June 2015
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DFI: H81-based Mini-ITX motherboards
support 3 independent displays
DFI announces the arrival of HD171-H81 and
HD173-H81, two new industrial-grade Mini-
ITX motherboards powered by the 4th gener-
ation Intel Core with Intel H81 chipset. Intel
HD Graphics engine integrated into these 4th
generation Intel Core processors provides a
seamless visual experience, including supe-
rior gaming image quality, vibrant HD video
playback, and increased overall speed and
performance.
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Diamond: 26-port gigabit Ethernet switch
targets rugged networked applications
Diamond Systems unveiled the Epsilon-24000
family of gigabit Ethernet switches. ese rug-
ged, managed Layer 2+ Ethernet switch mod-
ules o er up to 24 10/100/1000 Mbps copper
twisted pair ports plus two small form fac-
tor pluggable sockets in the compact PC/104
form factor measuring 96 x 116 mm.
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Exploring the world of ARM based
embedded computing boards
From just a handful of ARM based board ven-
dors 2 years ago to over 100 today and new
ones entering the market there is clearly a new
wave of disruption and innovation coming to
the world of Embedded Computing Boards.
On the ARMConnected Community, you can
take a deep dive into the world of ECBs with
interviews, video’s, blogs, discussion and an
interactive guide to available boards.
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Artesyn: media processing blade
operates in any standard ATCA chassis
Artesyn Embedded Technologies announced
the ATCA-8330, which combines a pow-
erful Intel Xeon server with a high density
DSP media engine on a single AdvancedTCA
blade. is enables network equipment pro-
viders to implement complete solutions such
as session border controllers, VoLTE, video
optimization or video conferencing with less
blades and therefore less cost.
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F&S: SBC with Freescale Vybrid controller
e new PCOMnetA5 by F&S Elektronik Sys-
teme is a Single Board Computer consisting
of a compact base board and the small and
inexpensive F&S module PicoCOMA5 (ver-
sion PCOMA5-V3-W13 or –LIN). e SBC
is based on the Freescale Vybrid controller.
Vybrid controller solutions combine ARM
Cortex-A5 and –M4 in one chip and open up
completely new application areas with their
ability of asymmetric multiprocessing. Mul-
timedia functions like NEON and FPU are
o ered on PCOMnetA5.
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NI: Xeon-based PXI embedded controller
and high-bandwidth PXI chassis
NI announced a new Intel Xeon-based PXI
Express controller (PXIe-8880) and chassis
(PXIe-1085). e combination of the 8-core,
server-class processor and full system band-
width of 24 GB/s delivers breakthrough per-
formance for computationally intensive and
highly parallel applications such as RF test,
semiconductor test, and 5G prototyping.
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PEAK-System: display assembly
for visualization of CAN data
For the visualization of CAN data, PEAK-Sys-
tem has developed the PCAN-MiniDisplay.
e module to be used for assemblies has an
extended operating temperature range of -40 to
+85 °C. It provides connections to a High-speed
and a Single-wire CAN bus. e incoming CAN
tra c can be ltered. e graphic representation
of the CAN data is con gured before using the
unit and then is performed on a TFT display
with a resolution of 320 x 240 pixels.
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IBASE: energy efficient compact SBC
with 5th gen Intel Core processors
IBASE has launched its new IB909 series, a
3.5-inch disk size with onboard 5th Gener-
ation Intel Core i U-series processors. e
IB909 series o ers a selection Intel processors
manufactured on 14nm process technology
namely, the Intel® Core™ i7-5650U running
2.2GHz, the Intel Core i5-5350U processor
(1.8GHz) and the Intel Core i3-5010U proces-
sor (2.1GHz).
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VadaTech: 6U MicroTCA
“Whisper” cube chassis
VadaTech has released a new 6U MicroTCA
embedded computing system platform with
quiet fan trays designed to operate at under
55dBA, suitable for o ce use. e VT898 is a
6-slot cube chassis that is 10.5 inches tall by 10
inches wide by 10.5 inches deep. e “Whis-
per” chassis features redundant cooling in a
push/pull front-to-rear air ow con guration.
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IMACS: open source I/O-system for
direct sensor/actor adaption
emBRICK is an open-source, modular-plugin
I/O-hardware for direct sensor/actor adaption
in professional control and measuring appli-
cations. By using an e cient and compact
open frame construction they are “ready to
use” for mounting on so called “patch boards”
or DIN hat rails. With this it is a powerful
applicable embedded control solution from 1
to more than 1000 I/Os.
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Yamaichi: test adapter for
SMARC modules
Yamaichi Electronics has developed a new test
adapter for the SMARC computer-on-mod-
ule standard. It realises the perfect alignment
of the contacts and allows for 100% contact-
ing reliablity. Due to the use of spring probe
pins very high contact cycles can be reached.
SMARC stands for Smart Mobility ARChi-
tecture. It is a speci cation published by the
SGET for computer-on-modules. Its advan-
tage is the low power consumption of the
modules due to the implementation of ARM
or other low-power processors.
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MSI: industrial Mini-ITX board with
Haswell/Broadwell solutions
As industrial applications increasingly require
higher processing performance now than
ever before, MSI released MS-98G5 indus-
trial mainboard with superior processing
and graphic capability in response. MS-98G5
is a Mini-ITX board based on Intel 4th Gen
QM87/HM86 architecture that come support
with BGA-type Haswell/Broadwell Mobile
Core i7/i5/i3/Celeron Processor, multiple
displays, 1 PCIe(x16), 8 USB 2.0 & 4 USB 3.0
ports, 5 COM ports, SATA 3.0 connector, and
2 mini-PCIe slots.
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Pentair: 2-slot Schroff MicroTCA
system with integrated eMCH
Smaller MicroTCA systems are used primar-
ily for digital video and image processing, in
automation and machine control systems
and electronic signal processing. Applica-
tions in these areas o en require just one
or two AdvancedMC modules, but high
data rates over the backplane are still nec-
essary. at’s why Pentair has joined forces
with N.A.T. to develop a new 2-slot Schro
MicroTCA system.
