A handy gadget for analyzing current consumption helps shed light on how internet-of-things appliances can be optimized for energy efficiency. The Otii, from the Qiotech group in Sony Mobile Communications, is one of those ideas that seems obvious only after you’ve seen it. It targets developers who must minimize the current drain from batteries, a […]
Hardware
Low-power Arm Cortex-M4 processors carry large embedded memories
Designers of internet of things (IoT) sensors, environmental sensors, smartwatches, medical/preventive health wearables, and other size-constrained devices can now increase battery life and functionality using the ultra-low power MAX32660 and MAX32652 microcontrollers from Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. These microcontrollers (MCUs) are based on the Arm Cortex-M4 processors and provide designers the means to develop advanced applications under restrictive power constraints. […]
Motherboards carry 8th-gen Intel Core processors
Super Micro Computer, Inc. announced several new additions to its embedded and IoT appliance portfolio optimized for the new 8th Gen Intel Core processors. Supermicro is bringing customers some of the first embedded IoT solutions optimized for the new 8th Gen Intel Core processors. The company’s X11SCV, X11SCQ and X11SCZ series motherboards offer better performance and more […]
Gallery: Embedded World 2018 — Living the dream at the Edge
From the world of hype to the Embedded World of “real” things, last month in Nuremberg was where the IoT rubber met the road. Displays of smart manufacturing, smart home, autonomous vehicles seemed like more of a backdrop than eye candy. What embedded design engineers were looking for at Embedded World 2018 was a different […]
New Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ called fastest yet
Newark element14 has released the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+, which it calls the fastest and most powerful version yet, perfecting the already outstandingly successful Raspberry Pi 3 Model B. Built on a new quad-core Broadcom BCM2837 64-bit application processor running at 1.4 GHz, the Raspberry Pi B Model B+ is over 15% faster than […]
DVR records audio/video on microSD storage media in MP4, captures JPEG images on the fly
A/V outputs on the Model 4031 digital video recorder allow live video, recorded A/V or JPEG snapshots to be displayed on an external monitor. Date and time are maintained by a real-time clock with battery backup. Implementation of a complete embedded DVR takes just a power connection, an optional custom keypad, and a microSD storage […]
I2C-programmable XOs provide superior jitter performance for 100/200/400G apps
A new family of high-performance I2C-programmable crystal oscillators (XOs) are said to deliver best-in-class jitter performance and frequency flexibility. With typical jitter performance as low as 95 fsec, the Si544/Si549 Ultra Series programmable XOs maximize jitter margin for clocking high-speed 28 Gbps and 56 Gbps transceivers used in 100/200/400G communications and data center applications. The […]
Embedded controllers support secure boot of computer
The MEC17XX and MEC14XX families of embedded controllers with enhanced Serial Peripheral Interface (eSPI), the host interface supported by the latest PC computing chip sets, are now available from Microchip Technology Inc. Both families support the eSPI bus technology that is required for new, upcoming computing applications. The MEC17XX family is based on an ARM […]
Embedded processors support eSPI and LPC interfaces
Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, today announced the MEC14XX family of highly configurable low-power embedded controllers customized to the needs of x86-based notebook and tablet platform designers. The scalable family of MEC14XX devices is one of the first to support both the Intel® Corporation’s new Enhanced Serial […]
Logic library, embedded memory IP for 40 nm low-power ICs
http://www.synopsys.comMOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 1, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Highlights: Broad portfolio of Synopsys’ DesignWare Logic Library and Embedded Memory IP for the Mie Fujitsu Semiconductor 40LP process is immediately available As part of Synopsys’ Foundry-Sponsored IP Program, the DesignWare Logic Library and Embedded Memory IP is available at no cost to qualified licensees Mie Fujitsu […]