1195 results found for Embedded in Electronic Design, displaying items 1 - 20
November 5, 2009 Tracing The Almost Perfect Program
Those of you who write perfect programs the first time around may leave the room. Now for the rest of us, what debug tools do you use? The crude but effective printf (for C and C++) is probably at the top of everyone’s list. Variations include watch variables in debuggers and control panels for graphical environments like National Instruments’ LabVIEW, but the idea is the same—see what the program is doing and then figure out what’s going...
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William Wong
November 5, 2009 DSF Targets Complex Debugging Chores
The open-source Eclipse project has turned into one of the primary software development platforms for Web services, embedded systems, and other applications. Embedded developers typically take advantage of the Java-based Eclipse integrated development environment (IDE) using the C/ C++ Development Tool (CDT). Embedded tool vendors quickly adopted the CDT because it enabled incorporation of the GNU toolchain as well as proprietary toolchains including...
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William Wong
October 21, 2009
Combo Handles Touch And Proximity Tasks
Silicon Labs is making capacitive touch and promixity tasks easier to implement with its QuickSense portfolio. This includes the Si1120 infrared sensor and the C8051Fxx/C8051F8xx 8-bit microcontrollers.
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William Wong
October 21, 2009
Dual-Core, Dual-Source Processor Includes Flexray For Auto Apps
Freescale and STMicroelectronics have joined forces to deliver a dual-core Power processor designed for the automotive market. Both vendors will deliver the same pin-compatible chips, providing customers with a second source.
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William Wong
October 21, 2009
Time To Move To Windows?
Embedded developers looking to jump over Microsoft Windows Vista are in luck. Based on the Windows 7 kernel, Windows Embedded Standard 2011 will supersede Windows XP Embedded, currently known as Windows Embedded Standard 2009.
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William Wong
October 21, 2009
Transceivers Boast More Automotive Interfaces
SMSC has expanded its TrueAuto offering with the USB83340 USB 2.0 transceiver with high-performance ESD protection and overvoltage protection up to 30 V. The LAN8930 10/100 three-port managed Ethernet switch has a pair of ports with PHYs and one MII interface.
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William Wong
October 21, 2009
Get Linux In An RJ-45 Module
Lantronix’s XPortPro with its 32-bit processor is built to run Linux and Lantronix’s own Evolution operating system (OS). The Evolution turnkey sysem supports Lantronix’s ManageLinx with VIP Access.
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William Wong
October 21, 2009
High-Availability Carrier-Grade Linux Does DRDB
One of the many new features of MontaVista’s Carrier Grade Edition (CGE) Linux 5.1 is support for disk replication within a cluster via open-source Distributed Replicated Block Device (DRDB) software. DRDB uses high-speed network links to provide RAID-like operation in a high-availability (HA) environment.
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William Wong
October 8, 2009 A Plethora Of Board Form Factors Gives Designers A Range Of Options
Designing a new system from scratch? You can probably find a board form factor that can speed delivery time with expansion and enhancement options that a custom solution would lack. Board-level products are commonly used in a range of embedded systems, including rugged applications such as avionics and military (“Military And Avionics Applications Demand Rugged...
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William Wong
October 8, 2009 VoIP BlackFin DIMM—Enough Said
Arcturus Networks’ uCBF54x system is a somewhat large small-outline dual-inline memory module (SODIMM) based on a 533- MHz Analog Devices ADSP-BF548 BlackFin processor. Able to handle up to six voice channels, the processor targets Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) applications. The matching kit includes a host board plus the open-source uClinux and Arcturus Voice and Management Middleware, which includes a complete session initiation protocol...
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William Wong
October 8, 2009 Low-Power ZigBee Modules Reach 4 km
Jennic’s JN5148 wireless microcontroller modules bring low-power operation with a large available memory footprint for embedded applications running on the 32-bit MIPS processor. A 128-kbyte ROM includes the ZigBee stack. An optional uFI connector and power amplifier can extend 802.15.4 connections up to 4 km. All of the modules operate from –40°C to 85°C. JENNIC ...
