Warren Webb, Editorial Director —
Allowing designers to evaluate the most popular interfaces for embedded applications, MSC Embedded offers ready-to-run starter kits based on Qseven modules featuring the AMD Embedded G-Series Accelerated Processing Units (APUs). The MSC Q7-SK-A50M-EP4 Starter Kit consists of a 3.5" Qseven...
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Specializing in embedded products for video capture, annotation, recording, and streaming, Advanced Micro Peripherals (AMP) has launched the AVC8000nano, a new eight-channel video capture card in a mini PCI Express form factor. The card is designed for high-pressure or extreme environment...
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United Electronic Industries (UEI) offers four new analog input boards featuring 8 analog input channels, 24-bit A/D resolution, and 120 kilosample/second maximum sampling rates. The DNx-AI-218 offers a 10 VDC input range suitable for most general-purpose data acquisition measurement...
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GreenPeak Technologies recently introduced the GP501, a new generation of ZigBee transceivers with a coexistence scheme that allows Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and ZigBee chips to work side by side in the same device. ZigBee shares the 2.4 GHz frequency band with other Wi-Fi equipment, resulting in...
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A new Programmable System-on-Chip (PSoC) architecture from Cypress Semiconductor combines analog and digital fabric with CapSense capacitive touch technology and the 32-bit ARM Cortex-M0 core. The PSoC 4 is a custom mixed-signal SoC with programmable analog and digital blocks combined with...
Warren Webb, Editorial Director —
Known for small, low-priced processor boards, Gumstix recently announced Pepper, its first single board computer for the embedded systems market. The module is designed around the Sitara AM3359 ARM Cortex-A8 processor from Texas Instruments and features 512 MB of DDR2 memory, 802.11 b/g/n...
Warren Webb, Editorial Director —
Allowing designers to evaluate the most popular interfaces for embedded applications, MSC Embedded offers ready-to-run starter kits based on Qseven modules featuring the AMD Embedded G-Series Accelerated Processing Units (APUs). The MSC Q7-SK-A50M-EP4 Starter Kit consists of a 3.5" Qseven...
Warren Webb, Editorial Director —
Specializing in embedded products for video capture, annotation, recording, and streaming, Advanced Micro Peripherals (AMP) has launched the AVC8000nano, a new eight-channel video capture card in a mini PCI Express form factor. The card is designed for high-pressure or extreme environment...
Warren Webb, Editorial Director —
United Electronic Industries (UEI) offers four new analog input boards featuring 8 analog input channels, 24-bit A/D resolution, and 120 kilosample/second maximum sampling rates. The DNx-AI-218 offers a 10 VDC input range suitable for most general-purpose data acquisition measurement...
Warren Webb, Editorial Director —
GreenPeak Technologies recently introduced the GP501, a new generation of ZigBee transceivers with a coexistence scheme that allows Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and ZigBee chips to work side by side in the same device. ZigBee shares the 2.4 GHz frequency band with other Wi-Fi equipment, resulting in...
Warren Webb, Editorial Director —
A new Programmable System-on-Chip (PSoC) architecture from Cypress Semiconductor combines analog and digital fabric with CapSense capacitive touch technology and the 32-bit ARM Cortex-M0 core. The PSoC 4 is a custom mixed-signal SoC with programmable analog and digital blocks combined with...
Warren Webb, Editorial Director —
Known for small, low-priced processor boards, Gumstix recently announced Pepper, its first single board computer for the embedded systems market. The module is designed around the Sitara AM3359 ARM Cortex-A8 processor from Texas Instruments and features 512 MB of DDR2 memory, 802.11 b/g/n...
Warren Webb, Editorial Director —
Low-cost, portable, and widely available medical monitoring devices promise to transform the health care industry. This equipment evolution depends on component manufacturers and embedded designers that can compress multiple measurement strategies into a low-power, small form factor patien...
