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top, mobile or embedded. Qt 5.6 delivers
a significant level of new functionality that
will assist both application development and
device creation. This includes cross-platform
full support for Windows 10, High-DPI capa-
bilities, and fully leveraging the Yocto Project
for embedded software stack builds. Qt 5.6 is
a Long-Term Support (LTS) release, which
means that users can develop with it secure
in the knowledge that the version will receive
continued support.
ams: noise cancellation speaker
driver for use in bundled head-sets
ams launched the AS3412, a compact, cost-ef-
fective speaker driver which promises to bring
the benefits of Active Noise Cancellation for
the first time to mass-market headsets. The
new device extends the ams family of ANC
speaker drivers, drawing on the proprietary
analog noise cancellation technology devel-
oped by ams and in use by many of the world’s
leading audio equipment manufacturers.
Xilinx: 25G, 50G and inte-
grated 100G RS-FEC solutions
accelerate customers’ design
Xilinx announced the delivery of the indus-
try’s most flexible and comprehensive Eth-
ernet portfolio for data center interconnect,
service provider, and enterprise applications.
Xilinx’s comprehensive IP portfolio includes
25GBASE-CR/KR,
50GBASE-CR2/KR2,
100GBASE-CR4/KR4 IP and the newly intro-
duced integrated 100G Ethernet MAC and
RS-FEC IP. As the portfolio’s newest addition,
Xilinx’s integrated 100G Ethernet MAC with
integrated RS-FEC built into 16nm UltraS-
cale+ devices offers 80% power reduction and
significant logic savings verses an FPGA soft
IP implementation.
ST: low-power electric motors can
now dissipate even less power
STMicroelectronics has expanded its Intelli-
gent Power Module portfolio with the intro-
duction of the SLLIMM-nano 2nd series,
adding higher power levels and new package
options that are especially suited to increas-
ing the efficiency and reducing cost. The new
SLLIMM-nano devices suit compressors,
pumps, and fans in domestic appliances such
as refrigerators and washing machines, and
any low-power motors working up to 20 kHz
in hard-switching circuits in an application
power range up to 200W.
Microsemi: new secured FPGA
production programming solution
Microsemi announced the availability of its
Secured Production Programming Solu-
tion (SPPS) for its FPGAs. The new solution
securely generates and injects cryptographic
keys and configuration bitstreams into
Microsemi’s FPGAs thus preventing cloning,
reverse engineering, malware insertion, leak-
age of sensitive intellectual property such as
trade secrets or classified data, overbuilding
and other security threats.
Gooee and EnOcean partner on
self-powered wireless lighting
control solution for IoT
Gooee has partnered with EnOcean to inte-
grate Bluetooth Low Energy based self-pow-
ered wall switch modules into the Bluetooth
Smart Mesh stack; the primary communica-
tion protocol in Gooee’s enterprise IoT eco-
system. The collaboration will result in the
first EnOcean-powered wall switch device
integrated into the new Bluetooth Smart
Mesh protocol, the next evolution of the low
power communication protocol that becomes
available at the end of 2016.
AAEON: next generation SoC debuts on
EMB-BSW1 industrial motherboard
AAEON brings more to its EMB Mini-ITX
Industrial Motherboard product line with the
next generation SoCs, the Intel N3000 prod-
uct family. As its name suggests, the EMB-
BSW1 utilizes the latest iteration of Intel’s SoC
products that was geared specifically towards
mobile devices. In addition to enhancements
brought on by the new chips, which include
improved power consumption, thermals, and
performance, the board itself carries a num-
ber of features to aid its designed purpose of
digital signage, ATM, and POS applications.
Xilinx demonstrates 56G PAM4
transceiver technology
Xilinx has developed a 16nm FinFET+-based
programmable device running 56G trans-
ceiver technology using the 4-level Pulse
Amplitude Modulation (PAM4) transmission
scheme. Recognized by the industry as the
most scalable signaling protocol for next-gen-
eration line rates, PAM4 solutions will help
drive the next wave of Ethernet deployment
for optical and copper interconnects by dou-
bling bandwidth on the existing infrastruc-
ture. Xilinx is introducing and demonstrating
56G technology innovation now, ahead of
general PAM4 availability, to help educate and
prepare providers and ecosystem members to
make this transition.
ROHM: synchronous boost DC/
DC converter IC prolongs
battery life in portables
ROHM has recently announced the avail-
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