White Paper: How Does the FMC (FPGA Mezzanine Card) Standard Measure up Against the PMC/XMC Format for Embedded Defense/Aerospace Applications?

Staff (Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing)

FMCs promise to do for FPGA based solutions what PMC and XMC did for embedded CPU based systems. However, FMC is not really competing with PMC or XMC, but actually complements it, particularly for high bandwidth, low latency applications.

White Paper: McAfee Embedded Control: Built-in protection for bulletproof peace of mind

Staff (McAfee, Inc.)

Today, embedded devices are all around us–in kiosks, point-of-sale (POS) terminals, ATMs, medical equipment, and more. For far too long, however, protecting the integrity of these devices and the sensitive information they contain has been an afterthought. McAfee(r) Embedded Control enhances embedded device integrity, maximizing uptime, reducing su... [read more]

White Paper: Threat Modeling for Secure Embedded Software

Staff (Klocwork, Inc.)

As embedded software becomes more mobile and connected, organizations must take additional steps to ensure their code is secure. To accomplish this goal and combat ever-changing security threats, software engineering teams need to incorporate threat modeling, combined with updated tools and processes into their development plans.

White Paper: Developing Software in a Multicore and Multiprocessor World

Gwyn Fisher, CTO (Klocwork, Inc.)

Software developers stand to gain increased speed and functionality from multiprocessor architectures, but the resulting complexity makes detecting software errors more challenging. Read this technical paper for an overview of the challenges associated with software development on next-gen architectures and learn how static analysis can help.

White Paper: Modernizing the Peer Code Review Process

Gwyn Fisher, CTO (Klocwork, Inc.)

Peer code reviews are an exceptionally valuable, but much-maligned part of the software development process. Read this paper to learn how implementing a tools-based approach can help you overcome the most common obstacles to effective peer code review.

White Paper: EtherCAT on Sitara AM335xARM Cortex-A8 Microprocessors

Maneesh Soni, Systems Manager ARM microprocessor group (Texas Instruments, Inc.)

Texas Instruments is world's first semiconductor company to license EtherCAT technology and integrate it into the Sitara AM335x ARM generation of ARM Cortex-A8-based microprocessors (MPUs). This whitepaper explores implementation of this technology on the AM335x processor through its programmable real-time unit (PRU)-based programmable technology t... [read more]

White Paper: Can You Have It All? Evaluating FPGA-Based Prototyping Systems

Michael Posner, Product Manager FPGA-based prototyping solutions (Synopsys, Inc.)

RTL simulation is no longer capable of providing all of the verification required for today's complex designs. Modern systems are a complex mixture of hardware and software, digital and analog, and the boundaries of the system are often difficult to define.

White Paper: No Room for Error: Creating Highly Reliable, High-Availability FPGA Designs

Angela Sutton (Synopsys, Inc.)

It comes as no surprise that the designers of FPGAs for military and aerospace applications are interested in increasing the reliability and availability of their designs. This is, of course, particularly true in the case of mission-critical and safety-critical electronic systems.

White Paper: Software Defined Radio Handbook (Ninth edition)

Rodger H. Hosking Vice-President & Cofounder (Pentek, Inc.)

SDR has revolutionized electronic systems for a variety of applications including communications, data acquisition, and signal processing. This handbook shows how DDCs and DUCs, the fundamental building blocks of SDR, can replace conventional analog receiver designs, offering significant benefits in performance, density and cost and much more...

White Paper: Addressing the Challenges of Functional Safety in the Automotive and Industrial Markets

Freescale Semiconductor (Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.)

The focus on safety-critical applications in both the automotive and industrial markets is significantly growing, bringing new and added pressures to systems engineers as they work to solve safety challenges.

White Paper: Design Approaches Impact GPGPU Implementation

Peter Thompson (GE Intelligent Platforms, Inc.)

The right choice for a GPGPU platform depends on several factors. Two approaches can be taken when implementing a GPGPU design: chip-down and mezzanine. GE Intelligent Platforms supports both design methods, allowing customers to choose the right approach for their program, including getting started with software design and system validation using ... [read more]

White Paper: A comparison of OpenVPX(tm) System Bandwidth between Serial RapidIO(r) and 10 Gigabit Ethernet

Ian Stalker (Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing)

The focus of this paper is high-performance, multi-processor systems where bandwidth available to the CPUs can have a large impact on the system computing throughput.

White Paper: A Comparison of MPEG4 (H.264) and JPEG2000 Video Compression and Decompression Algorithms

Andrew Haylett (Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing)

With the introduction of High Definition (HD) video, much higher data rates need to be recorded and moved around in the digital domain meaning new technologies have had to be developed in order to accommodate these higher specification video streams.

White Paper: Switched Fabrics Support High-Performance Embedded Computing for Military and Aerospace Platforms

Chris Cardillo (GE Intelligent Platforms, Inc.)

Lessons learned from high-performance computing arena can be transferred to military and aerospace applications for improved component interoperability.

White Paper: Readiness Level Measures Boosted by COTS Computers

Chris Cardillo (GE Intelligent Platforms, Inc.)

Military and aerospace system developers have one overarching mission: To bring their products to market in the most efficient manner possible. System developers can use COTS rugged systems to boost their technology, manufacturing readiness levels.

eLearning Course: Secure Coding for C/C++

Staff (Klocwork, Inc.)