Warren Webb, Editorial Director —
Along with every other portion of the embedded landscape, USB peripherals now require higher-speed interfaces to handle the escalating data rates and increased video content. As a result, Renesas Electronics Corporation recently introduced two new SuperSpeed Universal Serial Bus (USB 3.0)...
Warren Webb, Editorial Director —
When embedded designers encounter high-level technical computing applications that require algorithm development or data analysis, they often turn to MATLAB from MathWorks to perform matrix-based engineering calculations without actually writing a program. However, for integration into the...
Warren Webb, Editorial Director —
As each new embedded project comes along, designers are expected to not only package all of the new functionality into a smaller physical size but also to increase performance and power efficiency. With these expectations in mind, Kontron recently announced a new 2.5-inch, low-power Pico-I...
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Maintaining stable and reliable device interconnections in a noisy, industrial factory environment is a challenging task for embedded designers. To standardize these connections, the IO-Link Consortium developed a specification for a field-level, point-to-point connection system between a...
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With multicore architecture now becoming a standard part of high-performance embedded systems, designers find that they can lower costs and reduce the component count by combining multiple applications into a single hardware and software development project. Using virtualization technology...
Warren Webb, Editorial Director —
Although some embedded standards now push communications data rates into the multi-gigahertz range, many industrial automation, retail, test systems, and defense applications still rely on RS-232, RS-422, and RS-485 serial data links. To combine this technology with the latest PCI Express...
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As embedded performance requirements continue to soar, designers must find ways to increase the raw computing power of their systems to satisfy the needs of demanding applications such as high-definition medical imagery or complex radar signal analysis. Supporting the transition to improve...
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When designers undertake applications with extreme space limitations, such as wireless sensing nodes, home automation systems, and portable health and fitness products, package size becomes a critical component selection factor. Extending its EFM32 Gecko range of microcontrollers to meet t...
Warren Webb, Editorial Director —
Smartphone technology has become commonplace with the general public, and customers expect similar performance and touch-screen interaction features with all of their electronic devices. Supporting the certification of the human interface portion of embedded design, Renesas Electronics Ame...
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With the performance and portability requirements of critical applications in markets such as industrial automation, embedded vision, video surveillance, and medical imaging on the rise, embedded designers are looking for low-power, cost-optimized components. With these applications in min...
Warren Webb, Editorial Director —
Built with contributions from hundreds of software experts, the Linux operating system has captured the attention of embedded developers worldwide and is available in commercial distributions throughout the embedded market. To help eliminate the requirement to match a specific Linux config...
Warren Webb, Editorial Director —
Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications is a growing trend in embedded design and promises to transform connectivity and remote management across many market segments, including industrial, transportation, health care, utilities, retail, and consumer electronics. Offering designers lower d...
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Software projects continue to grow in size and complexity, making it extremely difficult for developers to test and analyze the relationships between elements of the source code. At this year’s Design West conference, GrammaTech introduced a new software architecture visualization sy...
Warren Webb, Editorial Director —
With each new project, embedded developers are often challenged to enhance software execution speed and reduce overall code size with fewer resources and a shorter schedule. Offering support for all of their PIC microcontrollers and dsPIC Digital Signal Controllers (DSCs), Microchip Techno...
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As intelligent embedded devices become ubiquitous, designers are searching for small, low-power techniques to provide continuous, autonomous connectivity and effective remote management. To meet this growing demand, Logic PD recently introduced a small form factor, low-power System-On-Modu...
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Microchip Technology announced the MCP2210 protocol converter for adding USB Certified connectivity to Serial Pe-ripheral Interface (SPI)-based systems. The converter utilizes the USB human interface design class, which is supported by Windows, Linux, and Mac operating systems and is 100 p...
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With a focus on low-power, handheld/portable embedded ap-plications, Advantech recently announced the SOM-7565 COM Express module powered by the new Cedar Trail archi-tecture from Intel. Cedar Trail, which is based on the latest Intel Atom processors plus the Intel NM10 Express chipset, of...
