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May 2004

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Publisher's Notebook
Futurebus Reborn?


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Editorial
Betting on Microsoft


Features

Hardware Assets
Battery Technology & Power Conversion

Battery and Power Issues Move to Center Stage
Jeff Child

Serving the critical needs for improved power density and distributed power schemes, makers of military batteries and DC/DC converters continue to innovate.

Mature Modular DC/DC Converters Suit Military Apps
Keith Nardone, Military Product Marketing, Vicor

Unproven power supply architectures don’t cut it in military apps. Fortunately the range of mature DC/DC converter solutions continues to expand.

Systems Approach Extends Battery Life Suit Military Apps
Andrew Girson, CEO and Boris Donskoy, CTO, InHand Electronics

Batteries have a direct effect on mission life, size and weight of portable designs. A systems approach to power management can extend battery life.

Tradeoffs Drive Portable Mil Battery Choices Suit Military Apps
Ben Helminen, Sales Director, Saft America

A wide selection of battery chemistries and options are available for portable military gear. Reliability, power efficiency and manufacturability top the list of critical factors to consider.

On the Softer Side
Modeling and Middleware

UML 2.0 Automates Code Generation from Architecture
John Hogg, Embedded Solutions Evangelist, IBM Rational Software

Developing reusable applications from the model level is just one of the benefits of UML 2.0.

Want to Make Your System Highly Available? Add COTS to the Middle(ware)
Dr. Asif Naseem, Senior Vice President & CTO, GoAhead Software

Well-designed availability and middleware components can help make COTS platforms and operating systems become “highly available”.

Technology Focus
Data Recorders

PC Provides Data Recorders an Evolution Path
Chris A. Ciufo

Just like in countless other applications, the personal computer has revolutionized the data recorder business, offering desktop features and growth headroom to previously proprietary boxes.

Data Recording Considerations for Selecting High-Speed Sensor Systems
Ronnie Sanford, Marketing Manager, VMETRO

Planning on choosing a recorder to go with a data acquisition system? Here’s what you need to know first.

Massively Parallel Data Acquisition
Thomas Skrobacz, VP of Business Development, Conduant Corporation

By expanding the PCI bus into unique topologies, data recorders can scale in both density and data rate.

Special Feature

Software Tools Directory

COTS View

New Pentium M Brings Integrated Graphics, I/O to Low-Power Embedded Apps
Jeffrey Snyder, Senior Technical Marketing Engineer, Intel Corporation

Though designed for low-power laptops, battery-operated appliances and other untethered cool-running devices, the Pentium M also shines in high-rel and harsh environment deployed equipment.

 
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