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Advanced RFID Measurements: Basic Theory to Protocol Conformance Test
Technical Paper
White Paper As RFID adoption continues to grow, engineers are faced with an increasing need to validate tags both for interoperability with products from other vendors and for conformance with the specified protocol. This paper explains the basic functionality of RFID systems, as well as the measurements that are commonly made.
GPS Receiver Testing
Technical Paper
Application Note As GPS technology becomes more commonplace on the commercial market, many design goals are aimed at improving characteristics like lower power consumption, tracking of weak satellites, and faster acquisitions times. This paper teaches a variety of GPS receiver measurements, including sensitivity, noise figure, position accuracy, and time to first fix (TTFF).
Advantages of the Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGA
Technical Paper
White Paper National Instruments' R Series intelligent data acquisition (DAQ) devices use FPGA technology so you can create custom, reconfigurable systems with onboard processing. This paper discusses the improvements NI has made to the FPGA chips in the latest generation of R Series boards.
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