Boards/Backplanes
Nano-board teaches programming fundamentals
CodeBug, a £12.50 crowdfunded nano-board designed to teach beginners the fundamentals of programming and electronics in a friendly non-intimidating way is now on sale at element14. First announced on Kickstarter in March 2015, following 3 years of development, CodeBug has subsequently raised more than £18,000 in independent funding. Making the leap into mainstream development, CodeBug is now being launched on a global scale with the h...
Boards target cyber/security, SigInt & acceleration
BittWare has announced at the Defence & Security Equipment International (DSEI) 2015, on stand S4-453, two recent boards in its Altera Arria 10 FPGA product roadmap to complement their existing Arria 10 3U VPX and PCIe offerings. The A10PED and the A10XM4.
Evaluation kit speeds up MCU-based prototyping
The C2000 Delfino F28377S LaunchPad evaluation kit from Texas Instruments (TI) is in stock at Mouser Electronics. This new TI LaunchPad is an easy-to-use, rapid-prototyping kit for TI’s C2000 Delfino F2837xS portfolio of microcontrollers and offers 200MHz of 32-bit floating-point performance, newly integrated accelerators, as well as high-integrity analogue and control peripherals.
48V board offers complete battery monitoring & safety system
ams AG has launched a reference board for a small, high-performance and simple 48V automotive battery monitoring system. The board is suitable for use in next-gen single 48V lithium battery systems, and in dual 48/12V battery systems, such as those used in passenger and light commercial vehicles and electric scooters and motorbikes.
Range of products are based on the 6th Gen Intel Core processor family
DFI has introduced a range of products based on 6th Gen Intel Core processor family, including 12 industrial motherboards, two SBCs, four COM Express modules and one compact ULT-based embedded system.
Joint solution delivers hardware-based security for connected TVs
MStar Semiconductor has started the production of a secure chipset for connected TVs that integrates the Rambus Cryptography Research CryptoFirewall security core with Intertrust’s ExpressPlay cloud service for Digital Rights Management (DRM). The chipset, the MStar G6F, is designed to meet consumer demand for easy access to 4K UHD programmes while also providing unparalleled security for content owners.
Transition rail features machined tracks
Count On Tools has released a recent accessory, the Transition Rail, for its award-winning line of StripFeeder products. Each StripFeeder Transition Rail features machined tracks for both paper and emboss tape on the same rail for a seamless transition. The StripFeeder Transition Rail allows customers to take full advantage of the StripFeeder platform when running both paper and emboss tape, simultaneously, without the loss of a component la...
Evaluation board simplifies IoT design process
The latest addition to the Arrow Electronics portfolio of development tools is the DECA evaluation board, featuring Altera’s MAX 10 FPGA and Enpirion power solutions. Altera’s MAX 10 FPGAs transforms non-volatile FPGAs by integrating dual-configuration flash, analogue blocks, memory, DSP and embedded processing capabilities all within a small form-factor single chip package.
Motherboards are based on the 6th generation Intel Core processor family
Avalue Technology has introduced the SLP-SKL, the EMX-Q170 and the EAX-Q170, which are based on the 6th generation Intel Core processor family. The 6th generation Intel Core processor family (codename Skylake) is a brand new micro-architecture built on Intel's 14nm manufacturing process. The family offers dramatically higher CPU and graphics performance, a wide range of power and feature scalability, and new advanced features that boost IoT desig...
COM Express modules feature a 15W configurable TDP
Four COM Express compact modules have been introduced by congatec, parallel to the launch of the new 6th generation Intel Core processors. The devices are specially designed for challenging applications that demand high performance in sealed, fanless system designs.