EDN articles from May 2004

EDN archives from May 2004

Rugged single-board computer targets mobile applications.(leading edge)(Brief Article)
May 13, 2004... OCTAGON SYSTEMS' recently announced high-performance PC-770 single-board computer includes USB, Ethernet, serial-communication channels, high-speed video, and industrial I/O. The PC-770 comes with the 800-MHz Mobile Intel Pentium III...

New entrants debut in power-management-design and -IC arena.(leading edge)(Brief Article)
May 13, 2004... POTENTIA SEMICONDUCTOR has developed a combination of power-management ICs and subsystem-design software and tools that it claims eases both the planning and the execution of board-level power design. The IC portfolio comprises two isolated...

Low-power computer offers multiple configurations.(leading edge)(Brief Article)
May 13, 2004... READY TO TACKLE THE SHOCK, vibration, and temperature extremes of industrial environments, the ICP-PM hot-swappable CompactPCI single-board computer from Inova Computers features a low-power, Pentium M microprocessor. The single-slot...

Dilbert.(leading edge)
May 13, 2004... CATBERT: EVIL H.R. DIRECTOR I'M REMINDING EVERYONE THAT LAYOFFS CAN IMPROVE MORALE. LAYOFFS PROVE THAT MANAGEMENT IS CAPABLE OF MAKING TOUGH DECISIONS TO TURN THINGS AROUND! YOU'RE RIGHT! I DO FEEL MORE OPTIMISTIC NOW! ...

Dual IC is your VHF and UHF amp, plus band switch.(leading edge)(Brief Article)
May 13, 2004... THE FIRST TWO DEVICES in a family of MOS ICs from Vishay combine VHF and UHF amplifiers along with an integrated band switch. The TSDF-12830-YS has soft-slope AGC with an AGC control range of 3 to 0.5V dc. The VHF amp has forward...

No fable: the FPGA in CPLD's clothing.(leading edge)
May 13, 2004... ALTERA GOES TO GREAT LENGTHS to promote its Max II family as a CPLD product line. Far more accurate, though, is to say that Max II pursues CPLD business opportunities, because when you look under the hood, you find a fairly traditional LUT...

Interchangeable modules ease embedded connectivity.(leading edge)(Brief Article)
May 13, 2004... DIGI INTERNATIONAL recently announced the Digi Connect Wi-ME and Digi Connect Wi-EM customizable and secure wireless-802.11b embedded modules for access-control systems, point-of-sale systems, RFID readers, medical devices,...

Subsystem provides TCG Version 1.2 functions.(leading edge)
May 13, 2004... ATMEL'S NEW AT97SC3202 TPM (Trusted Platform Module) for the PC market supports the recently approved TCG (Trusted Computing Group) Standard 1.2, which limits access to protected data, authenticates the identity of computers, and manages user...

Structured-ASIC company uses e-beam technology.(leading edge)(Brief Article)
May 13, 2004... STRUCTURED-ASIC PRODUCTS offer lower NRE (nonrecurring-engineering) charges than traditional ASIC technology requires. As NRE charges have increased considerably due to the need for more masks and more detailed masks when using leading-edge...

Search engine targets engineering designers.(leading edge)(Brief Article)
May 13, 2004... Search engines are key tools for today's engineers, but general-purpose engines may not have the hooks and information you need. GlobalSpec's Engineering Web is a specialized engine that provides access to application notes, patents, physical...

Price cut, repositioning aim for increased shipments.(leading edge)(Brief Article)
May 13, 2004... ALTHOUGH SECURITY and videoconferencing customers buy moderate quantifies of chips, Equator Technologies is itching to take its game to the next level. More competitive pricing, its management feels, is the key factor that'll enable its BSP-15...

Trade winds.(on the verge)(report from the ELECTRONICAUSA AND Embedded Systems Conference)
May 13, 2004... JUST BACK FROM THE ELECTRONICAUSA and ESC (Embedded Systems Conference) in San Francisco, I found myself thinking how the winds of change have blown through this trade show. Indeed, the 2004 version bore little resemblance to an edition a...

