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Thursday, September 3rd, 2009Extrusion Technology (X-Tech) out of Randolph, MA has released a video providing an overview of their innovation in xTCA products. Steve Richardson and Matt Travers discuss how this has been applied to their AdvancedTCA, AMC, MicroTCA, and Ruggedized MicroTCA products. The link to the video is here.
Embedded Systems Q&A
Friday, February 20th, 20091. What is an “embedded system”? An embedded system is basically any device that has an internal computing architecture designed to handle a specific application. This applies to any type of processor and operating system, so can be anything from an ARM platform running Linux or an RTOS to a full x86 implementation running Windows. This [...]
Where to Find Great Design
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008One of the most exciting aspects of product development is product design. When entrepreneurs and inventors begin to translate their ideas into reality, they often contract with a professional design group for some or all of the design. Even large companies with their own engineering and design capabilities will often contract out some part of [...]
Introduction to Product Safety Design & Testing
Friday, August 8th, 2008In the USA, the acronym UL is understood by most people to refer to Underwriter’s Laboratories. Most consumers have some dim idea of what UL does. For professionals involved in the design and manufacture of consumer products, the role of UL and, more importantly, the requirements for product safety testing and certification must be more [...]
What is ODM?
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008The acronym ODM remains a bit elusive for many people I encounter. ODM is Original Design Manufacturer (or manufacturing). The similar acronym OEM, Original Equipment Manufacturer, seems to be well understood by most people. An OEM is a company that manufactures its own products for sale under its own brand names. OEMs may manufacture their [...]
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