n
MSC to distribute Sharp displays
MSC Technologies is now an official distribu-
tion partner for the Sharp Devices Europe
LCD portfolio. The distribution agreement,
which is valid for Central and Eastern Europe,
the Benelux countries and Spain, concerns the
whole product range, starting from small-for-
mat displays of 8.9 cm and extending to 203
cm panels, some equipped with touchscreen
functionality, achieving 2000 cd/m² brightness
and 1:5000 contrast for highly demanding e-
signage applications.
n
Silicon Labs acquires low-power analog
IC products
Silicon Labs announced the purchase of the
full product portfolio and intellectual property
of Touchstone Semiconductor an early-stage
power management technology company and
provider of high-performance, low-power ana-
log IC products. Touchstone’s low-power analog
products and technologies complement Silicon
Labs’ embedded portfolio of energy-friendly
microcontrollers, wireless products and sensors
for the Internet of Things market.
n
Toshiba: application processors integrate
high-speed WLAN and NAND Flash
Toshiba Electronics Europe has announced it
will offer a new range of application processors
that incorporate IEEE802.11ac baseband - the
standard for high-speed wireless LAN - and
NAND flash memory. The TZ5000 series is
the latest addition to Toshiba’s ApP Lite family.
The series adopts an original low-power design,
reducing power consumption and heat gener-
ation when processing multimedia applications,
such as HTML5, which usually imposes a
heavy load on the CPU.
n
Renesas: RX64M MCUs with 4 MB Flash
and 512 KB SRAM for IoT applications
Renesas Electronics unveiled the RX64M group
of microcontrollers. Part of the RX family,
which covers a wide range of applications,
from mid-range to high-end products, the
RX64M MCUs provide a high-end MCU so-
lution for applications that require the higher
performance, on-chip memory and lower
power. Since the new MCUs maintain com-
patibility with the existing product line, system
designers working with current RX products
can migrate easily to these new MCUs.
n
DFI: type 6 COM Express basic module
based on mobile HM86 Express chipset
DFI launches a new Type 6 COM Express
Basic module, the HM960-HM86, in its mo-
bile-based Intel HM86 product line providing
low-power consumption and higher perform-
ance. This COM Express Basic module is pow-
ered by the BGA 1364 packaging technology
supporting the latest 4th generation Intel Core
processor family. The enhancements in CPU
performance, media and graphics capabilities,
security and power efficiency in the 4th gen-
eration Intel Core processor family are driving
innovation.
n
Digi: ConnectCore 6 module adds
wireless M2M connectivity to devices
Digi International announced ConnectCore
6, a surface mount multi-chip module with
built-in wireless connectivity. The ConnectCore
6 provides access to all of the features of the
Freescale i.MX 6 Quad, i.MX 6 Dual and i.MX
6 Solo processors, making it the ideal solution
for M2M applications.
n
Advantech: ARM-based compact box
for IoT edge computing
Advantech launches the UBC-200, an ARM-
based compact box computer, intended to be
used as a core computing element in the grow-
ing demand for IoT applications. UBC-200 is
equipped with the Freescale ARM Cortex-A9
i.MX6 Dual/Quad CPU, 1 GB/2 GB DDR3 of
onboard memory and 4 GB e.MMC flash
memory for storage. It supports Full HD 1080P
HDMI display, 1 x USB 2.0 port, Gigabyte
Ethernet and a mini-PCIe interface for optional
Wi-Fi or 3G expansion.
n
Kontron: Pico-ITX and Mini-ITX
embedded motherboards with E3800
series excel in graphics
Kontron announced two new embedded moth-
erboards with Intel Atom processor E3800 se-
ries. These particularly energy-efficient SoC
boards in the form factors Pico-ITX and Mini-
ITX excel with their outstanding graphics and
powerful processor performance while con-
suming only a few watts. The Pico-ITX and
Mini-ITX form factors can easily be integrated
into existing systems without any further
design effort, making them ready to use right
out of the box.
n
Freescale: metrocell base station
SoC drives next-generation LTE
Freescale introduces the next generation of its
QorIQ Qonverge portfolio of base station-
on-chip SoCs. Designed to help operators add
capacity and deliver enhanced coverage in
user-dense environments, the new B3421 base
station SoC integrates digital front-end tech-
nology, which improves power amplifier effi-
ciency and significantly reduces base station
power and costs.
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