CEVA, Inc. introduced a new generation of its Hillcrest Labs sensor fusion product family, with the launch of the MotionEngine Air software. This production-ready solution delivers low power, motion-based gesture control, 3D motion tracking and pointing for consumer handheld devices in high volume markets, among which are smartphone and PC stylus pens, smart TV and […]
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FPGA-based prototyping board enables ASIC, IP and SoC development, real-time system integration and pre-silicon software debug
PRO DESIGN announced the release of its new XCVU13P FPGA module for its successful and innovative proFPGA product family of FPGA based prototyping solutions. The proFPGA product series include the fastest and most flexible scalable FPGA systems on the market. proFPGA is based on latest Xilinx Virtex UltraScale+ and Intel Stratix 10 FPGA technologies. It […]
SmartNICs enable FPGA computation development efforts
Napatech announced the immediate availability of Link Programmable SmartNICs for compute-intensive workloads. Built upon Napatech’s hardware platform, the Link Programmable family of cards enables OEMs and end users to develop and deploy their own custom FPGA computation solutions based on industry-standard tools. Link Programmable SmartNICs are ideally suited for computationally intense and time-critical workloads, such […]
Verification tool for embedded systems includes real-time data acquisition via UART or TCP/IP
Segger announces the release of SystemView V3.10, a major update to its system verification tool for embedded systems. The most significant enhancement is the addition of real-time data acquisition via UAR¬T or TCP/IP. Any system with UART or TCP/IP connection, typically Ethernet, can now be monitored and verified. The new version comes with the target […]
Z-Wave spec to become ratified, multi-source wireless standard
Silicon Labs and the Z-Wave Alliance announce plans to open the Z-Wave Specification as a ratified, multi-source wireless standard available to all silicon and stack vendors for development. With this change, semiconductor and software suppliers will be able to join the Z-Wave ecosystem, contribute to future advancements of the leading smart home standard, and develop and supply […]
Hypervisor release targets security and safety-critical uses
The Xen Project, an open source hypervisor hosted at the Linux Foundation, today announced the release of Xen Project Hypervisor 4.13, which improves security, hardware support, added new options for embedded use cases and reflects a wide array of contributions from the community and ecosystem. This release also represents a fundamental shift in the long-term direction of […]
Automotive firewall for AUTOSAR platform protects ECUs from cyberattacks
By 2022, more than two-thirds of new cars on American roads will have online connections to their safety-critical system, putting them at risk of deadly hacks (Consumer Watchdog report, July 2019) to vehicles’ “head” system, used primarily for infotainment, GPS navigation, and other features. To better protect vehicles from cyberattacks, Sectigo, the world’s largest commercial Certificate Authority and […]
AI platform lets developers run AI inference economically
Through the various application in the AIoT market, there are more requests from the developers. To meet the diverse needs, Aetina announces the new Jetson TX2 4GB edge AI computing platform with Aetina Jetson TX2 series carrier board and Nvidia Jetson TX2 4GB module, which is suitable for AI vision computing applications. This embedded AI […]
Advanced 50-nm floating gate NOR Flash ICs target power-sensitive applications
XMC, a core subsidiary of Unigroup, announced the mass production status of new SPI NOR Flash series – XM25QWxxC, with the industry’s advanced 50nm Floating Gate NOR Flash manufacturing process, which features wide voltage range and low power consumption, offering excellent design flexibility for IoT, wearable and other power consumption sensitive applications. The read speed […]
TMR omnipolar switch sensors consumer little power
MultiDimension Technology Co., Ltd. has released five TMR omnipolar switch sensors TMR1302B/TMR1303B/TMR1341XD/TMR1366/TMR1383, adding new members to MDT’s ultra-low power TMR switch series. They are designed for a variety of applications that demand low-power along with other requirements for functionality, performance, size, and cost, including flow meters, pneumatic cylinder sensors, proximity switches, motor controllers, and electronic shelf labels […]