Engineering TV : Communications

The MSP430 Ultra-Low-Power MCU

Terry Knight — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:11:00 GMT

One of Texas Instruments product lines is dedicated to ultra-low-power applications. At the heart of those applications is the MSP430 processor allowing engineers to design radio and other applications from harvested energy. Adrian Valenzuele, a Product Marketing Engineer at TI shows us the technology and some applications.

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adLib Software Demo

CurtisEllzey — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:04:00 GMT
Jason Barton, Co-Founder of EchoStorm, demonstrates the capabilities of their adLib software. adLib is EchoStorm Worldwide’s flagship product providing advanced video, metadata, and audio processing for Defense and Intelligence applications. adLib provides a unique web-based, net-centric, standards compliant solution for capturing, processing, storing, and disseminating Full Motion Video (FMV) from manned and unmanned Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) and ground based sensors. Also watch this episode: EchoStorm's adLib Technology. For more information, visit EchoStorm.

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EchoStorm's adLib Technology

CurtisEllzey — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:53:00 GMT
EchoStorm's easy-to-use adLib video and data management software revolutionizes “situational awareness.” No other software in the marketplace can simultaneously capture, standardize, process, and fuse video, images, and data from multiple sources in quite the same way. adLib distributes this information in a near real-time, secure format to all users, regardless of their location, bandwidth, or device. Imagine securely integrating and distributing video, images, and data from in-theater combat systems, healthcare databases, traffic cameras, fixed surveillance systems, television broadcast feeds, and more - to any networked device. Also watch this episode: adLib Software Demo. For more information, visit EchoStorm.

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StarFighter Integrated Repeater Payload

CurtisEllzey — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:00:00 GMT
Space Data's StarFighter Repeater Platform, currently in use by the United States Air Force, extends the range of standard issue military two-way radios from 10 miles to nearly 500 miles. The concept is simple: fill a balloon with helium or hydrogen and attach a Space Data radio repeater payload. Once launched and on its way to a roughly 80,000-foot float, a StarFighter Platform provides users' portable radio systems with the same communications coverage previously available only via bulky and expensive satellite equipment. For more information, go to: Space Data.

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M/A-COM Dead Reckoning GPS Module

CurtisEllzey — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:00:00 GMT
M/A-COM's Scott Nist tells us about their breakthrough integrated global positioning system (GPS) module, which is an integral part of the award-winning Ford SYNC in-car communications and entertainment system. The GPS module integrates a highly accurate SiRF GPS receiver running the SiRFDRive2 GPS dead reckoning software, a specialized GPS antenna, a microprocessor controller and memory, as well as a CAN bus transceiver and connector and associated software to create a “location server” on the vehicle network that literally location-enables the entire vehicle. Due to the GPS Module’s breakthrough antenna efficiency and receiver sensitivity it can be installed almost anywhere on the vehicle, including hidden mounting locations resulting in major design and system efficiencies. For more information, go to: M/A-COM Technology Solutions.

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DashTop Vehicle Infotainment System

CurtisEllzey — Wed, 27 May 2009 14:00:00 GMT
Telemetria’s DashTop is an in-dash platform that is fully customizable by the end user to enable a host of fleet productivity, safety, connectivity and management functionalities. The platform comes fully loaded with features such as: hands-free system operation, monitoring, recording and diagnostics of engine information, and built-in Smart Navigation. DashTop is built around the new Intel Atom processor, providing fast performance, power efficient design, rich graphics and multi-media experience, as well as integrated wireless for broadband connectivity and web browsing. For more information, go to: Telemetria.

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miRoamer Internet Car Radio

CurtisEllzey — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:00:00 GMT
miRoamer has partnered with Blaupunkt on a pair of new car stereos capable of streaming tens of thousands of internet radio stations using a 3G network and your Bluetooth enabled cell phone. miRoamer also offers the ability to browse genres or stations and customize preferences, providers and search options online at miroamer.com. The Internet portal also allows users to add media that is not currently offered on miRoamer, by simply providing the URL and adding it to their favorites. For more information, go to: miRoamer.

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Zoombak Personal GPS Locator

CurtisEllzey — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:00:00 GMT
Engineering TV found Simon Buckingham, CEO of Zoombak, at CES 2009 to talk about their line of personal GPS locators. A-GPS technology helps you precisely and reliably determine the location of the Zoombak Locator unit. Continuous tracking, location tracking, device alerts -- all are available on-demand via Zoombak.com, text message alerts, or accessing customer care for live location support. Zoombak is great for monitoring those with special needs, teen drivers, your family pets, and staying connected to the things that matter most to you. For more information, go to: Zoombak.

