March 3, 1997
Time, position, and velocity? Just ask your GPS chip set GPS is poised to invade everything from cellular phones to backpacks with new chip sets that implement a complete receiver using just two ICs plus memory. Chip-set prices, meanwhile, have hit the $30 mark, making GPS suitable in virtually any application that needs position data, including remote embedded applications that need only an accurate clock or calendar. --Maury Wright, Technical Editor
Automatic speech recognition lets machines listen and comprehend Specialized chips, new technologies, and voice-activated user interfaces are making automatic speech recognition more accurate, user-friendly, and inexpensive than ever before. --Stephen Kempainen, Technical Editor
A sneak preview: products from the Embedded Systems Conference Plenty of new products will be on display at the upcoming Embedded Systems Conference. More than 120 companies will be exhibiting development tools, single-board computers, mPs, microcontrollers, and more. Technical sessions will include more than 75 courses and tutorials.
Genetic algorithms: programs that boggle the mind Genetic algorithms can explore a greater number of potential answers and converge on optimal results faster and more efficiently than can other search methods. --Clive "Max" Maxfield, Intergraph Computer Systems
EDN Europe: CANbus ICs marry mechanics with electronic supervision and control Today's Controller Area Network represents a workhorse industrial technology with huge market potential. --David Marsh, Contributing Technical Editor
Fast test-and- measurement language is easy to use
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