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clean tech or green tech: Definition and Recommended Links

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Clean tech or green tech. Which is it? Both are about saving energy, and in embedded systems both are about making products 'smarter' in terms of how, when, where and why they use energy.

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    • Clean tech or green tech. Which is it? Both are about saving energy, and in embedded systems both are about making products 'smarter' in terms of how, when, where and why they use energy.

      (Note: The Electronic Engineers Toolbox provides an alternative set of featured links for this word at http://www.cera2.com/clean-tech.htm)

      Featured Links:

      Green Manufacturing Expo

      Sustainable Manufacturing Solutions Offer a Leading Edge in Today's Marketplace In today's economy it's more important than ever to improve your margins—no matter what product you manufacture. At the Green Manufacturing Expo you’ll see a wide spectrum of economically sound solutions for the manufacturing enterprise interested in improving process efficiency, reducing costs, and conserving energy and resources.
      http://www.devicelink.com/expo/gmx09/ros_event_info.html

      Arch Rock's 'Energy Optimizer' Integrates Data from External Systems with Array of New Software…

      Arch Rock Corporation has introduced an array of new software connectors for its Energy Optimizer energy monitoring product, allowing energy data previously 'stranded' on multi-vendor servers, power and cooling system components, and building management systems (BMS) to be viewed, correlated and analyzed within the Energy Optimizer application. The new connectors – the first five in a planned series – offer the following open protocols...
      http://www.archrock.com/news_events/press_releases/2010.03.16.php

      White Paper: Taking Energy Efficiency to the Next Level

      More than ever before, consumers are paying attention to energy ratings and showing a strong interest in alternative technologies such as hybrid vehicles, ''green'' white goods and LED lighting. In a ''from the top down'' approach, governments around the world are tightening electronic design criteria by enacting ever more stringent regulations -- turning what used to be ''nice to have'' features into design imperatives. In addition to the ultimate ...
      http://www.industrial-embedded.com

      The Green Imperative

      This Webinar will examine the business and environmental drivers that are motivating network operators to evolve their footprints to environmentally compliant technology.
      http://www.lightreading.com

      Green up: Smart grid getting smarter

      This month, its all about energy efficiency and the smart grid. SSTI Weekly Digest did a nice analysis of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA, better known as the stimulus package) looking for energy-related items. The Digest came up with an overall figure of $39 billion allocated to the Department of Energy for upgrading the U.S. energy infrastructure. This includes items like $2.5 billion in R&D on advanced energy technologies...
      http://www.embedded-computing.com

      Freescale launches advanced chips to make smart meters more efficient and secure

      Freescale Semiconductor today introduced three advanced microcontroller (MCU) solutions targeting electricity and flow meters along with comprehensive smart-meter reference design solutions. Freescale’s microcontrollers enable smart meters to be designed with tamper detection mechanisms and real time usage monitoring, providing customers an extra layer of security for their smart meter products. Smart metering continues to gain momentum...
      http://media.freescale.com

      TI's C2000 32-bit microcontrollers (Piccolo) - 32-bit real-time control

      Keith Ogboenyiya, Product Manager at Texas Instruments, speaks with eg3.com about the Piccolo family. Is Piccolo an MCU, a DSP, or a DSC (Digital Signal Controller), or none of the above? Find out what the family can do for cost-sensitive applications in areas like motor control and power management, as well as details on the inexpensive controlCARD system to get you started quickly and inexpensively.
      http://www.eg3.com/etc-awards/20090804-piccolo.htm

      MCUs power energy-efficient apps

      ECD: What’s the primary focus right now in your strategy to develop microcontrollers for embedded devices? MOORTHY: We have a series of initiatives. Microchip’s eXtreme Low Power (XLP) technology initiative is delivering an array of new products enabling world-leading battery life in embedded products, as well as low energy consumption consistent with a broad range of green regulations. For example, our 8- and 16-bit PIC microcontrollers...
      http://www.embedded-computing.com

      Green in: Better video and voice for devices

      In our Deep Green Editor’s Choice section, we look at technology helping design green into today’s new products. The consumer experience is suddenly being driven by much higher-quality Video and audio capabilities in all kinds of devices, including mobile devices. During CES this month, several companies introduced products that bring more capability to mobile and home entertainment devices with lower power. Full HD H.264...
      http://www.embedded-computing.com

      Green in: Measuring power, controlling power, staying powered

      In our Deep Green Editor's Choice section, we look at technology helping design green into today's new products. It seemed there was a theme this month: how to deal with power in embedded environments. Here’s a look at three approaches to different parts of the power challenge. Measuring USB power One of the major benefits of USB is its ability to power a connected device from the host port. USB 3.0 has done a couple of things to...
      http://www.embedded-computing.com

      Explanation: these links are provided as part of our EE glossary project, which seeks to identify the most prominent keywords in embedded systems, embedded software, realtime and rtos, dsp (digital signal processing), system-on-a-chip, microprocessors and microcontrollers, and other constituent elements for embedded systems. While we seek to keep most of the links up-to-date, the user is refered to other primary electronic-based search sites such as: cera2.com, embedded.com, or EDN Magazine. If you have any suggestions of links or definitions, please email!

Mark Twain quote for the day:

In America, we hurry - which is well; but when the day's work is done, we go on thinking of losses and gains, we plan for the morrow, we even carry our business cares to bed with us, and toss and worry over them when we ought to be restoring our racked bodies and brains with sleep. We burn up our energies with these excitements, and either die early or drop into a lean and mean old age at a time of life which they call a man's prime in Europe. When an acre of ground has produced long and well, we let it lie fallow and rest for a season; we take no man clear across the continent in the same coach he started in - the coach is stabled somewhere on the plains and its heated machinery allowed to cool for a few days; when a razor has seen long service and refuses to hold an edge, the barber lays it away for a few weeks, and the edge comes back of its own accord. We bestow thoughtful care upon inanimate objects, but none upon ourselves. What a robust people, what a nation of thinkers we might be, if we would only lay ourselves on the shelf occasionally and renew our edges!
- The Innocents Abroad