Abstract: In this continuation in part, the characteristics of the reverse debugger and its ability to expedite the debugging of the 32-bit microcontroller are set forth; the algorithms and computer coding which make it work, and why its importance is critical to the implementation of safe operational maintenance of the 32 bit microcontroller aboard the sailboat at sea. This advanced debugger allows the user to perform all the usual operations for stepping code-in reverse. This time saving technology allows users to quickly hone in on errors in one debugging session. Interactive reverse debugging is often coupled with remote reverse debugging. In one iteration of remote debugging, reverse debugging is deployed on a different computer out to sea in a remote location. Thus the reverse debugger is available virtually in any location.

Abstract: The invention is related to a sail(s) for sailboats, said sail(s) to be controlled in its lowering operation electronically and in raising electronically when safety issues have been satifactorily addressed; utilizing among other devices, a multitude of Tricore controllers, hereinafter described as Tricore (for harsh environments) or other controllers with similar characteristics. The sailing control device has a cleat, a resistance spring, a line having a first end located through the cleat means, and a second end attached to the resistance spring and a sensor adapted to detect the extent to which the line is pulled through the cleat. The present disclosure further relates to a sailing vessel control system having one or more of the sailing vessel control devices, one or more sail actuators, and a control unit.

Abstract: A touchless harvester employing pulsed air to optimally remove a food product from its host is presented. The touchless harvester includes preferably at least one oscillating impeller housing fitted with an air plenum, a pulse generator and a nozzle to tangentially project pulsed air into a tree canopy or other harvest venue. The touchless harvester is fixedly mounted to a mobile platform to propel the touchless harvester through a harvest venue during operation. The touchless harvester is operated by controlling optimally three tunable variables, which produce optimal displacement conditions for a particular food product. The tunable variables control, respectively, the intensity, the frequency, and the duration that pulsed air is applied to a harvest venue. By tuning the intensity, frequency and duration of the projected air pulse, commensurate with a food product's resonant frequency, the food product experiences fatigue failure at its appendage, and maximum displacement from its host.

Abstract: The present invention is an ultra-thin circuit package with a thinned electronic device having a thickness of less than about 100 &mgr;m; a flexible circuit substrate; and an adhesive layer with a thickness of less than about 25 &mgr;m between the electronic device and the circuit substrate. The circuit package is less than about 275 &mgr;m thick. In another embodiment, the circuit packages may be stacked on one another and laminated together to create an extremely high-density three-dimensional electronic circuit package.

Abstract: Method for making Z-axis interconnections between adjacent circuit layers with electrically conductive traces, in multi-layered circuits, include connecting a conducting member of a deformable material to a circuit board layer and depositing an adhesive layer over an adjacent circuit board layer. The adjacent circuit layers are aligned, with the conducting member substantially collinear with the conductive traces of the adjacent circuit layers, and the circuit layers are brought together by pressure, such that the conducting member penetrates the adhesive layer and deforms until it "cracks". The cracking exposes fresh (unoxidized) material that contacts a conductive trace, joining the circuit layers together and creating a low resistance electrical connection. The adhesive serves to bound expansion of the deformable conducting member, reducing any potential contacts with adjacent conducting members.