Mentor Graphics Corporation now offers the embedded industry’s first customizable edge-to-cloud IoT solution comprised of an IoT gateway System Design Kit (SysDK), a cloud backend, and runtime solutions on which to build a wide array of IoT edge devices. It enables the most demanding IoT requirements with support from 8-bit microcontrollers to the latest 64-bit microprocessors, […]
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LTE modems target smart metering, security, and IoT apps
Qualcomm Incorporated announced that its subsidiary, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., has introduced its latest LTE modems (the MDM9207-1 and MDM9206), which are designed to support reliable, optimized cellular connectivity to a growing array of devices and systems within the Internet of Things (IoT). The MDM9207-1 is purpose-built for IoT applications like smart metering, security, asset tracking, […]
Open imaging platform for low-power video streaming
ON Semiconductor, driving energy efficient innovations, has introduced an open imaging platform for low power video streaming applications. The MatrixCam™ video development kit (VDK) has been developed specifically to encourage greater video adoption within Internet of Things (IoT) products, as well as accelerating OEMs’ time to market. Among its key applications are home automation systems, […]
SPI NOR flash memory billed as industry’s fastest
Non-volatile memory (NVM) solution manufacturer Macronix announced the industry’s fastest SPI NOR flash memory, the OctaFlash MX25UM product family. OctaFlash provides designers with the next generation performance level of x8 I/O serial interface products with an operating frequency of up to 200MHz and transmission speeds of up to 400MB/s. This world class leading performance aids […]
SoCs for embedded feature real-time processing and multimedia
The new Sitara AM57x processors from Texas Instruments provide advanced integration of compute, real-time control, connectivity and multimedia capabilities, allowing developers to simplify their designs with a single chip instead of needing multiple chips for each function. This integration is well suited for applications involving industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), factory automation, machine vision, embedded computing, […]
Building IoT gateways to the cloud
by MARTHA ZEMEDE, Keysight Technologies Test instruments help ensure connections to the cloud coexist peacefully with IoT communication schemes. People once thought that a “thing” on the “Internet of Things” was an item that could be counted—RFID tags on shipping containers, for example, or parking lot exit-and-entry systems that know when the lot is full. […]
A case of IoT fatigue?
by LELAND TESCHLER, Executive Editor Market studies show consumers are less enthusiastic about connected products these days. But electronic suppliers are still designing components and software aimed at quickly implementing the Internet of Things. Go to YouTube, type in Internet of things, and you’ll find enumerable videos and TEDx talks all foreseeing a future where […]
Real-time operating systems for wearable devices in the IoT
by WARREN KURISU, Mentor Graphics Operating systems and the way they handle tasks can make or break applications such as activity trackers and fashion electronics. The wearables industry is still in its early stages of development. The financial firm Morgan Stanley estimates that the wearables market could become a $1.6 trillion business in the next […]
5 causes of nasty firmware bugs — and how to prevent them
Firmware bugs. They’re the infamous ghosts in the machine that loom large in every developer’s mind. Firmware bugs can have catastrophic consequences for IoT devices, especially safety-critical systems such as automobiles and medical equipment, and they can be incredibly difficult to find and kill. To add to the issue, sometimes the root cause damages the […]
MCU families with core-independent peripherals
The expanded family of PIC MCUs from Microchip offers Core-Independent Peripherals (CIPs) for use in broad range of applications, due to the growing number of these intelligent, interconnected CIPs that combine to perform functions autonomously, without the core. Because these functions are deterministically and reliability performed in hardware instead of software, CIPs increase system performance over typical 8-bit […]