Developers, learn how to create secure code. This course will teach you the essential secure coding principals for C/C++, along with the technical details of buffer overflows, and much more.

White Paper: Integrated Circuits for Implantable Medical Devices

Steven Dean, Global medical market lead (Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.); James McDonald, Co-founder and president (Cactus Semiconductor); David Niewolny, Medical segment manager (Freescale’s Microcontroller Solutions Group); Donnie Garcia, Systems Engineer (Freescale’s Microcontroller Solutions Group); Navjot Chhabra, Manager (Freescale Packaging Solutions Development); Loris Chang, Biomedical engineering student (University of Texas at Austin)

When considering integrated circuits for an implantable device, one must examine the entire system from the top level. Overall system-level requirements, such as functionality, performance, size, weight and power should be considered. This white paper describes the electronic features of implantable circuits and the integration of these features in... [read more]

White Paper: DO-178C Brings Advanced Modeling, Object Oriented Programming and Enhanced Traceability to Avionics Software Development

Bill StClair, Director, US Operations (LDRA ); Tim King, Technical Marketing Manager (DDC-I, Inc)

Since its introduction in 1992, DO-178B has been the defacto standard for certifying avionics software. Subsequently, however, avionics software complexity has increased dramatically, software development technology has improved by leaps and bounds, and DO-178B has lagged behind.

White Paper: Networked flash storage blade on an ATCA 10 Gb backplane - server virtualization, database and video media delivery

Staff (SanBlaze Technology, Inc.)

Applications such as server virtualization, database and video media delivery require high IOPS/GB and/or low response times. This paper explores the benefits of networked flash storage deployed on an ATCA 10 Gb backplane to improve these three vertical application areas, including the technology and the benefits of in-chassis networked flash stor... [read more]

White Paper: COTS-Based Computer Systems Reduce Risks to System Developers

Mac Rothstein (GE Intelligent Platforms, Inc.)

The development of a new computing system for a military and aerospace application is fraught with risks that could extend product time to market, drive up costs, or even derail the program altogether. This white paper explores many of the avenues by which risk can enter a system development project, and how a standard COTS-based computer system c... [read more]

White Paper: How to Boost Solar Power Inverter Reliability

Silicon Laboratories (Silicon Laboratories Inc.)

Photovoltaic (PV) power systems, including solar power inverters, are expected to operate reliably and at full rated output for a minimum of 25 years, so they need highly efficient inverters that run cooler, last longer and generate cash savings for the PV system manufacturer and user. Download this white paper from Silicon Labs to find out how adv... [read more]

White Paper: Applying "Sandy Bridge" to Embedded Applications

Staff (American Portwell Technology)

Market demand continues to grow for high-performance imaging, communications and security systems. Solutions need to contain scalable power-efficient processors with better integrated graphics capabilities than ever before. From imaging to communications to security to raw scalar throughput, the second generation Intel(r) Core(tm) processors (forme... [read more]

White Paper: Consumer Market Drives Advances in High-Performance Embedded Computing

Jeff Hoch (GE Intelligent Platforms, Inc.)

Military and aerospace sector reaps benefits from consumer-led technology developments. The military and aerospace market may be said to have started this situation, first as far back as the late-1970s with the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET) that laid the groundwork for the packet-switch networks that, in turn, form the basis o... [read more]

White Paper: Accelerating Innovation in Automotive Engineering

Staff (PTC)

The escalating volume and complexity of software in the systems and components of today's vehicles is a staggering challenge and it will only continue to grow. Software is not only an opportunity for innovation and differentiation - it is a source of risk that can broadly and deeply affect the success of the entire organization because in many ways... [read more]

White Paper: Harmonizing Modeling and Simulation with the Development Lifecycle - Improved Management of Models Accelerates the Development Cycle

Staff (PTC)

Model-based development and testing are revolutionizing industry sectors like automotive and aerospace, but the models themselves (as well as the modification and testing of those models) are still disconnected from the overall development lifecycles. Disconnected modeling represents a critical risk to the organization.

White Paper: Software Development for Medical Devices: Overcoming the Challenges of Compliance, Quality and Cost

Staff (PTC)

Software is fast becoming the differentiator for manufacturers of medical devices. Software is also becoming more voluminous and complex, which creates significant risk. To complicate matters even more, software components used in medical devices fall under regulatory scrutiny.

White Paper: Video Tracking Developments Afford Greater Range of Deployed Platforms

Jeff Hoch (GE Intelligent Platforms, Inc.)

Processors, algorithms and small form factor devices allow for deployment of video tracking and target detection on virtually any type of military and aerospace platform.

White Paper: Vetronics Architectures Emerge to Facilitate Network-Enabled Operations

Jeff Hoch (GE Intelligent Platforms, Inc.)

Battlefield communications capabilities are emerging as a top military priority, and vehicle electronics architectures are evolving to ensure that military assets can effectively serve as part of a holistic communications network.

White Paper: PCI Express Peer-to-Peer Interconnect

Jeff Hoch (GE Intelligent Platforms, Inc.)

PCIe as a backplane fabric: The system architecture implications.

White Paper: MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition

Staff (MontaVista)

The adoption of Linux in the communications network infrastructure space is very evident. A carrier grade operating system platform brings tremendous benefits for the entire service life of a deployed system, but, as they say, “getting there can be half the battle.” Getting the system developed and debugged for deployment in time for the market win... [read more]