RTC Magazine

Products & Technologies

NEMA 16-Channel Optically Isolated Input / Relay Output Modules Require No PC A pair of intelligent 16-channel wireless digital I/O units communicate directly with each other. EachRead More...

Silicon Solutions Enable Migration to Next Generation Networks

A Universal Gateway is a logic solution that can truly provide any port, service, functionality and interworking/translation capability from any protocol to any other protocol in layerRead More...

Products & Technology

High-Density AC-DC Adapters for Medical Applications A series of wall mount switching adapters, designed specifically for medical and information technology equipment (ITE)Read More...

USB Offers Many Choices for Use in Embedded Systems

USB is not a peer-to-peer protocol like Ethernet. One USB device, called the USB host, acts as the master. Other USB devices, called USB devices or USB peripherals, act as slaves. TheRead More...

Products & Technology

CSP/BallNest Hybrid Socket for Reliable Test and Burn-in to 0.30mm Pitch A new patented CSP/BallNest hybrid socket is suitable for prototyping, test or burn-in of CSP (chipRead More...

40 and 100 Gigabit Ethernet: Ready for Real-Time?

While 10GbE is barely off the launching pad in terms of broad deployment in just about any market space, recent excitement has turned to 40GbE and 100GbE. It’s not a stretch toRead More...

Small but Mighty: Small Form Factors Gaining Ground

Application-specific technology and expertise are critical to any embedded design. Advantages such as 45nm technology are pervasive and long-term, impacting embedded architecturesRead More...

Industry Insider

COMIT Interface Standard for Next-Generation COM Products The Small Form Factor Special Interest Group (SFF-SIG), a collaboration of suppliers of embedded component, board and systemRead More...

Newest Embedded Technology Used by Industry Leaders

Industrial USB to Four RS-232, RS-422 and RS-485 Serial Communication Ports A new serial communication adapter offers users the choice of four field selectable RS-232, RS-422, orRead More...

A Framework for Safe Motion Control Firmware

Developing firmware for motion control systems can be a tricky business. Strict accuracy and repeatability combine with user safety to present a challenging set of requirements. How doRead More...

Industry Insider

Intel has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Wind River Systems, under which Intel will acquire all outstanding Wind River common stock for $11.50 per share in cash, orRead More...

Products & Technology

Extreme Rugged Methodology Comes to Mid-Range ETX As part of an initiative to extend its Extreme Rugged product lines, Adlink Technology has announced the first new Ampro byRead More...

Conduction-Cooled PrPMC/XMC Module Targets Dual-Core QorIQ P2020

Conduction-Cooled PrPMC/XMC Module Targets Dual-Core QorIQ P2020  A conduction-cooled PMC/XMC single-board computer based on Freescale Semiconductor’s dual-core QorIQ P2020Read More...

The Incredible Shrinking Blade Server: New Possibilities beyond the Data Center

While blade servers have grown in popularity as a high-density, cost-efficient and space-saving alternative to rackmount servers in data centers and server farms, newer computingRead More...

Latest Xeon Processors on New 6U cPCI Boards

One of the first product ranges to feature the quad core 2.13 GHz Intel Xeon processor L5518 or the dual core 2.0 GHz Intel Xeon processor L5508, is a new family of 6U CompactPCIRead More...

2.5 Gbit/s Device Brings Together Any Port, Service, Channelization and Functionality

A single-chip carrier transport device enables equipment manufacturers to develop converged line cards and systems capable of handling any port, service, channelization andRead More...

Compact Application Protocol (CAP): Uniting the Best of IP and ZigBee

In several industries over the past three decades, ubiquitous automation has occurred hand-in-hand with the emergence of industry-standard application protocols. Starting with HART inRead More...

Newest Embedded Technology Used by Industry Leaders

10 GigE Switches Provide IP Carrier Class Routing on 6U cPCI, VME and VPX A family of switches supports jumbo frames, full-wire speed Layer 2 bridging as well as Layer 3 UnicastRead More...

802.11n Wireless Connectivity Supports Seamless Industrial Networks

Industrial environments have long been extensively networked. The objective has primarily been automation—the need to control and monitor complex manufacturing processes that bringRead More...

