Fabless semiconductor firm RFaxis Inc of Irvine, CA, USA, which designs RF semiconductors and embedded antenna solutions for wireless connectivity and cellular mobility, has launched a new family of ultra-miniature 2.4GHz RF front-end IC ...
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IAR Systems has announced a starter kit for developing smart meters, weighing scales and other applications needing precision measurement. The kit is centred around a TMPM061FWFG microcontroller which has an analogue front-end (AFE), ...
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Infineon has released samples of its ARM Cortex-M0 based LED lighting microcontroller family. Included in the family, called XMC1000, are MCUs that include a peripheral, the brightness and colour control unit (BCCU), that can dim and ...
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Atmel has demonstrated at Embedded World in Nuremberg this week its AT86RF233 2.4GHz IEEE 802.15.4 radio transceiver carrying out distance measurement between two radios. A process known as ranging. It can be necessary to determine ...
The German component distribution market stabilised in the fourth quarter of 2012, with a 10% increase in orders, according to the German distribution industry body FBDi, as the Embedded World exhibition opens in Nuremberg. The ...
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Renesas Electronics has given details of its plans for the RX family of microcontrollers, which include its lowest power, lowest cost 32-bit MCU. The RX100 series microcontrollers are based on a 130nm process technology and run at 32MHz, ...
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Altera has introduced an FPGA-based reference design for smart grid substation automation equipment. Developed jointly with wireless networks firm Flexibilis Oy, the IEC 62439-3-compliant reference design includes Flexibilis Redundant ...
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ARM and STMicroelectronics have teamed up with MathWorks to offer MATLAB and Simulink embedded design support for ARM Cortex-M processor-based systems. The aim of the partnership is to allow software developers to create their algorithms ...
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What do we mean by “the internet of things” and why is it becoming so important to software design, writes Frank Schirrmeister of Cadence Design Systems As we approach the Embedded World exhibition and conference in Nuremberg ...
Vector Software, a provider of dynamic software testing solutions for embedded systems, will present and exhibit its new embedded software testing tool VectorCAST 6.1. Containing improvements in data aggregation and reporting, usability, ...
S.E.A. Datentechnik is presenting a high speed interface module with an 8MHz clock speed for the National Instruments CompactRIO platform at next week's Embedded World exhibition in Nuremborg, Germany. The interface module allows ...
The Embedded Microprocessor Benchmark Consortium (EEMBC) intends to create a standard method to evaluate the energy efficiency of ultra-low power(ULP) microcontrollers. To date, the industry has lacked a common method to test, validate, ...
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Oracle will introduce on Tuesday a version of embedded Java intended to boost the platform's prominence in the realm of networked devices. The company also will roll out a middleware stack geared for the embedded world. With the Oracle ...
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