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Publications

The following is a list of publications by Mark Benson. Each of these were published to a magazine, journal, or peer-reviewed conference and the topics tend to focus on embedded software or electrical engineering.

Software Thermal Management with TI OMAP Processors  

Published in the Electronic Engineering Journal (EE Journal), by Mark Benson.

ABSTRACT: TI OMAP applications processors are powerful and flexible; this makes them well suited for managing difficult power and thermal constraints.

However, the complexity of OMAP parts is high and the ways in which to use them are varied and intricate.

This article addresses the problem of managing thermal performance in a battery-powered product design with TI OMAP processors, and also includes a special case study on the OMAP4430-based Amazon Kindle Fire.

Small-Form-Factor Embedded Computing Shrinks Processing for Unmanned Vehicles and Other Tiny Applications  

Interviewed by John Keller for Military & Aerospace Electronics Magazine on a special piece on small-form-factor embedded computing.

ABSTRACT: There was a time not many years ago when 3U-size processor boards were among the smallest embedded computers imaginable. This form factor, 100 by 160 millimeters, or about the size of a paperback novel, opened a multitude of new applications for embedded computing, such as avionics for large unmanned vehicles, electronic subsystems for armored combat vehicles (vetronics), and portable electronics for soldiers on the battlefield. In that era, 6U computer boards were the standard, and 3U circuit cards were amazingly small.

Today, however, those paperback-book-sized embedded computing modules are starting to look large and clunky compared to the newest generations of small-form-factor embedded computing modules. Engineers are shrinking today’s computer boards to the sizes of smartphones, credit cards, business cards, sticks of gum, and even postage stamps, which is encouraging systems designers to rethink their definitions of small-form-factor embedded computing.

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Jayber is a collection of stories, observations, lists, and external articles from around the web, published by Mark Benson since 2004.

Introduction

Welcome to Jayber, a collection of stories, lists, observations, and publications, by Mark Benson.

Learn more in the preface, see a full list of content in the table of contents, browse the index of terms, find ways to get in touch, or view the production notes in the colophon.

New here? If so, you may be interested to read the following popular stories:

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Observations

The following is a list of observations I've made while in airports, out with the neighbors, at county fairs, in my dreams, or at the local dental spa. You're welcome.

  • 29 Aug 2012 —

    This morning, $10 flew out my window, forcing dangerous serpentine-evasion skills on foot through heavy traffic to recover my crumpled bill.

  • 23 Aug 2012 —

    Out with our neighbors recently, a funny little officer approached us on foot to kindly help him find the keys to his undercover squad car.

  • 12 Jun 2012 —

    According to NWB (age 3), I think I’m “all that, and a bag of potato chips”. So true!

  • 22 Mar 2012 —

    Today my coffee has headache-inducing overtones of aged turkey and cranberry high notes. And it’s not even Thanksgiving. Blah.

  • 24 Jan 2012 —

    Last night I dreamed I was gummed to death by an enormous cigar-smoking baby with a warm baritone voice.

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