Category Archives: Design

Synchronous: The Other Serial Communications

Synchronous serial communications is a technology that you may have heard of, but perhaps have not used. It is usually employed when large amounts of data are required to be transmitted serially, often at high data rates. Luckily, using synchronous serial communications is much easier now given the tools that Sealevel provides.

Continue Reading

Multi-Core Computing

Have you noticed how fast new computer hardware has been getting? What’s changed to make those advances? Computer designs have changed, cooling technologies have changed, and, very recently, we’ve seen the mainstream adoption of multiple processors running in a single system. We call them multi-core processors. The wide-spread adoption of multi-core processors on the desktop has made computer system programming vastly more complicated for the computer system designer.

Continue Reading

Relays: Computer Driven Control Systems

One of the simplest and most useful components of computer driven control systems is an electrical relay. Learn the basics of relays. The next time you need to control an existing electrical device, you will know that you need a relay to do it, and you should have an idea of the type of relay you need.

Continue Reading

SeaI/O Evolution

We continue to work to define the standard software that will be provided with this new line of products. For now we have implemented a Modbus/TCP bridge function and serial server software that allows the ARM9 to poll the I/O and the serial ports to appear as standard COM ports to a host system. This allows us to meet the immediate requirements of this particular customer. However, we look forward to and are very excited about the official release of these new products.

Continue Reading

Engineering an America’s Cup Champion

My interest in sailing began before I could walk. My father has owned several sailboats. While my father introduced me to sailing and taught me to sail, he spent more time in recreational sailing and I spent more time racing. But why would a software engineer be blogging about sailboats?

Continue Reading

Sensacell’s Interactive Technology

Imagine you are at a museum. As you walk up to a piece of artwork, the floor recognizes your presence and begins to tell you about the piece. What if you were doing cardio at a gym and each step lit up the floor while counting the calories that you burned? Or you are at a bar, you set down a drink and the table ripples light underneath your glass? These are the ideas that the Sensacell system brings to life.

Continue Reading

Interoperability Defined

Whether you are looking at the public safety services or the military, digital radio communications interoperability is one of the key technical issues that federal, state, and local government organizations are working to overcome. But what does interoperability really mean to the government?

Continue Reading

Sealevel Heading for SOFIC 2010

Stop by Booth #2139 at SOFIC 2010 in Tampa, Florida to see our new ACC-188 synchronous serial radio adapters and our latest line of RISC embedded computers.

Continue Reading

Intelligent Gardening with the SeaDAC Lite

By eliminating trivial or time consuming tasks with intelligent control systems, our days and lives run more smoothly. I see other situations in my life that could be automated with ease, but there are no commercially available products (at a reasonable price point). This spring I took it upon myself to bring some home-brewed intelligent control to my own life.

Continue Reading

Software Mechanic

We pride ourselves on very well written, easy to implement APIs, great drivers and diagnostic tools, fully available technical support, and manuals which engineers can actually follow. In fact, some customers have told us they consider Sealevel an extension to their team, offering scalable engineering support for low-level hardware and software requirements on demand. All of this helps our customers become more competitive, more productive organizations.

Continue Reading
Proudly Made in the USA
© Copyright 1996 - 2010, Sealevel Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.