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Texas Instruments (TI) recently unveiled the SimpleLink product family of wireless connectivity technologies for low-power, low-cost embedded applications. The most noticeable product is the SimpleLink Wi-Fi CC3000, a self-contained 802.11 network processor that enables designers to add Wi...
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Embedded applications in the consumer, industrial, and medical markets such as sensor, signal conditioning, and instrumentation that require low noise, low-voltage operation, high precision, and low drift can benefit from the performance and features of the new MCP6V2X family of operationa...
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With microcontroller manufacturers integrating more and more features and functions into each new generation, users are finding it difficult to adapt existing development hardware to match the changes. In support of these users, IAR Systems has delivered a complete starter kit for the new...
Warren Webb, Editorial Director —
As embedded devices in multiple industries become universally connected and grow in complexity, users expect a sophisticated, interactive interface with high-end, real-time graphics capabilities. To meet these demands, Wind River released an update to its commercial embedded Linux runtime...
Warren Webb, Editorial Director —
With smartphones and tablets leading the way, consumers now expect touch-screen interfaces
on most new portable embedded products. With high-volume consumer applications such as GPS,
gaming consoles, and digital still cameras in mind, Atmel released the Atmel maXTouch mXT112E
controller op...
Warren Webb, Editorial Director —
With microcontroller manufacturers integrating more and more features and functions into each new generation, users are finding it difficult to adapt existing development hardware to match the changes. In support of these users, IAR Systems has delivered a complete starter kit for the new...
Warren Webb, Editorial Director —
Medical and industrial applications such as gas sampling/collection, respiration screening, and blood analysis systems that monitor and control pneumatic flow are among the specialized embedded projects that require accurate pressure sensors. For these applications, Honeywell introduced a...
Warren Webb, Editorial Director —
The next generation of computing architecture destined for embedded designs includes high-speed serial protocols such as USB 3.0 at 5.0 Gbps, DisplayPort 1.2 at 5.4 Gbps, and PCI Express 3.0 at 8.0 Gbps. These new protocols will bring significant performance improvements such as 3840 x 216...
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As embedded designers start each new project, they face the potential challenge of matching the latest high-performance computing devices with legacy peripherals. Targeting these challenges, Integrated Device Technology (IDT) recently announced a protocol-conversion bridge allowing designe...
Warren Webb, Editorial Director —
Supporting embedded applications that require safety certifications in medical, industrial, and transportation applications, Texas Instruments introduced the new Hercules safety microcontroller platform in early September. The platform consists of three ARM Cortex-based microcontroller fam...
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Digital signage, infotainment systems, and multimedia sales kiosks are examples of projects that require designers to package control functionality into a small form factor, reduced-power embedded device that supports HD video displays. With these applications in mind, Kontron recently ann...
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Coming as a relief to portable device manufacturers wanting to eliminate that nightly plug-in ritual of recharging batteries, Texas Instruments (TI) announced its next generation of wireless power technology, the bq51013 wireless power receiver. The new receiver performs all three function...
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The new ZigBee RF4CE technology specifies a low-data-rate, ultra-low-power wireless network for consumer electronics applications, while ZigBee PRO includes an expanded feature set for application profiles such as automatic meter reading, commercial building automation, and home automation...
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As multicore technology invades the embedded space, development tools vendors are updating their products to enhance the performance of multithreaded code. For example, Mentor Graphics recently announced Mentor Embedded Sourcery CodeBench, a next-generation Integrated Development Environme...
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Embedded designs destined for defense applications require secure platforms for military communications such as software-defined radios, command/control ground stations, and combat systems. As security requirements expand into broader market segments, demand increases for security-certifie...
Warren Webb, Editorial Director —
With Android-based devices now representing a sizable segment of the smartphone universe, there is a huge potential market for hardware accessories, including automotive, home, fitness/health, and business applications. Addressing this new market, Microchip Technology recently announced Ac...
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As FPGA systems increase in both complexity and bandwidth, the test and debug phase has become a development bottleneck. With software that promises to redefine how engineers design for debug, Veridae Systems introduced the Corus validation and debug software suite for complex FPGA-based s...