Cultivating the brand.(edn.comment)(Consumer Electronics Show observations)(Column)
May 13, 2004... THIS YEAR'S CES (Consumer Electronics Show) was a feast for the senses. Tech toys abounded in all shapes, sizes, and colors, and intermingled with the system manufacturers was a dramatically larger number of chip and software vendors. In a...

Home defibrillator lets virtually anyone save a life: a compact, easy-to-use system provides a complex waveform under adverse conditions.(how it works)(Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.)
May 13, 2004... YOU'VE ALL SEEN the dramatic scenes on TV or in movies: An emergency medical technician or emergency-room specialist gets a cardiac-arrest case, and time is precious. The specialist quickly readies the victim, fires up the defibrillator unit,...

From the ashes the next stage of EDA: Moore's Law is not dead, and the EDA industry is challenged with keeping it profitable. This task requires a change in focus from designing silicon structures to producing systems.(Electronic design automation)
May 13, 2004... THE EDA INDUSTRY is a service industry. Its manner of growth depends on the directions and strengths of the industries it serves. The semiconductor industry has always been and will always be the primary motivator of EDA growth. Consumer...

Take the heat: cool that hot embedded design: with processor performance sky-rocketing and systems shrinking, designers are scrambling to find creative ways to live with the heat that today's sizzling circuits generate.(design feature)
May 13, 2004... THE DESIGN GOALS of many new projects include miniaturization, increased performance, longer battery life, and silent operation. All of these goals run counter to effective thermal management, and designers are facing the prospect of...

High-speed ADCs: preventing front-end collisions: performance advances in communication technologies, imaging, instrumentation, and other data-dense applications critically depend on high-speed ADCs-the key link between computational resources and the real world.(tech trends)(Analog-to-Digital Converters)
May 13, 2004... TRENDS IN END APPLICATIONS indicate that OEMs continue to pull for greater speed and resolution, as well as lower distortion, dissipation, size, and cost. To meet their customers' demands, converter designers have not developed wholly new...

DDS design: direct digital synthesizers are known for their highly accurate digital tuning, low noise figure, and phase-continuous frequency-hopping capabilities, which make them more attractive than alternative analog frequency-synthesis solutions.(design feature)
May 13, 2004... YOU FIND DDSs (direct digital synthesizers) in applications such as radios, instrumentation, and radar systems. Though large and unpredictable spurious responses have troubled old designs, innovations have improved DDS performance, and the...

Multiple output range 16-bit DAC design made simple: design note 337.(Design Notes)(Advertisement)
May 13, 2004... Introduction Precision 16-bit analog outputs with software-configurable output ranges are often needed in industrial process control equipment, analytical and scientific instruments and automatic test equipment. In the past, designing a...

Circuit forms simple, low-cost, 1-kV driver.(design ideas)
May 13, 2004... HIGH-VOLTAGE DRIVERS have recently received much attention, because they play an important role in driving piezoelectric and electro-optical components, for example. Figure 1 shows a simple, low-cost, 1-kV driver. The circuit uses offline,...

Make a printer-port EEPROM programmer and dongle.(design ideas)
May 13, 2004... YOU CAN EASILY USE a PC's printer port for serial-EEPROM programming. You can use a device-programmer circuit used to program the MicroWire serial EEPROM 93CXX (Figure 1). The circuit is so simple that any further simplification seems...

Circuit controls ratiometric or simultaneous power-up of multiple rails.(design ideas)
May 13, 2004... MANY APPLICATIONS use FPGAs, ASICs, or DSP chips, which usually require multiple voltage rails, typically two: the core voltage and the I/O voltage. The core voltage is usually lower than the I/O voltage. Guidelines for determining how to power...

