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BEEcube Inc. Joins MathWorks Connections Program

July 8, 2011

FREMONT, Calif., July 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — BEEcube Inc. today announced it has joined the MathWorks Connections Program. This partnership is based on BEEcube Platform Studio (BPS) a system-level, hardware/software co-development tool working with Simulink targeting a wide range of FPGA platforms.

BPS provides a rich set of Simulink library blocks that automatically generate all platform specific hardware interfaces and corresponding software drivers. Months of engineering tasks to integrate complex DSP algorithms into hardware system implementation can be achieved through BPS in a matter of days. No expert knowledge of low-level FPGA implementation details is required, … Read More → "BEEcube Inc. Joins MathWorks Connections Program"

EU’s INTERESTED project concludes with goals achieved

July 8, 2011

Elancourt, France and Cheltenham, UK – 6^th July 2011. The European Union’s three-year INTERESTED (INTERoperable Embedded Systems Tool chain for Enhanced rapid Design, prototyping and code generation) project, funded under the 7^th Framework Programme, has come to a successful conclusion with its goals achieved in terms of significantly reducing the cost and improving the quality and time-to-market of safety-critical embedded systems.

The INTERESTED project has created an integrated and open reference tool chain for complex safety and mission-critical embedded systems and software development that is not only highly … Read More → "EU’s INTERESTED project concludes with goals achieved"

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"