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An IP storm? (12/01/2006)

... the Viterbi decoding algorithm exists as software and hardware implementations. Its impact on wireless digital-communications systems is so significant that processor vendors integrate hardware accelerators with their cores or show how the ...

Suppressing interference in adaptive-cable-equalizer designs (11/01/2006)

... equalizers have seen wide use for many years in SDV (serial-digital-video) broadcasting equipment and serial telecommunications systems. Today, these same equalizers are finding increased use in other types of wired communications systems. ...

Sine construction: DDSs form precision oscillators (11/01/2006)

... versatile, given its simplicity, having found use in applications as diverse as automotive radios, data-communications systems, and medical imagers. Just as diverse are the forms NCOs take: IP (intellectual property), ICs, cards, and instruments ...

Medium Voltage for Maximum Effect (10/01/2006)

... I feel that the most visible change is the proliferation of electronic relays, metering and communications systems within the equipment. One multi-function relay basically has every relay-protection function available that a power system engineer ...

WPI Releases General Connector Catalog (10/01/2006)

... Connector line of products. This updated catalog lists several military specified connectors used in tactical communications systems. Some of the featured connectors include D-subminiatures, audio, U-type multi-purpose, power and filtered ...

The 10 most definitive technologies (7/12/2005)

... first mobile call took place on 3 April 1973, when Martin Cooper, then general manager of Motorola’s communications systems division, dialled up a rival at AT&T’s Bell Labs. By the time commercial mobile service began, in 1983, Cooper’s ...

Photonics on a chip (15/11/2005)

... (See Electronics News April 2005 pg 30.)Photonic chips will be needed for future generations of optical communications systems. They will enable very large amounts of data to be transported at extraordinarily high rates as service. The use of ...

Suitable for isolated dc-dc bus converters.

80V and 100V DirectFET MOSFETs (3/11/2005)

... ‘enhanced SO-8’ devices in medium power 200W dc-dc bus converter applications commonly found in networking and communications systems.The low combined on-state resistance and gate charge make the new IRF6668 80V and IRF6662 100V primary-side ...

The Agilent CSA requires minimal training and setup.

Low-cost, portable platform designed for many applications (25/10/2005)

... low weight and battery operation makes the analyser an excellent choice for installation and maintenance of communications systems. Its card slot architecture enables future performance and capability enhancements.The Agilent CSA provides ease ...

Features flexible architecture with four operating modes.

Industry’s first average-program load-share controller (21/10/2005)

... currents from parallel power supplies in a variety of distributed power applications, including telecom and data communications systems.The LM5080 implements the average program method of active load-share control, which adjusts the output ...

Dual output PWM-Driver IC (7/10/2005)

... controller-driver ICs for high performance point-of-load (POL) buck converters used in networking, computing and communications systems.The IR3621 includes a full suite of power management features, including pre-bias protection, sequencing ...

Easy upgrades to biometrics access control (5/09/2005)

... Burke.“On top of this, there's usually the expense of complete building re-wiring to accommodate expansive communications systems, all of which has made the upgrade to biometrics only suitable for military or government applications."The ...

Pain taken out of access control upgrades to biometrics (31/08/2005)

... Burke. “On top of this, there’s usually the expense of complete building re-wiring to accommodate expansive communications systems, all of which has made the upgrade to biometrics only suitable for military or government applications.”The ...

Going places with the Express (25/08/2005)

... available in PXI Express provides new solutions for many applications:• High bandwidth IF instruments for communications systems test.• Interfaces to high-speed digital protocols including LVDS-based proprietary protocols, FireWire, ...

Test products for wideband systems (19/08/2005)

... waveform generator that simultaneously delivers 1.25 GS/s and 10 bits of vertical resolution for emerging communications systems, such as UWB.Specifically for UWB, the Agilent N6031A arbitrary waveform generator enables engineers to rapidly ...