Integrated Industrial PC Line Based on Intel Atom

IEC 61850-3 -- The New Battle Cry for Power Substation Designers

Florida Cable Turns to Digital Voice and Video To Expand its Product and Service Portfolio

Low-Cost PCI Express-Compliant FPGAs Enable a Plethora of Peripherals

FPGAs play an important role in embedded processing by enabling customized hardware for protocol bridging, signal processing acceleration and real-time embedded control. Now, twoRead More...

Atom-Based Edge Controller with Java-Based Middleware Framework

A highly configurable edge controller platform offers data access and control on the edge of the cloud, to aggregate and deliver data from edge devices, pervasive sensors andRead More...

Updated ETSI Standard Promises Increased Broadband Capacity

A new version of a European Standard published recently by ETSI promises significantly increased broadband capacity to meet the ever-growing demands foreseen for EuropeanRead More...

Small Linux Networking Server Offers Low-Cost Edge Computing for OEMs

A new, extremely small network server provides customers with a powerful engine for deploying advanced applications at the network edge, all in an integrated, thumb-sized package. TheRead More...

Expansion Modules Add SUMIT Connection and Flexibility to PC/104-Form Factor Designs

Two new expansion modules feature the Stackable Unified Module Interconnect Technology (SUMIT) interface scheme developed by the Small Form Factor Special Interest Group (SFF-SIG).Read More...

Tiny Atom SBC Targets Power-over-Ethernet Apps

OEMs who build the tiniest, lowest-power devices tend to use RISC processors and microcontrollers at the heart of their systems. While the x86 architecture can reduce development costsRead More...

Multi-Channel Gigabit Ethernet Data Recorder Supports 500MByte/s

Multi-Channel Gigabit Ethernet Data Recorder Supports 500 Mbytes/s  A fixed-featured off-the-shelf multi-channel Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) streaming data recorder system is designedRead More...

3U OpenVPX Air-Cooled and Conduction-Cooled Module Development Systems

3U VPX / cPCI Air-Cooled and Conduction-Cooled Module Development Systems Two OpenVPX-compliant 3U development systems cover both air- and conduction-cooled projects. JustRead More...

1U Rackmount Appliance Supports Core2 Quad Processor

1U Rackmount Appliance Supports Core2 Quad Processor A high-performance 1U rackmount appliance supports a broad range of network services for the enterprise and small businesses.Read More...

MicroTCA Carrier Hub Family Supports Four Different High Speed Fabrics

MicroTCA Carrier Hub Family Supports Four Different High-Speed Fabrics A new line of modular carrier hubs (MCHs) in the AMC/MicroTCA form factor are aimed at fulfilling theRead More...

Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet XMC Mezzanine card for CompactPCI, VME or VPX systems

Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet XMC Mezzanine card for CompactPCI, VME or VPX systems A new dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet mezzanine board extends all CompactPCI, VME, VPX, and custom boardsRead More...

AMCC Becomes AppliedMicro—with the Focus on Low-Power Processing

Electricity—we’re using more of it and it’s costing more. And so much of it that we use is wasted, simply dissipated as heat, which requires even more electricity in the form ofRead More...

Maintenance-free Ethernet Switches Target Rugged Applications

Maintenance-Free Ethernet Switches Target Rugged Applications Two new IP67-compliant Ethernet switches each feature eight Fast Ethernet ports on standard M12 connectors withRead More...

Multicore Networking Platform Provides 10 Gigabit LAN Performance

Multicore Networking Platform Provides 10 Gigabit LAN Performance A 2U server-grade platform uses Intel 5300 Series technology to provide 10 Gigabit Ethernet (2x) and support forRead More...

Programmable Automation Controllers Bring Together the Best of PLCs and PCs

Implementing a modern industrial application can present a challenging and sometimes daunting mix of requirements. For example, it is well understood that a typical control system mustRead More...

6U VPX Blade Debuts with Two Core i7 Processors

An innovative VPX computing blade for parallel data and signal processing applications incorporates two independently implemented Intel Core i7 processing nodes linked to a powerfulRead More...

