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Defining new parameters in graphics processing
By using the powerful Radeon E8860 GPU, the rugged M596 embedded video and graphics XMC from Aitech Defense Systems captures multiple video inputs and drives up to six simultaneous independent video outputs with full video switching capabilities.
The top ten development boards of 2018
Every year Arrow Electronics release a list of the top ten dev boards on the market today. To help make 2018 your most innovative year yet, here are the top ten development boards and kits of 2018.
SBC compatible with many peripheral devices
Specialist distributor JPR Electronics can now supply the LattePanda Windows 10 single board computer (SBC) from stock. The SBC includes everything a regular PC has and can do anything that a regular PC does. It is compatible with almost every device and gadget imaginable: printers, joysticks, cameras and more.
Expansion board facilitates configuration of a sensor environment
With the SensorShield-EVK-003, ROHM has offered a sensor shield expansion board equipped with eight sensor boards designed for use with existing open platform MCU boards such as Arduino and mbed. The SensorShield-EVK-003 is the latest sensor evaluation kit offered by ROHM.
Versatile and affordable mini-ITX motherboard reduces time-to-market
A mini-ITX motherboard powered by the Intel Celeron processor N3350 has been announced by Axiomtek. The customisable I/O interfaces, wide voltage and graphics performance of the the MANO311 were designed to reduce time-to-market and facilitate quick deployment. The MANO311 aims to be a solution for healthcare, automation, retail, digital signage and other Industrial IoT-related applications.
Resource integration and connectivity
The first product in the Quartz Architecture family has been introduced by Pentek. The Model 5950, an eight-channel A/D and D/A converter with 3U OpenVPX board based on the Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC FPGA. It has dual optical 100 GigE interfaces, a QuartzXM eXpress Module which enables migration to other form factors, Navigator Design Suite for IP development and is available in commercial and rugged designs. The low latency benefits of the Qu...
Evaluation board announced for motor drive ICs
An evaluation board has been announced by Toshiba Electronics Europe for their TPD420xF series of brushless DC (BLDC) three-phase motor driver ICs to speed up the process of prototyping and developing new motor drive solutions up to 80W including white goods, home devices such as hair dryers as well as coolers for fresh goods in the supermarkets and more.
2U HPC server with dual Intel Xeon scalable processors
WIN Enterprises has announced the PL-81890, a high performance 2U server platform with support for dual Intel Xeon Scalable Series processors, Trusted Platform Module (TPM), Storage features include 24x 2.5” hot-swappable U.2 SSD. I/O support includes 10GBASE-T, 2x ports 10GbE, 2x 25GbE, 4x 10GbE SFP+, 1x 1GBASE-T port dedicated to IPMI, plus 3x USB 2.0. Up to 2x GPGPU cards are supported to visualise decision support data. 2x M.2 NVMe...
Connectivity boards offer communications based on WiFi
At Arduino Day, Arduino has launched two wireless connectivity boards to help streamline IoT development. The first of the boards is the MKR WiFi 1010, which offers low power consumption and has been designed not only to speed up and simplify the prototyping of WiFi-based IoT applications, but also to be embedded in production IoT applications that require WiFi connectivity.
Dev kit enables robust IoT applications
The CY8CKIT-062-WiFi-BT PSoC 6 Pioneer Kit from Cypress Semiconductor is in stock at Mouser Electronics. Ideal for Internet of Things (IoT) applications and wearable devices, the Pioneer Kit enables the development of Wi-Fi applications using a high-performance Cypress PSoC 6 microcontroller.