To address the increasing demand for large-scale digital instrument clusters among all class of vehicles, Renesas Electronics Corporation extends the scalable range of the R-Car family of system-on-chip (SoC) devices with the introduction of the R-Car E3 to realize high-end 3D graphics on the largest class of displays used for automotive instrument clusters – 12.3 […]
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IC secures contactless transactions, maintains NFC connections in wearables
STMicroelectronics and Fidesmo, the contactless-services developer and Mastercard Approved Global Vendor, have created a turnkey active solution for secure contactless payments on smartwatches and other wearable technology. The complete payment system-on-chip (SoC) is based on ST’s STPay-Boost IC, which combines a hardware secure element to protect transactions and a contactless controller featuring proprietary active-boost technology […]
Arm Cortex-M development toolchain now supports all TrustZone-enabled MCUs
Embedded Workbench now supports all TrustZone-enabled microcontrollers that have so far been released based on the Arm Cortex-M23 and -M33 architectures. This includes the Arm Cortex-M23-based SAM L11 microcontroller family from Microchip Technology Inc., as well as Nuvoton’s NuMicro M2351 microcontroller series, also based on Arm Cortex-M23. Also supported is the new NXP’s LPC5500 Arm […]
FPGA development kit offloads and accelerates image-processing systems
Matrox Imaging is pleased to announce the arrival of the Matrox FDK, a powerful development kit for the Matrox Rapixo CXP Pro family of frame grabbers, based on Xilinx Kintex UltraScale devices. The Matrox FDK helps developers harness the full power and flexibility of FPGAs for image processing. Used in combination with Xilinx Vivado Design […]
4D Systems collaborates with MikroElektronika on hardware interface for 8-bit MCUs
4D Systems announced it has partnered with MikroElektronika, a producer and retailer of hardware and software tools for developing embedded systems, to introduce the 4D-display click, an adapter board with a mikroBUS interface that connects to any of 4D Systems’ gen4 series of intelligent display modules. Suitable for use with any of the growing number […]
IDE provides actionable insights for SoC development and debug
UltraSoC today announced UltraDevelop 2, a complete integrated development environment (IDE) that combines comprehensive debug, run control, and performance tuning with advanced visualization and data science capabilities for system-on-chip (SoC) development teams. Incorporating technology from UltraSoC partners Imperas and Percepio, UltraDevelop 2 provides actionable insights to dramatically cut development costs, shorten time-to-revenue and improve product […]
Software helps explore processing and memory architecture options for AI SoCs
Synopsys, Inc. announced the availability of its next-generation architecture exploration, analysis, and design solution, Platform Architect Ultra, to address the system challenges of artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled system-on-chips (SoCs). Architects of neural network enabled SoCs need to carefully balance the required convolutional neural network (CNN) throughput against the available power and performance budget that data center […]
NAND Flash software includes deterministic execution control
HCC Embedded (HCC), long-time experts in fail-safe and reliable NAND flash software, has extended its existing flash translation layer (FTL) solution for NAND with the addition of deterministic execution control. Engineers integrating NAND flash into safety-based systems in automotive, aerospace, and industrial applications can use HCC’s SafeFTL to ensure stable and predictable operation of the […]
Ultra-low-power ARM microcontrollers support secure boot, crypto accelerators
Building on the Cortex-M33, which boosts protection for small devices by integrating Arm’s TrustZone hardware-based security, ST’s STM32L5-series MCUs add further enhancements including flexible software isolation, secure boot, key storage, and hardware cryptographic accelerators. They also provide rich functionality, high performance, and long run-times powered by coin cells or energy harvesting. Consuming as little as 33nA […]
Super-small five-channel temperature sensor includes standard lead spacing
Temperature measurement is central to the functionality of Internet of Things (IoT) and personal computing devices, making it imperative that developers integrate temperature sensors that reduce power consumption and lower system voltage in applications. To meet these needs, Microchip Technology Inc. announced five new 1.8V temperature sensors, including the industry’s smallest five-channel temperature sensor with standard […]