Scheme provides automatic power-off for batteries.(design ideas)
May 13, 2004... THE CIRCUIT IN Figure 1 provides a simple and inexpensive way to protect one of the most valuable components in portable applications: the battery. Applications include all portable equipment that requires a limited time of operation, such as...

Letter from the editor.(SynQor)(Cherokee International)
May 13, 2004... According to Darnell Group's recent "Trends in Power Distribution" survey, distributed power architectures (DPAs) are proliferating to the point that many design engineers expect them to totally replace centralized architectures within the next...

Market overview: power architectures expand boundaries.(Power System Architectures)(distributed power architectures)
May 13, 2004... distributed power architectures (DPAs)--a small percentage of power systems even 10 years ago--are evolving and proliferating to the point that many design engineers expect them to totally replace centralized architectures within the next five...

Driving: today's power systems.(Power System Architectures)
May 13, 2004... when you think of market drivers for distributed power architectures (DPAs), the intermediate bus architecture (IBA) might come to mind. Already a niche of the DPA market, IBAs continue to be a hot topic in the dc-dc converter market. Numerous...

Powering next generation servers.(Case Study Spotlight)
May 13, 2004... PROBLEM / CHALLENGE The datacom market continues to upgrade its technology with a focus on scalability and flexibility to allow consumers' legacy computing systems to coexist with newer technologies. Not able to sacrifice board space,...

Advanced: architectures demand new silicon solutions.(Power System Architectures)
May 13, 2004... today's proliferation in power distribution architectures is driving new solutions in power management and power conversion. Semiconductor companies have responded to this evolving opportunity by developing an ever-widening array of integrated...

Choosing an on-board power architecture.(Case Study Spotlight)(intermediate bus architecture)(distributed power architecture)
May 13, 2004... PROBLEM / CHALLENGE Intermediate Bus Architecture (IBA) or traditional Distributed Power Architecture (DPA); which one do you choose? It would be nice if one approach were so much better than the other that you could answer this...

You're my best Google.(leading edge)(Brief Article)
May 27, 2004... "I don't think I would go so far as saying people treat it as a friend, but it fills a couple of those roles. It helps you find things; It's always there." --University of Washington Professor Joe Janes, on Google, in wired April 30, 2004

Tiny Linux computer fits portable applications.(leading edge)(Brief Article)
May 27, 2004... TARGETING SMALL, price-conscious embedded devices, Gumstix Inc recently introduced a single board-computer family based on Intel's PXA255 processor with Xscale technology. The 20x80x8-mm Gumstix boards feature 64 Mbytes of SDRAM, 4 Mbytes of...

Latest LabView emphasizes graphical development of real-time systems.(leading edge)(Brief Article)
May 27, 2004... ALTHOUGH ONLY A YEAR has passed since National Instruments announced LabView 7.0, the company is making a lot of noise about the introduction of even newer Version 7.1. As a result, even if you don't use LabView, you probably should visit NI's...

Peripheral improvements improve living-room experiences.(leading edge)
May 27, 2004... ATI TECHNOLOGIES HAS DECIDED the time's finally ripe to begin turning its HDTV demonstration boards for the PC, which it first showed at the spring 2000 Intel Developer Forum, into shipping products. The company's HDTV Wonder PCI card contains...

Dilbert.(leading edge)
May 27, 2004... SENIOR MANAGEMENT KNOWS THEY NEED TO RETAIN KEY EMPLOYEES DURING HARD TIMES. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THAT'S WHY THEY'RE GIVING THEMSELVES HUGE RETENTION BONUSES. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] SO, THEY'RE BLACKMAILING THEMSELVES? ...

SMT led shrinks to match applications.(leading edge)(Brief Article)
May 27, 2004... Agilent Technologies claims that its ChipLED surface-mount device is the smallest available, well-suited to the latest mobile and handheld devices. Devices in the HSMxC120 series measure 1.621 mm and are 0.6 mm high, compatible with the...

