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| June 2011 |
| Sponsor - Softing North America |
 Be Flexible - Independent Industrial Ethernet Solution
Softing’s FPGA-based evaluation kit is a perfect starting point for any integration project. Out-of-the-box the evaluation kit supports EtherNet/IP, PROFINET, EtherCAT, and Modbus/TCP. The kit includes a complete tool-chain, the industrial Ethernet Evaluation Board, demo projects, and documentation to facilitate the straightforward development of custom Ethernet field devices. |
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| Featured Articles & White Papers |
IEC 61131-3 by the Numbers
Control, May 2011
By Jeremy Pollard
The intent of IEC 61131-3 is to normalize PLC and control systems' programming by standardizing functionality such as program entry, instruction visualization, data types and syntax. The general requirements section includes models for software, communication—external as well as internal instruction and variable parameter passing—and programming.
Rising to the USB 3.0 challenge
Embedded Computing Design, April 2011
By Alexander Glas, Infineon Technologies
Successful USB 3.0 design requires both error-free Signal Integrity and excellent system-level ESD performance. To meet these requirements, the ESD protection device must provide excellent ESD performance and a very low device capacitance.
Customize Embedded Control
Control Design, April 2011
By Dan Hebert
As the degree of customization increases, embedded control advantages become more pronounced, but so do upfront costs and risk.
Embedded moves to multicore
Embedded Computing Design, April 2011
By Warren Webb
Although multicore processors have had a limited role in the embedded landscape for years, today’s performance, power, and form factor requirements compel designers to consider their use on almost every new project.
Build versus Buy - Understanding the Total Cost of Embedded Design
By National Instruments
National Instruments gathered customer information and data regarding some of the cost differences between building a custom solution versus using NI off-the-shelf tools. This paper discusses the benefits and drawbacks of both a traditional custom design approach and off-the-shelf embedded tools.
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 Solutions for Connecting Devices to the Enterprise
As a universal, reusable software platform, the Niagara Framework develops smart applications, smart devices and device-to-enterprise solutions on a common platform rapidly and easily. There’s no need to spend time, resources, and money building your own platform when you can develop on Niagara and immediately build on it. |
| Product Announcements |
_thumb.jpg) National Instruments releases cRIO-9075 and cRIO-9076 controllers
Both CompactRIO systems combine an industrial 400 MHz Freescale real-time processor and four-slot chassis with an embedded FPGA for custom timing, control and signal processing capabilities.
_thumb.jpg) Advantech upgrades embedded computers
UNO-2050G, UNO-2053GL and UNO-2059GL have been upgraded with AMD Geode processors.
_thumb.jpg) B&R releases POWERLINK slave for FPGAs
The Ethernet connection consists of a reference design that speeds up fast time-to-market and makes all of the features of the POWERLINK technology easy to use.
Other Product Announcements
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| Resources |
Adeneo provides Windows Embedded Compact 7 support for TI’s OMAP 4
OEMs can now use Adeneo Embedded’s support services to optimize the newly-released Windows Embedded Compact platform on TI’s latest OMAP technology
MIPS Technologies starts Developer Community on web
The site is tailored to the needs of software developers working with the Android platform, Linux operating system and other applications for MIPS-Based hardware.
Wapice releases Free CAN diagnostic tool
CANrunner can monitor real-time data on CAN bus, analyze and catch problems on a CAN bus, and view CAN bus statistics.
FCI announces BtB/Wtb microsite
Microsite for Board-to-Board/Wire-to-Board Modular Systems includes a core product selector.
ITT Expands Dynamic 3D Modeling Website
Online resource enables design engineers to search for ITT's industrial and high-reliability interconnects; select various output model formats; and directly request the generation of a 3D model.
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| Application Stories |
austriamicrosystems supplies RFID IC for Thinkify's TR-200
The AS3992 UHF Gen 2 Reader chip is an integrated analog front end and provides protocol handling for ISO18000-6b/c 900MHz RFID reader systems.
