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EMBEDDED, DSP, BUSSES, SOC - eCLIPS BEST OF THE WEB ... 
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eCLIPS has identified the monthly 'Best of the Web' list. Here are the coolest, most useful, electronic design white papers, demo's,new portals, personal sites and other informational sites identified by eg3.com editorial in the last thirty days. Enjoy! 

CONTENTS: January 1, 2004 

Best of the Web - Featured Sites 

Top New EE Sites of the Month 
Complete List of This Month's Best Papers, Demo's, Cool Sites 

	
Conference Calendar 

Featured Upcoming Conferences, Seminars, and Webcasts 

	
eCLIPS - Best of the Web, Top Sites by Subject Area 

Busses & Boards - CompactPCI, PC/104, 1394... 
DSP/Communications - DSP's, VoiceIP, TeleComm... 
Embedded Systems - 68K, x86, 8051... 
System-on-a-Chip - Config. Processors, FPGA's, IP... 
Embedded Software - assembly, C/C++, java 

Download Free RTOS Porting Guide <http://www.eg3.com/goto.cgi?vendor=vecm&vendor=vecm&slot=ecsponsor&num=3&url=http://www.qnx.com/mailings/eclips_porting/> 
Migrating legacy code from traditional operating systems to more advanced OS platforms can be difficult. 'Porting Legacy Systems from VxWorks to the QNXR NeutrinoR RTOS' offers an in-depth look at OS migration, covering areas such as architecture, memory, IPC, and build environments. 
click for info  <http://www.eg3.com/goto.cgi?vendor=vecm&vendor=vecm&slot=ecsponsor&num=3&url=http://www.qnx.com/mailings/eclips_porting/>

BEST OF THE WEB - TOP NEW EE SITES OF THE MONTH: 	

( resource, 5 stars ) - Added 12/5/2003 
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) technology <http://www.eg3.com/goto.cgi?slot=best-of-web&url=http://www.intel.com/technology/agp/> 
Discover the technical essentials, including an Overview, Tutorial, Specification 2.0, Specification 3.0, and Design Guide. Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) technology provides a dedicated, high-speed port for the movement of large blocks of 3D texture data between the PC's graphics controller and system memory. 
<http://www.eg3.com/goto.cgi?slot=best-of-web&url=http://www.intel.com/technology/agp/>

( conference, 5 stars ) - Added 12/10/2003 
embedded world 2004 Conference <http://www.eg3.com/goto.cgi?slot=best-of-web&url=http://www.embedded-world-2004.de/> 
Word has got around: The embedded world Conference in Nuremberg - organized by DESIGN&ELEKTRONIK from WEKA Fachzeitschriften-Verlag - has become established as Europe's most important conference highlight for the embedded industry. The knowledge lead in new research findings and developments in the hardware and software sectors and their practical implementation is of vital importance in the era of embedded technologies. 
<http://www.eg3.com/goto.cgi?slot=best-of-web&url=http://www.embedded-world-2004.de/>

( personal page, 5 stars ) - Added 12/23/2003 
Janick Bergeron Personal Page <http://www.eg3.com/goto.cgi?slot=best-of-web&url=http://www.janick.bergeron.com/> 
I have recently completed a book on how to write testbenches using Verilog or VHDL. It describes the techniques that I have developed during my career as a Design Verification Engineer. I still use them today. Has a nice set of LINKS on Verification issues. The Verification Guild is a moderated mailing list where verification professionals can discuss any issues and challenges presented by this most difficult task. 
<http://www.eg3.com/goto.cgi?slot=best-of-web&url=http://www.janick.bergeron.com/>

( association, 5 stars ) - Added 12/23/2003 
Society of Automotive Engineers <http://www.eg3.com/goto.cgi?slot=best-of-web&url=http://www.sae.org/> 
What do cars, aircraft, trucks, off-highway equipment, engines, materials, manufacturing, and fuels have in common? SAE. The Society of Automotive Engineers is your one-stop resource for technical information and expertise used in designing, building, maintaining, and operating self-propelled vehicles for use on land or sea, in air or space 
<http://www.eg3.com/goto.cgi?slot=best-of-web&url=http://www.sae.org/>