Network search goes low power and small.(leading edge)
May 27, 2004... HYWIRE'S NEW HYSEM and HyCount algorithmic-network-search technologies target use in low-end and midrange routers and switches. Traditionally, TCAM (ternary-content-addressable-memory)-based search engines have dominated these applications...

Another "analog" book? Yes, and worth it!(leading edge)(Book Review)
May 27, 2004... If you think that no need exists for another book about the meaning of analog circuits and signals, check out An Analog Electronics Companion: Basic Circuit Design for Engineers and Scientists (ISBN: 0521798388) by Scott Hamilton. Jim Williams...

ICs improve "either-OR" power dilemma.(leading edge)(Brief Article)
May 27, 2004... NEW ICs FROM LINEAR Technology and Intersil help you improve the OR function that multiple supply configurations need. The near-ideal LTC4412HV diode has forward-voltage drop that is one-tenth that of a Schottky diode, and the device replaces...

Isolation IC is tight, fast, and furious.(leading edge)(Brief Article)
May 27, 2004... When your digital signals need to go from point A to point B but without an ohmic path, you use an isolator. The five-channel IL261 IsoLoop from NVE Corp provides this isolation but not via the common optical technique. Instead, these devices...

Tool improves collaboration between electrical and mechanical engineers.(leading edge)
May 27, 2004... LAPTOP USERS KNOW that many electronic systems have a heat-dissipation problem. Engineers must find a way to dissipate the heat so that it does not impair the proper functioning of the system. To solve the problem, electrical engineers must...

RFID IC avoids collisions, reads at greater-than-15m distances.(leading edge)(Radio Frequency Identification Device integrated circuit)
May 27, 2004... EM MICROELECTRONIC'S new EM4223 UHF RFID IC fully complies with the international standard ISO18000-6A and EPC (Electronic Product Code) 64- and 96-bit code specifications. Mr interface ISO 18000-6A, which ISO finalized in 2003 and plans to...

On-chip bypassing with end termination.(signal integrity)(Column)
May 27, 2004... MY LAST COLUMN considered the effectiveness of on-chip capacitance for series-terminated applications (Reference 1). This column extends that discussion to cover end-terminated systems. Figure 1 depicts a simple totempole I/O circuit...

What does the ADC SNR mean?(baker's best)(signal to noise ratio)(Column)
May 27, 2004... I HEAR AGAIN AND AGAIN that an ADC's ideal SNR is 6.02N+ 1.76 dB (excluding delta-sigma converters). At the beginning of my career, I had to take this scenario at face value, because there were a lot of other, more important things I needed to...

When, where, and WiMax: a realistic look at an emerging wireless-broadband technology.(digital den)
May 27, 2004... CERTAIN CIRCLES in the tech industry have been buzzing lately about something called WiMax. People are saying that WiMax is the long-awaited "third pipe"--a wireless technology that will compete with DSL and cable in the last mile of broadband...

Optimize your signal chain with high-performance amplifiers and ADCs.
May 27, 2004... National Semiconductor understands that the growing number of wireless technology users raises the demands on communications systems like basestations. That's why the company constantly develops exponentially faster parts that support more...

National's high-performance ADCs and amplifiers aren't only fast--they are also extremely accurate.
May 27, 2004... National Semiconductor's signal chain technology provides equally strong solutions in the medical field. Take ultrasound systems as an example. National's high-speed parts enable ultrasound machines to deliver highly detailed prenatal readings....

New LMH variable gain amplifiers feature >70 dB gain adjustment range.(Brief Article)
May 27, 2004... LMH6502, LMH6503, and LMH6504 Wideband, low-power, variable gain amplifiers (VGAs) The LMH6502/6503/6504 amplifier family are wideband, voltage-controlled variable gain amplifiers (VGAs) provide ultra-fast slew rates, accurate...

