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Sophisticated decision-support systems do more than focus on HR. They analyze the enterprise as a whole, and may be a key to HR's ability to drive home the link between [...]

In this article, the authors discuss novel acrylate adhesive polymers developed for use in transdermal drug delivery systems. They analyze the solubility and adhesive performances of adhesives that incorporate either [...]

You don't have to start from scratch when designing an interface for PCMCIA cards. There are chips, boards, and card drives that already have many of the features you need. [...]

It's axiomatic when discussing the importance of situational awareness that the threat you don't see coming holds the most danger. Unfortunately for the EW community -- and particularly for the [...]

Part 1 covered sampling ADCs' static and dynamic characteristics and how to protect the analog input. Part 2 discussed four key peripheral circuits. Part 3 concludes the series by examining [...]

You aren't necessarily an iconoclast if you conclude that the VXIbus (VME extensions for instrumentation) is a bad idea; that the engineers who thought up the modular-instrumentation standard four years [...]

Choosing a controller for your VXI (VME extensions for instrumentation) system requires that you first determine the instrument types, a programming methodology, and your data-throughput goals. Failing to consider these [...]

Interconnect: Tackling the high-speed nightmare Ask designers about the effects of high signal speeds on board-level interconnects, and the word 'nightmare' recurs. Their interconnect trouble spots include the connector and [...]

Good bridge-circuit design satisfies gain and balance criteria Bridge circuits are the electrical analog of the mechanical beam balance as well as the predecessor of all electrical differential techniques. The [...]

We've read the headlines for a couple of years now: software businesses have been falling by the wayside, and companies have been cutting back their technology budgets. But as this [...]

* No, they aren't a new Saturday morning cartoon duo. Bluetooth and Jini(tm) are new ways to network computers--at home and everywhere else. And the future they offer is cordless [...]

* You could pick out last year's road warrior in any airport waiting room. The strap of the laptop bag cut into his coat creating a suit with one permanently [...]

ROAD GEAR GETS LIGHTER AND SMARTER IT TOOK ONLY THREE THINGS: a really big network, really small devices, and someone smart enough to tear the cord off the phone. The [...]

Strong embedded-RISC lineup meets cost, integration needs Designers searching for a reduced-instruction-set-computing (RISC) processor to power an embedded-control application have never had such a bountiful selection. There are more architectures [...]

Public management is slowly being transformed by information technology. Technology today is the driver of new government processes for dealing with citizens and suppliers. But it is also reshaping important [...]

The DATA MATE 840 series of two-way mobile wireless data terminals for commercial vehicle fleets is designed to interface directly with a customer's existing radio system without modems or other [...]

I don't usually start a column with a disclaimer, but if I don't this time, I just know I'm going to receive a whole bunch of letters. So, right up [...]

The speed and flexibility offered by dynamic reporting can pay huge dividends if company can reach the right candidates even a couple of hours earlier. Applicant tracking systems collect a [...]

Multichannel codec * Integrates six DACs and four ADCs * Handles multiple digital stereo channels with 24-bit conversion resolution and a 96-kHz sample rate * Provides a 108-dB dynamic range [...]

Control systems for steam turbines driving process compressors now provide many more functions beyond speed control. These systems can be custom programmed to provide whatever extent of control is desired [...]

REAL-WORLD EMBEDDED-SYSTEM design requires real-world decisions; it's all about trade-offs. For many embedded-system designs involving processors, the goal isn't to pick the fastest processor but to pick the processor and [...]

EDN'S ANNUAL DSP DIRECTORY HIGHLIGHTS THE ARCHITECTURES AVAILABLE FOR YOUR HOTTEST DESIGNS. HERE'S HELP IN SORTING THROUGH THE MYRIAD DSP DEVICES. YOU CAN ALSO ACCESS OUR FREQUENTLY UPDATED, FEATURE-TUNED DATABASE [...]

SYSTEM EVOLUTIONS, TECHNOLOGY CAPABILITIES, AND ECONOMIC REALITIES COMBINE TO MAKE DRAM THE INTRIGUING AND UNCONVENTIONAL BLACK SHEEP OF AN OTHERWISE RELATIVELY STAID AND PREDICTABLE MEMORY FAMILY. THE EVER-INCREASING DIVERSITY OF [...]

