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Embedded Systems Conference 2009

Smaller, Power-Packed Hi-Def Designs Rule This Year's ESC

By William Wong


Bill Wong

The upcoming Embedded Systems Conference in San Jose will showcase a plethora of new products intent on expediting the delivery of lower-cost and higher-performance solutions.

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VIDEO COVERAGE
STMicroelectronics

Stuart McLaren from STMicroelectronics introduces their latest 8-bit STM8 and 32-bit Cortex-M3 STM32 microcontrollers. Note the Cortex-M3 STM32 chip shot looks like it is the STM8.

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VIA

Looking for the latest from VIA Technologies? Alp Sezen of VIA Technologies talks with Technology Editor Bill Wong about everything from low power x86 chipset hi-def chipsets to Pico-ITX single board computers.

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Cypress Semiconductor

Brian Moody, Product Marketing Manager, tells Technology Editor Bill Wong about Cypress Semiconductor's microcontroller that incorporates direct drive LED power support.

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Luminary Micro

Technology Editor Bill Wong talks to Jean Anne Booth out about the latest Cortex-M3 microcontrollers from Luminary Micro.

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LynuxWorks

Technology Editor Bill Wong talks with Robert Day about the latest software from Lynuxworks.

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Macraigor

Technology Editor Bill Wong finds out from Macraigor Systems how to use JUnit to test hardware.

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Synopsys

Synopsis' Frank Schirrmeister talks to Technology Editor Bill Wong about SoC design flows.

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Xilinx
Technology Editor Bill Wong talks about the latest FPGAs with Xilinx. View this video.


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Performance Technologies

Technology Editor Bill Wong finds out about the latest in MicroTCA products from Performance Technologies.

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SysGo

Looking for real time virtualization? Technology Editor Bill Wong finds out about PikeOS from SysGo.

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Eurotech

EuroTech provides a range of single boards computers. Technology Editor Bill Wong checks out the latest from EuroTech and also hears about their OSGi-based software framework.

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Target Compiler Technologies

Technology Editor Bill Wong talks with Dr. Werner Geurts from Target Compilers about designing SoCs using software.

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Congatec

Congatech's Christian Eder explains two of the company's Computer-on-Module products, one emphasizing power management and versatility in I/O standards, the other, extreme ruggedness, including extended operational temperature range.

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Green Hills

Technology Editor Bill Wong talks to Joe Fabbre about secure networking from Green Hills Software.

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Texas Instruments

John Dixon, Product Line Manager at Texas Instruments, introduces the C6743 DSP.

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PRQA

Fergus Bolger, CTO at PRQA, explains the company¹s QA•C and QA•C++ static analysis tools.

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IPS

Infinite Power Solutions demonstrated its Micro Power Modules (MPMs) - thin-film batteries for storing energy from solar or vibrational energy harvesters that can then be used to power wireless mesh network nodes. The MPMs integrate thin-film batteries with IPS' Passive Power Management Unit (PPMU) energy-management element.

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National Instruments

Matt Spexarth, Product Marketing Engineer at National Instruments, introduces embedded C-Series modules for the single board RIO platform.

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Imec

Maja D' Hondt, Ph.D., IMEC, speaks about research to improve the dynamic behavior of embedded systems  and a new suite of tools for multiprocessor system-on-chip platforms.

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GrammaTech
Mark Zarins, VP of Products for GrammaTech, talks about the latest CodeSonar static analysis tool from GrammaTech. View this video.


CriticalBlue
David Stewart, CriticalBlue's CEO, talks about how their tools help developers take advantage of multicore platforms. View this video.


Ocular
Chad Harbour, VP at Ocular, shows a ruggedized computer and projected capacitive touch pad. View this video.


NXP
Geoff Lees, VP and General Manager at NXP, presents the first incarnation of the Cortex-M0 32-bit microcontroller. View this video.


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LeCroy
LeCroy's booth featured new scopes and enhancements to previously introduced models. Take a look at demos of some features that simplify troubleshooting embedded designs, including a fast way to run a USB port through its paces. View this video.


WinSystems
WinSystem's Bob Burkle highlights their latest PC/104-Plus single board computer. View this video.


Digi
Digi lets companies to deploy wireless embedded systems connected via the Internet with its new iDigi service. Hear about their iDigi development kits and how they can link to Internet-based servers. View this video.


More from Digi...

Acces I/O
Looking for embedded USB? Check out Acces I/O's latest offerings. View this video.


Atmel
Atmel was showing off a full range of products at ESC including graphical and touch interfaces for their ARM9 products, a 32-bit AVR32 designed to link up with an iPod and low power, 8-bit AVR Microcontrollers. View this video.


More from Atmel...

Amulet Technologies
Ken Klask, CTO of Amulet Technologies, talks about the Gem development kit, the company's first with a color display. View this video.


Openmoko
Openmoko provides an open source WiFi cell phone platform. Check out the latest with Bill Wong at ESC. View this video.


Adlink
Check out the first stackable SUMIT-ISM board from ADLink. It is based on standards from the Small Form Factor-SIG. View this video.


Aonix
Looking for really secure Java? Check out Aonix’s new Perc JVM with MILS support for VxWorks. View this video.



ExpressLogic
John Carbone talks about TraceX, Express Logic's real time event analysis tool, and StackX, a tool for determining the maximum runtime stack size.. View this video.



Kontron
Keith Taylor, Product Manager at Kontron, discusses three new products based on the Intel Xeon Processor 5500 Series—the KTC5520-EATX server board, the AT8050 AdvancedTCA 10 Gbit node blade, and the NSN2U IP Network Server. View this video.


Micrium
Jean Lebrosse provides highlights of Micrium’s latest real time operating system, uC/OS-III. View this video.


More from Micrium...
Christian Legare talks about Micrium’s TCP/IP stack and file system that are in the process of being certified to DO-178B.


Octagon
Putting an single board computer out in a rugged environment requires a solid box design. Octagon Systems is delivering three conduction cooled systems with PC/104 expansion. Two sport wireless support. View this video.



Numonyx
Glen Hawk, Vice President and General Manager of the Embedded Systems Group at Numonyx, talks about the company at its first anniversary and its new M29F 5-volt memory product. View this video.



Ramtron
Looking to write a lot of data to non-volatile memory then check out Ramtron’s F-RAM. The latest includes high speed serial memory chips. View this video.



RTI
Looking for robust, real time publish/subscribe data distribution? Edwin de Jong, Ph,D. and Director of Product Management and Strategy at RTI gives some insight into their latest Data Distribution Service product. View this video.



Screaming Circuits
Looking to build prototypes or your own embedded products but don’t have the expertise. Check out Screaming Circuits. They can deliver kitted and turnkey PCB assemblies. View this video.



Versa Logic
Intel’s Atom reaches for SUMIT in Versa Logic’s Ocelot single board computer. These boards deliver PCI Express expansion using the stackable SUMIT connections. View this video.


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