New 8-bit ADC wins with GHz speeds, low power and no heat sinks.(Brief Article)
May 27, 2004... ADC081000 1 GSPS A/D converter with internal reference and sample-and-hold The ADC081000 is a low power, high-performance, CMOS analog-to-digital converter that digitizes signals to 8-bit resolution at sampling rates up to 1 GSPS while...

Our LMH[TM] op amps are based on the VIP10 process.(Brief Article)
May 27, 2004... Developed in National's wafer fabrication site in Arlington, Texas, VIP10 is a high-speed, dielectrically-isolated, complimentary bipolar IC process that utilizes deep-trench technology on a bonded wafer for complete dielectric isolation and...

National Edge.(Online design tools)
May 27, 2004... Read National's monthly online analog technical journal. edge.national.com [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Analog University[SM].(Online design tools)
May 27, 2004... Expand your knowledge and understanding of analog with our free online educational training tool. analogu.national.com [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

The Bob Pease Show.(Online design tools)(Brief Article)
May 27, 2004... All analog talk show hosted by Bob Pease and streamed 24/7 from the National website. national.com/bobpeaseshow [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Amplifiers Made Simple[SM].(Online design tools)
May 27, 2004... Design, build, and test amplifier circuits with Amplifiers Made Simple FREE online design and prototyping environment. webench.national.com [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Has engineering become the Rodney Dangerfield profession?(edn.comment)(Column)
May 27, 2004... ENGINEERS RECEIVE ALL SORTS OF ABUSE, Recently, I took note of an environmental group that said engineers could design 80-mpg cars if they wanted to. That same week, an auto-insurance group revealed the results of tests showing that, even in...

The team rises to the top: as Fred Weber sets his sights on AMD's next strategic opportunities, he shares his thoughts on managing a large design team, his intense work ethic, and tips for tomorrow's engineers and innovators.
May 27, 2004... ON MARCH 29, 2004, at its 14th Annual Innovator/Innovation of the Year Awards, EDN named AMD Chief Technology Officer Fred Weber and his design team Innovator of the Year for their work on the AMD64 architecture. (AMD64 is the technology that...

Fuel-cell technology: the glass is half full ... with methanol fuel: fuel cells for portable and handheld electronic products haven't even reached infancy. Even so, product designers need to know that designing them in will require good measures of thought and planning.(design feature)
May 27, 2004... THE EXCITEMENT SURROUNDING the debut of fuel cells in portable electronics is less intense than the talk about how the devices will replace internal-combustion engines in motor vehicles. Nevertheless, you can detect high levels of activity in...

Isolated synchronous DC/DC controllers: high performance analog solutions from linear technology.(Synchronous MOSFET)(Advertisement)
May 27, 2004... Synchronous PWM Controller Raises Efficiency Bar and Simplifies Isolated Power Supplies The LTC[R]3723 is a push-pull PWM controller featuring synchronous operation plus several protection functions necessary for the design of a compact...

The eyes of the machine: machine vision continues to find its way into more types of applications.(design feature)
May 27, 2004... ANY REAL-WORLD DATA-RECOGNITION SYSTEM is challenging to implement. Machine vision is an example of such a system, but such systems can emulate any of the senses. The goals of a real-world data-recognition system are to capture an energy...

LabVIEW 7.1.: graphical real-time development leaps ahead.(The Measure Of Innovation)
May 27, 2004... Coming just a year after the LabVIEW 7 Express announcement, the introduction of LabVIEW 7.1 may raise questions in the minds of many prospective users: What user benefits could be significant enough to justify so much excitement so soon? ...

Simple circuitry for cellular-telephone/ camera-flash illumination: successfully implementing flash lamps involves understanding numerous practical considerations.(design feature)
May 27, 2004... NEXT-GENERATION CELLULAR TELEPHONES will include high-quality photographic capabilities. To support their improved image sensors and optics, they will need high-quality "flash" illumination, which requires special design attention. This...