FROM MOST OUTWARD SIGNS, INSTRUMENTS AND PCs HAVE A SUCCESSFUL MARRIAGE, BUT LIKE MANY MARRIAGES, THIS ONE STILL HAS SOME ROUGH SPOTS. WITH THE HELP OF NUMEROUS FRIENDS, THE FAMILY [...]

THE OPEN SOURCE software (OSS) movement has garnered headlines in a variety of computing journals, and Linux--an open source operating system--has even been touted as a competitor to Microsoft Windows. [...]

You can collect huge masses of data about your customers, but if you don't sort it, it won't do you any good. Mapping software may be just what you need. [...]

QueryObject Systems Corporation (formerly CrossZ Software) was a pioneer in the preparation of data for analysis. The company offers a multi-dimensional business intelligence system for distributed data mart management. The [...]

Unless you've been living in a cave for the past year or so, you've no doubt heard of third-generation wireless networks, also known as 3G. Having evolved first-generation analog cellular [...]

The increasing complexity of embedded software requires a different approach to integration The software programs contained in many embedded computer systems are beoming larger and much more complex. Typically, this [...]

There's more to designing a high-reliability power system than simply specifying a power supply with 1-million-hour mean time between failures (MTBF). The architecture of the power system you design can [...]

Workstations and servers are moving up the power curve toward an end-of-the-decade target of 2000 + desktop VAX-MIPS. Sun Microsystems is fielding its next generation of workstations and servers, the [...]

For Headland's team, moving graphics control to the motherboard meant new design tradeoffs and careful layouts As graphics become more central to modern computing, some system designers are forced to [...]

Single-supply +5V systems can now get improved precision with the new LMC6062 and LMC6082 dual CMOS op amps. Low offset voltages of 350µV, high CMRR of 85dB, and very low [...]

You can now replace all the single and dual devices in your applications with this quad 8bit digital-to-analog converter! By combining a voltage reference, four 8-bit serial DACs and four [...]

Formerly arcane neural-network technology is appearing on standard buses using standard microprocessors. Even though DOS-software implementations are available at the low end for 80X86-based hosts, board-level accelerator add-ins are often [...]

Metasys Controls School's Heat Pumps, Allows Interruptible Electric Service PERHAM, Minn. -- Although budgetary constraints forced School District No. 549 here to install a smaller backup generator than was originally [...]

250-MHz digital storage oscilloscope provides 1G samples/sec for $10,950 The HP54510A simultaneously samples two 25-MHz-bandwidth channels at 1G samples/sec. Although not the first DSO (digital storage oscilloscope) to offer this [...]

12-bit A/D converter offers self-calibration A/D converters serving in high-accuracy process control, high-resolution data acquisition, digital signal processing, and similar applications have a strong interest in self-calibration to remove external [...]

'Cold plate' speeds '486 to 50 MHz SANTA CLARA, CA--Intel Corp is evaluating a thermo-electric cooling device that houses a standard 80486 processor and enables the 33-MHz version of the [...]

BOSTON -- WAY Systems, Inc., a leading provider of mobile phone based point-of-sale solutions, says its recent release, the Mobile Transaction Terminal (MTT), is gaining recognition within the arts and [...]

Presentations Strategies Inc. (PStrat) is a full-service audiovisual and technology support company based in Durham, North Carolina. Bob Befus, the President and CEO, has headed the company as it has [...]

USING AC-LINE POWER sources and batteries for remote humidity sensors is undesirable because these sources can be troublesome if you mount them in inaccessible points, such as smokestacks, cold-storage chambers, [...]

A cost-effective alternative to hand-installed lamp-and-socket assemblies, JKL's miniature surface-mount incandescent lamps are compatible with the pick-and-place equipment used in automated production. The blue and white lamps come in T-1, [...]

EEs need models for simulation Most board- and system-level designers still don't use simulation tools in the design process, say tool and IC vendors. The biggest reason is the lack [...]

Optical devices nudge CD systems as users require more capacity and versatility If industry executives, print production, and multimedia managers are still having desktop storage dilemmas, then research into this [...]

NASHVILLE, TN--Product introductions leading up to the International Test Conference, beginning here next week, reveal that he industry-wide movement to open systems and standards is affecting test equipment designs as [...]

Gas Chilling Helps Save Fla. Church Complex $24K/Month LAKELAND, Fla. - The Carpenters Home Ministries church and school here has reduced its electric bill by $24,000 a month at its [...]