Desktop Network Appliance Based On Latest Atom N450

An ultra-low-voltage desktop network appliance utilizes the new Intel Atom processor N450 and measures approximately half the size of A4 paper, so its compact footprint means it canRead More...

Utilize Open Standards to Protect Control System Networks

It all started out innocently enough. The IT manager for a major food manufacturer hired a consultant to scan the company’s PCs, find out which ones were out of date, and then applyRead More...

Rugged Ethernet Switching Solution for Increased Mission Effectiveness

Combining multi-functionality, performance and small size for deployment in the widest possible range of demanding environments, the GS12 rugged Ethernet switch from GE IntelligentRead More...

10GbE OEM-Ready Appliance Fueled by 12 Cores

A new dual-processor network appliance features the Intel Xeon 5600 processor series to offer enhanced computing performance for high-speed modular I/O processing of multiple GbE andRead More...

1U Rackmount Appliance with New Generation Atom

A 1U rackmounted hardware platform is designed for network service applications. Built with Intel Embedded IA components with long-term availability, the PL-80120 from Win EnterprisesRead More...

High Levels of Interface Integration to Enable 10, 40 and 100 Gbit/s Ethernet Rates over Optical Nets

Increasing volumes of IP-based network traffic are driving telecommunication carriers and Internet service providers to demand faster transmission speeds of 10 Gigabits per second toRead More...

LAN’s End is Just the Tip of the Iceberg

Device manufacturers and OEMs have been “trained” that processor and chipset vendors determine the life cycle of single board computers (SBCs) and computer-on-modules (COMs)—typicallyRead More...

Fiber Optics Is the Path to Reliability in Wind Turbine Generators and Wind Farms

Electricity generation by wind turbine generators, or WTGs, is a proven green energy technology in both land and offshore environments. However, wind farms located either onshore orRead More...

Energy-Efficient Processor Family Targets 1-Watt Video-Enabled Devices

A product family of energy-efficient embedded processors provides a small form factor for Power Architecture-based performance and a broad range of peripherals forRead More...

Power-over-Ethernet Compact Vision System

A new compact vision system is based on the Intel Core2 Duo P8400 processor. The EOS-1000 from Adlink Technology provides four independent Power over Ethernet (PoE) ports with dataRead More...

MicroTCA Robust Platforms For Multi-Core Processing And 10 Gbit/s Switching

Two new, robust MicroTCA platforms, which conform to MTCA.1, are specifically designed for high-end AdvancedMCs and feature a 10 Gbit/s Ethernet switched backplane enabling theRead More...

High Bandwidth Gigabit Ethernet Switch Supports Failsafe Operation

A 6U CompactPCI 24-port Gigabit Ethernet switch is designed for challenging applications in telecommunications, industrial and military systems. The NETernity CP921RC-30x from GERead More...

Cyber War—Coming to a Nightmare near You

Never mind the “living dead” movies, reconstituted gruesome remakes of H.P. Lovecraft or endless iterations of Freddy Krueger. If you want to be scared, pick up a copy of Cyber War byRead More...

3U CompactPCI IPv4/v6 Gigabit Ethernet Switch with Range of Management Interfaces

With up to 16 Gigabit Ethernet ports, a new fully managed IPv4/v6 switch is a cost-effective, high-performance solution for harsh environments. The new 3U CompactPCI CP3929 switchRead More...

Gigabit Ethernet Switch for VPX and OpenVPX platforms

1U Networking Platform Supports Core2 Processors, Expands to 14 x RJ45 GbE LAN

A 1U rackmount platform is designed to support network services with flexible processor choices. Built with Intel Embedded IA components to enable OEM product longevity, the PL-80230Read More...

DDS Component Links Incompatible Network System Interfaces to Build Multisystem Applications

By now, the world is familiar with machine-to-machine (M2M) systems in which autonomous or semi-autonomous nodes communicate and share data over a dedicated network to operate as anRead More...

1U Network Appliance Based On The Quad-Core Intel Xeon 3400 Series

Family of IP Display Engines for Networked Video Connectivity

2U Rackmount Network System Supports Xeon, Core i7 and up to 32 x GbE LAN