High Performance Single Board Computers by Kristy Annely
Computers are very powerful devices that if properly integrated with other electronic components, will make a very power electronic device or industrial machine. Not all kinds of computers can be combined with other electronic components to form another product. ... Such single board computers are called high performance single board computers. ... High performance single board computers are SBCs ,specifically designed of use in applications that require high reliability, functionality, serviceability and manageability.

Small Wonders: Single Board Computers by Paolo Basauri
What are Single Board Computers When most people think of computers, the image of a PC or laptop comes to mind. Some may even recall the football field size computers of the 1960's and 70's before the emergence of the PC. Very few people would picture single board computers , even if there was... Usage of Single Board Computers Also commonly referred to as embedded computers, single board computers are used in products from airplanes and rocket ships, to toys and high performance athletic shoes.

Data Acquisition - Product Reviews by Michael Russell
Generally data acquisition means to acquire data. However, in computer terminology, data acquisition is defined as the process of uniting real world data to produce the data to be maneuvered by the computer system. The data is in the form of waveforms or signals. ... Unlike OME-PCI-1002 board, this board has 16 single-ended or 8 differential analog inputs with the option to expand them up to 64 single-ended or 32 differential analog inputs. ... Advantech PCI-1670: This is a high performance PCI board with GBIB interface.

DVR's by Max Bellamy
DVR is a term heard quite frequently these days. What exactly is DVR? DVR stands for digital video recording. Compared to conventionally used devices like tape recorders, VCRs, or time lapse recorders, the DVR is entirely digital and provides many features that are required for high quality data... As add on devices can be changed, DVRs can deliver customized performance depending on the environment. ... Usually, one board encompasses all this. ... A typical DVR consists of a device that stores data that forms the hardware and software in the form of a service that provides programming...

Laser Marking of ECC 200 2D Matrix Codes on Printed Circuit Boards by Rick Stevenson
Manufacturers of electronic devices, from home audio equipment to automotive keyless entry systems, are increasingly seeking a reliable, cost effective method for uniquely identifying and tracking products through the manufacturing cycle, sales distribution and after-sale warranty verification. ... The high-resolution and high-accuracy of beam-steered laser marking systems provides the means to create well defined, high reliability codes regardless of code size. ... The laser beam is projected through two beam-deflecting mirrors mounted to high-speed, high-accuracy galvanometers.

Expansion Cards Part 3: PCI Express by Jason Kohrs
In the first two installments of this series of Tech Tips, we took a look at PCI and AGP, undoubtedly the most common expansion slots in a computer today. With a few key improvements over both of these, PCI Express is destined to replace both and offer a whole new level of computer performance. ... And due to the performance limitations, the AGP and PCI combination could not really be considered high performance. ... The example of a network adaptor is just one that not another benefit is that multiple high performance graphics cards can be installed on one motherboardonly can use PCI...

Security Camera System - Buyers Guide by Robert Moskal
Although the application of CCTV security have not changed very much over the past years, the tools and equipment have significantly. Cameras became smaller, cheaper and better, but the major breakthrough happened in recording equipment. Therefore many customers shopping for complete CCTV... Board Cameras are basically fixed lens mounted on a circuit board. ... A special board and software installed on the computer will allow camera inputs and store video on the hard drive. ... Board cameras are sold as plain circuit board, for integrating into hidden camera devices.

The XFX 6800 XTreme 256MB Video Card: An Inexpensive High-Performance Secret by Jason Busch
XFX supplies a wide variety of video cards and has significantly grown over the years. While XFX is currently selling the 7950 GX2, there is one particular video card which is a video diamond in the internet ruff of manufacturers. The XFX GeForce 6800 XTreme 256MB DDR3 is currently selling for... While a high-performance video card will certainly improve all aspects of your gaming, it will not improve it significantly if your computer system is not adequate. ... The publicity of this high-performance card for so little money is surprisingly low on tech websites, but then again it doesn't...

Basics of RAID by Jason Kohrs
A couple of the recent Tech Tips from www.geeks.com have made mention of RAID, but the level of detail required in those tips didn’t shed much light on what RAID actually is. The number of e-mail responses and comments in the Readers Digress section was convincing enough that an introduction to... A smart thing that JBOD does is that it can treat the odd sized drives as if they are a single volume (thus a 10GB drive and a 30GB would be seen as a single 40GB drive), so it is good to use if you have a bunch of odd sized drives sitting around – but otherwise it is better to go with a RAID 0,...

Networking Terms: Educating Your Clients by Joshua Feinberg
It is very important to educate your small business prospects and clients on key small business networking terms and buzzwords. After all, in order to "win them over", you need to be speaking the same language. In fact, you may even want to prepare a "cheat sheet", based on the below... • SCSI (small computer systems interface) is a high-end interface for connecting both internal and external computer peripheral devices. ... • NIC (Network Interface Card) - a printed circuit board, adapter card or the underlying supporting chipset that snaps into the motherboard of a desktop PC, notebook...