Toshiba Memory America, Inc. announced the launch of a new family of SLC NAND flash memory products for embedded applications. Compatible with the widely used Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI), Toshiba Memory’s second-generation Serial Interface NAND can be used in a wide range of consumer and industrial applications that require high-speed data transfers, including flat screen TVs, […]
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First 8-Pin STM32 MCUs target simple embedded projects
STM32 microcontrollers (MCU) from STMicroelectronics are now available in an 8-pin package, enabling simple embedded projects to leverage 32-bit performance and flexibility in a compact and cost-effective outline. The four new STM32G0 devices deliver a unique combination of 8-pin economy with a 64MHz Arm Cortex-M0+ CPU giving 59 DMIPS, up to 8Kbyte RAM and 32Kbyte Flash on-chip, […]
Avnet to acquire embedded software firm Witekio
Avnet has signed an agreement to acquire Witekio (formerly known as Adeneo Embedded). Witekio is a privately held company with expertise in software and embedded systems that helps developers overcome the technical challenges and complexity of developing Internet of Things (IoT) solutions. Today’s announcement furthers Avnet’s end-to-end IoT strategy by adding more capabilities and expertise in embedded […]
Surface-mount monopole antenna targets embedded LTE and cellular IoT apps
Linx Technologies has introduced the Splatch SP610 surface-mount embedded antenna for LTE cellular applications, including LTE-M (Cat-M1) and NB-IoT cellular Internet of Things (IoT) uses. Measuring a compact 10 mm by 40 mm and just 2.8 mm high, the surface-mount SP610 antenna achieves exceptional performance in the more challenging 700 MHz bands as well as […]
Reusable solderless robotics kit allows students to build embedded systems
Texas Instruments introduced the newest addition to the TI Robotics System Learning Kit (TI-RSLK) family, the TI-RSLK MAX, a low-cost robotics kit and curriculum that is simple to build, code and test. Designed for the university classroom, the solderless assembly allows students to have their own fully functioning embedded system built in under 15 minutes. […]
The demands of boot drives in the Embedded Enterprise aren’t what you’d expect
by Steffen Allert, Hyperstone Storage modules are an integral part of consumer, industrial, and enterprise systems. The unique work-load and challenges of these markets dictate the design and components making up the systems. It is commonly understood that the storage systems designed for the enterprise sector are heavily focused on achieving significant endurance rates. The […]
Embedded security: Do you know what you don’t know?
by Lynnette Reese for Mouser Electronics Most of us assume that security comes from the operating system or application software. However, firmware is also at risk, including anything that barely hovers over the physical layer (silicon) in the chip. Embedded security is especially important in blocking seemingly innocuous pathways for hacking, such as in an […]
Researchers Explore Rambleed Attack in Pilfering Data
Do you remember Rowhammer, where an attacker could flip bits in the memory space of other processes? Dan Goodin in Ars Technica reminded readers of the Rowhammer exploit—”Rowhammer attacks work by rapidly accessing—or hammering—physical rows inside vulnerable chips in ways that cause bits in neighboring rows to flip, meaning 1s turn to 0s and vice versa”—and he reminded […]
SEGGER Adds Audio to Emusb-Host
SEGGER introduces audio class support for emUSB-Host. Embedded Systems with a USB Host interface can now fully utilize audio devices such as microphones, speakers, headphones, conferencing systems, or USB-to-audio adapters. This makes a USB Host interface even more valuable in an Embedded System. Like all other supported device classes, Audio is added to emUSB-Host at […]
New Record: 3D-Printed Optical-Electronic Integration
Optoelectronic integration offers a promising strategy to simultaneously obtain the merits of electrons and photons when they serve as information carriers, including high-density communication and high-speed information processing, paving the way for the next-generation integrated circuits (ICs). The ever-increasing demand on bandwidth and information density in ICs call for the micro/nano functional devices capable of […]