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Protect Internet-of-Things systems with security profile for VxWorks
Protect Internet-of-Things systems with security profile for VxWorks
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A security profile for Wind River's real-time operating system delivers capabilities to protect connected devices at every stage. It features…
TSMC will build 10FinFET 64-bit ARM processors in 2015/2016
TSMC will build 10FinFET 64-bit ARM processors in 2015/2016
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ARM and TSMC have announced they have reached and agreement around ARMv8-A processor IP optimised for TSMC's 10FinFET process technology.
IP for an FPGA wideband digital down converter runs at 3.6 Gsamples/sec
IP for an FPGA wideband digital down converter runs at 3.6 Gsamples/sec
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RF Engines (RFEL) has added to its FPGA based signal processing devices with a flexible wideband digital down-converter (wideband DDC)…
Accessories for the Raspberry Pi; control with PiFace and SHIM
Accessories for the Raspberry Pi; control with PiFace and SHIM
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Distributor element14 and the team that designed the PiFace have launched a new series of exclusive Raspberry Pi accessories and…

Design win; Siemens uses TouchNetix capacitive touch in Simatic panels
Design win; Siemens uses TouchNetix capacitive touch in Simatic panels
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TouchNetix, supplier of high-performance projected capacitance touchscreens, has announced that Siemens Industrial Automation Division has selected its Multi-Touch Capacitive technology for the new generation of Simatic industrial human machine interface…
Tasking’s ARM Cortex-M embedded development tools run on Mac
Tasking’s ARM Cortex-M embedded development tools run on Mac
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Altium has released the Tasking VX-toolset for ARM Cortex-M for Apple Mac computers running OS X.
MikroElektronika to build development environment for FTDI Chip’s FT90X MCU
MikroElektronika to build development environment for FTDI Chip’s FT90X MCU
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Belgrade-headquartered development tool chain supplier MikroElektronika has entered an agreement with FTDI Chip to create mikroC, mikroBasic and mikroPascal compilers for the FT90X 32-bit microcontroller.
Software bottlenecks necessitate innovative development tools
Software bottlenecks necessitate innovative development tools
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As the complexity of modern embedded systems continues to rise at an almost exponential rate, the exacting demands placed onto engineering teams are piling up. More sophisticated memory systems with…
Beta programme for Thread from Silicon Labs: maintains Zigbee offerings
Beta programme for Thread from Silicon Labs: maintains Zigbee offerings
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This programme provides early access to Silicon Labs' IP-based Mesh Networking Stack; the company has set up a Thread beta program for selected customers and ecosystem partners, enabling them to…
Start-up promises better embedded-system optimisations with device-awareness
Start-up promises better embedded-system optimisations with device-awareness
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Somnium Technologies' Somnium DRT is a complete software development environment for ARM Cortex based embedded systems. Unlike other solutions currently available, Somnium's resequencing technology provides much greater scope for optimisation…
Evaluation board for Altera’s Max 10 flash-based ‘system’ FPGAs
Evaluation board for Altera’s Max 10 flash-based ‘system’ FPGAs
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Arrow Electronics has released the BeMicro Max 10 FPGA evaluation board. Developed in collaboration with Altera and Analog Devices, the BeMicro Max 10 is intended for testing the features and…
Eye on Standards: Four 400G quandaries to look forward to
Eye on Standards: Four 400G quandaries to look forward to
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The 400 GbE (that’s Ethernet at 400 Gbits/sec to you and me) task force has convened and hopes to deliver a 400GbE specification in Q1 of 2017. At this time,…
The G word: How to get your audio off the ground (Part 3)
The G word: How to get your audio off the ground (Part 3)
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The author continues his quest to remove "GND-think" from audio circuit layouts.
