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Atmel Expands ARM Cortex-M4 based Flash Microcontroller Family With New Advanced Connectivity Peripherals and Floating Point Unit

January 14, 2013

San Jose, CA, January 14, 2013 – Atmel® Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML), a leader in microcontroller and touch technology solutions, today announced it has expanded its ARM® Cortex™-M4 based Flash family to include the SAM4E series, which features advanced  connectivity  peripherals, a floating point unit (FPU), advanced analog capabilities, and higher processing power.

This rich mix of features make the SAM4E devices ideal for the industrial automation, home and building control, machine-to-machine communications, automotive aftermarket and energy management applications.

Atmel SAM4E ARM Cortex-M4 processor-based MCUs offer more processing power with … Read More → "Atmel Expands ARM Cortex-M4 based Flash Microcontroller Family With New Advanced Connectivity Peripherals and Floating Point Unit"

Touchstone Semiconductor Introduces the TSM921/TSM931/TSM971/TSM982 Series of Second-Source Maxim Analog Comparators

January 14, 2013

MILPITAS, Calif. – Jan. 14, 2013 – Touchstone Semiconductor, a developer of high-performance, low power analog integrated circuit solutions, today announced the TSM921-TSM924, TSM931-TSM934, TSM971-TSM973 and the TSM982/TSM984 series of low voltage, low-power analog comparators. All 13 analog comparators are lower cost, electrically and form-factor identical to their Maxim’s analog comparator equivalents. Eleven of the 13 analog comparators feature an integrated 1.182V voltage reference with either ±1% (TSM92x/TSM97x) or ±2% (TSM93x/TSM98x) initial accuracy. Also, all 13 analog … Read More → "Touchstone Semiconductor Introduces the TSM921/TSM931/TSM971/TSM982 Series of Second-Source Maxim Analog Comparators"

Introducing the eVAC2000 – an advanced video annotation controller board

January 14, 2013

New York, USA and Cambridge, England, January 14, 2012 – Introducing another world first from leading embedded video experts, Advanced Micro Peripherals (AMP), the eVAC2000 is a real time NTSC/PAL video overlay and video annotation controller for the PCI/104 systems.

Advanced features include: a high resolution graphics accelerator, digital NTSC/PAL TV decoder, digital NTSC/PAL TV encoder and video overlay controller, all contained within a single PC104 card.

Accepting up to four composite NTSC or PAL analog video inputs including video cameras, digital video recording equipment or regular TV broadcasts, the eVAC2000 is ideal for a … Read More → "Introducing the eVAC2000 – an advanced video annotation controller board"

ALi Corporation integrates Cryptography Research CryptoFirewall Security Core into Next Generation System-on-Chip Solutions

January 11, 2013

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — January 09, 2013— Cryptography Research, Inc. (CRI), a division of Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ:RMBS) and ALi Corporation (3041 TT), a leading provider of set-top box (STB) system-on-chip (SoC) solutions, today announced that ALi has completed integration of the CRI CryptoFirewall™ security technology into its multimedia STB SOC products. The CryptoFirewall core will be available in the ALi DVB-S2, DVB-C, DVB-T2, ISDB-T, and IP STB chipsets beginning in 2013.

ALi’s new generation of SOCs address the full range of cable, satellite, terrestrial, and hybrid solutions from … Read More → "ALi Corporation integrates Cryptography Research CryptoFirewall Security Core into Next Generation System-on-Chip Solutions"

Atollic adds fault analysis feature to TrueSTUDIO debugger for ARM Cortex-M3/M4 microcontrollers

January 11, 2013

Jonkoping, Sweden, 9th January 2013  – Atollic® today announced the availability of a new fault analysis feature for the Atollic TrueSTUDIO IDE when developing C/C++ projects for ARM Cortex-M3 or Cortex-M4 microcontrollers. Added to the debugger, the fault analyzer functions aid developers to identify and resolve hard-to-find system faults that occur when the CPU has been driven into a fault condition by the application software. The fault analyzer feature interprets information extracted from the Cortex-M nested vector interrupt controller (NVIC) in order to identify the reasons that caused the fault. Typically, this may include division by zero errors, accessing … Read More → "Atollic adds fault analysis feature to TrueSTUDIO debugger for ARM Cortex-M3/M4 microcontrollers"

Laird Technologies Releases Android Support for 40 Series Radio Modules

January 11, 2013

St. Louis, Missouri, USA – January 9, 2013 – Laird Technologies, Inc., a global leader in the design and supply of customized performance-critical components and systems for advanced electronics and wireless products, has released Android 2.3 Gingerbread support for its Summit 40 Series radio modules, which support dual-band 802.11n (802.11a/b/g/n) and Bluetooth 2.1. 

“Business-critical mobile devices such as handheld mobile computers are beginning to run Android instead of Windows Embedded Handheld or Windows Embedded Compact,” said Laird Technologies Product Director Chris Bolinger. “40 Series radio modules now offer the same proven enterprise-grade features on both Windows and Android.”  

Those … Read More → "Laird Technologies Releases Android Support for 40 Series Radio Modules"

ADLINK Launches Industry’s First 3rd Gen Intel® Core™ i7 Processor-based Fanless Embedded Computer for High-performance Embedded Solutions

January 10, 2013

San Jose, CA – January 9, 2013 – ADLINK Technology, Inc., a leading global provider of trusted I/O platforms, announces the release of its latest fanless embedded computer, the MXC-6300. Equipped with 3rd generation Intel® Core™ i7/i5/i3 processors and a QM77 chipset, the MXC-6300 solidly delivers top-of-the-line computing power and superior graphics performance on up to three high-resolution independent displays, with versatile expansion capability from three PCI/PCIe expansion slots accommodating a variety of I/O cards. The MXC-6300’s combined features make it the best choice for applications requiring a compact profile, maximum computing … Read More → "ADLINK Launches Industry’s First 3rd Gen Intel® Core™ i7 Processor-based Fanless Embedded Computer for High-performance Embedded Solutions"

PLS’ Universal Debug Engine 4.0 sets new standards in the development of multicore targets

January 10, 2013

Lauta (Germany), January 08, 2013 – PLS Programmierbare Logik & Systeme presents its new Universal Debug Engine (UDE) 4.0. The UDE 4.0 features greatly enhanced debug capabilities for multicore targets, optimized visualization options during system test and dedicated support for a wide range of the latest 32-bit multicore System-On-Chips (SOCs) from various manufacturers.

With help of the newly developed target manager for the UDE 4.0, among other things, cores and functional units can now be specifically selected for debugging. In order to also be able to retain an overview with several cores, debugger window tabs and toolbars are core-specifically colored. The concept is … Read More → "PLS’ Universal Debug Engine 4.0 sets new standards in the development of multicore targets"

Nordic and MediaTek collaborate to realize vision of smart TV as the entertainment and monitoring hub of the home

January 10, 2013

Oslo, Norway – January 10, 2013 – Ultra low power (ULP) RF specialist Nordic Semiconductor ASA (OSE: NOD) today announces a collaboration with MediaTek Inc., a leading fabless semiconductor company for wireless communications and digital multimedia solutions. The collaboration focuses on employing Bluetooth® v4.0 (which includes Bluetooth low energy as a hallmark element) to wirelessly link smart TVs to remote controls, game controllers, sports & fitness monitors, and home monitoring/control devices.

Smart TVs are characterized by the integration of computing power, Internet, and Web 2.0 features. The appliances currently allow the user to access online interactive media, … Read More → "Nordic and MediaTek collaborate to realize vision of smart TV as the entertainment and monitoring hub of the home"

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