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Technical Briefs and White Papers.

 

December 2004

Table of Contents

001. Ethernet Design Rules.

 

Part 1 - Standard & Fast Ethernet
Part 2 - Gigabit Ethernet

002. Plug-in Data Acquisition Boards.

 

Part 1 - A/D Boards, Multiplexers, Input Signal Amplifier, Channel-Gain Arrays, Sample & Hold Circuits
Part 2 - A/D Converters
Part 3 - A/D Converters continued, Memory (FIFO) Buffer, Timing Circuitry, Expansion Bus Interface

003. Gigabit Ethernet Solutions.

 

How 1000Mbps connectivity is helping organizations meet the need for increased network performance.
Property: Copyright Intel Corporation, 2000

004. VČoIP through Firewalls and NATs.

 

Traversal of IP Voice and Video Data through Firewalls and NATs. A RADVISION Technology White Paper.
Property: RADVision Confidential. All Rights Reserved, 2001.

005. Programmable Controllers: Theory & Implementation.

 

A complete book that discusses and teaches about all aspects of PLCs.
Starting with basic concepts through to installation and maintenance.
Property: Copyright Industrial Text & Video, 1999.

006. Fundamentals of TCP/IP Troubleshooting.

 

This write-up contains a broad overview of the topic of TCP/IP and forms a supplement to the IDC training course of the same name.
Property: Copyright IDC Technologies, 2000.

007. Looptuning - An Overview.

 

Tuning of PID Controllers in both Open and Closed Loop Control Systems. Contains exercises.
Property: Copyright IDC Technologies, 2000.

008. Relative Humidity.

 

Relative Humidity: Measuring the Unmeasurable?
A discussion which may provide some insight into using humidity measuring equipment in a laboratory.
Property: Courtesy of Electricity+Control Magazine, 2000; c/- IDC.

009. Magnetostriction.

 

A practical discussion of magnetism and magnetostrictive transmitters,
with relation to the measurement of liquid.
Property: WJ Williams, C/- IDC Technologies.

010. Protecting Control Systems From Lightning.

 

Fear of lightning has been with mankind from the dawn of history.
However, in the computer age, this topic takes on a new relevance.
Property: Telebyte, Inc.

011. A Supermarket Data Communications Network.

 

A look at store management systems and measurement practises in the modern supermarket.
Property: Telebyte, Inc.

012. Protecting Patients.

 

Explores the issues with grounding electrical equipment; example of various interconnected medical systems.
Property: Telebyte, Inc.

013. Data Comms In Semi Conductor Fabs.

 

Discusses the challenges of reliable data transmission in an excessively noisy electrical environment.
Property: Telebyte, Inc.

014. Lightning in the Computer Age.

 

The impact of lightning on the technological "global village".
Property: Telebyte, Inc.

015. Primer on Premises Data Communication.

 

Primer on Premises Data Communication - Explores the subject in detail, and examines some of the problems one might face and how to overcome them.
Property: Telebyte, Inc.

016. Premises data comms using fiber optic cable.

 

Expanding on the premises data comms topic above, but with a specific focus on fiber optic technology.
Property: Telebyte, Inc.

017. Digital Subscriber Line Technology.

 

Examines DSL technology in detail, & looks at the present & future evolution of data comms over copper.
Property: Telebyte, Inc.

018. General Datacomms Technical References.

 

Approximately a dozen references for data comms interfaces and theory.
Property: Telebyte, Inc.

019. Digital I/O Card Counts DNA Fragments in Nanobiotechnology System.

 

Many processes use a sieve to sort physical objects for counting and analysis, but what do you do at the molecular level...?
Property: United Electronic Industries, Inc.

020. Interfacing DAQ Hardware To Linux.

 

As an alternative to commercially developed Linux drivers, users of boards from some popular suppliers can turn to open-source, such as Comedi...
Property: United Electronic Industries, Inc.

021. Application Code and Real-Tme Linux.

 

Discusses the issues surrounding the real-time extensions to Linux
and using non-real-time Linux application code.
Property: United Electronic Industries, Inc.

022. Get Those Boards Talking Under Linux - Pt 1.

 

Delves into driver registration, naming, and access, as well as hardware initialization.
Property: United Electronic Industries, Inc.

023. Get Those Boards Talking Under Linux - Pt 2.

 

Further to Part 1, we explain how to develop an interrupt-service routine (ISR) and how to allocate system memory so you can store your data.
Property: United Electronic Industries, Inc.

024. LINUX and Data Acquisition.

 

Takes a look at some of the boards and software that are emerging with support for the Linux OS.
Property: Eagle Technology, SA.

025. High fiber diet brings economic benefits to Industrial LANs.

 

Copper to fibre media converters have been very useful to network designers but their time is now past. The economics of bringing in an extra box to service an existing fibre requirement simply do not add up...
Property: by Frank Madren, president of GarrettCom, Inc.

026. The Online Industrial Ethernet Book.

 

The latest news and editorial on the market that is: Industrial Ethernet.
Property: GGH Marketing Communications, UK.

027. GarrettCom's Ethernet Application Notes.

 

A collection of more than a dozen stories that illustrate the wide range of solutions that industrial Ethernet products are providing.
Property: GarrettCom, Inc.

028. Physical Serial Communication Standards.

 

This paper discusses the main physical interface standards associated with data communications for instrumentation and control systems. It includes information on balanced and unbalanced transmission lines, current loops and serial interface converters, plus a detailed account of the USB architecture.
Property: Boston Technology Pty. Ltd.

029. Fast and Gigabit Ethernet.

 

This paper describes the underlying principles and technology behind 100Mbit (Fast) and 1000Mbit (Gigabit) Standards.
Property: Boston Technology Pty. Ltd.

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