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PC/104 vendors head to Embedded World in strong position, atop a billion-dollar market
PC/104, well into its fourth decade, remains strong globally in markets such as aerospace, defense, industrial, and medical. Such longevity is a tribute to its inherent ruggedness and the open architecture that enables PC/104 designers to continually integrate state-of-the-art processing technology from companies such as Intel and Arm. In this conversation with the PC/104 Consortium leadership, they discuss how the small form factor still fosters a robust, billion-dollar industry on the eve of the 2019 Embedded World exhibition and conference; key PC/104 suppliers look forward to hitting the exhibit floor in Nuremberg, Germany to build on the momentum in the industrial market.
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PC/104 and the Rogers Adoption Curve
I'm certain that there were some project managers in the early 1990s who were hesitant to design with PC/104. "We'll stick to the older, proven specifications, thank you very much." Thankfully, there were plenty of early adopters - engineers and designers who saw the value of a stackable architecture, the elimination of the backplane, and the potential for a multivendor ecosystem of compatible products.
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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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Italy fields another Light Infantry Alpine Brigade
Europe's Eurotech is no longer a secret in SFF boards and rugged systems.
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Stalwart standards
Changes continue in SFF open standards, assuring their viability well into the future.
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Overcoming design challenges for ultra-compact, rugged embedded computing
Unmanned vehicles must be supported by a new generation of rugged small form factors computers.
PC/104 Staff, OpenSystems Media
Stephen St. Amant, PC/104 Consortium President
Stephen St. Amant, PC/104 Consortium President
Christian Eder, congatec
