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Here is how systems can be implemented using the standard Profiles defined by OpenVPX and what you need to consider when weighing OpenVPX versus other existing legacy system interconnect standards.

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A new twist on network flow processing gives network administrators programmatic control of network flows to strategically place traffic where resources exist. Here’s why you may be building the open-source specification OpenFlow (or similar protocol) into routers, switches, and other devices to realize the benefits of Software-Defined Networks.

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While embedded system designers struggle to meet high demands in compact mobile or mission-critical computers, an ANSI/VITA standard takes computer-on-modules to new levels of rugged performance.

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In this Product How-To Henk Muller of XMOS uses the company’s dual Xcore architecture to illustrate his argument that given a predictable underlying processor architecture, agile development is very well suited to real-time software.

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In this series, the authors of “Building the Mobile Internet“ provide a tutorial on extending Internet connectivity into mobile networking by using extensions of protocols such as IPv4 and IPv6 as well as mobile specific protocols such as DSMIP, IKEv2 and MoBIKE. Part 6: IkeV3 and MOBIKE

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In this series, the authors of “Building the Mobile Internet“ provide a tutorial on extending Internet connectivity into mobile networking by using extensions of protocols such as IPv4 and IPv6 as well as mobile specific protocols such as DSMIP, IKEv2 and MoBIKE. Part 5: Mobile IPv6 in Practice

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In this series, the authors of “Building the Mobile Internet“ provide a tutorial on extending Internet connectivity into mobile networking by using extensions of protocols such as IPv4 and IPv6 as well as mobile specific protocols such as DSMIP, IKEv2 and MoBIKE. Part 4: Mobile IPv6 technology overview

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In this series of six articles, the authors of “Building the Mobile Internet“ provide a tutorial on extending Internet connectivity into mobile networking by using extensions of protocols such as IPv4 and IPv6 as well as mobile specific protocols such as DSMIP, IKEv2 and MoBIKE. Part 3: Mobile IPv4 Tunnels, Bindings, & Datagram Forwarding.

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In this series, the authors of “Building the Mobile Internet“ provide a tutorial on extending Internet connectivity into mobile networking by using extensions of protocols such as IPv4 and IPv6 as well as mobile specific protocols such as DSMIP, IKEv2 and MoBIKE. Part 2: Mobile IPv4 Registration and AAA

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In this series, the authors of “Building the Mobile Internet“ provide a tutorial on extending Internet connectivity into mobile networking by using extensions of protocols such as IPv4 and IPv6 as well as mobile specific protocols such as DSMIP, IKEv2 and MoBIKE. Part 1: Dealing with transport layer mobility.

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A step by step guide to implementing 8b/10 bit encoding in a USB 3.0 design including how and when to use commercially-available SuperSpeed PIPE PHYs, versus a custom design with general purpose deserializer components to allow direct access, capture and recording.

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In this Product How-To article, Mark Saunders of Cypress looks at the problems of hardware/software co-development from the point of view of the software designer using the company’s PSoC Creator to illustrate his exposition.

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How to reduce the number of timing signoff corners as SoCs move to smaller dimension nanometer processes by better understanding of the impact of smaller geometry variations across multiple corners.

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Here’s a brief tutorial on optical finger navigation for use in smartphone user interfaces and how to take advantage of spatial detection algorithms for better image correlation, higher reliability, simpler assembly, and less power consumption.

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Hover sensing combines self and mutual capacitive sensing to create a mouseover-like functionality in a handheld device, including magnification and simplified text selection. Here are some of the capabilities and applications of hover technology in handheld devices.

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In this article, Tyler Gilbert explains how programmers can make best use of the Arm Cortex-M3 (CM3) processor’s hardware used for pre-emptive context switching as well as how to develop systems software routines that enable multi-tasking programs.

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In this Product How-To article, James Wilson of Silicon Labs, describes the clocking requirements in the migration to next generation 10G/40G/100G networks and how the company’s Si5374/Si5375 clock ICs can be used to satisfy the needs for any-frequency synthesis, jitter attenuation, clock generation and clock distribution.

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Scaling down to 40 nm and below imposes new challenges for physical design engineers relating to timing closure in their designs. But unlike earlier geometries at 90 nm and above, voltage and temperature (PVT) corners with the highest temperatures are no longer the worst locations for synthesis.

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The key to understanding multi-touch touch panels is to realize that a touch is not the same thing as a mouse click.

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Gesture recognition is the first step to fully 3D interaction with computing devices. The authors outline the challenges and techniques to overcome them in embedded systems.

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