Robotics

Robotics

May 9, 2013

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Renesas Microcontroller Racing

At Design West 2013, Renesas was showing off its autonomous race cars used in the Japan MCU Car Rally. Two versions were racing around the track including one based on their low power, Renesas RL78 and another custom car built around their high performance RX100....More
May 5, 2013

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Zilog Motor Control Kit

If you're looking for a motor control solution, Zilog offers their ZNEO Z16F Series MCU, a powerful 16-bit microcontroller that provides the power, punch, and performance of a 32-bit, with the code, current efficiency, and cost of a 16-bit. At Design West 2013, Zilog's Eric Hardt showcases their MultiMotor Kit, which can be programmed with four different motor-driving schemes....More
May 5, 2013

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Gert Van Loo and Raspberry Pi

Electronic Design's Bill Wong had a chance to meet with one of the designers of the Raspberry Pi, Gert Van Loo, at the element14 booth at Design West 2013. They discuss not only some of the development that went into the popular module, but what direction it might be headed....More
May 3, 2013

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Unified CPU/GPU Memory Architecture Raises The Performance Bar

AMD has put a CPU and GPU on the same chip and wants them to share memory. What is the world coming to?...More
May 1, 2013

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Wave Glider Wave-Powered Marine Robot - AUVSI Unmanned Systems 2012

You may recognize this one from Discovery Channel's Shark Week - Liquid Robotics' Wave Glider wave-powered marine robot is featured on the "Great White Highway" show, where marine scientist Barbara Block is using the Wave Glider as part of her Tagging of Pacific Predators (TOPP) project to track great white sharks. At AUVSI Unmanned Systems 2012, Bill Vass, CEO of Liquid Robotics, gave us a tour of this unique unmanned vehicle that is propelled through the water via wave action....More
May 1, 2013

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Supercomputer Robot Cluster Sails Into The Sunset

Liquid Robotics has just released it Wave Glider SV3 but things really get interesting when they swarm and form a computing cluster....More
Apr. 30, 2013

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Design West 2013 Videos on Engineering TV

Check out our video coverage of Design West 2013. Technology editors Bill Wong and Joe Desposito show off some of the latest technology....More
Apr. 30, 2013

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Boards and Modules at Design West 2013

Technology Editor Bill Wong showcases some of the new boards and modules that were on display at Design West 2013, such as BeagleBone Black, Raspberry Pi Pi-Face, Kontron's SMARC Module and more....More
Apr. 22, 2013

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Fast, Low-Power Module Runs Off USB Connections

The $45 BeagleBone Black runs a 1-GHz Texas Instruments AM335x based on Arm’s Cortex-A8....More
Apr. 16, 2013

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Custom Peripherals Surround Cortex-M0 Platform

Cypress Semiconductor's PSoC 4 brings the Cortex-M0 to the PSoC family delivering low cost, 32-bit processing power with customizable peripherals....More