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Archive for November 2008

TDK-Lambda Rolls Out 1000W PFE-F AC-DC MEGA-Brick Power Supplies

Posted by Ken Cheung in Components on Sunday, November 30, 2008

TDK-Lambda adds more functionality to its PFE range of AC-DC MEGA-brick power supplies with the introduction of the 1000W PFE-F Series. Like the existing lower power PFE modules, TDK-Lambda’s PFE1000F combines the AC to HVDC front-end with DC-DC converter into a single module. In addition the baseplate cooled design greatly simplifies the thermal design of the equipment in which they are used. PFE modules satisfy the increasing requirement for fanless high power, especially for outdoor electronics when suitably enclosed.

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Hermon Laboratories Announces TCA 4100 IP Test Equipment

Posted by Ken Cheung in Test Solution on Sunday, November 30, 2008

Hermon Laboratories, a world-leading expert in compliance testing in telecom, announces its new test equipment TCA 4100 low cost PC Based solutions is initially offering for VoIP and SIP (H.323). Both solutions are available as optional add-ons plus VQT (PESQ), and acoustic testing with HATS. SIP solution is also available as a standalone software application.

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3L, Impulse Accelerated Technologies Team on Design Flow

Posted by Ken Cheung in Design Flow, FPGAs on Sunday, November 30, 2008

3L, a leading provider of multiprocessor design software and Impulse Accelerated Technologies Inc., creators of the CoDeveloper suite of C-to-FPGA design tools announced a new design flow that targets multiprocessor systems from signal processing specialist Lyrtech Inc. By integrating the 3L Diamond multiprocessor tool suite and CoDeveloper, the design flow accelerates the creation, debug, verification and implementation of very complex applications that require multiprocessor performance. Ease-of-use features enhance design productivity, and tight integration with Lyrtech hardware frees the designer from the platform architecture to focus effort on application optimization.

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Elektrobit Develops 911 Assist, Vehicle Health Report for Ford SYNC

Posted by Ken Cheung in Embedded Systems on Friday, November 28, 2008

EB, as a technology provider to Ford, has developed a set of applications for Ford SYNC, a fully integrated car connectivity and entertainment platform. The SYNC platform represents a significant technology leap in the automotive infotainment domain as it enables Ford to continuously add applications to SYNC during the life cycle of a car. EB supplies two groundbreaking applications, 911 Assist and the Vehicle Health Report (VHR). The 911 Assist calls automatically for help in case of an accident and the VHR delivers a diagnostics report on a voice command.

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DSM Computer Rolls Out NanoServer E3-COM Industrial System

Posted by Ken Cheung in Industrial on Friday, November 28, 2008

With the compact NanoServer® E3-COM, DSM Computer AG presents its first embedded system based on the power-saving Intel® Atom[tm] N270 processor. The scalable industrial computer integrates a baseboard in mini ITX format developed for this purpose with a COM Express[tm] module available long-term that conforms to the PICMG standard.

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DSM Computer Offers Windows XP Professional for Embedded Systems

Posted by Ken Cheung in RTOS on Friday, November 28, 2008

Until June 30, 2008, the end of Windows® XP Professional by Microsoft® Corporation was an accomplished fact. With this decision, the official sale of Windows® XP Professional for the complete consumer market was stopped. The software, however, is currently still available in the market. The so-called System Builder licenses for Windows® XP Professional can still be purchased until January 31, 2009 from distributors.

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Kontron Announces CP6001-V 6U CompactPCI CPU Board

Posted by Ken Cheung in Boards, Busses on Friday, November 28, 2008

Kontron introduces the Kontron CP6001-V, a new 6U value line CompactPCI CPU board specially designed for cost-sensitive industrial applications. Equipped with the 1.86 GHz Intel Celeron M processor 440, the Intel 945GM chipset, up to 4 GB 533 MHz DDR2 SO-DIMM and the ICH7-R IO controller hub, the new Kontron CP6001-V CompactPCI board is optimized to provide the best cost/performance ratio. Due to its industrial components and 4 Gigabit-Ethernet interfaces, the CPU board is designed for demanding, powerful industrial automation and IP switching applications.

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Marklin Digital Selects Kontron for Central Station 60213

Posted by Ken Cheung in Design Services on Friday, November 28, 2008

Kontron presented the hardware platform for the new Central Station 60213 from Märklin Digital. With its manifold tailor-made interfaces, the new platform underlines Kontron’s competence in embedded computer technology. The platform, which Märklin introduced in September 2008, offers more application flexibility than any other known control system for model railways. It communicates via Märklin’s own interfaces as well as numerous standard interfaces such as, for example, USB and Ethernet and repesents a new milestone in the control of complex model railways. Enthusiasts with smaller setups will also get the most out of this new control platform.

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LDRA Tool Suite Integrates with Lauterbach TRACE32 Debugger

Posted by Ken Cheung in Test Solution on Friday, November 28, 2008

LDRA, provider of the most complete automated software testing technology with tools covering the eight essential areas of the software development lifecycle, has integrated the LDRA tool suite with Lauterbach’s TRACE32 debugger. By providing software testing features such as traceability, verification, and code and quality review, LDRA assists users of the Lauterbach’s TRACE32 debugger in fully automating the software testing process with the LDRA tool suite from code coverage to automating unit testing for the target.

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BiTMICRO Ships E-Disk Altima 4Gb Fibre Channel Solid State Drive

Posted by Ken Cheung in Components on Wednesday, November 26, 2008

BiTMICRO Networks, a pioneer in intelligent flash solid-state drive solutions, announced at the SC Conference 2008 (SC08) International Conference in Austin, Texas the first customer shipment of its E-Disk Altima 4Gb Fibre Channel solid state drive (SSD). The drive, a 128 GB E-Disk Altima FC SSD, was shipped to Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd of Israel.

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