Design
Software targets multichannel acquisition systems
Keysight Technologies has announced a recent version of its U1092A AcqirisMAQS Multichannel Acquisition Software. This application, providing unique features for massively multichannel acquisition systems, evolved together with all Keysight’s latest technologies, including the newly introduced M9709A AXIe 8-bit high-speed digitiser.
Programme accelerates IoT development
Atmel has launched the Atmel IoT Cloud Ecosystem Partner Program. The programme enables developers using Atmel | SMART MCUs and Atmel SmartConnect wireless solutions to access Atmel’s ecosystem cloud partners for device management, data analytics, and visualisation in order to experience an end-to-end IoT solution development ‘out of the box’.
Reliable server validated for data centre solution
Wind River has announced that Wind River Titanium Server has been validated as an NFV Infrastructure (NFVI) software running on Nokia’s recently-announced AirFrame Data Centre Solution portfolio. The AirFrame Data Centre Solution leverages cloud technologies to deliver low latency and high throughput for virtual telecom network functions, combining centralised and distributed architectures for maximum efficiency and capabilities.
Amplifying small motions in large motions
For several years now, the research groups of MIT professors of computer science and engineering William Freeman and Frédo Durand have been investigating techniques for amplifying movements captured by video but indiscernible to the human eye. Versions of their algorithms can make the human pulse visible and even recover intelligible speech from the vibrations of objects filmed through soundproof glass.
UH Racing car made to be its lightest yet
When a team of students from the University of Hertfordshire was tasked to make this year’s UH Racing car much lighter than in previous years, at first, the assignment seemed daunting for the students. Fortunately, igus, one of the team’s sponsors, was more than happy to pitch in, explaining the features and benefits of using complex technical polymer and ultralight metal components in place of the more traditional steel ones.
Select the correct product for erosion control
Enhancing its GEOCELL range, TERRAM is launching a pre-design software tool to aid users in selecting the correct product for erosion control and retaining walls. Entering application information into the user-friendly pre-design tool will define the product code and the pin density needed to ensure a stable structure or the correct product to build a retaining wall.
Testing & debugging for Infineon’s XMC4700/XMC4800 MCUs
Providing developers with an optimised testing and debugging environment for Infineon’s XMC4700/XMC4800 MCUs, Version 4.4.5 of the Universal Debug Engine (UDE) has been released by PLS Programmierbare Logik & Systeme.
Automotive IC suppliers deploy Synopsys' test solution
Synopsys has announced that automotive IC suppliers worldwide are standardising on its manufacturing test solution to achieve their goals for lower Defective Parts Per Million (DPPM), reduced test costs associated with digital and mixed-signal designs, and in-system self-test to ensure functional safety.
180nm SOI technology targets automotive applications
X-FAB Silicon Foundries has announced the industry’s first cost-efficient 180nm SOI technology for automotive and industrial applications that need to operate in harsh environments. X-FAB’s suite of 40 and 60V high-voltage devices for its XT018 180nm SOI platform outperforms bulk CMOS technologies and provides cost savings of up to 30%.
Effective design techniques for signal & power supply isolation
Today, more than ever, electronics designers face a common set of goals: achieving higher throughput, higher resolution, more efficient systems and reduced time to market. In fields such as industrial automation, medical electronics or telecommunication systems, it is often necessary to electrically isolate multiple signals to enable sub-systems to share data or control signals without allowing noise or high voltages to interfere with system inte...