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Infineon expands mobile-security
portfolio
At the Mobile World Congress 2018, Infineon
Technologies announced that it would be
expanding its portfolio of mobile security
solutions. The embedded Secure Element
(eSE) product family now includes an entire
system with Operating System, applications
and NFC modem wrapped up in one. The
Infineon solution demonstrates an accel-
erated transaction time, representing a sig-
nificant breakthrough in mobile payment
applications
ST: Sigfox software for STM32 MCUs
boosts connectivity choices for IoT-device
developers
STMicroelectronics has extended its STM32
software ecosystem with a Sigfox package that
simplifies development and gives extra flexi-
bility to connect Internet-of-Things devices
to long-range, low-power wireless networks.
The new X-CUBE-SFOX package is ready to
use with ST’s B-L072Z-LRWAN1 Discovery
Kit, which is already LoRa enabled through
I-CUBE-LRWAN embedded software.
TI: op amp and comparators reduce
overall system footprint in IoT
Texas Instruments introduced a small op amp
and low-power comparators at 0.64 mm². As
the first amplifiers in the compact X2SON
package, the TLV9061 op amp and TLV7011
family of comparators enable engineers
to reduce their system size and cost, while
maintaining high performance in a variety
of Internet of Things, personal electronics
and industrial applications, including mobile
phones, wearables, optical modules, motor
drives, smart grid and battery-powered systems.
Abaco: 3U VPX solution to feature new
Xilinx RF SoC technology
Abaco Systems announced the VP430 Direct
RF Processing System, the first 3U VPX COTS
solution to feature the all new Xilinx ZU27DR
RF system-on-chip (RFSoC) technology. It
is also one of the densest analog FPGA DSP
boards available, with eight ADC and DAC
synchronized channels, and features the abil-
ity to synchronize multiple boards for even
larger system applications. Abaco is taking
orders now for the VP430.
AAEON: Eurotech to power IIoT gateways
with ESF edge framework
AAEON launch a partnership with Eurotech
to integrate ESF (Everyware Software Frame-
work) device and data management plat-
form for its IIoT gateways. With the launch
of AAEON Europe’s Industry 4.0 gateways
embedding Eurotech’s ESF, customers will
now be able to fully leverage IoT Integrated
services to simplify and scale their Industry
4.0 deployments.
Interface Concept ComEth4510a dual
Planes L2/L3 Ethernet Switch, selected by
Thales for a radar application
Interface Concept announced that the
ComEth4510a, a 6U OpenVPX Giga-
bit & 10/40 Gigabit L3+ Ethernet switch
and IP Router, has been successfully inte-
grated by Thales in radar applications. The
ComEth4510a Ethernet switch provides
a wide selection of 10/40 GbE interfaces
together with high-speed switching capabil-
ity (up to 664Gb/s) that significantly increase
networking performances, required in defense
and industrial application systems.
ADLINK supports SGeT’s UIC with
XRCE middleware for device-fog-cloud
computing
ADLINK Technology announced its support
for the Standardization Group for Embed-
ded Technologies’ (SGeT) specification for
a Universal Internet-of-Things Connector
(UIC). In addition, ADLINK also announced
advanced embedded middleware support that
complements the UIC, with a ‘plug-in’ for
XRCE real-time data distribution.
Portwell supports UIC standard
Portwell announces broad support for the Uni-
versal IoT Connector (UIC), introduced by
SGET. The SGET-defined software interface
serves as a universal docking point for cloud
services to embedded hardware. Portwell is
one of the initiators of the SGET standardiza-
tion group, which accelerated the definition of
the standard. In order to guarantee rapid mar-
ket penetration, Portwell supports the launch
of the UIC with its comprehensive portfolio of
modules, boards and systems.
Rigol introduces RSA5000 family of
real-time spectrum analyzers
RIGOL Technologies introduces the new
RSA5000 real-time spectrum analyzers to
complement the DSA800-TG family of low-
cost spectrum analyzers. The devices are based
on the new Rigol-developed Ultra-Real tech-
nology as a complete platform, which also
allows to perform real-time measurements.
The RSA5000 series features a compact, elegant
design, touch-screen operation and a wide
range of applications, and can also be used as
a scalar network analyzer thanks to the addi-
tional 3.2 / 6.5 GHz tracking generator.
Kontron: new DIN Rail industrial
computer series KBox A-15x
Kontron extends its KBox portfolio by a fam-
ily of DIN Rail industrial computers with
high-performance Intel processors. The new
KBox A-15x family is available with various
performance class CPUs, depending on con-
trol task complexity and the performance
required. The cost-optimized Box PCs are
designed particularly compact for flexible
deployment on DIN Rail. Its broad range of
interfaces allows high interoperability, scal-
ability as well as providing future security.
b-plus: visualization framework with
various configuration options
The realization of autonomous vehicles
requires - from the concept phase to series
production development - reliable time-syn-
chronous recording as well as the associated
visualization of a very large flood of data in
the vehicle, which is constantly increasing due
to ever improving sensors. The handling of
these high data rates proves to be very com-
plex and requires new development tools that
are optimized for very high data volumes,
perfectly coordinated with each other and can
safely meet future challenges.
Express Logic to obtain Common Criteria
EAL4+ Security Certification for X-Ware
IoT Platform SC
Express Logic has partnered with Brightsight,
the world’s leading security lab, to perform
the deeply embedded industry’s first EAL4+
security certification for cloud connectivity.
The Norwegian National Security Authority
(SERTIT) is the certification authority for
this effort. Express Logic’s new EAL4+ secu-
rity certification effort represents another sig-
nificant step forward by focusing squarely on
IoT security needs of the embedded industry,
making what is already the most safe IoT plat-
form also the most secure.
ESCRYPT: smart control loop for
detecting and blocking attacks makes
vehicles immune
These days, the trend is towards connected,
partially, and highly automated driving func-
tions – calling for comprehensive security
solutions. Traditional defenses that protect
single functions are no longer sufficient in
the face of these developments. After all, the
vehicles affected will be on the roads for many
years to come – and therefore have to with-
stand many generations of hacker attacks. The
answer to the problem is automotive security
solutions that combine attack detection and
blocking functions in a self-teaching control
loop.
