Review Display Systems Inc. (RDS) has announced the availability of a new Kontron COM Express Basic Type 7 Computer-On-Module. Extending Kontron’s product family of server-grade COM platforms, the industrial specification COMe-bEP7 features AMD EPYC Embedded 3000 SoC processors which deliver cost-effective, highly scalable server-class performance in a compact form factor. Suitable for a broad range […]
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ROS features deterministic operations certified for safety-critical apps
Green Hills Software announced the availability of their production-ready ROS 2-compatible development framework for safety and security-critical transportation solutions. This highly optimized solution is a software platform that combines the safety and security of the INTEGRITY RTOS with Apex.AI’s Apex.OS, a fork of ROS 2, made real-time, reliable, deterministic and certified for safety-critical applications. The […]
Antenna eval board targets low-band through cellular LPWA apps
KYOCERA AVX is launching the industry’s first evaluation board for testing antenna band switching performance at CES 2022 in Las Vegas. The new Antenna Band Switching Evaluation Board (1004795-EC646-01) is comprised of standard products including an embedded, universal broadband, FR4 LTE/LPWA antenna (1004795), an Ether Switch & Tune chipset (EC646) for band switching or aperture […]
How does embedded software work?
Embedded software is specialized programming on a chip, such as a microcontroller (MCU), or in firmware in an embedded MCU, to control its functions. Unlike general computer applications, designed to be installed on various computer systems or modified to provide varying levels of functionality, embedded software is generally purpose-built for a single hardware environment and […]
What’s special about embedded microcontrollers?
Embedded MCUs are purpose-built for use in various specific applications and rely on embedded peripherals, various communications protocols, conventional operating systems (OS) or specialized real-time operating systems (RTOS), middleware, application software, and development environments. While MCU stands for microcontroller unit, it could also be interpreted as mission controller unit since these devices are optimized for […]
RISC-V development system adds support for 64-bit RISC-V CPUs
SEGGER’s new release of Embedded Studio for RISC-V adds support for 64-bit RISC-V CPUs, including RV64I, RV64E, and RV64GC with the floating-point unit. It comes integrated with SEGGER emRun C/C++ runtime and emFloat floating-point libraries, the SEGGER Linker, and the SEGGER Compiler, which together generate compact and highly efficient code. For maximum flexibility and compatibility, […]
Updated RISC-V processor IP portfolio targets mid-range application capable and real-time processors
SiFive, Inc. announced the availability of the SiFive 21G3 release, a comprehensive suite of product updates for the industry’s broadest and most successful RISC-V processor IP portfolio, and introduced the new SiFive Essential 6-Series range of RISC-V processor IP to address market demands for mid-range application capable and real-time processors. With the new SiFive Essential […]
IDE rental service targets embedded systems developers
MikroElektronika has launched Planet Debug, a hardware-as-a-service platform that enables designers to develop and debug embedded systems remotely without investing in hardware. For just $4/day, designers can reserve time on a remote Planet Debug station configured to their requirements, and develop and debug their own applications code remotely through MIKROE’s NECTO Studio IDE (Integrated Development Environment) […]
C++ compiler/debugger handles low-power embedded processors
IAR Systems and Codasip announced their partnership enabling joint customers to build low-power embedded applications based on RISC-V. Following this, version 2.11 of IAR Embedded Workbench for RISC-V now supports the L30 and L50 processors from Codasip. The L30 and L50 are small and energy-efficient low-power embedded processor cores from Codasip, all fully customizable and […]
Compact computing module offers strong processor and graphics performance
Review Display Systems Inc. has announced the introduction of a new SMARC module from Kontron, a leading global provider of embedded computing technology. The powerful but energy-saving SMARC-fA3399 module is based on the six-core Arm Rockchip RK3399K processor which features a low-power dual-core Cortex-A72 and a quad-core Cortex-A53. The Kontron SMARC-fA3399 provides the ideal platform […]
