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PC/104 a presence at Embedded World 2016
PC/104 had a strong showing at the recent Embedded World 2016 trade show in Nuremberg, Germany. Slick PC/104 demonstrations showed robust graphics processing, industrial Internet of Things (IoT) gateways, innovative Ethernet switches, ARM/FPGA combinations, and military/industrial control applications. At the board level, PC/104 modules are easily recognized for their general shape, corner mounting holes, and stackable bus connectors, but the trade show floor held more than just board-level PC/104: It was at work inside all sorts of enclosure formats - from cubelike configurations housing a stack of modules, to low-profile flat configurations using PC/104 cards as mezzanines, to ultracompact palm-sized systems.
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Shrinking automotive AI to smaller form factor for safety, autonomous driving
The automotive industry, just now entering the age of artificial intelligence (AI), is looking at the issues of vehicle safety and training for the future of autonomous vehicles. In this Q and A with Danny Shapiro, senior director of automotive at NVIDIA, he discusses how deep learning technology is being put to use in the pursuit of fully autonomous vehicles, which NVIDIA forecasts as perhaps closer than you might think.
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The advantages and disadvantages of using commodity ARM evaluation platforms in production
Most folks in the ARM embedded world are familiar with names like Raspberry PI, BeagleBone, Xplained, etc. These boards, as well as a whole host of others from various ARM board manufacturers, have enticing price points that lure us into considering th...
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PC/104 architecture: module, company, and marketplace compatibility
The physical benefits of the PC/104 architecture are promoted often. If you are a frequent PC/104 and Small Form Factors reader, then you know these benefits well: rugged stackable bus connectors, a small footprint with corner mounting holes, commercia...
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Medical devices with ultrasound-guided navigation ease needle placement for healthcare professionals
"Stop – you have reached your destination." With increasing traffic in healthcare centers, clinics face many challenges. Ultrasound-guided devices can allow clinicians without ultrasound expertise to easily integrate sonography into their workflow for needle placement, cannulas, and other invasive medical devices and procedures. Battery-powered, high-computing-power portable imaging systems allow for increased medical device flexibility, effectiveness, and safety.
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SFFs take to the skies
Drones are taking off: Much more than just for recon or warfare missions, much more than about retail giants leveraging consumers to hasten along government agency approvals. Even more than for spying on your neighbor or on Apple's new spaceship-shaped headquarters. Just visit your neighborhood unmanned system trade show to see how strong this market segment's thrust is.
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What can an embedded PLC do for your controls solution?
Take control down a level - Single-chip PLCs simplify programming and ease system development for automation apps.
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Where art thou, PowerPC?
Once the predominant RISC architecture in the embedded space, PowerPC has seen brighter days and is now giving way to hybrid designs that integrate FPGAs within ARM-based Systems-on-Chip (SoCs).
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COM Express mini, Qseven, SMARC meet at the crossroads of an evolving processor landscape
COM Express Type 10, Qseven, and SMARC are all vying for position as ARM-based processors take hold in SFFs.
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SFF market fragmentation continues, x86 and ARM set to square off
Analysts offer insight on the financials of the merchant board market.
Stephen St. Amant, PC/104 Consortium President
Brandon Lewis, Technology Editor
Christian Eder, congatec
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