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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"

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"