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Featured products: s3YNOPSYS6IRTUALIZERENABLESCOMPANIESTOACCELERATEBOTH www.embedded-computing.com the development and deployment of virtual prototypes. s!VNET0ERFORMANCE-ATCHED+ITSTAKETHEGUESSWORKOUT Õ}ÕÃÌÊÓ䣣ÊÊNÊÊ6ÕiÊÊUÊ ÕLiÀÊx of hardware compatibility, pairing SBCs with LCD screens. 7 Tracking Trends in 102 -community Beat Embedded Technology Keeping the embedded conversation going Building universal connectivity By Jennifer Hesse By Warren Webb Silicon Software Strategies 20 26 34 Understanding embedded Model-Based Design Wireless in telehealth: 8 24 30 design, all in good time optimizes system behavior Critical considerations for Q&A with Elie Ayache, Silicon Labs Q&A with Ken Karnofsky, MathWorks technology adoption Q&A with Mark D. Benson, Logic PD Smart energy apps making 14 Embedded virtualization 26 the move to ZigBee enables scalability of real-time Fostering an ecosystem 32 Q&A with Øyvind Strøm, PhD, Atmel Corporation applications on multicore of support By Kim Hartman, TenAsys Corporation Q&A with Chuck Kostalnick, Avnet Embedded The duality of low power: 16 Design challenge and opportunity OSGi platform provides 34 for growth Internet-connected secure Q&A with Mitch Little, Microchip Technology and real-time services in embedded devices Silicon SoCs driving 20 By Johnson Yan, aJile Systems Inc. HetNet evolution By Joachim Hallwachs, DesignArt Networks 2011 Resource Guide Silicon 39 Software 46 2011 OpenSystems Media ® © 2011 Embedded Computing Design Strategies 52 All registered brands and trademarks within Embedded Computing Design magazine are the property of their respective owners. COTS Collection 65 ISSN: Print 1542-6408, Online: 1542-6459 4 | August 2011 Embedded Computing Design Resource Guide www.embedded-computing.com ADVERTISER INFORMATION Page Advertiser/Ad title 18 ACCES I/O Products, Inc. – ECD Editorial/Production Staff USB embedded I/O solutions 5 AMD – AMD embedded G-Series Warren Webb, Editorial Director Brandon Lewis, Technical Copy Editor processor [email protected] [email protected] 104 Annapolis Micro Systems, Inc. – High performance signal and Jennifer Hesse, Assistant Managing Editor Steph Sweet, Creative Director data processing [email protected] [email protected] 35 ATP Electronics – ATP industrial grade flash products and DRAM modules Sales Group 21 Axiomtek – Industrial and embedded computers Patrick Hopper, International Sales 28 Elma Electronic – Systems – Vice President Marketing & Sales Elvi Lee, Small form factor, rugged enclosures and boxes [email protected] Account Manager – Asia [email protected] 23 EMAC, Inc. – Open frame PPC-E7+ Dennis Doyle, 19 Extreme Engineering Solutions – Senior Account Manager Regional Sales Managers 2nd generation Intel Core i7 processor [email protected] Barbara Quinlan, Midwest/Southwest solutions [email protected] 27 MEN Micro Elektronik GmbH – Tom Varcie, CompactPCI goes serial Senior Account Manager Denis Seger, Southern California [email protected] 37 Microsemi – SmartFusion [email protected] 11 Presagis – Stacked in your favor Rebecca Barker, Sydele Starr, Northern California 35 Radian Heatsinks – Standard or custom Strategic Account Manager [email protected] 15 Sealevel Systems, Inc. – RISC [email protected] Ron Taylor, East Coast/Mid Atlantic computing power. 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Avenue of the Fountains, Ste. 201 Phyllis Thompson, Fountain Hills, AZ 85268 Circulation/Office Manager Comment on blogs, articles, news, and more Tel: 480-967-5581 ■ Fax: 480-837-6466 [email protected] Twitter: @embedded_mag Website: www.opensystemsmedia.com Karen Layman LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/ Publishers: John Black, Michael Hopper, Business Manager groups?gid=1802681 Wayne Kristoff 6 | August 2011 Embedded Computing Design Resource Guide www.embedded-computing.com Tracking Trends in Embedded Technology By Warren Webb @warrenwebb [email protected] Building universal connectivity As we approach the pervasive-computing vision, designers and In our Software section, Kim Hartman of TenAsys Corporation customers alike are starting to expect universal connectivity uncovers the price and performance implications of virtualization in almost every embedded device. A ubiquitous network con- for real-time embedded applications employing multicore pro- nection can enhance an embedded design in a number of ways, cessor technology. He looks at techniques to combine a software such as eliminating the hardware required for a local user inter- platform requiring deterministic performance with a General- face or improving customer satisfaction with remote operation, Purpose Operating System (GPOS) for a graphics-rich user inter- software updates, troubleshooting, and automatic usage moni- face. In the same section, Ken Karnofsky of MathWorks answers a toring. Designers can also increase the apparent performance series of questions covering the fundamentals, trends, and advan- of an embedded product by offloading computing tasks to tages of employing model-based design for embedded projects. remote processors. The Strategies section of this issue includes an in-depth technical A major challenge for embedded designers is to pick the article by Johnson Yan of aJile Systems covering new innovations appropriate connection mechanism depending on the product’s in Java technology from the Open Services Gateway initiative deployment location and security requirements. Designers must (OSGi) Alliance tailored toward embedded devices. These choose from a wide range of networking interface standards, innovations, along with new silicon-based platforms for direct including Modbus or Ethernet for hardwired connections or Java bytecode execution, promise to enable