Intel does processor research in UK at Alan Turing Institute
The Alan Turing Institute, which is a joint venture between a group of UK universities, is working with Intel on research into high-performance computing and data analytics. Intel is also creating a hardware architecture team at the Institute’s facilities in the UK. This will mean that software algorithms developed by The Alan Turing Institute will ...
ARM processor makes move from high-end tablets to industrial
A computer module is bringing an ARM quad-core processor, usually found in high-end tablets, to the industrial market for as little as £50. Developed by Austrian design house Theobroma Systems, the module is based on the 230-pin Qseven pin-out standard, comes with a Linux board support package (BSP) and with a full implementation of Debian ...
Capacitive sensor IC ignores outside distractions
What if your car door or a tabletop in your house was capacitive touch sensitive? Jon Baldwin of Texas Instruments says this will be easier and lower cost to design when you measure small changes in capacitance in a conductor rather than absolute capacitance levels. Texas Instruments introduced a capacitive sensing IC, which it says can ...
Industrial applications lead on IoT, not consumers, says NI expert
Internet of things (IoT) technologies will have the greatest impact on the engineering community when the technologies are applied to industrial applications such as renewable energy and smart factories. Industrial applications and not consumer applications such as wearables will become the markets with the largest potential for IoT technologies, says Rahman Jamal, global technology and ...
LDO regulator designed for extreme temperatures
X-REL Semiconductor, the specialist supplier of high reliability ICs, has introduced a high input voltage, high output current low dropout (LDO) linear regulator for use at extreme temperatures and in extended lifetime designs in oil & gas, industrial, aerospace, defence and automotive markets. The XTR70020 has an input voltage range of 3V to 32V, and ...
NI extends PXI use in military test systems
PXI-based test systems are replacing VXI-based systems in the aerospace and defence markets. This is the message from test system supplier Astronics Test Systems which has teamed up with National Instruments to bring a number of PXI-based automated test systems to aerospace and defence markets. Jim Mulato, president of Astronics Test Systems believes a move to PXI-based ...
ARM 64-bit move gets boost from Cambridge debug firm
Is the ARM 64-bit v8-A processor architecture gaining traction in the market? UK-based development tool firm Undo believes it is and it has created a version of its novel debug too for the ARM 64-bit architecture. The debug tool will be demonstrated at ARM TechCon when it takes place in Santa Clara, California on 10-12 ...
IBM inventor to speak at IoT Design Conference in London
IBM’s Nick O’Leary is to speak at the IoT Design Conference, London’s first design conference and exhibition for the internet of things (IoT) taking place on 3 December at the Brewery Conference Suite. A specialist in emerging technologies. O’Leary will discuss the importance of cloud services for IoT device development platforms, for example the ARM ...
How can large touchscreens be like your smartphone?
Touchscreens are getting bigger and the challenge is to provide users with the touch experience offered by their smartphones but on a much larger screen and often in a much more demanding environment, writes Andrew Morrison of Zytronic. To meet the challenge of creating large area touchscreens it is important to provide precise and reliable multi-touch ...
Raspberry Pi and Brillo will be a match made in heaven
Raspberry Pi may have been slow to announce support for Google’s IoT open source development platform, but it is only a matter of time before the tiny computer embraces Brillo. Google’s bid to bring its Android OS into the orbit of the internet of things come with a developer kit for building testing and debugging. If ...
