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bands in end applications including test and
measurement, defense, microwave backhaul,
satellite, and wireless communications equip-
ment.
Conrad: latest gen energy-ef-
ficient cooling units from Rittal
Conrad Business Supplies has begun stock-
ing a new range of cooling units from Rittal.
The Blue e+ range provides far higher levels
of energy efficiency than current cooling solu-
tions and the units have been designed to offer
improved flexibility, safety and ease of instal-
lation. Testing of the range has demonstrated
energy savings of up to 75%, which, combined
with an increased service life, ensures great
cost-effectiveness for the user.
NXP drives NFC innovation with new
connected tags and reader solution
NXP Semiconductors announced how its
Near Field Communication solutions can
drive innovation for embedded systems
designs in smart home, access management
and home banking as part of the company’s
vision to drive a new era in NFC. The com-
pany released its NTAG I²C plus, which
extends the family of connected tag solu-
tions that combines passive NFC with an I²C
interfaces well known for enabling NFC com-
missioning, simple “tap-to-connect” commu-
nications between smart devices to the home
network
TQ: IoT Edge Gateway ODM solutions
TQ has been showcasing in cooperation with
Gemalto a modular gateway solution as a
basis for individual, customized products to
enable “Secure IoT”. TQ is hereby concentrat-
ing on topics such as processor technology,
hardware and systems integration for ODM
products. Gemalto, a leader in digital secu-
rity, enables back-end services, security and
industrial-grade global mobile connectivity
on 2G/3G/LTE networks. This combination
offers an optimal basis for Enterprise IoT and
Industry 4.0 solutions and brings together the
world of M2M and IoT.
Advantech, ARM, Bosch Sensortec,
Sensirion, and TI cooperate for
M2.COM IoT sensor platform
Advantech, along with ARM, Bosch Sensortec,
Sensirion and Texas Instruments announced
the collaboration of a new Internet of Things
sensor platform called M2.COM; which has
been unveiled at Embedded World 2016. The
IoT era brings new opportunities to tradi-
tional industries and drives business evolu-
tion for the next-generation of products and
services. To enable a diverse range of IoT
applications, and to standardize different plat-
forms and technologies, an open platform for
IoT sensors and sensor nodes was established
by sensor makers and module makers for
more efficient IoT development. By joining
M2.COM, participants will define and drive
the leading platform to empower the Internet
of Things.
EKF: 7-port Gigabit Ethernet switch
with 802.1 audio video bridging
EKF presents the SL1-COMBO, a 7-port Giga-
bit Ethernet switch on a peripheral slot card
for CompactPCI Serial systems. The onboard
Marvell 88E6350R GbE switch is selfmanaged
and provides a rich feature set. While 5 GbE
ports are wired to associated RJ45 front panel
jacks, the 6th GbE port is in use for backplane
communication via the CompactPCI Serial
connector P6.
DFI: Pentium/Celeron processor
N3000-based COM Express Compact
DFI introduces its latest COM Express Type
6 module powered by the Intel Pentium/Cele-
ron Processor N3000 Family – BW968. When
compared to previous generations, the latest
Compact supports 3 independent displays
up to 4K x 2K with a lower 4-6W TDP, and
it targets cost-effective applications, includ-
ing entry-level gaming, banking, ticket
machine, and digital signage.With more and
more requirements for multiple displays,
the Intel Pentium/Celeron Processor-based
module is equipped with 3 independent dis-
plays (support up to 4K x 2K) to provide
stunning graphics performance for superior
visual computing in edge devices like gaming
machine and digital signage.
Kontron: strategic partnership with
Wibu-Systems for augmented IoT security
Kontron announces a multi-year partner-
ship with Wibu-Systems, an innovative secu-
rity technology leader in the global software
licensing market. As a result of the technolog-
ical and business framework agreement, Kon-
tron customers will benefit from augmented
security and new monetization opportunities
for their IoT products. Embedded security is
critical for successful IoT deployments. With
this partnership, Kontron will offer compre-
hensive end-to-end security for the lifecyle of
its products and create a trusted environment
for its customers.
Vector Software announces
VectorCAST/Analytics
Vector Software announced VectorCAST/
Analytics, providing an easy to understand
web-based dashboard of software code qual-
ity and testing completeness metrics, enabling
users to identify trends in a single codebase or
compare metrics between multiple codebases.
Software projects fall into two categories:
maintenance of legacy applications and
development of new applications. Each pres-
ents a unique challenge. Legacy applications
are often under-tested and overly complex.
Understanding where to start is the biggest
challenge to improving quality. With new
development, the challenge is often release
readiness -- how much work has been done
and how much remains to be done.
WIN Enterprises: compact-size
COM Express module with 6th
gen Intel Core processor
WIN Enterprises announces the MB-73440,
a compact-size COM Express module with
Type 6 pin-out type. The unit supports a wide
range of Intel 6th Generation Core i7/i5/i3
and Celeron SoC processors. The module
features up to 32GB non-ECC Dual channel
DDR4 at 2133/1867 MHz, on board SATA
SSD (optional), 4K graphics, two DDI chan-
nels, one LVDS, supporting up to 3 indepen-
dent displays. The MB-73440 comes with GbE,
2x SATA 6 Gb/s, 4x USB 3.0 and 8x USB 2.0,5
PCIe x1 (Gen2, configurable to x2, x4) and
supports TPM 1.2/2.0.
Altium: integrated documentation
solution for PCB design tool
Altium is scheduled to release a new docu-
mentation workflow available exclusively in
their PCB design platform, Altium Designer
16.1. Draftsman provides PCB designers with
a unified documentation solution with cus-
tomizable drawing views, documentation
templates, and a fully complete design to
documentation workflow in Altium Designer
16.1. Engineers interested in learning about all
of the new features in Draftsman can view the
Altium Designer 16.1 Coming Soon website.
