Design
QuickLogic’s ArcticLink III VX6 Supports Embedded and External Displays from a Single Processor Display Output
QuickLogic announced today the immediate availability of its new ArcticLink III VX6 solution platform device. This product integrates QuickLogic’s Visual Enhancement Engine and Display Power Optimizer technologies along with LVDS, MIPI, and RGB interfaces into a single chip bridging and connectivity solution for consumer mobile devices.
Broadcom 3G Platform Chosen For New Android Smartphone
Broadcom reveal that leading Indian mobile phone brand Karbonn Mobiles has chosen a Broadcom 3G smartphone platform for use in its new Android-based smartphone, the Karbonn Smart A12. By selecting the BCM21654G, Karbonn is providing customers with an affordable, full-featured smartphone that includes a 1 GHz ARM Cortex A9 processor and high-end graphics support for a rich, immersive Android experience.
Efficient Power Conversion Introduces Development Board Featuring 100 V Enhancement Mode Gallium Nitride FETs
Efficient Power Conversion introduces the EPC9010 development board to make it easier for engineers to start designing with a 100 V enhancement-mode gallium nitride field effect transistor in applications such as high-speed DC-DC power supplies, point-of-load converters, class D audio amplifiers, hard-switched and high frequency circuits.
ARM Keil RTX RTOS Offers Power-Saving Mode On Energy Micro EFM32 Cortex-M MCUs
Energy Micro announces the immediate availability of the Keil RTX real-time operating system as part of its Simplicity Studio tool suite. The Keil RTX, which has been optimised for ARM Cortex-M processors to provide flexible scheduling and high-speed operation, has been extended by Energy Micro to enable an ultra-low power, deep-sleep mode between tasks.
Efficient Power Conversion Announces Upgrade of Development Board
Efficient Power Conversion today announces the availability of the EPC9005 development board, featuring EPC’s enhancement-mode gallium nitride field effect transistors. This board demonstrates how IC gate drivers, optimized for eGaN FETs, make the task of transitioning from silicon to eGaN technology simple and cost effective.
Yokogawa Announces “Wireless Anywhere” Concept to Expand Use of Field Wireless Systems Based on the ISA100.11a Standard
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces the introduction of a new “Wireless Anywhere” business concept on the plant-wide use of ISA100.11a*1 compliant wireless communication technologies for both monitoring and control applications.
STMicroelectronics Select Agilent 3-D EM Simulation Software To Develop Integrated Passive Devices
Agilent Technologies reveal that STMicroelectronics has selected Agilent's Electromagnetic Professional software for use in development of integrated passive devices. ST's Protection & IPAD business unit in Tours, France is handling the development. The use of IPD technology is a growing trend in the development of RF systems for mobile applications with a frequency range of 800 MHz and above.
Cypress’s New PSoC Creator 2.2 IDE Delivers New Components, Easy Component Distribution and Custom Documentation
Cypress Semiconductor today introduced PSoC Creator 2.2, the integrated design environment for Cypress’s PSoC 3 and PSoC 5LP architectures, along with a new Component Pack. The new software update simplifies and accelerates designs with new PSoC Components, enabling easy creation and distribution of custom Components, and generates custom datasheets.
Digitizer drivers for MATLAB now support Linux
Accessing digitizer products from MATLAB is a common setup to directly work with acquired data with a powerful mathematical tool. For years the German manufacturer Spectrum GmbH offered and supported MATLAB drivers for all his products.
Powerful New Digia Qt 5 Functionality For Embedded System Developers
At Design West (Booth #1346) Digia will be showing several applications of the recently announced Qt 5 cross-platform application and user interface development framework that are specifically targeted at creators of embedded systems. Demonstrations on a variety of hardware platforms and operating systems – including Freescale i.MX6, Embedded Linux, QNX Neutrino, Android and Windows – will reveal the power and versatility of Qt 5 and ...