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NFC for Smarter Grid Infrastructure and Metering Solutions

Apr 28, 2016 11:00AM EDT (9 years, 1 month 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 2:00PM EDT (9 years, 3 months 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 9:00AM EDT (9 years, 4 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 11:00AM EDT (9 years, 7 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 2:00PM EDT (9 years, 7 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 11:00AM EDT (9 years, 8 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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Building a smart, connected device? Learn why VxWorks is best RTOS for you

Oct 20, 2015 2:00PM EDT (9 years, 8 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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Slash Avionics Integration Costs with DO-178C Certifiable Connectivity Software

Oct 20, 2015 11:00AM EDT (9 years, 8 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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Overcoming the most time-consuming DO-178C Objectives

Sep 29, 2015 2:00PM EDT (9 years, 8 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 2:00PM EDT (9 years, 8 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 2:00PM EDT (9 years, 9 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 1:00PM EDT (9 years, 10 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 2:00PM EDT (9 years, 11 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 2:00PM EDT (9 years, 11 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 11:00AM EDT (10 years 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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Managing SWaP in Military Embedded Systems

May 21, 2015 2:00PM EDT (10 years, 1 month ago)

Military flight computers, vetronics systems, unmanned system payloads, missile systems, GPS devices, radios, etc., are all trending smaller. As a result military program managers are creating more stringent size, weight, and power (SWaP) requirements for every system. While each generation of moder...

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Learn About the FACE Standard for Avionics Software and a Ready-to-Go COTS Platform

May 19, 2015 1:00PM EDT (10 years, 1 month ago)

The Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE™) technical and business standards are driving new efficiencies in avionics platforms. FACE enables platform integrators to rapidly assemble best-of-breed technologies with commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) components that have proven safety certificat...

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Avoid the Pitfalls in Designing a Multi-core Safety-Critical Avionics System

May 07, 2015 2:00PM EDT (10 years, 1 month ago)

Multi-core processors open up a new realm of possibilities for increased performance and reduced size, weight and power. But, multi-core design has pitfalls and risks that must be addressed, and getting a multi-core avionics system certified is a major challenge. In this webinar, Kevin Jonestrask di...

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Leveraging Commercial Signal Processing for Unmanned ISR Sensor Payloads

Apr 30, 2015 11:00AM EDT (10 years, 1 month ago)

Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UASs) are disruptive to the enemy just because they carry bombs, but also because of the intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) their payloads provide to battlefield commanders. Many of these payloads are multi-mission, carrying sensors for radar, signals int...

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Where is COTS technology today?

Apr 21, 2015 11:00AM EDT (10 years, 2 months ago)

It’s been more than 20 years since then U.S. Defense Secretary William Perry issued his famous – some say infamous – COTS memo, which ordered the Department of Defense to buy commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) technology wherever and whenever possible. Back then COTS was a four-letter word among many i...

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Securing the IoT End-to-End: Concepts, Definitions and Implementations

Apr 02, 2015 2:00PM EDT (10 years, 2 months ago)

Much is being written that the biggest concerns related to enterprise and industry adoption of the IoT are data security and privacy. This e-cast will directly address those concerns and explain and demonstrate potential solutions. The Triple-A of security (Authentication, Authorization and Accoun...

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Navigating the Hurdles of DO-178C Development

Mar 04, 2015 11:00AM EDT (10 years, 3 months ago)

DO-178C is now the standard for virtually all new software flying today. Developing DO-178C avionics software adds a significant effort over standard industry practices. Depending on a company’s current engineering processes, 20% - 70% extra effort to comply is not uncommon. Most of this work is no...

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FAA Regulatory Guidance for Multi-core Usage in Certified Avionics Systems

Mar 03, 2015 2:00PM EDT (10 years, 3 months ago)

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has recently published guidance on the usage of multi-core processor in airborne systems. Multi-core processors offer performance improvements, legacy software reuse, and cost savings through consolidation of multiple applications on a single silicon platfor...

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Two Approaches You Must Consider when Architecting Radar Systems

Jan 28, 2015 2:00PM EDT (10 years, 4 months ago)

Modern radar systems must keep up with a rapidly changing threat environment, readily adapt to new technologies and be developed with smaller budgets. How do you architect your future radar systems to meet these challenging requirements?

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Three ways to ensure your automotive developers deliver secure, compliant, defect-free software

Dec 10, 2014 11:00AM EDT (10 years, 6 months ago)

Developers in the automotive software supply chain are spending more time and effort -- and consequently money -- on the latter stages of development to get the product ready. These developers need to deliver code with less defects, applications secure from hacking vulnerabilities, and products that...

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