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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Fast prototyping"”.
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Electrostatic micro actuators for mirror and other applications
… through some medium or through free space. The fast paced, competitive research and development efforts widely being undertaken, both in academia and industry, are demanding simple, fast methods for the design of quasi-static Mirror systems, with a large, stable, analog range of operation. In …
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An innovative integrated development environment for the Pocket PC PDA
… for the Pocket PC PDA is designed to facilitate fast prototyping and ease of development. The graphical user interface of the IDE overcomes the slow input techniques and small screen display of the PDA. To take advantage of the capabilities of PDA, a novel design which integrates PDA personal …
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Comparison of high level design methodologies for algorithmic IPs : Bluespec and C-based synthesis
… in early stages of the design development for fast prototyping. However, the Bluespec design flow produces hardware that is more customized for performance and resource constraints. This is because in later stages, designers need to have close control over the hardware structure generated that …
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A Scalable Approach to Multi-core Prototyping
… low-latency multi-core communication and fast prototyping of multi-processor networks for scalable processor arrays.
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Design and Implementation of Intelligent Guidance Algorithms for UAV Mission Protection
… obstacle avoidance, autonomy, search and rescue, fast prototyping and integration in the National Air Space (NAS). Many research efforts currently focus on system robustness against uncertainties but do not consider the probability of readjusting tasks based on the remaining resources to …
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FlexSEA : flexible, scalable electronics architecture for wearable robotic applications
The work of this thesis aims to enable the fast prototyping of multi-axis wearable robotic systems by developing a new modular electronics system. The flexible, scalable electronics architecture (FlexSEA) developed for this thesis fills the void between embedded systems used in commercial devices …
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Handling large data storage in synthesis of multiple FPGA systems
… time to market, non-recurring engineering, and fast prototyping. Most of today's FPGAs provide fast arithmetic operations and large enough internal RAM storage that makes them very appealing to prototyping large systems, even building DSP applications. So having a good architecture to begin with …
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Automated modeling of nonlinear dynamical subsystems for stable system simulation
Automated modeling techniques allow fast prototyping from measurement or simulation data and can facilitate many important application scenarios, for instance, shortening the time frame from subsystem design to system integration, calibrating models with higher-order effects, and providing …
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Melt Pool Feature Extraction, A State-Space Model and Spatial Layer-to-Layer Control for Powder Bed Fusion
… which can reduce material waste and is a fast-prototyping technique for complex geometries. However, the lack of consistent quality is a major problem in industrial applications. An InfraRed (IR) camera is a common tool to monitor a surface temperature field and melt pool morphology in …
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Neuromorphic auditory computing: towards a digital, event-based implementation of the hearing sense for robotics
… sensors can be considered as an alternative for fast prototyping and proof-of-concept applications. Therefore, a software tool was implemented for generating open-source, user-configurable Neuromorphic Auditory Sensor models that can be deployed in any FPGA, removing the aforementioned barriers …
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Development of low-cost sensing and separation devices based on macro, micro and nano technology for health applications
… such as plastics, offered a new way for fast prototyping and the development of disposable devices. One such microfluidic device is based on the lamination of laser-printed polyester films using a computer, printer and laminator. The resulting toner-based microchips demonstrated a …
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Printed electronics : the next inkjet revolution
… low cost circuits to generation of biochips and fast-prototyping of 3-D objects. These new applications present existing inkjet players with exciting opportunities to leverage their knowledge and assets to exploit these new markets. This thesis explores the opportunities for inkjet technology in …
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CyberWater: An Open Framework for Data and Model Integration
… rely on their rich, local environments for fast prototyping and refinements before they consider using more powerful computing resources. This dissertation delves into the innovative development of the CyberWater framework based on Workflow Management Systems (WMSs). Against the backdrop of …
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Towards automatic gene synthesis with bioinformatics software, novel one-step real-time PCR assembly, and lab-chip gene synthesis
… PCR purification module, fabricated using a fast prototyping method without lithography process. The fabricated device is combined with a miniaturized thermal cycler to perform gene synthesis. This device has been demonstrated to successfully synthesize a green fluorescent protein fragment …
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Workload-aware Efficient Storage Systems
… (Chapter 7), we are focused on how to enable fast prototyping of efficient distributed key-value stores targeting a proxy-based layered architecture. In this work, we design and build {con}, a framework that significantly reduce the engineering effort required to build a full-fledged …
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The design, development, and validation of an accessible high flow nasal oxygen solution with patient scoring outputs
… and performance requirements. An iterative and fast prototyping approach was adopted, with a Failure Modes and Effects Analysis for assessing risks in safety and failure in performances, to produce design and development outcomes for each unit and the integrated overall device. The study …
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INVESTIGATION INTO GAME-BASED CRISIS SCENARIO MODELLING AND SIMULATION SYSTEM
… fully incorporated a game technology toolset to fasten the system development process and provide a rich set of features and functionalities to these mentioned components. To develop such crisis simulation system, there are several technologies that must be studied to derive a requirement for …
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Advances in Microfluidics: A Lab-on-a-Disk Approach to Solve Dairy Industry Problems
… microfluidic system (CMS), methods of fast prototyping of microfluidic disks and advancements in microfabrication to solve problems in the dairy industry. The case study used was the quantification of fat concentration and progesterone in milk, two of the most valuable measurements …
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Technical Management Processes: Trade-off Analysis And Cost Estimation For Innovative Space Systems
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