Nano ePrint in Manchester has secured a grant for Research and Development from the UK's Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA) for a £390k project to demonstrate the world's first printed programmable logic device.This will be based on developments led by Ian Barton, previously Managing Director of Silistix, who joined Nano ePrint as Vice President of Engineering in May. Ian brings
Thursday, 26 November 2009
First 1.1in QVGA LED display
Posted on 08:06 by Unknown
OKI Digital Imaging has developed a 1.1 inch QVGA LED display while reducing power consumption to one-tenth that of conventional LCDs.This is the direct result of development in its LED print head technology that enhances luminance efficiency using an extension of its proprietary Epi Film Bonding technology into a two-dimensional array.This array has the world’s first 65-micrometer pitch between
Altium targets Poland on software piracy
Posted on 07:52 by Unknown
Design tool vendor Altium is targetting illegal use of its software specifically in Poland, offering an amnesty for just one month for existing users.Sets December deadline for illegal users“Piracy of Altium software, both of Altium Designer and older Protel software, is a known problem throughout Poland. With this programme, Altium helps illegal Protel users continue with their favourite EDA
Lego robots at Robocon 2009
Posted on 06:36 by Unknown
I can't resist robots, it's just the kid in me! The Annual Robocon Competition took place in Yokohama, Tokyo on November 18. 40 teams from all over the world were competing in various disciplines, including the LEGO MINDSTORMS, in which the Royal Danish Embassy in Tokyo sponsored one of the 'Innovation Prize' awards.
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
USB3 solid state disk from OCZ
Posted on 09:03 by Unknown
New names in the industry are emerging with USB3.0 coming through (despite the problems at Intel) with OCZ Technology of San Jose teaming up with Symwave to show an external high speed solid state disk (SSD) drive. Symwave is a fabless chip supplier of SuperSpeed USB3.0 devices with headquarters in Orange County, Calif., and design centers in Shenzhen, China, and San Diego, Calif. “Thanks to
Atom moves into automotive
Posted on 06:26 by Unknown
Kontron's Microspace MPCX28: in-vehicle PC with Intel Atom Z530 processorKontron has launched its first in-vehicle PC with extended support, based on the Intel Atom Z530 processor and Intel System Controller Hub US15W, with a flexible PC/104 socket for ultra flat and space-saving PC/104 expansion cards. Further options for customization include 2 PCIe Mini Card Slots for custom specific options
SME survey of UK companies
Posted on 05:53 by Unknown
The UK's Electronics Leadership Council, distributor Premier Farnell and The UK Electronics Alliance are co-ordinating a survey to gain knowledge from technology-based SMEs on how to better advise government to direct the necessary support for greater economic growth. The survey is hereAll UK based small and medium enterprise (SME) technology companies are encouraged to take part in a survey
MEMS microphones for a dollar from ST and Omron deal
Posted on 03:35 by Unknown
ST Microelectronics has teamed up with Omron to drive the cost of micromachined, highly integrated silicon MEMS microphones.The deal will see the devices falling to under $1, says ST, using Omron's sensor technology. ST is already the leading supplier of MEMS for consumer and portable applications and the third largest MEMS manufacturer overall. , but will use Omron's MEMS sensor technology.The
Tuesday, 24 November 2009
Instant products from rapid prototyping
Posted on 10:19 by Unknown
Design tool vendor Altium has added an instant deployment option to its FPGA development board. Designers can now take their FPGA-based designs from concept right through to deployment without the need to create a custom PCB by clipping the NanoBoard 3000 into a new range of enclosures designed in-house by Altium.The modular enclosures let designers deploy FPGA–based designs created and hosted on
Friday, 20 November 2009
Namecalling Begins Around Intel's USB 3.0 Slowdown, Slapfight Imminent
Posted on 09:22 by Unknown
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DDR3 memory transistion next year
Posted on 09:04 by Unknown
Shipments of the next generation high speed, low power DDDR3 memory will rise to account for more than half of the global DRAM market by the second quarter of 2010, surpassing DDR2 for the first time as the leading technology for PC main memory says market researcher iSuppli. DDR3’s share of the DRAM market in terms of gigabit-equivalent shipments will rise to 50.9 percent in the second quarter
Thursday, 19 November 2009
Atom module adds dual GbE, SATA and PCIe
Posted on 03:10 by Unknown
Anders Electronics in London has developed a module that uses Intel's Atom processor with two Gigabit Ethernet connections for faster connectivity. Measuring just 65x75mm, the new CM-iAM SoM (system-on-module) packs more features than any other Atom Z530 SoM - notably up to 2GB RAM, 4GB on-board Flash Disk, SATA interface, dual GbE, and up to 3 PCIe lanes.Used as a building block for any embedded
National Instruments expands HIL
Posted on 03:01 by Unknown
National Instruments is extending its hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulation platform, which includes a range of products that optimise embedded system validation. During the past six months, NI has released nearly 40 new products targeted at delivering flexible HIL solutions to embedded control system developers within a variety of industries. The portfolio of NI HIL simulation tools helps
Wednesday, 18 November 2009
PowerVR moves to HD
Posted on 08:02 by Unknown
Imagination Technologies has launched a video encoder family of IP that provides H.264 High Profile (HP) at HD resolutions.The newest member of the POWERVR VXE encoder family delivers the highest quality encode ever seen in a synthesisable IP core, and offers the most complete implementation of the High and Main Profile toolsets of any IP core available in the market today, says the company.
