Design
Making Moves On PCI Standards
As the embedded world increasingly explores mobile applications, the need to incorporate the higher performance interconnect of PCI Express has become apparent. Therefore, in February, the PCI/104 Consortium approved the PCI/104-Express and PCIe/104 specification revision which supports PCI Express Generation 2 and Generation 3. Caroline Hayes finds out what options this opens up for developers in this ES Design magazine article.
New Carrier Cards Interface XMC Mezzanine Modules to PCI Express Bus for PC-based Embedded Systems
Acromag’s APCe8675 carrier card offers a simple and cost-effective solution that allows a PC to communicate with an XMC mezzanine module over a PCI Express bus. System developers can insert Acromag’s FPGA modules or other XMC modules on the carrier card to perform a variety of signal processing functions.
Synopsys DesignWare IP for PCI Express 3.0 Passes First PCI-SIG PCIe 3.0 Compliance Workshop
Synopsys today announced that its DesignWare PHY and digital controller IP for the PCI-SIG PCI Express 3.0 is the first complete solution from a single vendor to pass compliance testing at the first PCI-SIG compliance workshop for PCI Express 3.0.
Audience earSmart eS325 Delivers Advanced Voice for New LG Optimus G Pro
Audience today announced that LG will be using the Company’s newest Advanced Voice Processor, the earSmart eS325, for its new flagship smartphone, the Optimus G Pro. The earSmart eS325 delivers crystal clear voice clarity and industry leading innovations in real-time communications, speech recognition and media capability to LG’s newest flagship smartphone.
TI Announce UL-Certified SafeTI Software Packages For TI C2000 MCUs
New UL-certified SafeTI software packages from Texas Instruments help make designing functional safety consumer applications using TI C2000 real-time control microcontrollers easier and faster. The software in these SafeTI software packages is UL-certified, as recognized components, to the UL 1998:2008 Class 1 standard, and is compliant with IEC 60730-1:2010 Class B, both of which include home appliances, arc detectors, power converters, power to...
World's smallest Bluetooth location 'stickers’, StickNFind, locate misplaced items from smartphone app using Nordic Semiconductor nRF51822 SoCs
Nordic Semiconductor today announces that its multiple award-winning nRF51822 SoC has been specified into the world's smallest Bluetooth low energy coin-sized location stickers, 'StickNFind' by Stick-N-Find Technologies.
Preying On The Vulnerable
Why Simple and Differential Power Analysis (SPA and DPA) pose a serious security threat for Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) and System-on-Chips (SoCs) that employ cryptography. Read this article from ES Design magazine by Richard Newell, Senior Principal Product Architect, SoC Products Group, with Microsemi Corporation & Dr. Pankaj Rohatgi, Technical Director, Hardware Security Solutions, at Cryptography Research.
CNH Enhances Electrical Design Capabilities with Latest Mentor Graphics Capital and VeSys Software
Mentor Graphics today announced that CNH has transitioned to the latest VeSys software platform and also added a number of compatible tools from the Mentor Capital software suite, resulting in a very modern design environment.
BPM Microsystems Improves Traceability with New Laser Marker Software Feature
BPM Microsystems announces that with the release of BPWin version 5.32.0, automated system users now have the option to laser mark their devices with the programming socket location for improved traceability and quality assurance.
Microchip Announces Arduino Compatible chipKIT Boards With Prototyping-Friendly 32-bit MCU Packages
Microchip Technology today announced from the Bay Area Maker Faire in San Mateo, Calif. the expansion of its Arduino compatible chipKIT platform ecosystem, with new tools from partners Digilent, the Fair Use Building and Research Labs, and Schmalz Haus.