Fedegari Autoclavi Selects Wind River for Industrial Sterilizer
Process and Control Today, January 2011
Fedegari Autoclavi standardized the control system for its Thema4 on Wind River’s VxWorks real-time operating system. This meets the needs of the pharmaceutical industry, including compliance with global certification requirements set out by the FDA and the European Union.
MVP supplies Inspection Systems to EControls
The two Supra Es provide complete inspection capabilities ranging from 2-D paste inspection to pre-reflow, post-reflow and post-wave inspection capabilities.
McObject provides Embedded Database for Solar Power Electronics
Azuray Technologies will include McObject’s eXtremeDB Fusion embedded database system in its communications gateway, a Linux-based device for solar power optimization.
eXtremeDB Embedded Database handles Nuclear Waste Processing
Baltic Information Systems (BIS) developed a supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) product called BISMARC that relies on the eXtremeDB In-Memory Database System (IMDS) from McObject.
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| Company & Organizational News |
ENSCO Acquires IData Product from Quantum3D
The IData product line consists of a software development toolkit and application elements for digital display devices.
Texas Instruments to embed EtherCAT in its ARM processors
This Ethernet technology will be featured in TI’s upcoming Sitara ARM microprocessors (MPUs) planned for the beginning of the fourth quarter of 2011.
Fox-IT partners with MatrikonOPC for secure OPC connectivity
Fox-IT will integrate MatrikonOPC’s full range of OPC Servers into its Fox DataDiode - a solution used to securely transmit data between networks that have different levels of security.
CoActive Technologies Acquires Comax Industrial
Headquartered in Hong Kong with its primary engineering and manufacturing facility located in Huizhou, China, Comax manufactures more than 250 million switches and parts annually.
National Instruments to sell GE Reflective Memory Module
GE signed an agreement that lets National Instruments distribute the GE cPCI-5565PIO Reflective Memory PMC and PMC Carrier Card for 3U CompactPCI systems.
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| Featured Training |
OPC & DCOM Diagnostics
July 5, 2011 - July 8, 2011
Location: Adelaide, Australia
Students learn about OPC and how to troubleshoot and repair DCOM problems. The class covers the most common OPC specifications: OPC DA, OPC HDA, OPC A&E, OPC UA, and OPC Xi. Students also get to practice OPC concepts such as client/server architecture, tunneling, bridging, and redundancy.
Microchip’s 15th Annual MASTERs Conference
August 22, 2011 - August 27, 2011
Location: Phoenix , AZ
The MASTERs Conference provides design engineers with a forum for sharing and exchanging technical information on the company’s microcontrollers, analog and interface solutions, digital signal controllers, wireless products, sensing solutions, memory devices and development systems.
Industrial Electronics (TI20)
September 22, 2011 - September 23, 2011
Location: Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
This course introduces the theory and practical application of industrial electronic components. The emphasis is on safety, electrostatic discharge damage, and prevention. An understanding of basic electrical systems is assumed.
CoDeSys Users‘ Conference Schedule
IEC 61131-3 training events in Germany, Italy, Russia, Sweden, the Netherlands, Switzerland and China are on this year’s schedule, which runs from March to November.
Windows Embedded Compact 7 technical training
Adeneo Embedded provides 3-day and 4-day Windows Embedded Compact 7 training based on Microsoft official training curriculum. Classes are held February through April.
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| Featured Events |
ISA Expo Control 2011 / Mexico
August 24, 2011 - August 26, 2011
Location: Mexico City, Mexico
ISA Expo Control 2011 is the exhibition in Mexico that will allow you to achieve those goals by bringing together the most important national and international companies in instrumentation, control, automation, robotics, software, hardware and measurement.
ISA Automation Week 2011
October 17, 2011 - October 20, 2011
Location: Mobile, AL, USA
This world-class conference will cover seven technical tracks in depth and will be designed with information critical to several identified automation and control career paths. ISA Automation Week provides you with the opportunity to get the best unbiased knowledge available to help you in your jobs and your future.
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