June 2014
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congatec/AMD
Special Features:
Internet-of-Things
Boards & Modules
Microcontrollers
CoverStory:
AMDSoC-based congatec boards - accelerating IoT appliance development
Ready for the next big thing?
Cover Story:
AMD SoC-based congatec boards -
accelerating IoT appliance development
Page 6
Gartner foresees that the number
of IoT appliances will explode to
around 26 billion units in 2020.
And all these new installations will
require smart embedded SoCs.
congatec pre-integrates AMD
Embedded G-Series SoCs on a
broad spectrum of embedded form
factors, helping to accelerate the
design of all these new appliances.
Application-optimized microcontroller
series supported by application kits
Page 10
The XMC microcontroller family
offers 32-bit performance and
functions at 8-bit prices. With the
XMC1000 architecture, the devel-
opment environment DAVE, and
the DAVE apps coupled with dedi-
cated application kits, an applica-
tion-oriented solution for rapid and
reliable design implementation is
available.
Triple redundant single-board computer
based on three PowerPC 750 CPUs
Page 16
This article introduces triple redun-
dant single-board computers
based on three PowerPC 750
CPUs operating in lockstep archi-
tecture. Compared to solutions
using three individual CPU boards,
the one-card approach is much
more compact and reduces both
software overhead and power
consumption.
Safe, secure, scalable RTOS
for the Internet of Things
Page 22
The modern next-generation
RTOS needs to be modular, con-
figurable and expandable to meet
the dynamic demands of the IoT
among
other
applications.
VxWorks 7 can not only reinforce
customer applications in tradition-
al RTOS markets with faster safety
or security certification, but can also allow customers to extend
their reach into emerging applications enabled by the IoT.
Smart design of IoT applications
using Software Platform Builder
Page 32
Nowadays billions of people worldwide are connected to the
internet with their PCs or mobile devices. One of the upcoming
challenges is to extend this computer network to a network of
devices which can communicate with human beings, or other
devices without human interaction.
Viewpoint
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Cover Story
AMD SoC-based congatec boards -
accelerating IoT appliance development
6
Microcontrollers
Application-optimized microcontroller
series supported by application kits
10
Boards & Modules
Triple redundant single-board computer
based on three PowerPC 750 CPUs
16
Extended temperature Mini-ITX
solutions for traffic surveillance
20
Internet-of-Things
Safe, secure, scalable RTOS
for the Internet of Things
22
Control and connectivity options
for the Internet of Things
26
Connecting legacy devices to
the Internet of Things
29
The fundamental components of
the Internet of Things
30
Smart design of IoT applications
using Software Platform Builder
32
Energy-harvesting wireless sensor
nodes for the Internet of Things
35
Motor Control
BLDC motor controllers for simple
and complex systems
37
Product News
40
