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Article: Lighting the way to better design: incorporating indicators and components into CompactPCI front panel displays can improve design flexibility and appearance while reducing manufacturing costs. (New & notable: electronics).
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- Product Design & Development
- Article date:
- October 1, 2001
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As CompactPCI (cPCI) finds its way into more applications, greater demand is being placed upon the cPCI specification to find ways to differentiate and innovate while maintaining compliance. Many OEM producers and value added resellers (VARs) of IEEE 1101.10, PICMG, and VITA compliant systems are relying heavily upon the actual manufacturers of component level hardware and front panels to provide them with the competitive advantage and front panel design assistance that was not available until recently. This article addresses the standard "fixes" for common problems created by panel status indication and introduces innovative approaches to maintaining a tight, attractive ...