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Renesas Electronics Introduces a Functional Safety Solution for Industrial Automation

November 26, 2013

Santa Clara, Calif., November 25, 2013 – Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723), a premier provider of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced the development of a functional safety software package for its 32-bit RX631 and RX63N microcontroller (MCU) Groups. The new solution provides diagnostic software for the industry-leading RX CPU core, and its internal memory, and a detailed safety manual to significantly reduce development time for designs that need to conform to stringent safety directives for industrial equipment, such as safety controllers, programmable logic controllers, industrial motor drives and safety sensors.

With the demand to improve safety … Read More → "Renesas Electronics Introduces a Functional Safety Solution for Industrial Automation"

New H.264 video streamer/recorder boards are intelligent, standalone and rugged

November 26, 2013

New York, USA and Cambridge, England, November 26^th, 2013 – Advanced Micro Peripherals (AMP) has announced its new StreamCorder board pair – the StreamCorder-SD4 and the StreamCorder-HD. Both boards are standalone, intelligent streaming and recording solutions that accept video inputs for real time H.264 compression, local storage and streaming over 100/1000 MBit Ethernet. The StreamCorder-SD4 has four NTSC/PAL/RS-170 inputs, while the StreamCorder-HD’s input is a single HD-SDI channel at up to 1080p30. Both StreamCorder products are ideal for demanding applications within Military, Communications, Transportation, Mining and Energy industries.

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Advanced SQL Planner Offers Data Analysis Intelligence to Embedded Devices

November 26, 2013

November 26, 2013 — Bellevue, WA — ITTIA, the leader in modern database software for embedded systems and smart devices, today announced the availability of a new SQL planner to significantly ease data analysis and management for developers of intelligent device applications. ITTIA provides an SQL planner in its database engine, an exciting method of embedded device data analysis, to calculate critical data statistics efficiently with cost-based optimization. This allows applications to utilize complex queries and make precise decisions.

ITTIA is driving the embedded data management arena by providing support for … Read More → "Advanced SQL Planner Offers Data Analysis Intelligence to Embedded Devices"

Hyperstone Selects Synopsys VCS for Verification of Leading Safety-Critical Industrial Memory Card Controller SoCs

November 26, 2013

KONSTANZ, Germany and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Nov. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Hyperstone, a fabless semiconductor and microprocessor design company, and Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq:SNPS), a global leader providing software, IP and services used to accelerate innovation in chips and electronic systems, today announced that Hyperstone has selected Synopsys as the provider of high-quality, reliable verification tools for its safety-critical designs. Hyperstone’s complex system-on-chips (SoCs) target industrial, automotive and medical applications where the highest quality and reliability are required. For Hyperstone, Synopsys’ industry-leading VCS® functional verification solution uniquely fulfilled the technology needs … Read More → "Hyperstone Selects Synopsys VCS for Verification of Leading Safety-Critical Industrial Memory Card Controller SoCs"

Xilinx’s Comprehensive Functional Safety Design Package Enables Smarter Factories and Medical Equipment

November 26, 2013

NUREMBURG, Germany, Nov. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) today announced its comprehensive functional safety design package for industrial, automotive, medical, aerospace and defense applications according to IEC 61508 and ISO 26262 safety standards. Xilinx’s functional safety package includes a TUV SUD certified design methodology and tools that increase design productivity and reduce certification risks. Learn more about Xilinx’s All Programmable solutions for smarter factories and functional safety design package by visiting Booth #6-111 at SPS/IPC Drives, … Read More → "Xilinx’s Comprehensive Functional Safety Design Package Enables Smarter Factories and Medical Equipment"

Xilinx Accelerates Machine Vision Application Design Productivity for Zynq-7000 All Programmable SoCs

November 25, 2013

Nov 25, 2013 – SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) today announced accelerated design productivity for machine visionapplications, leveraging HALCON and VisualApplets development platforms to create an end-to-end Smarter Vision development environment for the Zynq®-7000 All Programmable SoC. HALCON software from MVTec for machine vision provides high-performance and comprehensive support for video analytics and runs on multicore platforms like the Zynq All … Read More → "Xilinx Accelerates Machine Vision Application Design Productivity for Zynq-7000 All Programmable SoCs"

Imec Integrates CCD and CMOS Technology to Improve Performance of CMOS imagers

November 25, 2013

Leuven, Belgium (November 25, 2013) – Imec, the Belgian nanoelectronics research center, will present at this week’s ‘CMOS Image Sensors for High Performance Applications’ workshop in Toulouse (France) a prototype of a high-performance, time-delay-integration (TDI) image sensor. The image sensor is based on imec’s proprietary embedded charge-coupled device (CCD) in CMOS technology. Imec developed and fabricated the sensor for the French Space Agency, CNES, which plans to utilize the technology for space-based earth observation.

The prototype image sensor combines a light-sensitive, CCD-based TDI … Read More → "Imec Integrates CCD and CMOS Technology to Improve Performance of CMOS imagers"

Altera Demonstrates Integrated PLC and HMI System on a Single Chip at SPS IPC Drives 2013

November 25, 2013

San Jose, Calif., and Nuremberg, Germany, November 25, 2013–Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) today announced a key development in automation system design at the SPS IPC Drives 2013 conference, in Nuremberg, Germany – implementation of a programmable logic controller (PLC) and human machine interface (HMI) system on a single chip. The integrated PLC/HMI system is implemented on a single 28 nm Altera Cyclone® V SoC, and will be offered as a reference design by Altera in 2014.

Altera is partnering with a leading PLC software developer, 3S-Smart … Read More → "Altera Demonstrates Integrated PLC and HMI System on a Single Chip at SPS IPC Drives 2013"

STMicroelectronics’ Microcontroller Powers Artificial-Intelligence Cars from Anki Drive

November 25, 2013

Geneva, November 25, 2013 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, announced that its STM32 microcontroller was selected by Anki,a robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) startup, for use in their first product – Anki Drive™, in which consumers can download an app on their compatible iOS devices to interact and race against intelligent robotic miniature race cars.

Each car in Anki Drive analyzes data from the race track 500 times per second. The performance and processing capacity of ST’s STM32 … Read More → "STMicroelectronics’ Microcontroller Powers Artificial-Intelligence Cars from Anki Drive"

AdaCore and Altran Toolsets Help Launch CubeSat into Orbit

November 25, 2013

November 19, 2013 11:33 PM Eastern Standard Time, NEW YORK, PARIS, & BATH, United Kingdom — Today, AdaCore and Read More →