Transitioning current aerospace and defense (A&D) designs into more powerful and robust systems for integration into next generation systems is a global challenge for suppliers. System and component developers need to create standards-based, open platforms that can accommodate both legacy and new ap...

From wireless infrastructure equipment to web switches to enterprise routers, today Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) is popping up as a requirement in a variety of platforms and functions such as anti-malware, intrusion prevention, protocol parsing, application recognition, URL filtering, and subscriber...

Ensuring the reliability of high-availability systems requires full forensic data on the root causes of faults and failures, but much of this information must be extracted from a system processorand/or chipset. . Kernel- or application-based software methods can miss most of the hardware information...

The market shift towards ARM based MCUs is happening all over the embedded design world. Freescale delivers with the first broad-market mixed-signal microcontroller family based on the latest ARM® Cortex-M4 core and innovative 90nm thin-film storage (TFS) flash memory technology. With over 200 Kinet...

As the first Intel® architecture (IA) processor designed specifically for embedded, the Intel® Atom™ processor E6xx series brings the benefits of IA to a whole new set of applications. Now you can take advantage of the rich IA hardware and software ecosystem at lower price point, bill of materials (...

Fully 66% of products developed in the past year included some kind of embedded information technology. But what does this dramatic increase in complexity mean for the creators of those products? Join a roundtable discussion with experts in designing, delivering, and managing smarter products to le...

Telehealth describes the use of embedded devices – including smartphones or tablets with 3G/4G connections, devices with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, ZigBee, or other wireless networking technology, or larger platforms with Ethernet – to help people connect with healthcare providers wherever they may be. The s...

The rapid growth in video traffic and other data-intensive applications is straining fixed and mobile networks alike—and the network load will only rise as the transition to LTE gets under way. The rise of bandwidth-hungry applications is joined by a huge growth in the number of connected devices, w...

Freescale, Curtiss Wright and Wind River have partnered together in the development of high performance and secure platforms that solve the Size, Weight and Power issues facing the Aerospace and Defense industry. Learn how the combined roadmaps of these three companies, now and into the future, deli...

The time and cost required to integrate tactical applications like combat, unmanned and ISR systems is traditionally much higher than for conventional enterprise applications. This is because custom integration approaches have been required to satisfy their demanding performance, reliability and res...

Covering technical tips and techniques for developing safety-critical avionics software in compliance with DO-178B (up to, and including, Level A design assurance), this webinar features industry experts who will highlight the processes, procedures and tools used to achieve avionics certification on...

OpenSystems Media is proud to announce the first EDA Virtual Conference, entitled EDA: The Next Big Things. Engineers from around the world are invited to learn about Analog and Mixed Signal, System-on-Chip, High-Level Design, and Verification. Each session will also include a special "Ask the Exper...

The requirement for instant on capability or ‘fast boot’ in embedded Linux has become a necessity. From cellphones to mobile internet devices (MIDs) to automobiles, devices are smarter and more connected today than ever before. As a result, customers' expectations for instant data and multimedia acc...

The need to increase performance on a number of fronts - compute, I/O and graphics - is making it harder for Mil/Aero system designers to satisfy these requirements with PC/104-based boards. The PC/104-Express and related PC104 standards use a complicated stack-up methodology that increases complexi...

The security of our systems is becoming more critical in today’s competitive and hostile world. Whether one builds commercial or defense systems, the need to have those systems protected from network or physical attacks is critical to safe guarding your technology. The financial loss of comprised sy...

For centuries, signage was a fixed, static medium. To consumers who have grown up with Hollywood or Bollywood and ubiquitous TV, this was uninvolving and easily ignored. Digital technology is turning the traditional practices in signage upside down. Local, distributed intelligence at the level of th...

OpenSystems Media presents the first OpenVPX Education and Training Virtual Conference. Engineers from around the world are invited to learn about topics as VME 64 vs VXS vs OpenVPX, System Level Design, SDR, Radar Processing, SIGINT, and more. Each session will also include a special "Ask the Exper...

The use of Freescale's P4080 8-core processor to build highly flexible, scalable and secure applications. Also will touch on the ability to map classic single core multi-board multi-function systems into a single P4080 based SBC solution.

Avionics software development brings together a challenging and unique blend of safety-critical platforms, reliable software, sophisticated displays, and user input software. This is even more true when the system must meet safety-critical requirements per RTCA DO-178 Level A or other safety or secu...

Traditionally developers of embedded systems that require security have opted for one of two approaches: either design the system with proprietary hardware and software components, or add security applications and functionality on top of a non-secure system. A more pragmatic approach that can save t...

Success in the aerospace and defense market requires timely delivery of products that meet the changing needs of the client. Be it a weapon and defense system, military jet or weapon application, development organizations must deliver ‘mission-critical’ quality while adhering to stringent time and b...

Developing applications on cutting-edge processors is easier than ever thanks to new solutions from the Intel® Embedded Alliance. This webinar shows how you can begin application development in minutes instead of days or weeks—and how you can take advantages of the latest hardware features. Join us...

Your ideas will come to life faster than ever with a new generation of Intel® Atom development boards. This webinar features hands-on demos of three boards that let you start prototyping and developing out of the box—no Intel Atom experience needed! The demos are followed by a Q&A session with top e...

Digital media is everywhere. It's in our homes, our cars, even in our pockets. As this explosion continues, the demand for new and innovative Digital Media products increases. How do you quickly deliver new products to market to meet this demand without sacrificing quality or reliability?

Explosive growth in IP traffic – driven by off-the-chart consumer demand in 3G smart phones and their apps, video chats, YouTube, webcams, movie streaming and IPTV – are putting extreme pressure on the communications infrastructure to deliver more bandwidth.