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Pentek Announces New Quartz RFSoC Board Aligned with the Technical Standard for the SOSA Reference Architecture

January 27, 2020

Pentek Quartz Architecture with Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC FPGA
3U VPX with PCIe Gen 3
Navigator Design Suite for Streamlined IP and Software Development
Designed for Communications, Electro-optical, Electronic Warfare Radar and Signals Intelligence Applications
ATLANTA, GA, Embedded Tech Trends–January 27, 2020–Pentek, Inc., today introduced the Quartz™ Model 5550, an eight-channel A/D and D/A converter, 3U OpenVPX board based on the Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC and aligned to the SOSA™ Technical Standard. The Model 5550 is ideal for many communications, electro-optical, electronic warfare, radar and signals intelligence applications.

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DesignSpark New Year Giveaway offers engineers chance to win product bundle worth more than £2,500

Bundle includes electronics workbench essentials, tools and development kits, plus connected coffee machine

January 27, 2020

LONDON, UK, 27 January 2020 – RS Components (RS) (https://uk.rs-online.com/web), the trading brand of Electrocomponents plc (LSE: ECM), a global multi-channel provider of industrial and electronic products and solutions, has teamed up with Maxim Integrated, STMicroelectronics and TE Connectivity to offer one lucky member of DesignSpark, its go-to engineering platform, the chance to win an exclusive bundle … Read More → "DesignSpark New Year Giveaway offers engineers chance to win product bundle worth more than £2,500"

STMicroelectronics and Fieldscale Bring Intuitive Touch Controls to STM32-Based Smart Devices

January 27, 2020

Fieldscale SENSE is the first end-to-end development platform for touch-sensor design and high-accuracy simulation
ST customers can now use SENSE to simulate touch-sensor solutions together with Read More → "STMicroelectronics and Fieldscale Bring Intuitive Touch Controls to STM32-Based Smart Devices"

Flex Logix EFLX 1K eFPGA Core Design Kits Available Now for TSMC 40nm ULP & LP Process Technologies

Enables customers to design power sensitive applications to take advantage of embedded FPGA (eFPGA) reconfigurability for IoT, MCU and mixed signal devices

January 27, 2020

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – January 27, 2020 – Flex Logix® Technologies, Inc., the leading supplier of embedded FPGA (eFPGA) IP, architecture and software, announced today a new EFLX® … Read More → "Flex Logix EFLX 1K eFPGA Core Design Kits Available Now for TSMC 40nm ULP & LP Process Technologies"

GDCA Inc. and Radisys Strike Partnership to Indefinitely Extend the Life of Legacy Products

January 27, 2020

LIVERMORE, Calif. – Jan. 27, 2020 – GDCA Inc. gdca.com, a California-based company that specializes in legacy equipment manufacturing of obsolete embedded computer equipment, announced this week that it has reached a partnership deal with Radisys<Read More → "GDCA Inc. and Radisys Strike Partnership to Indefinitely Extend the Life of Legacy Products"

sureCore Opens Low Power Memory Compiler Access

Evaluate PowerMiser™ and EverOn™ Imaging, Artificial IntelligenceIoT, Medical & Wearable Application Memories

January 24, 2020

Sheffield, England, January 21, 2020 – SureCore Limited is opening its low power memory compiler for 30 days to qualifying companies to evaluate the capabilities of its PowerMiser and EverOn standard SRAM IP products on low power metrics. The new service will prove particularly useful for constraint and compute intensive SoC designs.

The Compiler Access Program (CAP) is the newest service for the company’s low-power SRAM IP that are implemented in CMOS and SOI processes for demanding imaging, artificial intelligence, IoT, medical & wearable applications.

CAP is available to SoC designers … Read More →

Lattice Diamond FPGA Development Tool Receives Key Industrial and Automotive Functional Safety Certifications

January 24, 2020

Lattice Diamond software tool for low power FPGA design receives IEC 61508 (Industrial) and ISO 26262 (Automotive) Certifications

Certification of design tool accelerates time-to-market for development of Lattice FPGA-based systems

HILLSBORO, OR – January 23, 2020 – Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: LSCC), the low power programmable leader, today announced that its easy to use Lattice Diamond^® FPGA design and verification software environment ( … Read More → "Lattice Diamond FPGA Development Tool Receives Key Industrial and Automotive Functional Safety Certifications"

Himax Launches HM0360 1/6’’ VGA Ultra Low Power CMOS Image Sensor for AIoT and Computer Vision Applications

January 23, 2020

TAINAN, Taiwan, Jan. 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Himax Imaging, Inc., a provider of ultra-low power image sensor and a subsidiary of Himax Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: HIMX) (“Himax” or the “Company”), a leading supplier and fabless manufacturer of display drivers and other semiconductor, announced today the commercial availability for HM0360, an industry-first ultra-low power and low latency Back-Illuminated CMOS Image Sensor solution with autonomous modes of operations for always on, intelligent visual sensing applications such as human presence detection and tracking, gaze detection, behavioral analysis, and pose estimation for growing markets like smart home, smart building, healthcare, … Read More → "Himax Launches HM0360 1/6’’ VGA Ultra Low Power CMOS Image Sensor for AIoT and Computer Vision Applications"

Next-Generation Miniaturized Rubidium Atomic Clock Improves Performance and adds Features without Increasing Size

Microchip releases MAC-SA5X, enhancing its Miniature Atomic Clock (MAC) technology to deliver wider temperature range and rapid warm-up time

January 23, 2020

CHANDLER, Ariz., January 22, 2020 – As reliance on precise frequency and timing increases due to the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) enabling 5G communication networks, data centers and other mission critical infrastructure, smaller size and high-performance atomic clock technology has become essential to support both military and commercial applications. To meet demand for a small footprint atomic clock, Microchip Technology Inc. (Nasdaq: MCHP) today announced the industry’s highest performance atomic clock for its size and power. The new device also delivers a wider thermal range, critical performance improvements and other enhancements over previously available technology.

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Epson and Rohde & Schwarz Team Up to Deliver a Modern Procedure for Measuring Power Supply Noise Rejection in Oscillators

Companies to Present Procedure at DesignCon 2020

January 23, 2020

LONG BEACH, Calif. and MUNICH – Jan. 22, 2020 – Epson, the world leader in quartz crystal technology, and Rohde & Schwarz, market-leading provider of test and measurement equipment, today announced their joint development of a modern test procedure for measuring power supply noise rejection to bring clarity and precision to real-world signal integrity design challenges. The companies will introduce and demonstrate the procedure and summarized data from Epson’s SG3225EEN low noise differential crystal oscillator measured by the R&S FSWP phase noise analyzer from Rohde & Schwarz at DesignCon 2020 being held in Santa Clara, Calif. from Jan. 28 … Read More → "Epson and Rohde & Schwarz Team Up to Deliver a Modern Procedure for Measuring Power Supply Noise Rejection in Oscillators"