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Property and Equipment (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Property and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, Plant and Equipment [Table Text Block]

	December 31,
	2014				2013
Computer equipment and software	$	27,678			$	25,368
Engineering and test equipment	11,970				11,631
Building and improvements	11,076				7,902
Leasehold improvements	7,406				6,477
Furniture and fixtures	1,292				1,166
Land	695				695
Property and equipment, gross	60,117				53,239
Less: accumulated depreciation	(47,571		)		(43,704		)
Property and equipment, net	$	12,546			$	9,535

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Tabular disclosure of physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, balances by class of assets, depreciation and depletion expense and method used, including composite depreciation, and accumulated deprecation.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 360

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 210

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.13)

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-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 02

-Paragraph 13

-Subparagraph b

-Article 5

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