( tutorial, 4 stars ) - Added 12/10/2003 
C++ Coding Standard <http://www.eg3.com/goto.cgi?slot=best-of-web&url=http://www.chris-lott.org/resources/cstyle/CppCodingStandard.html> 
It helps if the standard annoys everyone in some way so everyone feels they are on the same playing field. The proposal here has evolved over many projects, many companies, and literally a total of many weeks spent arguing. It is no particular person's style and is certainly open to local amendments. 
<http://www.eg3.com/goto.cgi?slot=best-of-web&url=http://www.chris-lott.org/resources/cstyle/CppCodingStandard.html>

( portal, 4 stars ) - Added 12/23/2003 
CDMA Online <http://www.eg3.com/goto.cgi?slot=best-of-web&url=http://www.cdmaonline.com/> 
CDMA IS-95 Implementation and Operational Issues. CDMA Call processing: 5 mins in the Life of a CDMA Handset. CDMA Optimization Seminars: Our newly upgraded CDMA Optimization Series includes Drive Test Examples, Optimization and Trade-offs. It explains and provides practical tips on how to Fine-tune CDMA Networks for Optimum Performance. 
<http://www.eg3.com/goto.cgi?slot=best-of-web&url=http://www.cdmaonline.com/>

( article, 4 stars ) - Added 12/11/2003 
Choosing a Real-Time Operating System <http://www.eg3.com/goto.cgi?slot=best-of-web&url=http://www.netrino.com/Articles/RTOSes/> 
In the market for a commercial RTOS? This article provides an overview of RTOSes and how you can select the best one for your project. It ends with a list of vendors and their products. 
<http://www.eg3.com/goto.cgi?slot=best-of-web&url=http://www.netrino.com/Articles/RTOSes/>

( demo, 4 stars ) - Added 12/23/2003 
CodeVision AVR Demo Download <http://www.eg3.com/goto.cgi?slot=best-of-web&url=http://www.hpinfotech.ro/html/download.htm> 
Software Download CodeVisionAVR Evaluation Free, code size limited version CodeVisionAVR Standard and Light commercial versions, password protected If you want to receive information when new versions of CodeVisionAVR are available for download, please register your name, address, company and e-mail. 
<http://www.eg3.com/goto.cgi?slot=best-of-web&url=http://www.hpinfotech.ro/html/download.htm>

( book, 4 stars ) - Added 12/23/2003 
Embedded C <http://www.eg3.com/goto.cgi?slot=best-of-web&url=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/020179523X/eg3communicationA/> 
Embedded C is designed for programmers with desktop experience in C, C++ or Java who want to learn the skills required for the unique challenges of embedded systems.The book and CD-ROM include the following key features: The Keil hardware simulator for the popular 8051 microcontroller is on the CD-ROM so that readers can try out examples from the book 
<http://www.eg3.com/goto.cgi?slot=best-of-web&url=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/020179523X/eg3communicationA/>

( resource, 4 stars ) - Added 12/23/2003 
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics <http://www.eg3.com/goto.cgi?slot=best-of-web&url=http://mathworld.wolfram.com/> 
Billed as the Web's most complete resource on mathematics - useful for all sorts of Math news, quizzes, information, tutorials and more. Remember: 1+1=2. 
<http://www.eg3.com/goto.cgi?slot=best-of-web&url=http://mathworld.wolfram.com/>

( project, 4 stars ) - Added 12/23/2003 
GNU Software Defined Radio <http://www.eg3.com/goto.cgi?slot=best-of-web&url=http://www.gnu.org/software/gnuradio/gnuradio.html> 
GNU Radio is a collection of software that when combined with minimal hardware, allows the construction of radios where the actual waveforms transmitted and received are defined by software. What this means is that it turns the digital modulation schemes used in today's high performance wireless devices into software problems. 
<http://www.eg3.com/goto.cgi?slot=best-of-web&url=http://www.gnu.org/software/gnuradio/gnuradio.html>