DDR3 module price increase catches PC and chip makers
Posted on 07:56 by Unknown
Pricing continues to increase at a rapid pace for both DDR2 and DDR3 memory modules according to a market update from Converge. Earlier in the year market expectations were for another down year for the memory market, and yet at the close of business for October, the DDR2 and DDR3 markets had experienced eight straight months of rising prices. Clearly, computer builders did not see this coming or
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
Supercomputing moves into harsh environments
Posted on 14:34 by Unknown
GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms, part of GE Enterprise Solutions, has developed a rugged processing board with the performance of a supercomputer. The OpenVPX-compatible GRA111 high performance graphics board is one of the first commercially-available products to feature Nvidia’s newly-announced GT 240 GPU (graphics processing unit) and is also the first rugged implementation of a GPU using
8bit microcontrollers fight back with dual core for payTV
Posted on 04:31 by Unknown
While 32bit microcontrollers are moving down into the 8bit market at 65cents, 8bit devices are moving to dual core. Atmel has developed the industry's first dual-core secure microcontrollers targeting demanding smart card applications such as the PayTV conditional access market.Atmel's TwinAVR microcontrollers (MCUs) offer two independent cores, memory and peripherals on a single chip, unlike
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Atmel launches low cost 34cent RFID chip for next generation access control
Posted on 03:58 by Unknown
Access Control System DiagramRFID block diagramAtmel has launched a low cost, One Time Programmable (OTP) transponder chip for next-generation access control systems. Application areas include, for example, hotel rooms, engineering departments, offices, time recording systems and parking lots, as well as customer loyalty and membership cards. The IDIC ATA5575M1 provides OTP functionality, which
Monday, 16 November 2009
32bit microcontrollers fall to 65cents
Posted on 09:04 by Unknown
The latest family of 32bit ARM Cortex-M0 microcontrollers from NXP is driving real time oerating systems straight into the 8bit and 16bit space. The LPC1100 microcontroller family will be available from distributors in December from 65cents in 10K volumes. With 15 members initially, the family offers a seamless entry point for any 8/16-bit customers looking to start with the scalable ARM
Bada emerges as OS for handhelds
Posted on 09:00 by Unknown
Samsung is set to launch its Bada operatings system as a challenge to Android. Details and prospects at the Portable Multimedia blog.
Wednesday, 11 November 2009
European car telematics market to boom
Posted on 11:07 by Unknown
Despite the collapse of the new car market, iSuppli is predicting a boom in telematics equipment for vehicles in Western Europe over the next ten years, and the details of the usage of telematics for each brand make very interesting reading (below), particularly the relatively low levels of telematics used today. Sales of automotive telematics systems are set to rise by a factor of five during
Cognitive radio for old TV spectrum
Posted on 09:55 by Unknown
Cambridge Consultants has developed a novel, low-cost ‘spectral sensing’ cognitive radio technology platform that will allow any radio product to transmit without interference over so the called ‘whitespace’ frequencies at 700MHz recently vacated by the US digital TV switchover. With InCognito, it is aiming to do for whitespace what it did for Bluetooth and Zigbee, spinning off companies such as
Intel moves into equipment with the Reader
Posted on 01:49 by Unknown
Intel's Digital Health group has launched a handheld device in the US that reads out text. This is one of the few times that Intel has sold consumer equipment under its own brand and is a key step towards the Intel phone. Intel already makes notebooks and netbooks, but these are all labelled by, and sold by, other companies.The Intel Reader is designed to increase independence for people who have
Monday, 2 November 2009
DDR3 memory - what happend?
Posted on 08:34 by Unknown
I've just had to buy a new laptop, and wanted something that would last for a good few years, so naturally wanted high speed, low power DDR3 memory. Could I find much? No, really just Dell and Acer. So this analysis of what happened from Malcolm Penn at Future Horizons is well timed, and an excellent description of how technology does, or doesn't get adopted, and the implications for the embedded
China supercomputer breaks performance barrier
Posted on 07:52 by Unknown
China's National University of Defense Technology (NUDT) has developed a supercomputer that breaks the petaflop barrier, putting China in the same league as the US and Europe for high performance computing. The supercomputer, called "Tianhe", meaning Milky Way, is based in Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province. The 155-ton system, with 103 refrigerator-like cabinets covering an area
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