Swissbit is expanding its range of industrial-grade SD and microSD memory cards. With “high reliability” at their core, the new S-55 and S-58 series integrate state-of-the-art technologies, making them the first choice for demanding applications. Swissbit accomplishes this by combining leading-edge industrial-grade 3D TLC NAND technology with a powerful controller and firmware optimized for maximum […]
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Operating system includes DevOps features for embedded apps
MVEdge is a full-platform solution for the Intelligent Edge, specifically aimed at gateway-style devices. MVEdge allows customers to focus their development resources on developing and enhancing their core products on top of a Linux platform, with MontaVista providing the full DevOps environment from source to deployment, including a pre-integrated security framework for the run-time platform […]
Smart buildings and the IoT: Zoning systems
There are significant benefits to moving some decisions in smart HVAC systems close to the application and away from the cloud. Asem Elshimi, Silicon Labs We’ve probably all experienced an office environment that always felt too cold or hot no matter the weather. And we’ve all experienced the fruitlessness of asking the building facilities team […]
C++ library available for DevOps toolchains
SEGGER’s emRun++ is a groundbreaking C++ library, fully compatible with the modern 2017 standard. It is used and proven in SEGGER’s multi-platform Embedded Studio IDE for RISC-V and Arm and is now available for licensing to toolchain vendors. emRun++ guarantees fast heap operations with a low instruction count limit, enabling even hard real-time applications to […]
64-Mbit memory devices now available in 50 grad total ionizing does tolerance
Designers of spaceflight-qualified systems have a great need to reduce development time, cost, and risk in their systems. Microchip Technology Inc. proposed the concept of starting with Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) devices and then replacing them with space-qualified, Radiation-Tolerant (RT) equivalent parts. Microchip announces it has extended its family of COTS-based, RT SuperFlash options for these applications […]
USB monitor/control interface board features high I/O count
Review Display Systems (RDS) has announced the introduction of a new, highly versatile USB monitor and control interface board. The intelligent USB-IO board features a comprehensive range of I/O (input/output) ports which can be easily controlled and monitored using a single USB serial interface. The USB-IO board has been designed and developed by RDS for […]
Neural net processing IP includes automatic algorithm partitioning
Addressing increasing performance requirements for artificial intelligence (AI) systems on chip (SoCs), Synopsys, Inc. announced its new neural processing unit (NPU) IP and toolchain that delivers the industry’s highest performance and support for the latest, most complex neural network models. Synopsys DesignWare ARC NPX6 and NPX6FS NPU IP address the demands of real-time computing with ultra-low power consumption for […]
Azure RTOS runs on STM32 MCUs
STMicroelectronics has extended support for Microsoft Azure RTOS in the STM32Cube development environment, covering additional high performance, mainstream, ultra-low-power, and wireless microcontrollers (MCUs) from the STM32 family. Users can leverage the qualities of Azure RTOS the convenience of STM32Cube, and the flexibility of the STM32 family to optimize MCU properties now choosing from over 700 MCUs in […]
The Doppler effect: From highly ridiculed to absolutely indispensable, Part 2
Originally derided as scientifically erroneous, the Doppler effect is now a vital tool in all aspects of technology, ranging from microscopic to galactic. Doppler, back in the day – and now The explanation of the Doppler effect is almost intuitive to us, with our understanding of wave phenomena along with available frequency sources and measurement […]
In-circuit flash programmers add device lifecycle management, trustzone partitioning features
SEGGER, in cooperation with Renesas, has further expanded the features offered by SEGGER’s professional line of Flasher in-circuit programmers. In addition to high-speed programming of Renesas RA4 and RA6 microcontrollers with Arm Cortex-M33 cores, SEGGER has now added Device Lifecycle Management (DLM) and Trustzone partitioning during mass production. For owners of a current Flasher, installing these […]