An IP storm? (18/08/2005)

Alert, alarmed and definitely prepared (12/08/2005)

... local area.This has been made possible because of the Alerts system, according to Alex Crowe. Unlike other communications systems that only call one phone number at a time, the Alerts system calls can be set up to call hundreds of phone ...

All of the modules are tested on a phase noise measurement system.

Low-phase-noise frequency synthesisers (27/07/2005)

... technology for operating and testing new components and systems. Applications include radar local oscillators, communications systems, phase noise measurement systems and low-jitter clocks for testing data converters and other high performance ...

Enables High-volume Bluetooth cable replacement and voice applications for industrial, scientific and medical applications.

Bluetooth module removes cables in hands-free applications (6/06/2005)

... wireless technology enables users to exchange information between a wide variety of computing and communications systems including mobile phones, PCs, printers, industrial and medical devices without connecting wires or cables. The new features ...

LabVIEW module with DSP programming tools (23/05/2005)

... communications, control and filter design courses to help students quickly and easily build everything from communications systems to complex motor control applications.By using LabVIEW to develop these applications, students can focus on the ...

Beating the communications breakdown (19/05/2005)

... as rescues,” Reed says.OTB Products has recently introduced a rental option for its Con-Space Confined Space communications systems. OTB systems include:·The CSI1100 Mini module, 1-on-1 up to 1-on-3 system and the CSI2100 1-on-3 up to ...

The Con-Space communications system being used in a mining site rescue operation.

Wired for sound beats communication breakdown (15/04/2005)

... in efficiency and safety equipment, rather than another cost," said Mr Reed.Con-Space Confined Space communications systems from OTB include:* CSI1100 Mini module, 1 on 1 up to 1 on 3 system, CSI2100 1 on 3 up to 1 on 7 system.* CSI - ...

Lighting up Australia’s future (13/04/2005)

... little power.”According to Prof Eggleton, the chip would include much of the functionality seen in existing communications systems, for example de-multiplexing, management of distortion and performance monitoring.The CUDOS team have ...

High-speed differential amplifiers and ADCs.

Differential amplifiers and analogue to digital converters (11/04/2005)

... ADC12DL065.The analogue signal path is the heart of demanding applications such as ultrasound imaging and communications systems. Signal fidelity is determined primarily by the quality of the amplifiers and ADCs. In ultrasound systems, for ...

Universal instrument for dynamic measurements (4/04/2005)

... 18-bit resolution at 10MS/s makes it an excellent digitiser for acquiring baseband I/Q signals used in digital communications systems.The NI PXI-5922 module is built on the Synchronisation and Memory Core (SMC) architecture for tight ...

RFID, GPS and satellite manage cargo (29/03/2005)

... chain solutions, and a US-based provider of Global Positioning Systems (GPS), satellite and other advanced communications systems, have developed an integrated product that continuously tracks and manages both transport vehicles and the cargo ...

High profile road win for Alstom (24/02/2005)

... for the delivery of the design and construct turnkey solution for all mechanical, electrical, fire, control and communications systems for the Mitcham Frankston project in Melbourne.Under the $100 million contract, Alstom is to provide all ...

Vector signal generator error-correction (22/11/2004)

... coded pulses to ensure accurate testing at wide bandwidths. Designers of chipsets for UWB and other wideband communications systems can use the toolkit's corrections capability to provide a nearly ideal signal for circuit design evaluation. ...

Improved perfomance, updated interfaces.

Lightning vector network analysers (12/10/2004)

... and passive devices used in emerging applications, such as high-speed wireless networks and Ka-Band satellite communications systems, during R&D and production.The 37300D is a premium series that has four models covering 20GHz, 40GHz, ...

Agilent’s new arbitrary waveform generator.

Cost-effective aerospace T&M products (6/10/2004)

... engineers create realistic wideband signals for the design and test of advanced radar, satellite and emerging communications systems.Also for engineers in the aerospace/defense industry, Agilent has introduced the industry's lowest-cost, ...