{"title":"A team project (including disabled students) to design compensation devices for right brain damage","authors":"W. G. Downing, G.L. Pickering","doi":"10.1109/WESCON.1994.403559","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WESCON.1994.403559","url":null,"abstract":"The following topics are discussed: class composition; functioning of normal vision; causes of right brain damage; the occipital lobe; the parietal lobe; the temporal lobe; the frontal lobe; symptoms and impacts on daily activities; steps in the class solutions to the problems; choice of assistive methods; class division into three groups; the visual device; the sonar device. Much more was gained from this team project than engineering designs. Much was learned about students with disabilities. For instance, the students with visual impairment had an excellent spacial sense. All of the disabled students contributed excellent criticisms and observations.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":136567,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of WESCON '94","volume":"33 3","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132359577","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Design issues with high speed logic","authors":"D. Wyland","doi":"10.1109/WESCON.1994.403526","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WESCON.1994.403526","url":null,"abstract":"Faster CPU's have put a strain on the ability of glue logic to support them. The old method of just making the glue logic faster doesn't work anymore. This problem has generated new solutions in the form of innovative analog design applied to digital applications. This paper explores one of these innovations, the Ultra Fast Buffer.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":136567,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of WESCON '94","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133925123","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Eveready and the EPA-a successful partnership","authors":"T. Telzrow","doi":"10.1109/WESCON.1994.403580","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WESCON.1994.403580","url":null,"abstract":"Eveready Battery Company, Inc. and the Environmental Protection Agency have for many years successfully worked in partnership for the benefit of the environment. This article examines a success and a frustration of this partnership.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":136567,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of WESCON '94","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133813233","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Storing multimedia database information in hyperspace","authors":"H. H. Love, A. Lettieri","doi":"10.1109/WESCON.1994.403595","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WESCON.1994.403595","url":null,"abstract":"As multimedia comes into wider use, and new ways to apply it are devised, increasing demands are made on both hardware and software to support ever longer and more elaborate presentations and tutorials. The present paper addresses the problem of storage requirements when the application data contains lengthy sequences of full-screen, full-motion, high-resolution motion pictures from videos or other sources. It describes an emerging technique for compressing the data, the autosophy technique, while retaining the full quality of the images. In particular, it presents a detailed explanation of the basic autosophy compression and decompression processes.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":136567,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of WESCON '94","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130586279","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Switching elements, the key to FPGA architecture","authors":"Y. Khalilollahi","doi":"10.1109/WESCON.1994.403516","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WESCON.1994.403516","url":null,"abstract":"The architectural characteristics of FPGAs lie deep in their switching elements. Everything from the choice of logic blocks to the routing segmentation is influenced by these switches. SRAM switches provide the possibility of reprogramming the device. However, this feature comes at a prohibitive price: large area and reduced performance. Unless the reprogrammability of an FPGA is an absolute requirement, the antifuse based FPGAs provide a better solution to the switching requirements inside an FPGA. In most design environments, the cost of implementing a design on an FPGA is not dominated by the unit cost of the FPGAs programmed in the development phase. The dominant cost is the engineering time spent on achieving performance goals and the risks involved in not reaching the market on time.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":136567,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of WESCON '94","volume":"95 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126962715","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The aid of virtual reality in the industry","authors":"D. Sherrard, M. Narayanan","doi":"10.1109/WESCON.1994.403569","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WESCON.1994.403569","url":null,"abstract":"Virtual reality aids many types of industries such as construction companies, automobile industry, military designers, research and education developers and hospitals. Virtual reality has been most helpful in improving design and reducing prototype costs, which reduces manufacturing costs.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":136567,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of WESCON '94","volume":"106 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126991343","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A cost effective approach to intelligent battery packs","authors":"D. Dias","doi":"10.1109/WESCON.1994.403579","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WESCON.1994.403579","url":null,"abstract":"The increasing market demand for portable devices such as cellular phones, notebook computers and personal digital assistants has focused attention on one critical, common component-the battery pack. All portable equipment draws its operating power from a battery pack and more often than not these are constructed from rechargeable cells. A single charger design may required to recharge packs of varying capacity or even different chemistries. In many cases this means the charger is designed to recharge packs in a manner which is suitable for any pack option which may be presented to it-thus sacrificing performance for safety. The design of smart battery electronics encompasses much more than simply defining data and communication standards to be adopted by the user community. Any device proposed for this application should satisfy the practical requirements imposed by factors such as ESD and interconnect cost. The devices presented are optimized for this application in those respects as well as offering a variety of feature and packaging options to meet-the need of nearly any battery pack design.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":136567,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of WESCON '94","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127040968","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Temperature termination and the thermal characteristics of NiCd and NiMH batteries","authors":"C. Falcon","doi":"10.1109/WESCON.1994.403582","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WESCON.1994.403582","url":null,"abstract":"The temperature of a battery under charge is a characteristic parameter that can be used to control the charge to a Ni-Cd or a Ni-MH battery. As the battery reaches full charge, the internal cell temperature rises dramatically. Detecting this temperature increase can be used as an effective method of terminating charge to a battery. Temperature termination is an excellent approach assuming constant current cannot be used, and providing that any problems involved with sensing temperature accurately and reliably are taken into account. Nickel-cadmium and nickel-metal hydride batteries heat differently during charge, but both chemistries display a rapid increase in temperature as they enter overcharge. The rapid increase in temperature can be used to signal the onset of overcharge. However, every sustained rise of 5/spl deg/C in temperature at high charge rates will cut battery lifetimes in half as a result of subjecting a battery to repeated overcharging. Therefore, the temperature rise must be kept as small as possible. Thermistors can be used as a temperature sensor in such circumstances.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":136567,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of WESCON '94","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132685335","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Synthesis for FPGAs: an overview","authors":"B. Fawcett","doi":"10.1109/WESCON.1994.403534","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WESCON.1994.403534","url":null,"abstract":"An increasing number of FPGA users are adopting top-down design methodologies using HDLs and logic synthesis. While not a panacea, rapidly-improving synthesis technology is starting to fulfil its promise of enabling efficient, technology-transparent, high-level design. FPGA synthesis tools will continue to improve and evolve. The goal is a top-down design methodology that encompasses design creation, analysis, and physical implementation in a seamless environment, thereby improving designer productivity and increasing silicon efficiency.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":136567,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of WESCON '94","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128475541","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"HDTV image compression: MPEG vs. autosophy","authors":"K. Holtz, E. Holtz","doi":"10.1109/WESCON.1994.403615","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WESCON.1994.403615","url":null,"abstract":"By the end of the year the United States is scheduled to set a new High Definition Television (HDTV) standard for the next generation television. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is in the final phases of testing the transmission protocols and image compression. The new standard is to be based on the MPEG-2 standard which is supported by a consortium of large corporations. However a question remains, whether the new standard will be a success or a dud like the Japanese MUSE standard was a few years ago. As it turns out, the new standard is based on very old and already superseded technologies. Even if the new TV is eventually made to work, it will produce images with barely tolerable distortions, while being very complex, expensive and hard to maintain. An emerging \"Lossless\" image compression scheme, based an autosophy networks and a new \"Information Theory\", may provide a better solution. Communications bandwidth will no longer depend on image size, resolution or frame rates, but rather only on the content of the images. Software simulation experiments have produced very promising results by combining high \"Lossless\" image compression with superior operating characteristics.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":136567,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of WESCON '94","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124226098","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}