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Hardware Freedom Day sees Fairwaves launch first industrial-grade open-source base station

April 22, 2013

Base station for OpenBTS and OsmoBTS uses Lime FPRF transceivers, paving way to LTE
22 April 2013, Guildford, UK: Fairwaves has launched the industry’s first truly open-source professional-grade base station transceiver, called UmTRX, to coincide with the second annual Hardware Freedom Day.

The launch of Fairwaves UmTRX transceiver system completes the open-source GSM ecosystem, enabling hobbyists and seasoned professionals to build a complete base station from open-source pieces.

The UmTRX launch advances the open-source model beyond the current USRP systems, where typically schematics, but not layout files were … Read More → "Hardware Freedom Day sees Fairwaves launch first industrial-grade open-source base station"

Altera Announces Availability of Cyclone V SoC Development Kit

April 22, 2013

San Jose, Calif., April 22, 2013—Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) today announced the availability of its Cyclone® V SoC Development Kit, a development platform that enables hardware and software developers to accelerate their embedded systems design development. Developed in collaboration with ARM, this kit features the recently announced ARM® Development Studio 5 (DS-5™) Altera® Edition Toolkit software, the industry’s only FPGA-adaptive debugging software that enables designers to view the processor and FPGA portions of the device simultaneously.

The Cyclone V SoC Development Kit features the Cyclone V SX SoC with an 800 MHz dual-core ARM Cortex™-A9 processor, 110K … Read More → "Altera Announces Availability of Cyclone V SoC Development Kit"

Quadros Systems and Icon Labs Launch New Defense Against Cyber Attacks

April 22, 2013

San Jose, California, April 22, 2013 – Icon Labs (www.iconlabs.com), a leading provider of embedded networking and security technology, and Quadros Systems(www.quadros.com) a leading provider of real-time operating systems (RTOS), today announced the availability of Icon Labs’ Floodgate^TM Packet Filter embedded firewall software for the RTXC™ Quadros™ real-time operating system.

Malicious attacks on Supervisory … Read More → "Quadros Systems and Icon Labs Launch New Defense Against Cyber Attacks"

Nordic Semiconductor demonstrates diverse range of 2.4GHz proprietary, ANT+, and Bluetooth low energy wireless applications at DESIGN West

April 22, 2013

San Jose, CA – April 22, 2013 – Ultra low power (ULP) RF specialist Nordic Semiconductor ASA (OSE: NOD) today announces demonstrations of ULP 2.4GHz wireless connectivity solutions – in smart home, security, sports & fitness, and toy sectors – that the company is showing on its booth (724) at DESIGN West 2013.

Nordic’s own reference designs and sample applications provide designers with an ideal starting point and ready-built design framework to accelerate development of nRF24L Series 2.4GHz proprietary, ANT+™, and Bluetooth® Smart applications and accessories. In addition, partner companies’ demonstrations include Nordic proprietary, ANT+, and Bluetooth Smart-powered applications … Read More → "Nordic Semiconductor demonstrates diverse range of 2.4GHz proprietary, ANT+, and Bluetooth low energy wireless applications at DESIGN West"

Meggitt Sensing Systems Announces Global Market Launch of Endevco® Three-Channel PE/IEPE Signal Conditioner

April 22, 2013

April 10, 2013, San Juan Capistrano, California, USA –Meggitt Sensing Systems, a Meggitt group division, has announced the global market launch of the Endevco® model 123, a low-cost, microprocessor controlled, three-channel PE (Charge mode)/IEPE (Voltage mode) bench top signal conditioner. This model is designed with a flexible setup and a wide bandwidth to 230 kHz (+/-5%), allowing it to be used with Endevco® PE and IEPE accelerometers, or other industry models, across a variety of general purpose laboratory testing applications.

