Optimising ECU parameters with XCP
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2009-06-10 |
| XCP supports the CAN as well as other comm interfaces namely Ethernet, FlexRay, USB, RS232 and SPI/SCI. |
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DVD recorder systems present complex design challenges
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2004-07-16 |
| DVD recorder systems present complex design challenges |
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| Digital camcorder delivers simple, clean design
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2009-07-29 |
| A teardown reveals that the Flip UltraHD's insides are proven technology and that its simple design is even cleaner than its predecessor. |
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Optimisation techniques for high-performance DSPs
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1999-03-01 |
| As applications grow, so does the stress on available CPU and memory resources. This article summarises some of the techniques used in practice to gain speed increases from high-performance DSPs. |
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| Handset's touch sensor permits more functions in less space
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2007-05-30 |
| When you're designing a handset, it's all about how many features you can pack into a tiny space. The more features, the better, right? |
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| The science and art of pulse-CO oximeter
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2010-03-04 |
| Few disciplines can turn the cold science of metrology into pure art as quickly as medical diagnostics. Here's a teardown of the Masimo's Radical-7 Signal Extraction Pulse-CO Oximeter. |
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Hardware needs limit software radio
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2008-03-07 |
| Further development of software radio design is limited by physical factors that can only be addressed with the support of radio hardware design engineering expertise. |
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Scheduling sporadic events in real-time systems
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2003-10-01 |
| Scheduling sporadic events in real-time systems |
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| Easing embedded processing development (Part 1)
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2011-08-16 |
| Here's the first of a six-part series tackling embedded processing development and the considerations that will aid embedded processor design. |
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| DSP/CPU core steers video/audio formats
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2001-04-15 |
| Television will take on a completely new design direction thanks to very long instruction word (VLIW) technology. |
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Powering resistive touch screens efficiently
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2007-05-28 |
| This article explain how to manage the increasing functionality and user demands of the touch screen interface by keeping power dissipation as low as possible. |
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| Packet rings aim at metro nets
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2001-05-01 |
| Resilient packet ring (RPR) is a new technology that optimizes unique requirements of metro networks by defining a MAC with two network interfaces. |
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Apply requirements planning in embedded system design (Part 1)
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2010-12-13 |
| This six-part tutorial takes you step by step through development of an embedded systems design requirements document for a seven-digit electronic alarm clock. Part 1 is focused on dissecting the requirements document. |
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| Position location strategies, applications (Part 3)
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2011-11-07 |
| Learn about some aspects of mobility that need to be considered to balance the capacity–coverage trade-off that mobility causes. |
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Processor not a factor for low-power mobiles
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2009-06-03 |
| Compared with other requirements of mobile systems, the processor is a small component both physically and in the power budget. |
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Deadline scheduling
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2001-03-02 |
| Most real-time operating systems are based on static priority scheduling. But how can systems be truly real time without an awareness of deadlines? |
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Mobile HDDs match desktop counterparts
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2003-08-18 |
| Mobile HDDs match desktop counterparts |
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Securing PC and network access is the key
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2003-12-16 |
| Securing PC and network access is the key |
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Back to the basics: The art of algorithm implementation
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2005-10-11 |
| The article discusses how a common interface performing interactive algorithm design decreases inefficiencies and provides a single programming platform to design, prototype and deploy intelligent devices. |
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| Trade-offs of lock-free programming for multi-core
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2011-09-01 |
| Know the caveats of doing resource sharing efficiently without locks in a multi-core environment. |
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Overcome design complexities in multi-core networking (Part 1)
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2009-09-30 |
| The explosion of IP-based applications and services heralds in a convergence of telecommunications and IT towards IP architectures, leading to major challenges. |
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Use OpenMP for programming in multi-core apps
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2007-08-15 |
| This article introduces the OpenMP API as a way to write code for highly parallel multi-core and multi-threaded designs. |
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| Extraction method verifies IP functions
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2001-06-01 |
| To keep in pace with silicon technology advancement, verification of the reused custom logic against its original counterpart should be considered as an integral part of the reuse process. |
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| Radar fundamentals (Part 3)
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2011-09-12 |
| Here's an examination of how beamforming, pulse compression and Doppler processing can be implemented in radar systems. |
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Integrating functions in a DVD+RW video recorder
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2004-03-16 |
| Integrating functions in a DVD+RW video recorder |
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Implement trigonometric functions in software with CORDIC
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2008-07-23 |
| This tutorial describes software implementation of fixed-point trigonometric routines using the CORDIC algorithm. |
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Sorting data in two clock cycles
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2005-02-01 |
| Image recognition can be a tricky and math-intensive problem. This research uncovered a way to do much of the work using an FPGA . . . and just the right sort of algorithm. |
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| Real system-level design challenge: Hardware-firmware integration
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2001-06-16 |
| For today's engineering co-design, the real system challenge is the hardware/firmware integration. |
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Benefits of harmonic analysis method for smart metering
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2011-06-27 |
| Harmonic analysis of current and voltage signals allows several key power quality indicators. |
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Giving small speakers' audio quality a shot in the arm
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2010-09-02 |
| Handset manufacturers face various constraints in improving audio quality, with two of the main ones being the size of the cell phone case and how compressed the audio file is. |
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