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Design News - August 15, 2005

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For Automakers, It's Bandwidth, Bandwidth, Bandwidth

Pipe flow: It's a hydraulics term, only remotely associated with the likes of microprocessors and software. But over the next ten years, "pipe flow" is going to be transformed into an electronics term, as automakers face a computing dilemma that will dwarf anything in the history of the desktop world.

Departments

Flash
New and Notable Product Design
Gadget Freak
Gadget Freaks, We Have a Problem!
My View
It's Not Easy Being Green—Just Ask GM
Designer's Corner
A Starter Breaks the Mold
Magnetostrictive-based Transducer Provides Feedback
Expo
Fluid Power
Electronics
Software/Hardware
Motion Control/Power Transmission
Calamities
The Case of the Lurching Lift Truck
Mail
Readers Sound Off
Featured Product
Embedded-System Programmers Draw the Lines
Rant
So Albert, What Will You Do For An Encore?
Cool Software Tricks
Creating Parametric Ribbon Cables
Weblog
The Perfect Site
Green Scene
Tin Whiskering Borders on Urban Legend
Slant
Embedded Knowledge Can Drive Innovation
Trend Watch
White Goods
Silicone Enhancements
Application-Specific Embedded Operating Systems
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Design News Partner Zones

CAD/CAE Model Clean-Up: Reduce Iterative Cycles
This webinar featured research and survey results related to problems associated with preparing CAD geometry for CAE applications. We discussed how Recipe-Based Automation can help create "just-in-time" CAE-ready geometry each time a cad model is updated. Watch the Presentation

Light Matters: Systems Level Approach to HBLED illumination applications
Its good practice to apply a systems-level approach to high-brightness LED (HBLED) illumination applications. Minimally, the system includes the optical, thermal and electrical characteristics of the of the HBLED, the lens (if any) which is built-in to its package, secondary optics such as external plastic lenses/reflectors to direct the light as your application requires and power driver electronics. Read More

Design Engineers' Portal for Sensing and Machine Safety
Whatever industry you're in, or whatever product you manufacture, the right sensors to automate your plant, and to improve your overall efficiency, quality and safety are a must. You'll find Banner Engineering to be an amazing resource of products, training and people with expertise.