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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...