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Altera Programmable Logic Inspires Innovation at 2014 Maker Faire Europe

October 3, 2014

October 3, 2014 – Altera Corporation, a world-leading semiconductor company headquartered in San Jose, California, in collaboration with ipTronix, a design house and Altera Design Services Network (DSN) partner headquartered in Rome, Italy, are displaying FPGA-based solutions at the 2nd annual Maker Faire Europe being held at the Rome Auditorium on October 3-5. In the demonstration ipTronix engineers will be on hand in the Expo Hall (Gutemberg Area, Zone M) to showcase the flexibility, performance and versatility of FPGAs.</ … Read More → "Altera Programmable Logic Inspires Innovation at 2014 Maker Faire Europe"

Dramatically Reduce Time to Market and R&D Costs with Mobile POS reference Platform

October 3, 2014

San Jose, CA—October 1, 2014—With the MPOS-STD2 Mobile Point of Sale (MPOS) reference platform by Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (NASDAQ: MXIM), payment terminal providers can enable customers of all sizes and security expertise levels to address the emerging mobile payment market. This allows them to significantly reduce R&D costs while simultaneously achieving faster time to market by rapidly moving through product design and PCI certification.

The MPOS-STD2 reference platform includes an EMV L1 stack, Bluetooth and NFC integration, a complete hardware-accelerated crypto library, and an extensive set of security measures that have been pre-evaluated by … Read More → "Dramatically Reduce Time to Market and R&D Costs with Mobile POS reference Platform"

New Enterprise Access Point for IoT

October 2, 2014

September 30, 2014: 1248 has announced the first ARM-powered®, standards-based, 6LoWPAN wireless access point designed to IoT-enable enterprise networks. HyperWeave provides full IP-to-the-edge connectivity from low power Internet of Things (IoT) devices to corporate and cloud networks. Developed in partnership with ARM, HyperWeave will be launched at this week’s ARM TechCon 2014 in Santa Clara.

Targeted at enterprise users, HyperWeave is as easy to deploy as a standard WiFi router to IoT-enable existing IT networks. “Until now, IoT edge devices have connected to the Internet using a wide range of incompatible protocols such as EnOcean, Wireless HART/KNX/M-Bus and … Read More → "New Enterprise Access Point for IoT"

All-in-One Fan Driver from Diodes Incorporated Simplifies Circuit Design

October 2, 2014

Plano, Texas – October 2nd, 2014 – Diodes Incorporated has announced the introduction of a pair of all-in-one single-phase 12V fan motor drivers for low to medium voltage brushless DC fan control in consumer, home appliance, industrial and office equipment.  The high level of integration, miniature package options and thermal handling offered by the AH5772 and AH5773 fan drivers enable a reduction in component count and PCB area where space is at a premium.

By integrating both high-sensitivity Hall sensors and companion input amplifiers, the … Read More → "All-in-One Fan Driver from Diodes Incorporated Simplifies Circuit Design"

Cadence to Showcase Advanced Verification Solutions at DVCon Europe 2014

October 2, 2014

FELDKIRCHEN, Germany, Oct. 2, 2014—Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS), a leader in global design innovation, today announced it plans to exhibit its advanced verification technologies and methodologies at the first Design and Verification Conference (DVCon) Europe in Munich, Germany. The conference is focused on the application of Electronic Design Automation (EDA) standards, languages and methodologies for the design and verification of electronic systems and integrated circuits.

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Spansion Expands Traveo™ Family for Automotive with HMI Technologies and Embedded 3D Graphics Engine

October 2, 2014

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct. 2, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Spansion Inc. (NYSE: CODE) a global leader in embedded systems solutions, today introduced the latest member of its Spansion® Traveo™ microcontroller family aimed at rich human machine interfaces (HMI) in automotive dashboards. For the first time, Spansion is integrating its breakthrough HyperBus™ interface with its ARM® Cortex®-R5-based embedded Traveo MCU, enabling seamless connections with HyperBus memories, including Spansion HyperFlash™ memory, to provide customers design simplification and faster performance in automotive systems.

The latest Traveo family delivers state-of-the-art 2D and 3D graphics, which … Read More → "Spansion Expands Traveo™ Family for Automotive with HMI Technologies and Embedded 3D Graphics Engine"

Atmel Joins Forces with ARM on Internet of Things Development Platform

October 2, 2014

San Jose, CA, October 1, 2014 – Today at ARM TechCon, Atmel® Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML), a global leader in microcontroller (MCU) and touch technology solutions, is announcing a partnership with ARM on the mbed device platform for the Internet of Things (IoT).

This partnership broadens the ecosystem support for developers using Atmel’s portfolio of secure, low-power and cost-effective wireless connectivity solutions, specifically the Atmel SmartConnect Wi-Fi and 802.15.4-compliant solutions. Additionally, … Read More → "Atmel Joins Forces with ARM on Internet of Things Development Platform"

IPSO Alliance Publishes Smart Objects Guideline – Starter Pack 1.0

October 2, 2014

Colorado Springs, CO – September 30, 2014—The Internet Protocol for Smart Objects (IPSO) Alliance has published its Smart Objects Guideline – Starter Pack 1.0.  The Smart Objects Starter Pack (SOSP) 1.0 provides a basis for interoperability across devices connected to the IoT through an open common object model. This open standards based data design is crucial for the wide scale deployment and success of IoT and Machine to Machine (M2M) applications.

In its role as the leader in the use of Internet … Read More → "IPSO Alliance Publishes Smart Objects Guideline – Starter Pack 1.0"

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