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Click here to get the third series of measurement briefs, and information on how to receive a FREE license for the new BenchLink Data Logger Pro software. editor's view |Be Ready For NI Week By Louis E. Frenzel, Communications/Test Editor
NI Week 2008 is here. Starting on Tuesday, August 5, more than 3000 engineers, scientists, educators, and NI developers will convene at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas, for three full days of interactive technical sessions, hands-on workshops, case study presentations, and exhibitions on the latest technologies for design, control, and test applications. Hosted by National Instruments, this show is both intellectually stimulating and a lot of fun. Read the full article... industry view |Visual Embedded Design Tools + ANSI C = New Challenges By Oliver H. Bailey, President
Timeline Industries
Recently, I encountered a real gotcha while updating a visual design tool. The update included support for a new compiler vendor who was, in fact, becoming the new default compiler. So I updated the tool, loaded a project that worked five minutes earlier, rebuilt the project with no errors and no warnings, and then programmed the part. I applied power, and nothing happened! Not one line of code had changed, and no errors or warnings were generated. What was the problem? Read the full article... engineer's resource | New Product Showcase: TI's Multi-Architecture Roadmap
John Dixon, Product Manager for Low Power Processors at Texas Instruments, talks about TI's multi-architecture roadmap for 2009.
Webcast: Read Pacing: A Performance Enhancing Feature of PCI Express Gen 2 Switch Devices
A new feature called Read Pacing is now available on Gen 2 PCI Express switches. Read Pacing is a technology that opens up new avenues for enhancing performance in systems with multiple I/O streams. To learn more about Read Pacing from our friends at PLX Technology, please click on the "play" button above. (NOTE: This webcast contains audio, so please hit the mute button on your volume control if you cannot listen to audio at this time.)
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Send us your Ideas for Design and we'll pay you $150 for every Idea for Design that we publish. In addition, the year's top design as selected by our readers will earn an additional $500, with two runners-up each receiving $250. You can submit your Ideas for Design via e-mail to Click here for our guidelines on Ideas for Design.
IFD of the week |Use A Boost Converter To Create An Auto-Dimmable LED Flashlight
By Jianwen Shao, Application Engineer
STMicroelectronics
Due to their light output and long life, high-brightness LEDs are well-suited for use in flashlights. Typically, the LEDs are driven with a constant current. So when the battery voltage drops, the flashlight just stops working. In some situations, this could be dangerous. It would be nice to have a flashlight that would automatically dim when the battery voltage drops. Just like a traditional flashlight, it would indicate a low-battery condition and would last longer. Read the full article...
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DARPA Urban Challenge: Victor Tango
Team Victor Tango comprises Virginia Tech undergraduates, graduate students, faculty, and a Virginia Tech autonomous systems spinoff company named Torc Technologies. The DARPA Urban Challenge competition pushes the limits of robotics, requiring teams to develop completely autonomous ground vehicles capable of navigating an urban environment. Vehicles must be able to perceive roads, road markings, and other traffic while planning an optimal route, avoiding collisions, making three-point turns, parking, and adhering to the rules of the road. Building off previous development work, team Victor Tango's vehicle, "Odin," is a JAUS interoperable, drive-by-wire converted 2005 Ford hybrid Escape. The automobile utilizes sensor technologies such as computer vision, laser rangefinders, differential GPS, and inertial measurement.
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Aug. 10-13 Intel Developer Forum
San Francisco, Calif.
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Sep. 8-13 ED bookstore |Maxwell's Equations For Dummies? By Daniel Fleish, Professor
Wittenberg University
Is this book Maxwell’s Equations for Dummies? No. That headline was too appealing to pass up. But in my experience, the “Dummies” books are padded with secondary and tertiary trivia, and they generally aren’t as helpful as I’d have wished. A Student’s Guide to Maxwell’s Equations is far superior, though I confess that even after reading it, I still can’t use Maxwell’s equations to derive Ohm’s law. Read the full article...