Circuit provides 4- to 20-mA loop for microcontrollers.(design ideas)(Current loops)
May 27, 2004... THE 4- TO 20-MA current loop is ubiquitous in the world of controls in manufacturing plants. Discrete logic, microprocessors, and micro-controllers easily cover the digital portions of control schemes, such as limit switches, pushbuttons, and...

Minimize the short-circuit current pulse in a hot-swap controller.(design ideas)
May 27, 2004... BECAUSE OF INTERNAL circuit-breaker delay and limited MOS-gate pulldown current, many hot-swap controllers do not limit current during the first 10 to 50 [micro]sec following a shorted output. The result can be a brief flow of several hundred...

Reduce EMI by sweeping a power supply's frequency.(design ideas)
May 27, 2004... SWITCHING POWER SUPPLIES can be notorious noise generators. You should prevent this noise, which is conducted, radiated, or both, from returning to the input source, where it can potentially wreak havoc on other devices operating from the same...

Get just enough boost voltage.(design ideas)(Brief Article)
May 27, 2004... ADDING A CURRENT-MIRROR circuit to a typical boost circuit allows you to select the amount of boost voltage and to ensure a constant difference between the input and the output voltages (Figure 1). This circuit is useful for high-side-drive...

Processor's PWM output controls LCD/LED driver.(design ideas)
May 27, 2004... THE PWM (pulse-width-modulation) output available from many microprocessors is based on an internal 8-or 16-bit counter and features a programmable duty cycle. It is suitable for adjusting the output of an LCD driver (Figure 1), a...

Method provides automatic machine shutdown.(design ideas)
May 27, 2004... SOME MACHINES need to run for long periods and therefore may finish their work in the middle of the night or during the weekend. For the time remaining, until the operator returns, the machines stay idle, uselessly consuming power. This Design...

Circuit makes simple high-voltage inverter.(design ideas)
May 27, 2004... A SIMPLE HIGH-VOLTAGE MOSFET inverter solves the problem of driving a high-side MOSFET, using a low-voltage transistor, [Q.sub.1], and a special arrangement involving [D.sub.6] (Figure 1). This inverter is much faster than those that...

Power over Ethernet isolated power supply delivers 11.5W at 90% efficiency--design note 338.(Advertisement)
May 27, 2004... When powering IP telephones, wireless access points, PDA charging stations and other PDs (Powered Devices) from an Ethernet cable, designers have at most 12.95W of available power per the IEEE 802[R].3af standard. Increased demands for power...

150W dc/dc converters.(power sources showcase)(Brief Article)
May 27, 2004... * Accept 12, 24, or 48V input * Produce a regulated output of 48V dc at 3A or 75V dc at 2A * 150W shielded series, from $149 Beta Dyne Inc, 1-508-697-1993, www.beta-dyne.com

Intermediate bus converter.(power sources showcase)(Brief Article)
May 27, 2004... * Eighth-brick isolated converter operates at 94% efficiency to deliver 197W/[in..sup.3] * Furnishes an output voltage range of 9.7 to 13.3V dc * CBE1448G1, $34 (1000) Cherokee International LLC, 1-714-544-6665, www.cherokeepwr.com...

Miniature open-frame switchers.(power sources showcase)(Brief Article)
May 27, 2004... * Deliver 40 or 60W of output power from a 2 x 4 x 1.2-in. package * Provide an input range of 85 to 265V ac and single outputs of 3.3 to 48V dc * OFM 40/60 series, from $16 (OEM) Astrodyne Corp, 1-508-823-8080, www.astrodyne.com...

Radiation-tolerant Ac/dc converters.(power sources showcase)(Brief Article)
May 27, 2004... * Off-the-shelf units provide 5, 12, and 30W * Tolerate a TID of more than 25 krads and SEE of more than 60 MeV-[cm.sup.2]/mg, as well as temperature extremes, mechanical shock, and vibration * AMA series, $745; AMF series, $810; and...

