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Avnet’s Xilinx(R) Spartan(R)-6 LX9 FPGA MicroBoard Kit Now Supported by Micrium Kernels

July 7, 2011

WESTON, Fla., Jul 07, 2011 — Micrium, in conjunction with Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas, a business region of Avnet, Inc. and Xilinx(R), is proud to announce that the Spartan(R)-6 LX9 FPGA MicroBoard Kit now fully supports the uC/OS-II and uC/OS-III real-time kernels. The Xilinx Spartan-6 LX9 FPGA MicroBoard kit features several pre-built hardware designs, as well as uC/OS-III-based examples, allowing the user to quickly evaluate and experiment with the Spartan-6 LX9 FPGA, the Xilinx MicroBlaze(TM) embedded soft processor core and Micrium’s real-time kernels. The USB-stick form factor MicroBoard is a low-cost, portable solution for … Read More → "Avnet’s Xilinx(R) Spartan(R)-6 LX9 FPGA MicroBoard Kit Now Supported by Micrium Kernels"

SMX® RTOS Now Available to Ease Development on AM35x Sitara™ ARM® Microprocessors from Texas Instruments

July 7, 2011

Costa Mesa, California, July7, 2011 — Micro Digital, Inc. is pleased to offer out-of-the-box SMX^® real-time operating system (RTOS) support for the AM35x Sitara™ ARM® Cortex™-A8 microprocessors (MPUs) from Texas Instruments Inc. (TI). This new SMX RTOS support allows developers to get their projects off to a quick start with the middleware and drivers needed for many of the on-chip peripherals, as well as an exceptional graphical debug tool that helps programmers solve problems quickly. Developers also benefit from extensive error-checking and diagnostics in the software.

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VIA Launches VIA EPIA-M900, World’s First Mini-ITX Board with VIA Nano X2 E-Series Dual Core CPU

July 7, 2011

Taipei, Taiwan, July 7, 2011 – VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator of power efficient x86 processor platforms, today announced the VIA EPIA-M900 Mini-ITX board, the world’s first Mini-ITX board to feature a VIA Nano X2 E-Series dual core processor.

Combining a high-performance 1.6GHz 64-bit VIA Nano X2 E-Series processor with the VIA VX900 unified all-in-one media system processor, the VIA EPIA-M900 delivers a highly optimized platform that boasts comprehensive HD video performance, HD audio and HDMI support in a compact, power-efficient package.

“The VIA EPIA-M900 brings high performance VIA dual core computing power to … Read More → "VIA Launches VIA EPIA-M900, World’s First Mini-ITX Board with VIA Nano X2 E-Series Dual Core CPU"

High Efficiency ±6A Switching Regulator for DDR Termination Complies with DDR/DDR2/DDR3 Standards

July 7, 2011

MILPITAS, CA – July 7, 2011 – Linear Technology Corporation introduces the LTC3617, a high efficiency, monolithic synchronous step-down switching regulator, capable of generating a bus termination voltage for DDR/DDR2/DDR3 and future standard memory applications requiring sourcing and sinking of current. An internal resistor divider sets the VTT DDR termination supply and VTTR reference voltages … Read More → "High Efficiency ±6A Switching Regulator for DDR Termination Complies with DDR/DDR2/DDR3 Standards"

SPIRIT DSP Signs Fifth Licensing Agreement with Polycom

July 7, 2011

MOSCOW, Russia – July 7, 2011 – SPIRIT DSP, the world’s top voice and video over IP engines provider, has announced today that it has signed its fifth licensing agreement with Polycom, a global leader in videoconferencing hardware. Under terms of the agreement, Polycom has licensed SPIRIT’s product to support quality videoconferencing on the Polycom CX5000 Unified Conference Station. As a Polycom-branded version of the … Read More → "SPIRIT DSP Signs Fifth Licensing Agreement with Polycom"

ZMDI ZSSC3008 Sensor Signal Conditioner IC for Automotive, Industrial Automation and White Goods Applications

July 7, 2011

Dresden, Germany – July 7, 2011 — ZMD AG, a global supplier of energy-efficient analog and mixed-signal solutions for automotive, industrial, and medical applications, has introduced the ZSSC3008 sensor signal conditioning integrated circuit (IC). The ZSSC3008 is a cost-effective solution for resistive bridge sensor systems that require second-order linearity correction for a wide range of sensors.

“Customers using the ZSSC3008 benefit from its non-linear compensation feature for improved accuracy” says Steve Ramdin, ZMDI product manager. “This compensation feature, for example, makes it possible to use less expensive transducers, providing customers in industrial, medical … Read More → "ZMDI ZSSC3008 Sensor Signal Conditioner IC for Automotive, Industrial Automation and White Goods Applications"

60V Current Sense Amplifier Offers Adjustable Fault Flags

July 7, 2011

MILPITAS, CA – July 6, 2011 – Linear Technology announces the LT6109, a complete high side current sense device that incorporates a current sense amplifier, dual comparators and a precision 400mV voltage reference. When connected to a current shunt resistor, the high side current sense amplifier precisely extracts the shunt voltage, amplifies it, and translates it to … Read More → "60V Current Sense Amplifier Offers Adjustable Fault Flags"

Xilinx ISE Design Suite 13.2 Steps up Designer Productivity and Brings Partial Reconfiguration to Kintex-7, Virtex-7 FPGAs

July 6, 2011

SAN JOSE, Calif., July 6, 2011 – Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) today released ISE® Design Suite 13.2, providing support for the 28nm 7 series families including the recently arrived Virtex®-7 VX485T device being demonstrated to customers. In addition, this latest edition of ISE Design Suite provides an up to 25 percent performance increase in designs targeting Virtex-7 2000T devices, the industry’s largest density FPGAs built using Stacked Silicon Interconnect technology. The latest ISE software release also has enhancements to the PlanAhead™ design and analysis tool,providing partial reconfiguration support for Virtex-7 and Kintex& … Read More → "Xilinx ISE Design Suite 13.2 Steps up Designer Productivity and Brings Partial Reconfiguration to Kintex-7, Virtex-7 FPGAs"

Pickering Interfaces Expands Range of Fault Insertion PXI Modules

July 6, 2011

Clacton on Sea, UK, July 5^th 2011 –Pickering Interfaces is expanding its range of PXI Fault Insertion solutions with the introduction of the 40-197 and the 40-198. Fault Insertion (FI) modules are used within an Automatic Test System to simulate common fault conditions such as an open, short to ground or a short to other connections in a device under test.

The 40-197 provides up to 34 fault insertion channels that can be connected … Read More → "Pickering Interfaces Expands Range of Fault Insertion PXI Modules"

Cortus APS3 Processor at the Heart of PointChips Touch Screen Controller Chip

July 6, 2011

July 6th 2011 – PointChips, a South Korean company, has included the Cortus APS3 32 bit processor in their touch screen controller chip. The APS3 provides the processing power to translate the signals received from the sensors on a touch sensitive surface into information that can be used by a smart phone or tablet. The APS3 processor, running custom software written by experts at PointChips, enhances the user experience of smart phone and tablet users with sophisticated features such as advanced gesture recognition and enhanced precision to ensure easy and reliable operation.