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Apacer: mini wide-temperature SSD
successfully applies to UAVs
With the increasing prevalence of the con-
cept of security, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
(UAVs) have gradually been used for the
purpose of national defense and monitor-
ing. It will be further developed in commer-
cial applications, such as oil pipe monitoring,
environment observation, aviation, commu-
nication transmission and other commercial
applications. The importance of stability of a
storage device is thus in top priority with such
an exciting prospect.
Amplicon: next-gen 6.5 digit
digital multimeters
Amplicon has introduced the 34461A digi-
tal multimeter from Keysight Technologies,
formerly Agilent. These DMMs offer several
advantages over previous models. They help
engineers see their measurement data in new
ways, get actionable information faster, and
document their results more easily. Exclusive
Truevolt technology reduces extraneous fac-
tors such as noise, injected current and input
bias current for increased measurement con-
fidence.
Silicon Labs: sensor development
kits accelerate IoT design
Silicon Labs introduced two economical,
easy-to-use development kits to accelerate the
design of environmental and biometric sens-
ing applications for a wide range of Internet
of Things products. Target applications for
the kits include home security systems, smart
thermostats, smoke detectors, weather sta-
tions, smart watches, fitness bands, heart-rate
earphones and other wearable products.
Sysgo: PikeOS 3.5 includes
hardware virtualization
SYSGO announces the release of version 3.5
of its hypervisor PikeOS. Focus of the inno-
vation is the support of hardware virtualiza-
tion enabling the execution of guest operating
systems without any adaption. Additionally,
PikeOS 3.5 is equipped with an enhanced
PikeOS Native personality and improved
Linux support by using ELinOS 6.0 and
Android 4.3.1. The integrated development
environment CODEO has also been updated
and speeds up the configuration process of
ELinOS and Android personalities.
SEGGER adds tickless support
to embOS RTOS
Increasing efficiency and reducing power
consumption is key for modern embedded
systems. To support these demanding needs
SEGGER added tickless low power support
to its embOS real time operating system. The
embOS tickless low power feature reduces the
power consumption for e.g. battery powered
devices. It stops the periodic system tick inter-
rupt during idle periods.
SCIOPTA: safety RTOS ported to
ADI’s Blackfin processors
SCIOPTA Systems has ported the safety certi-
fied SCIOPTA Real-Time Operating Systems
to the Analog Devices Blackfin processors.
The SCIOPTA Blackfin RTOS is specifically
tuned for the Analog Devices Blackfin proces-
sors. This results in a very high performance
and a low memory footprint. SCIOPTA
Blackfin is certified according to IEC61508
SIL3, EN 50128 SIL3/4 and ISO 26262 ASIL D.
TI: DLP evaluation module for video
and data display applications
Texas Instruments announced the availability
of the DLP LightCrafter Display 2010 evalua-
tion module, a developer tool that allows quick
assessment of TI’s 0.2” TRP WVGA display
chipset. The 180-mW, ultra-low power chipset,
consisting of a DLP2010 digital micromirror
device, a DLPC3435 display controller and a
DLPA2005 power management/LED driver,
is now shipping in volume and is available
through TI’s worldwide distributor network.
Microchip introduces PIC32
Bluetooth starter kit
Microchip announces the new PIC32 Blue-
tooth Starter Kit. The full-featured kit features
a PIC32 microcontroller (MCU), HCI-based
Bluetooth radio, Cree high-output multi-co-
lour LED, 3 standard single-colour LEDs,
an analogue 3-axis accelerometer, analogue
temperature sensor and 5 push buttons for
user-defined inputs. Additionally, the kit
includes PICkit On Board (PKOB) which
eliminates the need for an external debugger/
programmer; USB connectivity; and GPIOs
for rapid development of Bluetooth Serial
Port Profile (SPP), USB and general-purpose
applications.
PLS: UDE supports all functions of
latest Qorivva automotive SoCs
In parallel to Freescale’s presentation of its lat-
est Qorivva derivates, PLS Programmierbare
Logik & Systeme now provides system devel-
opers with its Universal Debug Engine for
the multicore System-on-Chips MPC5746M,
MPC5777M,
MPC5748G,
MPC5746C,
MPC77xK and MPC574xP. PLS is one of the
first tool suppliers to offer development tools
specifically optimized for the features and
functions of these multicore SoCs.
Express Logic: demo package
for Renesas RSK
Express Logic introduced a comprehen-
sive suite of example projects and demos
designed to give developers a quick start
with projects based on the Renesas RZ/A1
Starter Kit Board. The example projects, 13
in all, cover each Express Logic product indi-
vidually and include multifunction examples
that illustrate how to use several products
together.
LDRA reduces on-target footprint
of its tool suite by 60%
LDRA has optimised the LDRA tool suite
target implementation to deliver the same
comprehensive software test and verifica-
tion capabilities with a 60 percent smaller
on-target footprint. This reduced footprint
minimises test overhead significantly so that
time-critical dependencies can now be prop-
erly traced. Instrumentation overhead no lon-
ger interferes with the real-time execution on
the target.
Keysight Technologies begins operations
Keysight Technologies announced the elec-
tronic measurement business of Agilent
Technologies has begun operating under the
Keysight name. It will remain a wholly owned
subsidiary of Agilent Technologies until early
November when the separation is expected to
be completed and Keysight begins trading on
the NYSE under the symbol KEYS.
MathWorks: build, test, and run real-time
applications from Simulink models
MathWorks has announced the introduction
of Simulink Real-Time into the Simulink
product family. Available with the company’s
Release 2014a, Simulink Real-Time enables
engineers to build, test, and run real-time
applications from Simulink models on dedi-
cated target computer hardware connected to
their physical systems, providing a complete
end-to-end real-time simulation and testing
solution.
Altium: new TASKING C compiler for
Renesas RH850 automotive
microcontrollers
Altium announces a major new addition to its
TASKING C compiler solutions for automo-
tive application development, providing sup-
port for the RH850 architecture from Renesas
Electronics. The RH850 is the latest automo-
tive microcontroller family from Renesas to
offer high performance balanced with very
low power consumption over a wide and scal-
able range of products.
