Communications
Axiomtek unveil the NA120, a compact, low power network appliance
Axiomtek announce the availability of the NA120, a compact low power network appliance with four Gigabit LAN ports which is designed with VIA VX900 chipset and supports the low power VIA NANO U3100 processor for SOHO segment. The NA120 offers users a high-end and stable network performance with low power consumption and supports high bandwidth DDR3 SO-DIMM slot up to 4 GB system memory. It also features a 2.5 SATA HDD and CompactFlash for storing...
HR902 COM Express Basic Type 2 launched by DFI
DFI reveal a new Type 2 COM Express basic module, the HR902-B, which comes with BGA 1023 packaging technology for the low-power 3rd/2nd generation Intel Core processors based on 22/32-nanometer process technology. It is a new COM Express form factor that supports the 3rd generation premium performance i7-3615/3612QE, i7-3555LE, i7-3517UE and i5-3610ME, as well as the mainstream performance i3-3217UE and i3-3120ME.
Captec unveil new light weight tablets
Captec’s launches the new light weight tablets which are designed to withstand rough treatment, shock and vibration, and are sealed against dust and moisture which makes them highly portable without compromising survivability. Field service and mobile workforce management demand a tablet computer that can both survive the challenges of being used outdoors and rough handling, whilst not encumbering its user with a bulky and heavy device that mig...
High Sensitivity Limiting Post Amplifiers unveiled by Micrel
The SY88053CL and SY88063CL limiting post amplifiers have been launched by Micrel. The devices are ideal for FTTH XGPON and 10GEPON OLT applications supporting the build out of next generation PON networks. This product family is also suitable for use in fiber optic transceiver modules for multi-rate applications up to 12.5Gbps supporting Ethernet, Fibre Channel, OTN, and CPRI/OBSAI data rates.
Sealevel unveil the 5402e serial interface
Sealevel’s unveil the 5402e which is a PCI Express synchronous serial interface that provides four ports individually configurable for RS-232, RS-422, RS-485, RS-530, RS-530A or V.35. Designed using the first 4-port PCIe sync board to support the popular Zilog Z85230 Enhanced Serial Communication Controller, the synchronous serial adapter is an ideal solution for military, satellite, radar, banking and other applications that require robust syn...
Parvus' DuraCOR 830 has successfully completed military standard qualification
Parvus unveiled that the DuraCOR 830, a tactical mission processor subsystem based on an ultra-low power Intel Atom CPU with integrated MIL-STD-1553 databus interfaces has successfully completed military standard qualification testing to extreme MIL-STD-810G environmental conditions, MIL-STD-461F electromagnetic interference/compatibility (EMI/EMC), and MIL-STD-1275/704 power requirements.
Providing 32 DSP cores for high performance from CommAgility's AMC 4C6678
CommAgility introduce the AMC-4C6678, a high performance DSP processing module in the compact Advanced Mezzanine Card form factor. The new board provides four of the latest TMS320C6678 fixed- and floating-point octal core DSPs from Texas Instruments running at 1.25 GHz, giving a total performance of 640 GFLOPS and 1280 GMACS. It is ideal for a range of high performance DSP applications, including image sensor processing, telecoms and stepper cont...
Getting a view on medical imaging
This ES Design magazine article explores how modular-based embedded systems can meet the high-performance image display and processing requirements of medical applications. By Martin Danzer, Product Manager at congatec.
OMRON introduces NX Series Safety Control Units with Integrated Safety
OMRON has today announced the release of its new NX series safety control units. The products are integrated in the Sysmac automation platform, launched in July 2011. This is a new EtherCAT-compatible modular I/O system that allows motion, standard I/O, and safety control to be integrated into machine control systems using NJ series machine automation controller.
X-ES introduces Freescale QorIQ T4240/T4160-based 6U VPX Module
Extreme Engineering Solutions has today announced the XCalibur1840 6U OpenVPX module featuring the Freescale QorIQ T4240 or T4160 communications processor. Freescale’s Power Architecture e6500-based T4240 and T4160 processors combine multiple 1.8 GHz dual-threaded cores, large caches, and high-performance networking capabilities with the next-generation AltiVec single-instruction multiple-data engine to provide high-performance processing for b...