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Posts tagged with 'Avionics'

Smart Phones and Gadgets - the New Nemesis of Avionics

Posted Jul 4, 2011, by Nazita Saye

I don’t particularly care for airports. You rush to get to them. You rush thru check-in and push your way thru never-ending queues to go thru security and get the prerequisite pre-boarding massage (I seem to get pat downs as I go thru security a lot and even though I gladly submit to them I’m starting to think that they are a new service that the airlines provide and thus deserve a proper marketing … Read More

Tags: CFD, electromagnetic, Avionics, ROI, Thermal Analysis, FloEFD, interference

Made in China

Posted Oct 25, 2010, by J VanDomelen

China has set its sights on the aerospace industry, and it is advancing rapidly toward its goal…of market dominance. China may be poised to take the aerospace industry by storm; the country is working (rapidly and diligently, I might add) to compete with, and perhaps overtake, longtime market leaders The Boeing Company and Airbus. “It’s the largest market outside the U.S. for commercial airplanes, … Read More

Tags: Jet, International Civil Aviation Organization, Electronic, Airbus, Aviation, Embedded Systems, Geek, Hardware, Aerospace, Design, C919, china, Design Automation, Electric, Avionics, electrical, Boeing, Comac C919, Comac, Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Mentor, Military, Mil-Aero, Milaero, Mentor Graphics, Mentor.com

Electronics Renaissance Man

Posted Apr 15, 2010, by J VanDomelen

Even when I was a young boy, it was evident that I was a bit different. It is not every 10-year-old boy who locks himself away in his room to carefully disassemble the newest electronic gadget just to see how it works. Many a birthday gift has been sacrificed to curiosity. I could also be found scavenging components—a 12-volt automotive battery and charger, car stereo, amplifier, and a bunch of old … Read More

Tags: Global Hawk, Geek, Mil-Aero, Avionics, Battery, Aerospace, EFV, Milaero, Military, Electronic, Computer, UAV, Design, Vetronics

Who needs OS source code?

Posted Jun 1, 2009, by Colin Walls

It is an interesting question: when do you need the source code in order to reuse some software and when would binary [i.e. a black box] be quite satisfactory? With an embedded operating system the answer is far from obvious. There is even a question as to what source code really is. If you ask an engineer whether he would like to have the source code for an OS or any other reusable software, the … Read More

Tags: C++, DO-178B, Nucleus, Medical, Avionics, Certification, Source Code, Nucleus Kernel, RTOS