Abstract: A boatlift moving apparatus includes a floorless U-shaped frame having four corners. Wheels are attached to the U-shaped frame. A post or upright is associated with four points or corners on the frame. Each upright includes a winch and a line. The boatlift moving apparatus is moved so that a boatlift is positioned within the U-shaped frame. The free ends of the U-shaped frame are connected with a cross member, thus surrounding the boatlift. The lines are attached to the boatlift and winched upwardly to lift the boatlift with respect to the frame. The boatlift can be moved from a position in the water to a position on land or vice versa and then set down.

Abstract: The invention provides a trans fat replacement system that is a stable and shelf storable mixture of an edible oil and an expanded, low-density carbohydrate for use in preparing baked goods having a reduced trans fat content. Depending upon formulation and processing, the mixture can have a consistency ranging from generally granular to an almost paste-like consistency. The trans fat replacement system consists of at least one edible oil and an expanded, low-density carbohydrate having a bulk density less than about 0.4 g/cc. The trans fat replacement system can be used to reduce or eliminate the amounts of traditional fats used to make baked goods. In one representative formulation, the trans fat replacement system can take the form of a generally, paste-like mixture that is suitable for spreading and is especially useful for the preparation of laminated dough products such as biscuits and croissants.

Abstract: A system including asymmetric control of high-speed bidirectional signaling includes a slave device and a master device that is coupled to the slave device via a plurality of bidirectional data paths, for example. The master device may control data transfer between the master device and the slave device. More particularly, the master device may adaptively modify transmit characteristics subsequent to adaptively modifying receiver characteristics based upon information received from the slave device via one or more unidirectional data paths.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a system comprises a memory; a memory interface coupled to the memory; a processor unit coupled to the memory interface, a second interface coupled to the processor unit, and a graphics processing unit. The processor unit comprises at least one processor core and a display controller configured to couple to a display. The graphics processing unit is configured to render data into a frame buffer representing an image to be displayed on the display. The processor unit is configured to deactivate the second interface if the graphics processing unit is not rendering, and the display controller is configured to read the frame buffer data for display even if the second interface is deactivated.

Abstract: An electrical stepper motor system is provided in which a microcomputer controlled driver monitors the real time operating parameters of the stepper motor. The driver is controlled by the microcomputer to keep the real time operating parameters of the motor in a range that is governed by limiting parameters. The limiting parameters are determined by the microcomputer on a moment by moment basis in response to changes in certain conditions occurring within the stepper motor, as well as in the outside operating environment. The microcomputer compares the microcomputer determined safe operating parameters with any user stipulated operating parameters, stored in the storage means of the microcomputer, to determine limiting parameters on a moment by moment basis. An encoder senses the position and velocity of the motor and provides appropriate status signals to enable the driver to compensate for position and velocity errors of the stepper motor.

Abstract: An electrical motor system is provided in which driver means position the motor, control the speed of the motor and control the current delivered to the windings of the motor. The operating parameters of the system are sensed on a moment by moment basis and data concerning these operating parameters is provided to a memory. A user has the ability to provide a plurality of user-stipulated operating parameters during use of the motor system. The user-stipulated operating parameters are sensed on a moment by moment basis and data concerning the user-stipulated operating parameters is provided to the memory. The memory contains limiting parameters, sensed operating parameters and user-stipulated operating parameters and a set of adaptive programs for determining the relationship between these parameters. The various parameters are fed to a computer which operates with them, via the adaptive programs, to create, on a moment by moment basis, a new set of operational limiting parameters.