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Home Heartbeat Broadband Portal

CurtisEllzey — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:00:00 GMT
The Home Heartbeat Base Station acts as a wireless relay. It takes in information from the sensors and reports that information back out, to your Home Key device when within range of the home, and to your cell phone via text messaging when you are outside of the home. Eaton has also set up a broadband gateway option - allowing you to log in to an internet page and view the status of all your sensors in real time. Dave Richards, Eaton's Product Manager, elaborates on this new feature for Engineering TV. For more information, go to: Home Heartbeat.

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Neutrano WristFone

CurtisEllzey — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:00:00 GMT
The Neutrano WristFone does it all: in addition to making calls on GSM networks (a CDMA version is in development), features include an LCD touch screen (with stylus), speaker phone, Bluetooth compatibility, an FM radio, a 2-megapixel camera which is also able to record video, web browser, media player and a MicroSD memory card slot. Gary Rotman, President of Neutrano, discusses their latest invention (and squeezing all that technology into a tiny space) with Electronic Design's Mark David at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show. Also watch this episode: Neutrano iTalk Clock. For more information, go to: Neutrano.

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Huggable Robot Interface

CurtisEllzey — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:00:00 GMT
The Huggable companion robot from MIT is designed to be much more than a fun interactive robotic companion. It is designed to function as a team member that is an essential member of a triadic interaction. Therefore, the Huggable is not designed to replace any particular person in a social network, but rather to enhance that human social network. The MIT Media Lab has developed several interfaces for the Huggable: a web interface to enable a remote operator (e.g., educator, grandparent, friend, etc.) to view the state of robot and evoke its behaviors, “stale panorama” interface, and a sympathetic interface that consists of a waldo-like device which maps to the Huggable robot’s body and joint angles. Also watch this episode: MIT's Huggable Robotic Companion. For more info, go to: MIT Personal Robots Group.

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MIT's Huggable Robotic Companion

CurtisEllzey — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:00:00 GMT
The Huggable is a new type of robotic companion being developed at the MIT Media Lab for healthcare, education, and social communication applications. The Huggable is a sophisticated robot featuring a full body sensitive skin with over 1500 sensors, quiet back-drivable actuators, video cameras in the eyes, microphones in the ears, an inertial measurement unit, a speaker, and an embedded PC with 802.11g wireless networking. MIT's Personal Robots Group is working with Microsoft Research, using Microsoft Robotic Studio to develop the communication avatar implementation. The early technical development of the Huggable was supported in part by a Microsoft iCampus grant. Also watch this episode: Huggable Robot Interface. For more info, go to: MIT Personal Robots Group.

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Freescale's Mad Mac Concept Car

CurtisEllzey — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:00:00 GMT
Freescale’s Mad Mac Concept Car (named for the lead designer, Tom MacDonald) was designed to highlight many of the automotive system innovations powered by Freescale’s silicon products and provide a view into possible future systems. The design of the vehicle allows easy upgrades to the systems which enables this display to be constantly refreshed. In addition to a show car, it's a learning tool also. Young engineers get to design automotive systems using Freescale tools, silicon, and industry software and operating systems. The knowledge obtained from these projects allow the engineers to provide more value to Freescale’s customers in the form of their systems expertise. They also provide insight to product engineers on future features. This vehicle's systems where designed and supported by Freescale's global engineering team. The car has accumulated many miles during its trips to Europe, China, and Mexico. It's projects like this that help make Freescale an outstanding supplier to the automotive industry. For more info, go to: Freescale Semiconductor.

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New Analog to Digital Converter Technology

Terry Knight — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:00:00 GMT
From the labs at Analog Devices comes a new technology in analog to digital converter technology that is the culmination of three years work. In this episode, Bill Scofield, Design Group Leader, explains the new continuous time sigma delta converter that uses an internal loop filter with no switch capacitor sampler section.

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RFID Inventory Tracking and Yard Management

Terry Knight — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:39:00 GMT
Entigral Systems and PINC Solutions have partnered with Motorola to provide some of the latest-and-greatest advances in RFID and wireless technology solutions. Freightliner-Western Star, the best-selling brand of heavy-duty Class 8 trucks in North America, utilized cutting-edge technology through the deployment of Entigral System's RFID solution to track inventory replenishment throughout their manufacturing facility located in Portland, Oregon. Powered by PINC Solutions’ RTLS technology, YARD HOUND provides live data for all yard truck activities automatically and cost-effectively. Information such as trailer parking slots, yard truck positions, gate activities, and temperature of refrigerated trailers are collected and presented through an easy-to-use web-based application, continuously and in real-time.

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