The Endevco® model 123 incorporates a charge amplifier when used with PE sensors, and an integral 0, 4 or 10 mA, per … Read More → "Meggitt Sensing Systems Announces Global Market Launch of Endevco® Three-Channel PE/IEPE Signal Conditioner"

Nordic Semiconductor releases world’s smallest Bluetooth low energy and ANT+ ICs to target the most space-constrained wireless accessories and devices

April 22, 2013

Oslo, Norway – April 22, 2013 – Ultra low power (ULP) RF specialist Nordic Semiconductor ASA (OSE: NOD) today announces the immediate availability of two wafer-level chip-scale package (WLCSP) variants of its existing QFN-packaged nRF51822 and nRF51422 SoCs (System-on-Chips) that will now join the company’s class-leading nRF51 Series.

The nRF51822 WLCSP and nRF51422 WLCSP SoCs will offer the full functionality of their nRF51822 and nRF51422 QFN counterparts but in a 3.5mm (length) x 3.8mm (width) x 0.5mm (height) WLCSP format that with a 13.3mm2 footprint occupies 40 percent less board space. If these WLCSP SoCs are further used in conjunction with … Read More → "Nordic Semiconductor releases world’s smallest Bluetooth low energy and ANT+ ICs to target the most space-constrained wireless accessories and devices"

LDRA Integration with NI TestStand and NI VeriStand Seamlessly Links Hardware and Software Testing

April 22, 2013

DESIGN West, San Jose, CA. April 22, 2013 — LDRA, the leader in standards compliance, automated software verification, source code analysis and test tools, has integrated the LDRA tool suite with NI TestStand and NI VeriStand to provide seamless complete systems testing. This integration eliminates many of the manual steps needed to prove system functionality, complete code coverage, and generate documentation. From within the National Instruments … Read More → "LDRA Integration with NI TestStand and NI VeriStand Seamlessly Links Hardware and Software Testing"

BridgePoint from Mentor Graphics Provides Agilent GC Instrumentation Division an Efficient Methodology for Embedded Software Development

April 19, 2013

SAE 2013 WORLD CONGRESS EXPOSITION, DETROIT, Mich., April 17, 2013—Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ:MENT) and Agilent Technologies Inc. the world’s premier measurement company, today announced the use of the Mentor Graphics® BridgePoint™ xtUML environment in the development of its Micro GC gas chromatography instruments. The BridgePoint environment is an advanced UML-based environment for developing embedded systems, from concept to implementation, with key features that support ease of application porting, IP and design reuse, and a fast path to product variant development. Using the BridgePoint environment enabled Agilent to benefit from a reduced development cycle due to improved modeling and … Read More → "BridgePoint from Mentor Graphics Provides Agilent GC Instrumentation Division an Efficient Methodology for Embedded Software Development"

Pickering Interfaces Introduces Highest Density PXI Matrix Solutions

April 19, 2013

Clacton on Sea, UK, April 2013 –Pickering Interfaces is expanding its range of 2A matrices with the highest density solutions available in PXI. The new solutions increase the density of electro-mechanical relay matrices by up to 75% compared to Pickering Interfaces previous products and more than twice the density of competitor’s products.

The 40-575, 40-576, 40-577, 40-578 and 40-579 are all single slot 1 pole matrices with 2A current rating, up to 60W hot switch power and 150VDC/100VAC voltage rating. Each model sets new standards in the achievable density of PXI matrices … Read More → "Pickering Interfaces Introduces Highest Density PXI Matrix Solutions"

Xilinx Highlights Smarter Vision Solutions at the Embedded Vision Alliance Summit and DESIGN West 2013

April 19, 2013

SAN JOSE, Calif., April 18, 2013 – Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX), a platinum sponsor for the Embedded Vision Alliance Summit, will present challenges and opportunities in embedded vision systems, supporting the company’s initiative to enable Smarter Vision systems. In addition, Xilinx Alliance Program members will also demonstrate how All Programmable devices are enabling smarter embedded systems at DESIGN West 2013. Xilinx® All Programmable Smarter Vision solutions combine the Zynq®-7000 All Programmable system-on-a-chip (SoC), Vivado® High-Level Synthesis (HLS) and IP Integrator (IPI) software tools, OpenCV libraries, SmartCORE™ IP, and ecosystem solutions to accelerate the development of Smarter Vision applications.</ … Read More → "Xilinx Highlights Smarter Vision Solutions at the Embedded Vision Alliance Summit and DESIGN West 2013"

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