pdbain@wateng.UUCP (Peter Bain) (07/19/85)
%A James J. Farrel\ III
%T Large-Scale Cost-Effective Packaging
%J Micro
%I IEEE
%V 5
%N 2
%D June 1985
%P 5-10
%X VLSI circuits challenge traditional electronic packaging methods.
Several new package types, however, efficiently handle high-I/O devices
%K integrated circuit package dip chip carrier flat pack flatpak pin
grid
%A Brian E. Corrigan\ III
%A Everett L. Johnson
%T An Evaluation of 8085-Based Multiprocessing on a Timeshared Bus
%J Micro
%I IEEE
%V 5
%N 2
%D June 1985
%P 11-21
%X A GPSS simulation of a dual processor system showed effects of
instruction type, bus access length, guard band length, clock
frequency, and clock synchronization on its operation.
%K gpss simulation performance multiprocessor bus utilization access
delay
%A Eric H. Steizer
%A Randy H. Moss
%T A Microcomputer-Based Control System for a Three-Joint Robot Arm
%J Micro
%I IEEE
%V 5
%N 2
%D June 1985
%P 22-40
%X This detailed investigation of the operating system and control
program for a small robot teaches lessons that the student can later
apply in industry.
%K robot control
%A Chuck Hastings
%T Second-Sourcing CPUs - Emulation, Ethics, and Electropolitics
%J Micro
%I IEEE
%V 5
%N 2
%D June 1985
%P 41-52
%X Competitive games aimed at "locking in" customers to a particular
hardware or software will ultimately fail. Serving customers, not
manipulating them, yields market success.
%K plug compatible compatibility standards
%A Jackie Marsh
%A James J. Farrell\ III
%T Motorola's Silver Quill Program
%J Micro
%I IEEE
%V 5
%N 2
%D June 1985
%P 53-57
%X A well planned author incentive program can turn word-shy engineers
into a company's best spokespersons
%K professional communication
%T Binary-Decision Based Programmable Controllers (correspondence)
%J Micro
%I IEEE
%V 5
%N 2
%D June 1985
%P 58-72
%X In certain applications, BD-based controllers can react more
quickly than conventional microprocessor-based controllers. IEEE Micro
fills in the original discussion of these devices with author- and
reader-commentary.
%K zsombor-murray vroomen hudson le-ngoc bd real time process
controllers state machine
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