The hottest new technologies and the latest design techniques to help you work efficiently and effectively. Portable hardware makes experiments interactive Bringing the data-aquisition system to the experiment can provide useful results in a hurry. But, if you're not careful, subtle flaws in what should be invisible software can stymie your hardware installation. Eric Jacobsen and Jeff Baum, Motorola Sensor Products Division Cryptography is key to securing proprietary information Computer and communications technologies are converging. Satellite and cable TV, electronic mail, and smart bank cards are among the slew of applications involved.
Some applications routinely risk transmitting valuable information over low-security channels.
By using cryptography, however, you can encode proprietary data and prevent its misuse. They have evolved from fast prototyping tools into production devices that quickly get your designs to market, when anticipated volumes don't justify the cost of a full ASIC design. EDN is a registered trademark of Reed Properties Inc, used under license.