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Getting the Requirements Right for Safety Critical Systems

Jan 19, 2017 11AM EDT (7 years, 3 months ago)

Safety critical systems, whether in avionics, automotive, and medical applications are built on requirements. Today the complexity of these systems in each market is expanding at an exponential rate. Combine that with compressed product development schedules and the need for a strong requirements fo...

Enabling SIGINT thru Deep Learning Tech and HPEC

Dec 06, 2016 11AM EDT (7 years, 4 months ago)

Military signal intelligence (SIGINT) and image processing applications require the processing of very large data sets to predict and evaluate future courses of action. Government researchers such as the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Synthetic Environment for Analysis and Simulations (SEAS)...

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FPGAs: A Game Changer for Military Communications

Oct 12, 2016 12PM EDT (7 years, 6 months ago)

FPGAs have been a force multiplier for military signal processing applications that require modularity and flexibility. They excel in implementing the needed functions in hardware to create massively parallel signal processing units. For military communications applications they enable software defi...

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Military ISR Sensors and Embedded Signal Processing

Sep 29, 2016 2PM EDT (7 years, 6 months ago)

Whether in peacetime or during major conflicts, today's militaries rely on sensor technology to achieve tactical superiority for radar, electronic warfare, sonar, and other intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) sensors. Attaining that tactical edge with sensors means leveraging commer...

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How to Design Distributed Robotic Control Systems

Sep 08, 2016 2PM EDT (7 years, 7 months ago)

A growing number of advanced robotics applications require tight coordination of multiple systems and devices. Sensors, actuators, manipulators and mobile platforms all must communicate with each other to meet the demanding requirements of today's emerging robotics applications. Join the experts fro...

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Level A certification of avionics COTS hardware and software

Jul 26, 2016 2PM EDT (7 years, 8 months ago)

Certification of commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware and software to Design Assurance Level (DAL) A will be a game changer for the avionics industry. Thanks to developments such as OpenGL SC 2.0 for Shader Programmable Safety Critical Graphics by the Khronos Group are enabling this process in a...

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Beating Back the Heat: Solving Thermal Management Challenges in Military Electronics

Jun 21, 2016 2PM EDT (7 years, 9 months ago)

Modern avionics, radar, sonar, and electronic warfare systems depend heavily on the performance advantages of commercial processors from companies such as Intel, AMD, Freescale, and others. Yet, they also generate tremendous amounts of heat while delivering that capability, creating thermal manageme...

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Streamline your Software-Defined Radio with Model-Based Design

Jun 15, 2016 2PM EDT (7 years, 10 months ago)

Software-Defined Radio (SDR) development requires expertise in multiple engineering disciplines, with design tasks spread across different engineering groups. These groups may be using completely different design tools for their tasks, which can lead to inefficiencies in the overall system design pr...

Solving Aerospace Tech Development Challenges

Jun 07, 2016 2PM EDT (7 years, 10 months ago)

Designers of embedded aerospace technology systems from flight controls to avionics displays to engine monitoring systems to in-flight entertainment systems face increasing pressures to reduce development time and in turn reduce labor and long-term life cycle costs all while enhancing performance. T...

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Better Embedded Software Testing through Static Analysis

May 12, 2016 2PM EDT (7 years, 11 months ago)

Software testing is ubiquitous and an integral part of embedded code verification. However, it can be an expensive activity especially if done in an ad-hoc manner towards the end of the development process. Test-Driven Development brings certain advantages that help structure the process for efficie...

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NFC for Smarter Grid Infrastructure and Metering Solutions

Apr 28, 2016 11AM EDT (7 years, 11 months ago)

NFC, a short-range wireless technology integrated into smartphones, enables new possibilities for smarter grid infrastructure and metering solutions. Use cases range from secure pre-payment, zero power configuration and service interface, battery-less sensors up to a simplified pairing process of ot...

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Solving Avionics Safety Certification Challenges in UAS Platforms

Mar 16, 2016 2PM EDT (8 years, 1 month ago)

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) continues to release new approvals for the use of unmanned aircraft in the national airspace and other nations are making similar moves. As a result, many unmanned aircraft system (UAS) platforms must now comply with FAA safety standards for technology such...

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The Theory of FFT Techniques for Signal Analysis and Applications in FMCW Radar Measurement Systems

Feb 02, 2016 9AM EDT (8 years, 2 months ago)

This webinar addresses the processing of FMCW (Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave) signals from Radar transmitters, and highlights the growing importance of FMCW systems in applications such as Automotive. The presentation covers the most important signal processing algorithms used by modern Spectr...