( paper, 4 stars ) - Added 12/23/2003 
Intro to LCD Technology <http://www.eg3.com/goto.cgi?slot=best-of-web&url=http://www.amulettechnologies.com/lcdtechnology.html> 
This company PowerPoint presentation is a brief overview of LCD technology, including types of LCD's, powering the LCD, backlight details and LCD Maintenance. Click on the link below to download the .zip file. 
<http://www.eg3.com/goto.cgi?slot=best-of-web&url=http://www.amulettechnologies.com/lcdtechnology.html>

( rtos, 4 stars ) - Added 12/23/2003 
MenuetOS - RTOS <http://www.eg3.com/goto.cgi?slot=best-of-web&url=http://www.menuetos.org/> 
Menuet is a fully 32 bit assembly written, graphical OS for asm programming, distributed under General Public License. - graphical UI with 16 M colours up to 1280x1024 - pre-emptive multitasking, multithreading - free-form application windows - includes editor/compiler for applications and kernel - fits in a single floppy - hard real-time data fetch - C programming possible 
<http://www.eg3.com/goto.cgi?slot=best-of-web&url=http://www.menuetos.org/>

( overview, 4 stars ) - Added 12/5/2003 
MIL-STD-1553 Overview <http://www.eg3.com/goto.cgi?slot=best-of-web&url=http://www.testsystems.com/pdf/overview.pdf> 
MIL-STD-1553 is a military standard that specifies the requirements for a digital command/response time division multiplex data bus for integration of aircraft subsystems. Simply stated, digital command / response time division multiplexing is the transmission of information between subsystems over a pair of wires with different subsystems transmitting at different points in time in response to commands. 
<http://www.eg3.com/goto.cgi?slot=best-of-web&url=http://www.testsystems.com/pdf/overview.pdf>

( eletter, 4 stars ) - Added 12/23/2003 
NPU Wire (eLetter) <http://www.eg3.com/goto.cgi?slot=best-of-web&url=http://www.linleygroup.com/npu/wire.html> 
NPU Wire is a free electronic newsletter published once or twice per month by The Linley Group, a technology analysis and strategic consulting firm. NPU Wire will present our analysis of recent news regarding network processors and other networking silicon. 
<http://www.eg3.com/goto.cgi?slot=best-of-web&url=http://www.linleygroup.com/npu/wire.html>

( resource, 4 stars ) - Added 12/23/2003 
Paul Yao Windows Resources <http://www.eg3.com/goto.cgi?slot=best-of-web&url=http://www.paulyao.com/resources/> 
* Articles and Book Review - Links to Book Review, articles in MSDN Magazine and other publications on topics of interest to Windows CE and Pocket PC programmers. * Presentations - Download Powerpoint Presentations and presentation sample code from industry conferences. * Tools - Developer tools to make programmers more productive. * White Papers * Links- Links of interest to Windows CE programmers. 
<http://www.eg3.com/goto.cgi?slot=best-of-web&url=http://www.paulyao.com/resources/>

( project, 4 stars ) - Added 12/8/2003 
Quest - Quality Embedded Software Techniques <http://www.eg3.com/goto.cgi?slot=best-of-web&url=http://quest.phaedsys.org/> 
QuEST is a series of papers based around the theme of Quality Embedded Software Techniques. It is not for a specific industry or specific type of work but for all embedded C. It is usually faster, more efficient and surprisingly a lot more fun when things work well. 8051 and Embedded C information. 
<http://www.eg3.com/goto.cgi?slot=best-of-web&url=http://quest.phaedsys.org/>