Peak-power-capable supplies.(power sources showcase)(Brief Article)
May 27, 2004... * 150W and 240W supplies deliver 200% of the nominal current rating for as much as 10 seconds * Perform active power-factor correction to EN61000-3-2 standards * ZWS150PAF, ZWS240PAF, from $120 Lambda Electronics Inc,...

Configurable ac/dc supplies.(power sources showcase)(Brief Article)
May 27, 2004... * Provide current ratings of 3, 10, 12, 15, 20, 30, and 80A * Offer many configuration options with up to 1000W of output power and 1 to 12 isolated outputs rated from 1.45 to 28V * Quikflex series, from $0.48/W (OEM) C&D...

Open-frame CCFL inverter.(power sources showcase)
May 27, 2004... * Provides closed-loop current control over an input range of 8 to 18V dc * Delivers 16W max of output power for use with LCDs backlit by two CCFLs * DMW series, $19.85 (OEM) Endicott Research Group Inc, 1-607-754-9187,...

PC/104-Plus processor board.(Embedded Systems)(Brief Article)
May 27, 2004... * Employs an Altera Stratix EP1S30 FPGA processor and a 32-bit, 33-MHz PCI interface * Works with the SBS Wave FPGA software tool kit for easy application development * Tsunami PC104, $4500 SBS Technologies Inc, 1-505-875-0600,...

Embedded-system module.(Embedded Systems)(Brief Article)
May 27, 2004... * Plugs into an open-bus or application-specific carrier card * Powered by an 800-MHz TM5900 Crusoe processor and a 250,000-gate FPGA * EM05, from $850 MEN Micro Inc, 1-972-939-2675, www.menmicro.com

Linux tool suite.(Embedded Systems)(Brief Article)
May 27, 2004... * Based on the open-source Eclipse platform, this suite streamlines the development of embedded Linux systems * Has tools for porting, developing, customizing, and testing Linux 2.4 and 2.6 kernels * TimeStorm Linux Tool Suite, $4795...

PC/104 serial adapter.(Embedded Systems)
May 27, 2004... * Offers a choice of four RS-232 and RS-422/485 ports * Provides various UART options and extended-temperature-range operation * SIO4-104, from $179 (low volume) Sealevel Systems Inc, 1-864-843-4343, www.sealevel.com

8/16-bit memory emulator.(Embedded Systems)(Alptex Inc)
May 27, 2004... * Works with a variety of flash, EPROM, and SRAM devices having up to 64 Mbits with 30-nsec emulation speed * Provides built-in Ethernet and RS-232 ports, as well as a target interconnect adapter * Model ie, $1995 Alptex Inc,...

PC/104 digital I/O board.(Embedded Systems)
May 27, 2004... * Supplies 16 optically isolated digital inputs and 16 optically isolated solid-state outputs * Offers change-of-state detection to eliminate the need for constant polling of inputs and free system resources * Model 104-IDIO-16, $279...

FPGA-based prototyping boards.(Embedded Systems)
May 27, 2004... * For evaluating and developing FPGA/soft-core processor (RC300) and FPGA/hard-core processor SOC (RC2000Pro) applications * Come with Virtex II FPGA and SRAM, plus supporting software for Windows 2000 and XP * RC300, from $12,500;...

6U power interface board.(Embedded Systems)
May 27, 2004... * For the power section of a backplane to facilitate pluggable power supplies, headers, and utility connectors * Comes with one or two 47-pin hot-pluggable power-supply connectors * 6U PIB, less than $100 (OEM) Bustronic Corp,...

PowerPC-based PMC module.(Embedded Systems)
May 27, 2004... * Leverages one or two 1-GHz PowerPC 750GX processors and 1 Mbyte of four-way-set-associative L2 internal cache * Furnishes as much as 1 Gbyte of DDR SDRAM and dual independent Gigabit Ethernet interfaces * PowerPMC 275, from $1525 ...