Nikola Tesla’s lab could speak to future generations
Nikola Tesla’s lab could speak to future generations
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Nikola Tesla was a scientist who brought us the basics of wireless power transfer, AC power, the AC motor, the polyphase system, radio circuits and radio control, frequency inductive heating,…
A leap into quantum computing
A leap into quantum computing
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This is the first in an occasional series that will describe some of the current work being done, and challenges in the field of quantum computing. I will also use…
Femtoamp-bias op amps reach 500MHz gain-bandwidth
Femtoamp-bias op amps reach 500MHz gain-bandwidth
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LTC6268 and LTC6269 are FET-input single and dual op amps, for high speed and high dynamic range transimpedance amplifier (TIA) and buffer applications. With 3 fA bias current at 25°C…
Microsemi development kit hosts largest SmartFusion2 programmable device
Microsemi development kit hosts largest SmartFusion2 programmable device
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Microsemi's SmartFusion2 parts feature programmable logic on the same die as an ARM processor core and a range of embedded logic functions; the Advanced Development Kit hosts the largest density,…
ARM’s big.LITTLE, with TSMC’s finFETs, sets efficiency benchmark
ARM’s big.LITTLE, with TSMC’s finFETs, sets efficiency benchmark
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TSMC and ARM have announced the results from a FinFET silicon validation of the ARM big.LITTLE implementation, using ARM Cortex-A57 and Cortex-A53 processors on TSMC's advanced 16nm FinFET process technology.
Tabula’s Spacetime FPGAs allow “full design observability” at runtime
Tabula’s Spacetime FPGAs allow “full design observability” at runtime
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After the launch of two generations of ABAX general-purpose "3D programmable logic" devices (3PLDs) based on its proprietary Spacetime programmable logic architecture, Tabula is addressing the verification challenges inherent to…
Implementation of a wireless data transmission path
Implementation of a wireless data transmission path
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In an intelligent factory equipped according to Industry 4.0, a central controller monitors and controls all areas, not only manufacturing.
Isolating USB 2.0 and power for harsh environments
Isolating USB 2.0 and power for harsh environments
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Connect your desktop PC to industrial or medical equipment using a standard USB (Universal Serial Bus) cable and you may quickly learn an expensive lesson.
Cadence has IP, tools for 16-nm FinFET Plus node; looks onwards to 10nm
Cadence has IP, tools for 16-nm FinFET Plus node; looks onwards to 10nm
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Cadence Design Systems has today announced a portfolio of intellectual property (IP) for TSMC’s 16nm FinFET Plus (16FF+) process. The IP for the 16FF+ process enables systems and semiconductor companies…
DVCon Europe readies for first presentation, Munich, mid-October
DVCon Europe readies for first presentation, Munich, mid-October
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Design and Verification Conference & Exhibition Europe is a conference for the application of languages, tools and intellectual property for the design and verification of electronic systems and integrated circuits.
Altera’s MAX 10 FPGAs blend programmable logic and analogue
Altera’s MAX 10 FPGAs blend programmable logic and analogue
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MAX 10 FPGAs host up to 50k logic elements, plus programmable analogue blocks, and retain their configuration in dual-configuration flash memory. By use of a soft-core Nios processor, the can…
Ultra-low power process technology for IoT and wearable-device SoCs from TSMC
Ultra-low power process technology for IoT and wearable-device SoCs from TSMC
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TSMC has announced what it describes as the silicon foundry sector's first ultra-low power technology platform aimed at a wide range of applications for the Internet of Things (IoT) and…
Fairchild reinvents itself
Fairchild reinvents itself
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We already know that Fairchild Semiconductor International Inc. in San Jose, Calif., recently purchased the world's most exalted MEMS motion tracking company, Xsens Technologies B.V. in Enschede, Netherlands -- famous…
Fairchild’s Ullal on reinventing the company
Fairchild’s Ullal on reinventing the company
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We already know that Fairchild Semiconductor International Inc. in San Jose, Calif., recently purchased the world's most exalted MEMS motion tracking company, Xsens Technologies B.V. in Enschede, Netherlands -- famous…
Aggregating disparate data protocols from IoT
Aggregating disparate data protocols from IoT
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News stories about the Internet of Things tend to concentrate on consumer products like wearable tech and smart home appliances.


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