( project, 4 stars ) - Added 12/15/2003 
ROFES: Real-Time CORBA for embedded systems <http://www.eg3.com/goto.cgi?slot=best-of-web&url=http://www.lfbs.rwth-aachen.de/users/stefan/rofes/> 
Middlewares like CORBA and DCOM help to improve the flexibility, extensibility, maintainability and reuseability of distributed applications. But these middleware architectures can not be used to build an avionics mission control application because they do not support real-time features. Therefore the Object Management Group develops a specification for CORBA with a real-time extension and called this specification Real-Time CORBA. 
<http://www.eg3.com/goto.cgi?slot=best-of-web&url=http://www.lfbs.rwth-aachen.de/users/stefan/rofes/>

( overview, 4 stars ) - Added 12/17/2003 
Safety Critical Systems: Challenges and Directions <http://www.eg3.com/goto.cgi?slot=best-of-web&url=http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~jck/publications/knight.state.of.the.art.summary.pdf> 
From a software perspective, developing safety critical systems in the numbers required and with adequate dependability is going to require significant advances in areas such as specification, architecture, veri-fication, and process. The very visible problems that have arisen in the area of information-system security suggests that security is a major challenge also. 
<http://www.eg3.com/goto.cgi?slot=best-of-web&url=http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~jck/publications/knight.state.of.the.art.summary.pdf>

( personal page, 4 stars ) - Added 12/23/2003 
Scott Meyers <http://www.eg3.com/goto.cgi?slot=best-of-web&url=http://www.aristeia.com/> 
One of the world's foremost experts on C++ software development. He is the author of the best-selling Effective C++, More Effective C++, and Effective STL; author and designer of the acclaimed Effective C++ CD; a former columnist for C++ Report; a frequent contributor to C/C++ Users Journal; and a member of the Advisory Boards of several software start-ups. In addition to nearly three decades of programming experience, 
<http://www.eg3.com/goto.cgi?slot=best-of-web&url=http://www.aristeia.com/>

( demo, 4 stars ) - Added 12/22/2003 
Snapgear Linux Download <http://www.eg3.com/goto.cgi?slot=best-of-web&url=http://www.snapgear.org/downloads.html> 
Links below point to the SnapGear Embedded Linux Distribution. SnapGear Linux is a full source package, containing kernel, libraries and application code for rapid development of embedded Linux systems. The following link is the latest snapshot source package that includes support for a wide variety of CPU architectures. It contains support for X86, M68k, ColdFire, ARM/XSCALE, Sparc, NEC v850 and Hitachi SuperH based target hardware. 
<http://www.eg3.com/goto.cgi?slot=best-of-web&url=http://www.snapgear.org/downloads.html>

( association, 4 stars ) - Added 12/23/2003 
Softradios.com <http://www.eg3.com/goto.cgi?slot=best-of-web&url=http://www.softradios.com/> 
the need to support the plethora of new wireless standards . . . the availability of inexpensive, high performance, low power, signal processing devices has caused an increasing portion of the radio's functionality to be implemented within the signal processor rather than analog components. Book information. 
<http://www.eg3.com/goto.cgi?slot=best-of-web&url=http://www.softradios.com/>

( freeware, 4 stars ) - Added 12/9/2003 
The Flat Assembler <http://www.eg3.com/goto.cgi?slot=best-of-web&url=http://www.flatassembler.net/> 
The flat assembler is a fast and efficient self-assembling 80x86 assembler for DOS, Windows and Linux. It supports all 8086-80486/Pentium instructions with MMX, SSE, SSE2 and 3DNow! extensions, can produce output in binary, MZ, PE or COFF format. Has the advanced but easy to use macroinstruction support and does multiple quick passes to optimize the code for size. It is self-compilable and the full source code is included. 
<http://www.eg3.com/goto.cgi?slot=best-of-web&url=http://www.flatassembler.net/>

( freeware, 4 stars ) - Added 12/11/2003 
WhatOS <http://www.eg3.com/goto.cgi?slot=best-of-web&url=http://www.sticlete.com/whatos/> 
WhatOS is a free open source embedded system development solution. It provides a complete set of tools for creating high-quality, reliable embedded systems. These include: a real-time operating system (RTOS) generator, a simulator for testing and debugging generated systems, and tools for interacting with systems remotely after they have been embedded. 
<http://www.eg3.com/goto.cgi?slot=best-of-web&url=http://www.sticlete.com/whatos/>


> To browse all 'best of the web' sites , click here <http://www.eg3.com/search/bestofweb.htm> . 

