MediaTek has announced its MediaTek LinkIt Development Platform for RTOS and the platform’s first hardware development kit (HDK). This platform is the first from MediaTek delivering a common tool chain and set of APIs for multiple chipsets, offering developers the ability to create a range of IoT devices using one common software development kit, the […]
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Source code test suite to support USB Power Delivery 3.0 standard
Synopsys has announced the availability of the industry’s first verification IP (VIP) and UVM source code test suite to support the USB Power Delivery 3.0 standard. With the increase in demand for optimized power management solutions, Synopsys VC VIP for USB Power Delivery 3.0 enables system-on-chip (SoC) teams to design next-generation products in the consumer, automotive […]
DSP SOM employs FPGA for low-power imaging apps
Microsemi Corporation and Solectrix, an independent service provider specializing in the development of embedded systems, have announced the availability of Solectrix’s SXoM-SF2, a high performance, low power, secure and ultra-compact digital signal processing (DSP) system-on-module (SOM) solution based on Microsemi’s SmartFusion2 system-on-chip (SoC) field programmable gate array (FPGA) devices. SXoM-SF2 SOM, with a SmartFusion2 SoC FPGA […]
FPGA-based acceleration for OpenCL, C, and C++ development environments
Xilinx, Inc. has announced they will be enabling FPGA-based acceleration within the SuperVessel OpenPOWER development cloud. Development of performance demanding applications including big data analytics and machine learning is enabled by the Xilinx SDAccel Development Environment, hosted in SuperVessel. SDAccel allows application developers to describe their algorithms in OpenCL, C, and C++ and compile directly to […]
4G LTE Jump Start Kit includes Modbus data logger, gateway, and I/O module
Moxa is now offering system integrators and OEM machine builders an extremely cost-effective and flexible solution to connect sensors and devices to a management platform or database over 4G LTE wireless networks. Now available in North and South America, the new Moxa 4G LTE Jump Start Kit addresses two key pain points when connecting operations […]
SoC dev kit focuses on CAN, LIN slave communications
Cypress Semiconductor has introduced a new kit that enables designers to evaluate the Controller Area Network (CAN) and Local Interconnect Network (LIN) slave communication capability of Cypress’s PSoC programmable system-on-chip and Flexible Microcontroller (MCU) families. The new CY8CKIT-026 CAN and LIN Shield Kit features two CAN transceivers for high-accuracy, high-speed transmissions, two LIN transceivers and […]
Digitally controlled 60-dB programmable attenuators hit 40 GHz
Fairview Microwave Inc. a supplier of on-demand microwave and RF components, announces the release of their new digitally controlled programmable attenuators with performance up to 40 GHz and up to 60 dB attenuation range with 0.03 dB minimum step size. These programmable attenuators are commonly used in electronic warfare, military and space communication systems, radar […]
Clock synthesizer keeps jitter ultralow from 2 MHz to 2,7 GHz
Linear Technology Corporation announces the LTC6951, a low phase noise integer-N synthesizer with an integrated VCO and an ultralow jitter clock distribution section, ideal for clocking data converters. The LTC6951 features four high performance current mode logic (CML) outputs, each equipped with an independent low noise clock divider and digital delay block to cover a […]
Texas Instruments introduces new microcontroller dev kit
Newark element14 today announces the launch of Texas Instruments’ MSP CapTIvate microcontroller (MCU) development kit, a comprehensive, easy-to-use platform providing real-time sensor tuning, all without writing a single line of code. The modular design, easy-to-access data and application orientated approach of the MSP430FR2633-based MCU board, contained within the kit, makes it ideal for application in, […]
Optical transceiver modules come in inexpensive TO cans
Manufacturers of SFP28 modules for data center and radio fronthaul applications can now use TO-cans enabled by the industry’s first transceiver IC, which is shipping now from Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. Maxim’s SFP28 transceiver allows module manufacturers to avoid a driver inside the transmit optical subassembly (TOSA). This keeps heat away from the sensitive laser, […]