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Articles in Jul 2006 issue of NASA Tech Briefs

• Virtual Platform for TI Software Development
• JTAG Tool Debugs Intel-based Circuits
  by Haller, Craig
• Active Struts With Variable Spring Stiffness and Damping
• Airport Remote Tower Sensor Systems
• Embedded Software for Multiple ARM Vendors
• Estimation of Stability and Control Derivatives of an F-15
• Sensors for Using Times of Flight To Measure Flow Velocities
• Patents
• Computer-On-Module Extends ETX Market to 2 GHz
• PCI Board Enables Real-Time Signal Processing
• JazzStore SoC Puts Data Recording System on Chip
• Dehydrating and Sterilizing Wastes Using Supercritical CO2
• Carbon-Nanotube Schottky Diodes
• Simplified Optics and Controls for Laser Communications
• Analysis Software Plans Inter-Planetary Trajectory Maneuvers
• Configurable Telecom Blade Features Four Expansion Sites
• Compact Computer Offers Fast Boot Up for Extended-Temperature Applications
• Wire-Mesh-Based Sorber for Removing Contaminants From Air
• Excitations for Rapidly Estimating Flight-Control Parameters
• X-Windows PVT Widget Class
  by Barry, Matthew R
• Power Line Transceiver for Command and Control Systems
• Video Switch Matrix Meets LXI Standards
• Ultrasonically Actuated Tools for Abrading Rock Surfaces
• Tool for Coupling a Torque Wrench to a Round Cable Connector
• Ada Fuels Mission-Critical System for EADS CASA
  by Friess, Michael
• RoHS Surface-Mount Package Emulator Foot
• Power Management Chip Extends Battery Life on Li-Ion Powered Devices
• Multiaxis, Lightweight, Computer-Controlled Exercise System
• Receiver Would Control Phasing of a Phased-Array Antenna
• Coherent Detection of High-Rate Optical PPM Signals
• Implantable Wireless MEMS Sensors for Medical Uses
• 30 YEars of ElEctronics & SEmiconductors
• New Platform Combines HLR & Networking Hardware
• Single-Board Computer With Pentium M Processor
• Controlling Attitude of a Solar-Sail Spacecraft Using Vanes
• Low-Density, Creep-Resistant Single-Crystal Superalloys
• Range-Measuring Video Sensors
• Who's Who at NASA
• Multichannel Phase and Power Detector
• Board Doubles ARINC 429 Interfaces for Avionics
• Slave Board Interfaces Four IP Modules
• Alpha-Voltaic Sources Using Liquid Ga as Conversion Medium
• Modern Design of Resonant Edge-Slot Array Antennas
• White-Light Whispering-Gallery-Mode Optical Resonators
• Coordinating an Autonomous Earth-Observing Sensorweb
  by Sherwood, Robert
• Electromechanical System Provides Satellite Propulsion
• COTS vs. Custom: Military GIS System Benefits From Best of Both
  by Bartch, Dennis
• 32-Bit Microcontrollers Implement ARM Processors
• Ice-Borehole Probe
• Aerogels for Thermal Insulation of Thermoelectric Devices
• Technologies of the Month
• Stability Enhancement of Polymeric Sensing Films Using Fillers
• NASA Studies Benefits of Exercise for Astronauts and Public
• Graphical System Design, FPGAs Speed Development of Holographic Data Storage System
  by MacCleery, Brian
• XBee Development Kits For ZigBee System Integrators
• Alpha-Voltaic Sources Using Diamond as Conversion Medium
• Nanotube Dispersions Made With Charged Surfactant
• New Products
• Embedded Sensors for Measuring Surface Regression
• PRODUCT OF THE MONTH
• How Much Financing Does Your Growing Company Need?
  by Neill, Bill; Hession-Kunz, Drew
• Using Dissimilarity Metrics to Identify Interesting Designs
  by Feather, Martin; Kiper, James
• Using Satellite Data in Weather Forecasting: I
  by Jedlovec, Gary J; Suggs, Ronnie J; Lecue, Juan M
• Statistical Evaluation of Utilization of the ISS
  by Andrews, Ross; Andrews, Alida
• HBLEDs: Tackle Your Silicone Packaging Problems
  by Riegler, Bill; Bruner, Stephen
• Shuttle Data Center File-Processing Tool in Java
  by Barry, Matthew R; Miller, Walter H
• DFM Your Device? Simulation Is the Answer
  by Ng, Wei-Choon; Pfeiffer, Michael
• Distributed Intelligence Drives High-Energy Laser Manufacturing
  by LaHa, Mike; Frederickson, Curt