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How to Develop Mission-Critical Avionics and Defense Systems with Ada and DDS

Nov 19, 2015 11AM EDT (8 years, 5 months ago)

The Ada programming language is particularly well suited to developing mission-critical and safety-critical systems that must be cost-effectively maintained over long lifecycles. These systems increasingly consist of multiple components distributed across processing nodes. Developers therefore requi...

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Cut DO-178C Avionics Software Costs with Adaptable Data Distribution

Nov 17, 2015 2PM EDT (8 years, 5 months ago)

Aircraft avionics are I/O intensive, driven by sensors throughout the aircraft that provide a variety of data types, formats and rates, and these attributes vary from aircraft to aircraft. DDC-I's data distribution infrastructure isolates applications from the details of the underlying I/O subsyste...

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Introduction to all new TI Sitara(tm) Processors and Ittiam solutions

Oct 22, 2015 11AM EDT (8 years, 5 months ago)

This webinar starts with an introduction to the new TI Sitara(tm) processors, including features, target applications and benefits, followed by Ittiam's offerings for industrial applications. Ittiam's solutions include hardware boards, Media SDKs and Pre-configured Systems to realize use cases such...

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Slash Avionics Integration Costs with DO-178C Certifiable Connectivity Software

Oct 20, 2015 11AM EDT (8 years, 5 months ago)

Avionics systems have traditionally used custom software to communicate between different applications and subsystems. The need for building certifiable systems based on a COTS and open architecture foundation has intensified due to the convergence of several trends.

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Building a smart, connected device? Learn why VxWorks is best RTOS for you

Oct 20, 2015 2PM EDT (8 years, 5 months ago)

Real-time Operating System (RTOS) devices have always played a critical role when strict performance and reliability requirements were necessary. In today's connected world with a rapidly growing base of IoT devices, the need for security, safety certification, scalability and virtualization is expa...

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Overcoming the most time-consuming DO-178C Objectives

Sep 29, 2015 2PM EDT (8 years, 6 months ago)

Despite the intensive amount of resources that certification requires, it’s nothing in comparison to the cost of something missed. Based on studies from Boeing and Airbus, the size and complexity of avionics software continues to grow significantly. The current rate of software growth is pacing 400...

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Keeping it Cool: Thermal Management Challenges in Embedded Military Electronics

Sep 24, 2015 2PM EDT (8 years, 6 months ago)

Today's commercial processors from Intel, AMD, and Freescale bring unprecedented levels of performance to embedded computing solutions based on standards from VITA, PICMG, and other standards organizations. They are the enabling technology for radar, sonar, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaiss...

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10 Steps to Virtualization

Sep 22, 2015 2PM EDT (8 years, 6 months ago)

Virtualization—the creation of multiple virtual machines (VMs) on a single piece of hardware, where each VM hosts a different workload in a different operating system—has gained significant momentum recently. Virtualization offers developers new capabilities and possibilities. It allows system archi...

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Managing Avionics Safety Certification for Unmanned Aircraft

Jul 28, 2015 1PM EDT (8 years, 8 months ago)

A force multiplier is often used to describe something gives one military a game-changing tactical edge over others. For the US military, unmanned aircraft platforms have been a force multiplier and will continue to be one. However, now the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is opening the nation...

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Considerations for Security on Embedded Edge Devices

Jul 14, 2015 2PM EDT (8 years, 9 months ago)

Whether you have an existing embedded edge device or are starting the development cycle for a new embedded edge device, you’ll need to take into account several considerations for improving the security of the device. Join Wind River® for this web seminar exploring the impact that anti-tamper softwa...

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Addressing Hardware Obsolescence for VxWorks(tm) 5.x Based Systems

Jun 29, 2015 2PM EDT (8 years, 9 months ago)

Hardware components are no longer available for many legacy systems running VxWorks 5.x. A schedule- and cost-friendly solution is needed that allows current systems to be updated and fielded without requiring a full development and internal certification process. In this webinar, John Bliss discuss...

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Keeping it cool: solving military electronics thermal management challenges

Jun 11, 2015 11AM EDT (8 years, 10 months ago)

Radar, electronic warfare, unmanned aircraft, combat aircraft avionics, etc. all demand high-performance signal processing to meet capability requirements. However, while faster processors and FPGAs create unprecedented performance they also generate excessive amounts of heat. Aspects such as ambien...

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