Without doubt last year was one of the most eventful in the long history of the semiconductor business. If there is one single word that people will use to sum up 2015 then it is certain to be this – consolidation, writes David Somo, vice-president of corporate strategy and marketing, ON Semiconductor. There are a number ...
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Poland firm creates dev board for Intel’s IoT module
Poland-based supplier Modulowo has introduced an embedded development board for Intel’s small form factor IoT module, known as Edison. It takes the form of a breakout board for Intel Edison Compute Module providing interfaces and connectors to additional modules, such as sensors, touch switches, motor controllers and LED drivers and GPS. It is likely to be used for IoT ...
IoT at “the tipping point” in 2016, says government body
The Digital Catapult has revealed its predictions for the UK’s data industry in 2016. The Digital Catapult is the UK government’s main technology business initiative for IoT applications. It believes 2016 will be a critical year of partnerships as more companies realise that IoT business opportunities require an increasing ecosystem play. Alex Gluhak, lead technologist – ...
Government to fund photonics research in North Wales
Innovate UK, the government’s technology investment organisation is to put £500,000 into the photonics and optoelectronics research cluster in North Wales. The aim is to encourage R&D projects that may be too risky for companies to take forward without any support, and where the majority of the project activities are carried out in North Wales. Funding for individual ...
Arrow board gets security from SmartFusion 2 FPGA
Arrow Electronics has created a development kit based on a group of Microsemi ICs. It is designed for sensor-based system design. The SF2+ development kit incorporates Microsemi’s SmartFusion 2 system-on-a-chip FPGA, a Timberwolf audio processor and a number of LX series power devices. The FPGA is used for the PCIe Gen2 control plane, image processing, I/O expansion and ...
ARM supercomputer is big Kickstarter success
A $15 supercomputer looks set to be a commercial product after the project raised over $800,000 on Kickstarter. Built around a 64-bit quad core ARM Cortex A53 1.2 GHz CPU, the PINE A64 measures just 3.125 x 5-inches. These are open source platforms for both hardware and software, and will run the 64-bit version of Android ...
Front panels get digitally printed legends
Metal enclosures manufacturer Metcase is offering lower cost digital printing as part of its custom front panel service. Using CMYK digital printing, logos and photo quality graphics can be printed on front panels without the set-up costs associated with traditional methods. Digital printing is also available on complete enclosures but has so far proved most ...
Renesas works with safety-critical software firm for ADAS
Renesas Electronics is working with German safety-critical system firm TTTech Computertechnik to develop an electronic control unit (ECU) development platform for driver assistance systems (ADAS). These automotive systems rely on data from sensors throughout the vehicle to function. The aim of the collaboration is to create a control module which runs software that is compatible with various ...
Cambridge conference explores GUI design for IoT devices
If you are looking to add a top of the range graphical user interface to your design project, Julian Coates from Altia may be worth a listen at the UK Device Developers’ Conference, which takes place in Cambridge on the 27th and 28th April. Increasingly the graphical user interface (GUI) is being used to differentiate embedded system ...
Jtag Technologies runs seminars for ARM processor designs
Jtag Technologies is kicking off the New Year with a series of online seminars for designers who want to integrate boundary-scan into their test strategy. The free online seminars will cover several JTAG boundary-scan topics. January 15 – Testing I2C on boards with ARM, Cortex, MPC5, Tricore, PIC32, PXA or IXP based processors. January 18 – Choosing ...