Embedded Computing

Foster City, CA. IAR Systems® announced that IAR Embedded Workbench® for TI MSP430 device has been selected by On-Ramp Wireless for their latest Ultra-Link Processing(TM) wireless technology. IAR Embedded Workbench will be packaged with the On-Ramp Ultra-Link Processing(TM) wireless networking System Development Kit (SDK). IAR Embedded Workbench is preloaded with On-Ramp SDK source code drivers, […]

The new BLDC motor controller E981.15, developed by ELMOS and now available from Gleichmann Electronics, enables a significant reduction of system costs. The E981.15, which comes in a small 7×7 mm QFN package and is based on the patented sensorless VirtuHall® principle, controls BLDC/PMSM motors entirely without external sensors. The device includes controller and driver […]

Coinciding with the launch of the COM Express 2.0 specification by the PCI Industrial Manufacturers’ Group (PICMG), Kontron presents an additional version of the Computer-on-Module ETXexpress-AI based on the new COM Express Type 6 pin-out definition. As compared to the Type 2 pin-out definition for COM Express Basic form factor modules, the new Type 6 […]

The standalone and system solution provider ELMA has launched a MicroTCA test system with rear I/O card rack and upgraded ventilation. This newly developed product complies with xTCA for Physics and MicroTCA.1 specifications. The system has the capacity to hold 12 double-width, mid-size AMCs (6 in the front and 6 in the back) or a […]

The FPDS group of MSC Vertriebs GmbH introduces the new 6.5” (16.5 cm) display FPDS-06OF-VN01-2035 featuring a resolution of 640 x 480 pixel (VGA). It based on AUO’s G065VN01 V2 and is perfectly suited for automation, industrial, gaming, POI, POS and digital signage applications. The display with LED backlight impresses with a high luminance of […]

XP Power announced what is believed to be the world’s smallest open frame 45 W AC-DC power supply. Setting a new benchmark at this power level, measuring just 50.7 x 76.2 x 26.7 mm (2 x 3 x 1.05 inches), the ECS45 single output power supply is 25% smaller than the current industry standard of […]

Following the successful release and market adoption of the Kontron nanoETXexpress starter kits earlier this year, Kontron is introducing a second tool to help jump start design – the Kontron microETXexpress Starterkit VxWorks validated by Wind River. The new COM Express compact kits expand Kontron’s range of evaluation platforms for real time applications built around […]

Nuremberg (Germany), 2010-09-09. The CANopen Safety protocol (CiA 304) developed by CAN in Automation (CiA), international users’ and manufacturers group, is now published as an European standard and available as EN 50325–5 from the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC) and any National body. The CANopen Safety protocol is an addition to the CANopen protocol […]

MSC Vertriebs GmbH, one of the founding members of the Qseven™ consortium supports the extended and recently released Qseven™ specification version 1.20. Hand in hand with the specification update the Qseven™ reference platform for system designers is being reworked and adapted to support all aspects of the new standard. In the future all MSC Qseven™ […]

Intersil Corporation announced it has signed an agreement with world-renowned audio expert, Mr. Mark Levinson. Under the agreement, Mark Levinson will partner with Intersil to jointly develop custom-tuned audio amplifier solutions that provide audiophile-quality music and sound for the next-generation of consumer products from portable music players to upscale music and home theater systems. “Reproducing […]