BEST OF THE WEB: FEATURED UPCOMING CONFERENCES 	

( conference, 4 stars ) - 1/6/2004, Anaheim 
Medical Device Manufacturing Industry Conference <http://www.eg3.com/goto.cgi?slot=best-of-web&url=http://www.devicelink.com/expo/west04/> 
See the medical device manufacturing industry's top suppliers in every category: Assembly, Precision Manufacturing, and CNC Equipment Automation Technology CAD/CAM/PDM Contract Manufacturing IVD Suppliers Medical Electronics MEDPAK- Packaging, Sterilization, and Cleanroom Equipment Plastics/Disposables Raw Materials Small Motors and Motion Control 
<http://www.eg3.com/goto.cgi?slot=best-of-web&url=http://www.devicelink.com/expo/west04/>

( conference, 5 stars ) - 1/8/2004, Las Vegas 
International CES - Consumer Electronics Show <http://www.eg3.com/goto.cgi?slot=best-of-web&url=http://www.cesweb.org/> 
The 2003 International CES is a four-day crash course in the consumer electronics industry's hottest technologies. Digital, wireless, interactive, broadband-you can try them, evaluate their potential and get a sneak peek at what's on the other side of the CE horizon. Think of it this way: In consumer electronics . . . everything that's coming is here! 
<http://www.eg3.com/goto.cgi?slot=best-of-web&url=http://www.cesweb.org/>

( conference, 5 stars ) - 1/19/2004, Long Beach 
Bus and Board Conference <http://www.eg3.com/goto.cgi?slot=best-of-web&url=http://www.busandboard.com/> 
Based on the overwhelming success of past years' events, VITA and PICMG have co-developed the program for Bus&Board/2003. This conference is focused on VMEbus, CompactPCI, PCI, PC104, motherboards, and mezzanine cards for embedded applications. 
<http://www.eg3.com/goto.cgi?slot=best-of-web&url=http://www.busandboard.com/>

( conference, 4 stars ) - 2/2/2004, Santa Clara 
DesignCon2004 <http://www.eg3.com/goto.cgi?slot=best-of-web&url=http://www.designcon.com/> 
DesignCon is the premier solutions-based Electronic Design Automation (EDA) and Semiconductor industry event held annually in Silicon Valley. The event features over 80 technical sessions covering hot product case studies, design methodologies and new product technologies. The technical exhibition consists of over 130 leading EDA tool providers, semiconductor manufacturers, system design houses and IP Providers. 
<http://www.eg3.com/goto.cgi?slot=best-of-web&url=http://www.designcon.com/>

( conference, 4 stars ) - 2/9/2004, Santa Clara 
O'Reilly 'Emerging Technologies Conference' <http://www.eg3.com/goto.cgi?slot=best-of-web&url=http://conferences.oreillynet.com/etcon/> 
'Hackers and other lead users are a great early warning system if you want to think about the future of technology,' contends Tim O'Reilly, founder and president of O'Reilly & Associates. Learning from hackers and showcasing what alpha geeks are playing with now is the premise behind the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference, convening in Santa Clara, CA from April 22-25, 2003. 
<http://www.eg3.com/goto.cgi?slot=best-of-web&url=http://conferences.oreillynet.com/etcon/>


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BEST OF THE WEB - TOP SITES: 	


Top Sites by Subject Category <http://www.eg3.com/WebID/ambig/5-stars.htm> 
Browse the TOP SITES by subject category. These are the best Internet portals, publications, consortia and other one-stop info resources for efficient Web browsing. Subjects include Busses &Boards (PC/104, VME, CompactPCI...), DSP/Communications, Embedded Systems (8051, ARM, PowerPC...), System-on-a-Chip (IP, ASIC, FPGA...) 
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