NDLI: The InfoPad project: review and lessons learned

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Brodersen, R.
Copyright Year	1997
Description	Author affiliation: Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA (Brodersen, R.)
Abstract	The InfoPad project was started at UC Berkeley in 1992 to investigate the issues involved in providing multimedia information access using a portable, wireless terminal. It quickly became clear that a key design constraint was the energy consumption, which could best be addressed through an integrated system approach. The project was therefore organized to address all design levels, including the applications and user interface, backbone network protocols, software for distributed network support, the wireless link, and the pad itself which used a number of low voltage ASIC designs and a processor running embedded code. Tools were developed when not available (particularly in support of low energy design), as well as an interface to mechanical designers who created a custom injection molded case. The wide scope of the project presented a number of unique challenges for a research environment and the lessons learnt are presented.
Starting Page	2
Ending Page	3
File Size	226047
Page Count	2
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0818682248
ISSN	10639667
DOI	10.1109/ICVD.1998.646569
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	1998-01-04
Publisher Place	India
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Energy consumption Application software User interfaces Spine Wireless application protocol Access protocols Embedded software Low voltage Application specific integrated circuits Process design
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Electrical and Electronic Engineering Hardware and Architecture

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