Index Dedicated Systems Magazine 00q4
Editorial
By Martin Timmerman, Chief-Editor of Dedicated Systems
Magazine, Dedicated Systems Experts.
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| SOFTWARE COMPONENTS |
Embedded Web Servers Invade SOHO
From a Web browser on a PC you can setup and manage print
servers, DSL routers, wireless access points, and AC power controllers.
From any PC running a Web browser the Small Office Home Office
(SOHO) user has full access to devices that in the past
were either manually accessed or through serial ports using a Telnet protocol.
In fact, too many devices are still not using this easy to implement, low
cost technology. Users should be demanding the technology. Manufacturers
can inexpensively add the technology and do it at a very low cost. Some
devices might even be less expensive to build using embedded Internet/Web
technology. We need more ideas that are creative. This technology is so
easy to develop and deploy. Yet, we see relatively few devices using it.
By Edward F. Steinfeld, Embedded Computing Market Consultant,
Automata International Marketing.
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In-Memory Database Web Server
The Internet Appliance model places new demands on IP
networking and web-server resources. On the Web client side, designers
that require local data access and manipulation embed standards-based small
footprint databases into a growing variety of new information appliances
and Internet-enabled devices. Embedded databases will play a major role
in the growth of the IP networking from both sides of the Network Appliance
Model. Increasing bandwidth and the emerging wireless IP standards provide
enough of an indication to see that new and advanced database technologies
will be necessary to realize the potential of Network Appliances.
By Dave Morse, Marketing Director & Managing Director,
Polyhedra.
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Embedded Java in Information Appliances
Embedded devices - from smartcards to embedded servers
- are connecting to the Internet. For the embedded Internet to succeed,
it needs software, and getting a large volume of software requires a standard
platform that lets developers build their applications without having to
create a special version for each manufacturer's device. Java holds great
promise as a platform that can support Internet-
enabled information appliances. It offers portability
and improved productivity, is compact and is verifiable. However, Java's
flexibility and portability come at too high a price - in terms of performance,
memory and power consumption - for most embedded applications.
This presentation will explore the use of Java in embedded Internet applications
and briefly overview the features, advantages and disadvantages of the
various approaches to implementing Java. It will go into greater detail
on Java coprocessors as a the most practical way of addressing performance
issues and will focus on JSTAR as the specific solution.
By Jay Kamdar, Vice president of marketing and COO,
Nazomi.
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Robust Implementations of Java Technology for
Internet Appliances and Embedded Devices
This paper will describe the aspects
of a Java implementation that affect its robustness and hence its suitability
for Internet appliances and embedded devices. It will explain the issues
that affect the robustness of a Java implementation and how to look for
them.
This is not a tutorial about Java
technology or how to write Java applications. Its purpose is to explain
how the considerable benefits of Java technology can be realized for developers
of Internet appliances and embedded devices but only using suitable implementations.
By Jon Hoskin, Chief Technology
Officer, Insignia Solutions.
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| INFRASTRUCTURE |
Blue Tooth Protocol Architecture
Bluetooth is an open specification for a radio system
that provides the network infrastructure to enable short range wireless
communication of data and voice. It comprises of a hardware component and
a software component. The specification also describes usage models and
user profiles for these models. Bluetooth is named after the Danish King
Harald Blaatand. This article gives you an overview of the Protocol architecture.
By Sailesh Rathi, Microware Architect, Microware Systems
Corporation.
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ASPEN: the Serial PCI - Bus Solution
For already more than 10 years PCI is the most used parallel
bus system in today's Personal Computers. This low-cost bus has in recent
years also been adopted in various industrial applications, e.g. compact
PCI, and telecom. The following article describes a serial PCI solution
enabling connection of different PCI busses over distance up to 15m, for
several new upcoming applications highlighted at
the end.
By Peter Peisker, Product Marketing Manager, Texas
Instruments Europe.
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LINUX cluster with CompactPCI as an example of an Internet server
The basic principles of (Linux) clustering are explained
using an Internet server as an example and configuration aids for adapted
CompactPCI systems are given. This example can also be transferred to other
fields in communications and automation.
By Harald Müller, Project Manager Communication,
PEP.
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High availability system platforms
I was recently involved in a discussion with a group
of industry experts on the topic of "high availability computer systems."
As often happens with such a group, there were many opinions, and some
areas of serious disagreement. One item that everyone agreed with, though,
was that the words "high availability, " when applied to a computer system,
were fraught with confusion and misunderstandings. On the surface, this
is surprising, because the concept of high availability itself is simple
and straightforward: It just means that the computer system is almost always
running.
