CNET

iDevices Socket review: The iDevices Socket performs well enough, but why use it?

David Priest is an award-winning writer and editor who formerly covered home security for CNET. On its surface, the Socket functions as advertised: it smartens up almost any standard bulb, adding ...
Electronic Design

PCB Plating Finishes Impact Elastomer Socket Technology

Today’s electronic packages have high clock speeds (multi-gigahertz range), fine pin densities (below 0.4-mm pitch), and high pin counts (over 2000). When assembled onto a printed-circuit board (PCB), ...
EDN

Socket for 0.4-mm BGA verifies IC function

The SG-BGA-7163 BGA socket for 0.4-mm-pitch 221-pin BGA verifies IC function in a development system such as monolithic integration of GSM Baseband. Designed for 7.5 x 7.5 x 0.82-mm package sizes, the ...
Linux Journal

Manipulating the Networking Environment Using RTNETLINK

NETLINK is a facility in the Linux operating system for user-space applications to communicate with the kernel. NETLINK is an extension of the standard socket implementation. Using NETLINK, an ...