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William Wong
October 8, 2009 Homeplug AV Module Does 200 Mbits/s Over Powerlines
Bell Fuse has delivered its Powerline Communications (PLC) transceiver modules based on Intellon’s INT 6400. It’s designed to deliver data, voice, and video over powerlines at speeds up to 200 Mbits/s based on the HomePlug AV standard. The session initiation protocol (SIP) module supports 1024/256/64/16/8QAM (quadrature amplitude modulation), quadrature phase-shift keying (QPSK), binary phase-shift keying (BPSK), and remote office/branch office (ROBO) modulation...
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William Wong
October 8, 2009 I/O-Rich Form Factors Enable Innovation-Rich Designs
Developers can’ t get enough processing power, memory, and I/O ports. Of course, having them on-chip is just the start. Getting them connected to do useful work is another matter. Modular techniques have led to a range of form factors, from board-level systems such as VME to modules like COM Express. The VIA Technologies Em-ITX form factor is designed to bring lots of I/O ports to the outside world with dual I/O port coast lines. The EITX-3000,...
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William Wong
September 30, 2009
FPGA Module Sports Virtex-5
Opal Kelly’s XEM 5010 module brings the power of Xilinx’s Virtex-5 FGPA to developers. This USB-based module offers 256 Mbytes of DDR2, 4.5 Mbytes of SSRAM, 32 Mbytes of serial flash, and up to 200 high-speed user I/Os via a pair of Samtec QSE-060 conectors.
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William Wong
September 30, 2009
FMC AMC Supports Virtex-6
The Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Systems VITA 57 ADC512 and ADC513 modules plug into any FMC socket. The ADC512 has a 3-Gsample/s, 8-bit, dual-channel ADC. The ADC513 has a four-channel ADC. Both will support FPGAs such as Xilinx’s Virtex-6.
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William Wong
September 30, 2009
6U PICMG 2.16 SBC Targets Rugged Environments
Concurrent Technologies’ 6U CompactPCI single-board computer (SBC) can handle the 2.26-GHz SP9300 Intel Core 2 Duo processor. The Mobile Intel GS45 mobile-class chipset can support up to 8 Gbytes of DDR3-1066 soldered dual-channel SDRAM.
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William Wong
September 10, 2009 Dataplane Processing Unit More Flexible Than DSP
Baseband communications dataplane processing is one of the most demanding environments around. Tensilica’s ConnX Baseband Engine is designed to address this challenge (see the figure). Tensilica calls its architecture a dataplane processing unit (DPU), in contrast with CPUs and DSPs. The processor cores are based on Tensilica’s Extensa LX. The system includes one scalar core plus eight SIMD...
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William Wong
September 10, 2009 Support Will Have Android Showing Up In Embedded Apps
Android has lots of buzz, especially when it comes to smart phones. But it also will be showing up in embedded applications as the range of support expands. One of the leaders is Mentor Graphics. Its recent acquisition of Embedded Alley, a major Android supporter, was highlighted at this year’s DAC 2009 show. Mentor Graphics is looking to support smart-phone developers as well as anyone else interested in utilizing Android in an embedded application....
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William Wong
September 10, 2009 7-in. LCD Panel Eases Integration
Reach Technology’s 7-in. Evervision LCD module builds on a wide 130° viewing angle color LCD and adds a 32-bit ARMbased SLCD5 controller with SD card memory support and a serial interface. The backlit display has a resolution of 800 by 600. Operating temperature ranges from –20°C to 70°C. Resistive touchscreen support is optional. Power requirements are 12 V dc and 900 mA. REACH TECHNOLOGY ...
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William Wong
September 10, 2009 USB-SATA Bridge Chip Breaks USB 3.0 Barrier
Fujitsu’s 65-nm MB86C30A USB 3.0-SATA Bridge chip looks to bring the full performance of SATA storage to USB. USB 3.0 specs up USB 2.0’s 480-Mbit/s transfer rate to 5-Gbit/s transfer. This translates into 300 Mbytes/s versus USB 2.0’s 37 Mbytes/s. This is also on par with SATA-II’s 3 Gbits/s with a typical throughput on the order of 260 Mbytes/s. This matching performance is key for external storage units. The chip also incorporates a 32-bit RISC processor and ...
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William Wong
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