Texas Instruments Introduces CC2530 RF Solution for IEEE 802.15.4
Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) introduced a complete 2.4-GHz radio frequency (RF) system-on-chip solution supporting the IEEE 802.15.4 standard and an extensive set of applications, including ZigBee PRO networks, ZigBee RF4CE remote controls, smart energy, home and building automation, environmental monitoring and wireless medical. Unlike competing solutions, the CC2530 provides up to 256 KB of Flash memory to enable development of multiple network protocols, which TI supports with free, downloadable software and tools to ensure that customers have everything needed for complete system development.
Agilent Education Solution Kits for Analog, Digital, RF Engineering
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) introduced a new range of integrated curriculum-based solution kits for educators teaching analog-electronics, digital-systems and RF-communication classes. This further expands Agilent’s range of education kits, which include solutions for Basic Electronics, RF Circuit Design and Digital Systems. Each solution includes carefully designed undergraduate engineering courseware, a mix of teaching slide sets, problem-based student labs and industry-standard measurement equipment.
Curtiss-Wright to Develop Freescale QorIQ P4080 Single Board Computers
To meet stringent market requirements for high performance and low-power operation within space- and weight- constrained environments, Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing is announcing plans to develop a family of rugged, single board computers (SBCs) based on Freescale’s QorIQ[tm] P4080 eight-core communications processor.
Spectrum Design Offers Fixed Price for Wireless Design Services
Digi International (NASDAQ: DGII) announced the enhancement of its wireless design services by Spectrum Design with fixed price offerings. Spectrum Design is a Digi subsidiary that offers complete hardware and software wireless design services, including wireless strategy consulting and product customization for specific customer needs. This enables OEMs to quickly and easily add wireless capabilities to new and existing products. Spectrum Design now offers fixed prices on select services making it easier and faster for customers to begin working with Spectrum Design’s team of wireless experts.
CEVA Announces Functional Silicon for TeakLite-III DSP Core
CEVA, Inc. [(Nasdaq: CEVA); (LSE: CVA)], a leading licensor of silicon intellectual property (SIP) platform solutions and DSP cores, announced the availability of fully-functional silicon for the 32-bit CEVA-TeakLite-III DSP core. The first chips were produced on SMIC’s 90nm process and exceeded 600MHz. SoC developers can leverage the newly available silicon to dramatically reduce the risk, design effort, development cost and time-to-market associated with designing a wide range of wireless, consumer and portable products addressed by the CEVA-TeakLite-III DSP core.
FlashRunner Programmer Supports Freescale 56800E Microcontrollers
The universal, standalone in-system programmer specifically designed for the production environment (FlashRunner) now fully supports Freescale 56800E microcontrollers. FlashRunner is a high-performance, standalone in-system programmer specific for Flash-based microcontrollers and serial memories. FlashRunner is targeted at production environments, easily integrates into your programming system or Automatic Test Equipment (ATE), and can work either in full standalone mode or controlled by a host system.
VDC Research Group Comments on Embedded Systems Conference 2009
Despite this year’s murky global economic outlook, the 20th Embedded System Conference appeared to be moderately well attended on Tuesday and Wednesday, with a substantial number of exhibitors, fair floor traffic, and a cautiously optimistic murmur emanating from attendees on the floor. As result of the weaker economy, few of the vendors we spoke to had expected the conference to offer a large attendance or significant new business opportunities, yet many indicated that they had generated a surprising number of quality leads as a result.
ADLINK Updates Express-BASE Reference Carrier Board for COM Express
ADLINK Technology, Inc., a leading global provider of trusted embedded products, announced that the new version of its Express-BASE Reference Carrier Board is 100% compatible with the recently released PICMG COM Express[tm] Carrier Design Guide. The PICMG COM Express Carrier Design Guide is a 150-page document that provides information for designing a custom carrier board for COM Express modules. The design guide includes reference schematics for the external circuitry required to implement the various COM Express peripheral functions, explains how to extend the supported buses, and how to add additional peripherals and expansion slots to a COM Express-based system.
Achronix Announces Encryption Standard IP Cores for Speedster
Achronix Semiconductor, maker of the world’s fastest field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), announced the availability of new, high-performance Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) IP cores for its Speedster[TM] 1.5 GHz family. These high-performance 128-bit key size AES cores, from Portland, Ore.-based Signali Corp., are targeted at 10 Gbps, 40 Gbps, and 100 Gbps applications. They demonstrate the speed of the Speedster FGPA fabric, as well as the balance between throughput performance and resource minimization achieved by the Signali Cores.
Design Automation Conference Announces Scholarship Program
The 46th Design Automation Conference – (DAC) announced that applications for its annual “DAC Alumni Scholarship” program will be accepted now through Friday, June 26. The Alumni Scholarship program is open to integrated circuit (IC) design and electronic design automation (EDA) engineers who are between jobs and without personal resources or corporate support for their DAC attendance. The program will enable up to 50 qualified engineers to attend this year’s DAC, which will be held July 26-31 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. An additional 15 qualified engineers, currently ACM/SIGDA members, will be supported through a separate grant from ACM’s Special Interest Group on Design Automation.
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