By David McKinley, Director of Technology, Radisys
Corporation.
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Traffic Engineering for the New Public Network
Traffic engineering is the prevailing technique for mapping
traffic flows reliably and cost-efficiently which enables ISPs to deliver
premium services over optimally-utilised bandwidth and with superior flexibility
for tailored service offerings. This solution is becoming ever more crucial
as ISP networks grow larger and as customer demands become greater.
This article describes the benefits of a traffic engineering
architecture that uses a combination of Multi Protocol Label Switching
(MPLS) forwarding, Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) extensions, Constrained
Shortest Path First (CSPF) path selection, and Resource Reservation Protocol
(RSVP) signaling.
By Chuck Semeria and Annette Kay Donnell, Marketing
Engineers, Juniper Networks, Inc.
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| APPLIANCES |
Information Appliances: The Next Challenge for
Embedded System Designers
A convergence between different industries begins to
shape new information appliances. For example, the combination of Internet
and television created the interactive, Web based digital set-top box;
the Internet and the telephone created the Web phone. However, at this
stage no one really knows for sure what combination of features or business
models will eventually lead to a profitable product or service.
This information gap leaves designers in a difficult
situation; they must be flexible to react quickly to this evolving and
fluid industry. This article addresses these concerns by looking at some
different approaches for developing cost effective, flexible, and, above
all, time-to-market friendly solutions.
By Anselmo Pilla and Michael Alford, Application Engineering
and Chief Technical Officer, V3 Semiconductor Corporation.
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Embedded Application Tools Bring Internet Appliances to Market Quickly
Today, many original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are
developing dedicated "Internet appliances," which provide application-specific
access to the Internet. Examples include screen phones, smart handheld
devices, and set-top boxes, to name a few. There is enormous pressure to
create these products quickly, or in "Internet time," with development
cycles of less than a year from initial product definition to first shipment.
Off-the-shelf solutions can help speed time to market by helping OEMs configure,
develop, debug, and deploy firmware and software for this new class of
embedded products.
By Robert Lepack, Marketing Manager, Internet Appliances,
Consumer Business Unit, WindRiver.
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Enabling technologies for internet appliances
The technological leap-frog game, always providing us
with solutions to problems we didn't realise we had, has now arguably provided
us with our biggest ever solution - the internet appliance. Assuming that
the network infrastructure keeps pace, engineering innovation can now provide
us with a whole wealth of tools that we never dreamed we needed, but now
cannot live without. The birth of the internet appliance has not brought
with it any very new engineering challenges. If anything anengineer's life
has become more mundane, with technology becoming increasingly modular.
The innovative challenge is now choosing the correct and often unique combination
of technologies.
By Glynn Carter, Technical Manager, Force Computers.
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Internet Enabled Measurements
The widespread availability of networking technologies
and the innovation in measurement hardware and software products is fuelling
the measurement revolution by transforming the components traditionally
found inside the PC into a platform for network measurements. With this
new platform you can easily deploy powerful distributed measurement and
automation systems while connecting with your business systems to create
your technical enterprise. With LabVIEW 6i users can deploy measurement
applications to the Web, share data across an organization, and perform
remote measurement from any location. Users can also quickly publish measurements
on the Internet with a few mouse clicks, or use the Web to distribute LabVIEW
applications to anyone, even those without LabVIEW, through the new LabVIEW
Player.
By Tim Fountain and Ryan Wright, Marketing Director
and LabVIEW Product Manager, National Instruments UK.
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Highly Dependable Time-Triggered Operating System
Static Scheduling Approach and Effective Run-Time
Implementation
A new generation of highly dependable fault-tolerant
real-time control systems (such as automotive X-by- wire applications)
is under development. Specific target area requirements lead to the new
features to be supported by the system software. These requirements are
best supported by a time-triggered approach. This article provides an overview
of static scheduling process as well as compares possible run-time implementations
of a time-triggered system. The main issues preventing effective static
schedule generation are discussed and possible solutions provided. The
approach described in the article is suitable for the highly dependable
application domain (e.g. provides enhanced performance, predictability,
error detection and fault tolerant communication protocol support).
By Yaroslav Domaratsky and Maxim Perevozchikov, Motorola
Global Software Group.
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| The (continuing) Evolution of UML for Real-Time Systems Development
By Alan Moore, Vice President of Product Strategy,
ARTiSAN Software Tools, Inc.
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