or structronics, seeks to build wiring and electrical interconnects directly into component structures to diminish the need...
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Micro-Composite Fabrication via Field-Aided Laminar Composite Processing
Much work has been accomplished since the discovery that particles in a dielectric fluid experience forces when placed in an electric field, including mathematical...
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Tin-Based IV-IV Heterostructures Fabricated Using Molecular Beam Epitaxy
The indirect nature of the fundamental energy gap in the elemental semiconductors Si and Ge prevents the use of these materials and their alloys in laser devices. The...
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Stencil Mask Methodology for Parallelized Production of Microscale Mechanical Test Samples
Over the past decade, there has been considerable progress in the development of new mechanical testing methods to characterize the properties of...
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Point-of-Load Power Management
The requirements for smaller size, lower weight, and reduced cost in space and defense systems are driving demands for improved power-management solutions. Integrated DCto- DC converters that are designed for...
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Beam Irradiance on Target System (BITS)
The Beam Irradiance on Target System (BITS) is a high energy laser (HEL) sensor array that directly measures the beam irradiance profile of HEL weapons. The BITS is a sensor array composed of 105 sensors...
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Phoning It In: Making Smartphones Secure Enough for Tactical Communications
You suddenly find yourself pinned down by enemy gunfire. What do you do? Whip out your smartphone and call for an airstrike? Yes, if the U.S. Marine Corps has its way.
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Optionally-Piloted Aircraft (OPA)
The Centaur Optionally-Piloted Aircraft (OPA) from Aurora Flight Sciences recently flew from Virginia’s Manassas Regional Airport to the Emmen Military Airfield in Switzerland, piloted by an onboard crew.
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Missile Defense System Signal Processor
The Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system’s recently upgraded signal processor, designed and developed by Mercury Systems, enables the U.S. Navy to defeat more sophisticated ballistic missile...
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Body-Worn Radio
The Nett Warrior Radio from Thales Communi cations provides soldiers with access to the government’s classified networks at the “Secret” or “Sensitive But Unclassified” level.
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Geomagnetic Motion Tracking Products
Any compass incorporated into a host system requires calibration so that the compass properly compensates for ferrous and magnetic components. If this is not done correctly, heading readings can be very...
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Designing Rugged, Standards-Based Embedded Solutions
It can be argued that small form factor design trends are paradoxical. As form factor size decreases, functionality requirements increase; as processing power requirements heighten, lower...
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Tips for Selecting or Designing a Membrane Switch
Membrane switches are known for standing up to tough environmental conditions. Flexible and durable, the membrane switch can be customized with embossing, backlighting, sealing, and...
Articles Aerospace
Pursuing Agile Signals in a Crowded Spectral Environment
For the capable RF engineer, continuous- wave (CW) and predictably repeating signals are no great challenge. However, design and troubleshooting become difficult when dealing with agile...
Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
Developing an Efficient RF Cable Test Suite for the Eurofighter Aircraft
The Eurofighter Typhoon is a state-of-the-art combat aircraft. BAE Systems has been working with other leading aerospace companies to make sure the Eurofighter Typhoon is...
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Software Design for CFD Rotary-Wing Aeromechanics Modeling
Helicopter flight involves many multidisciplinary physics problems that are difficult to predict with today’s engineering modeling and simulation tools. Rotor aerodynamic systems...
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Crumple Zone Software Absorbs Attack Effects Before System Failures
A higher level of structural and operational endurance and ruggedness can be achieved in software systems by strategically introducing crumple zones (CZs) in the system...
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General Runtime/Architecture for Many-core Parallel Systems (GRAMPS)
The era of obtaining increased performance via faster single cores and optimized single-thread programs is over. Instead, a major factor in new processors’ performance comes from parallelism: increasing numbers of cores per processor and threads per core. In both research and...
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Weapon Center of Mass Calculator
The Weapon Center of Mass (COM) software allows researchers to easily determine mass properties of a weapon system. The tool presents a photograph of the weapon and allows the user to place weight anywhere on the weapon by clicking on the screen. After the weight is placed, the software returns the mass properties...
Articles Aerospace
From the Lab to the Frontlines Flexible Displays Get Real
In her opening remarks at the AUSA 2012 on October 23, 2012, Heidi Shyu, assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics and technology talked about a process she called...
Articles Aerospace
Designing Firearm Recoil Springs
Compression springs are a critical component of firearm performance and durability. Making a recoil compression spring perform properly in the extremely limited space available in most firearms, and ensuring it...
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