Nvidia announced major updates to the NVIDIA Isaac Robotics platform today at ROSCon 2023. The platform delivers performant perception and high-fidelity simulation to robotics developers worldwide. These updates include the release of NVIDIA Isaac ROS 2.0 and NVIDIA Isaac Sim 2023.1 and perception and simulation upgrades that simplify building and testing performant AI-based robotic applications […]
Embedded Processing resource hub offers engineers extensive collection of technical content
Mouser Electronics, Inc. has announced an Embedded Processing hub with a curated collection of content of best practices, case studies, and real-world examples of applications and technologies in the growing world of embedded systems in the form of eBooks, videos, blogs, articles, and the latest products. Mouser selection of semiconductors and electronic components, including the […]
October 2023 Issue: Power & Energy Efficiency Handbook
Engineering a green mindset and sustainable future Growing up in the pre-2000s era with a power electronics engineer for a father, my family’s first introduction to power and energy efficiency efforts was primarily analog. The word “vampire” was associated with a TV show called Dark Shadows; it had nothing to do with standby power […]
Security model provides system-level approach to securing RISC-V designs
SiFive, Inc. announced the company is giving the WorldGuard security model to RISC-V International, providing the RISC-V community with a uniform way to secure their designs and bring them to market faster. RISC-V International is the non-profit home of the open standard RISC-V Instruction Set Architecture (ISA), related specifications, and stakeholder community which has more […]
ASIC-based edge AI system powered by SoM designed for object detection, human motion detection, automated inspection
Aetina has launched a new ASIC-based edge AI system powered by the programmable Blaize Pathfinder P1600 Embedded System on Module (SoM). The Aetina AI inference system—AIE-CP1A-A1—is a small-sized embedded computer designed for different computer vision applications, including object detection, human motion detection, and automated inspection. The Aetina AI inference system—AIE-CP1A-A1—is a small-sized embedded computer […]
RISC-V: The background, the benefits, and the future
by Mark Lippett, CEO of XMOS US developers conceived the revolutionary instruction set architecture (ISA) known as RISC-V in 2010. Grounded in reduced instruction set computer (RISC) principles, it’s a common, open-source, and completely free ISA that can be used to develop software and hardware. These attributes are just part of what makes the architecture […]
Precision timing platform integrates radio and synchronization timing devices
SiTime has announced a new precision timing platform, Elite RF, that simplifies timing architecture in wireless infrastructure. The Elite RF Super-TCXO enables higher bandwidth and lower latency which is critical to future 5G and satellite communications deployment. This new platform expands SiTime’s SAM by $150M with target applications such as infrastructure radios in small cells, […]
SerDes IC complies with ASA Motion Link standard, provides 16Gbps for automotive camera apps
VSI, a developer of high-speed communication semiconductors for vehicles, has introduced the industry’s first commercial serializer/deserializer (SerDes) solution that complies with the Automotive SerDes Alliance (ASA) standard. The VS775 provides a data transmission rate of up to 16 Gbps so that the ECU can quickly process high-resolution image data collected by vehicle image sensors, especially […]
VS Code Extensions for code building/debugging enhance/streamline embedded development workflows
IAR Systems has announced that the most recent IAR Build and IAR C-SPY Visual Studio (VS) Code Extensions v1.20 are compatible with all the latest versions of IAR Embedded Workbench and include symmetric multicore debugging, support for more advanced breakpoint types, and a customizable build toolbar. These new features of IAR’s popular VS Code extensions […]
Low Earth Orbit satellite simulation speeds GNSS/PNT testing
Spirent Communications plc announced the availability of SimORBIT, the first high-accuracy orbital modeling software solution specifically developed for Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite simulation. Created in partnership with spaceborne receiver developer SpacePNT, Spirent SimORBIT enables developers to calculate LEO orbits and their distinctive characteristics more precisely and realistically for GNSS/PNT testing. Testing space-based applications in […]
