Design
Design box enables portability and multi-room usage
A reference design enabling premium 4K video quality over home Wi-Fi networks has been made available from STMicroelectronics and Quantenna Communications. The reference design offers superior indoor coverage, better portability and multi-room usage.
Powering the next generation of home entertainment
The Cannes/Monaco family of Systems-on-Chips (SoCs) from STMicroelectronics has been chosen for newly announced Sky Q set-top boxes.
Board level products ecosystem supports 8-bit FT51A MCU
In order to support the FT51A MCU, which is now in full production, FTDI Chip has introduced an array of board levels products which will enable engineers to become more familiar with this MCU platform. This allows them to see just how versatile it is and gauge the performance it delivers, before putting their first prototypes into action.
Graphical audio tool supports Cadence Tensilica HiFi DSPs
DSP Concepts’ graphical audio development tool, Audio Weaver, has been optimised for Cadence Tensilica HiFi audio/Voice DSPs. This technology from DSP Concepts is an innovative design environment for developing optimised embedded audio software. Development teams can create applications that realise their desired sound quality up to 10 times faster than traditional development approaches by allowing developers to work in parallel at differe...
Automated static analysis solution now supports PHP & Python
Synopsys has announced the release of Coverity 8.0, the latest version of the company's automated static analysis solution for addressing critical security vulnerabilities and quality defects in the source code of software. The Coverity 8.0 release includes several significant updates, including support for new programming languages, enhanced security testing capabilities and additional integration support for a number of development tools and en...
Audio enhancement now available on Cadence Tensilica HiFi audio/voice DSPs
Cadence Design System has announced that dbx-tv’s Total Technology audio enhancement suite is now available on the Cadence Tensilica HiFi audio/voice DSP family. The Total Technology suite offers several technologies working together, which result in optimal audio quality that creates the best sound available from the TV’s built-in high-performance speakers.
Huabel selects FactoryLogix
Aegis Software has announced that its FactoryLogix has been chosen by Huabel who plans to deploy it throughout its entire facility, which includes 31 SMT lines.
Company drives industry towards enhanced in-car audio experience
Mentor Graphics Corporation has announced the Mentor Automotive A2B Analyser, the industry’s first third-party development platform supporting the Automotive Audio Bus (A2B) technology developed by Analog Devices. As automotive design complexity continues to grow, OEMs and suppliers are challenged with integrating faster, more efficient technologies into the automotive architecture at lower system costs.
The changing landscape of wireless charging
Developments in the rapidly evolving wireless charging market are improving the technology’s speed and efficiency, but a confusing standards situation is still holding things back, writes Sally Ward-Foxton.
CAPI-enabled accelerator cards suitable for POWER CPU processors
BittWare announced that it has joined the OpenPOWER Foundation, an open development community based on the POWER MPU architecture. BittWare joins a growing roster of technology organisations working collaboratively to build advanced server, networking, storage, and acceleration technology as well as industry-leading open source software.