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NEXCOM: fan-less computer bridges
business decisions and factory
operations with Industrial IoT
NEXCOM has released the fan-less computer
NISE 3720 series to build industrial IoT for
data-driven decision making. Featuring 4th
generation Intel Core i7-4650U processor, the
NISE 3720 series supports communication
across automation protocols, data-intensive
analysis, and effective information delivery.
Targeted at big SCADA applications, the NISE
3720 series also provides high integration
capability to connect multiple factories.
MEN: SIL 4 Certified SBC
with safe software
As a SIL 4 certifiable railway computer, the
3U CompactPCI F75P incorporates a safe
QNX BSP and will serve as the heart of the
MEN Train Control System, currently under
development. In addition, safe firmware now
available from infoteam Software perfectly
complements the dual-redundant safe hard-
ware from MEN. The F75P is a safe Com-
pactPCI PlusIO SBC featuring onboard dual
redundancy as well as a safe BSP for QNX,
with PikeOS on request. The SBC forms the
basis for the MEN Train Control System – an
application-ready system platform in half 19“
that can manage single functions in a train as
well as the control of the complete train.
Lauterbach: μTrace supports new
ARM Cortex-M7 processor
Lauterbach announces its support for the
ARM Cortex-M7 processor, the latest embed-
ded processor in the ARM Cortex-M family.
It not only inherits the characteristics from
Cortex-M processor series, such as energy
efficiency, high performance, ease of use and
smaller code, but also is designed with more
configurations for automotive and safety
applications as well as more powerful debug
and trace capabilities.
PEAK-System: fast CAN FD
for USB interface
CAN FD, the evolution of the proven CAN
bus, can now be connected to PCs with two
USB interfaces from PEAK-System. While
PCAN-USB FD offers a single CAN FD chan-
nel, PCAN-USB Pro FD has two CAN FD and
two LIN channels, distributed on two D-Sub
connectors. The CAN FD channels are each
galvanically isolated up to 500 V. The inter-
faces can reach transfer rates of up to 12Mbit/s
for the maximum 64 data bytes of a CAN FD
frame. Both products make use of the USB 2.0
standard, ensuring a lower latency than on
USB 1.1. Device drivers are available for Win-
dows 8.1, 7, Vista, as well as Linux.
SYSGO ports PikeOS on IC
OpenVPX Core i7 platforms
SYSGO with PikeOS and Interface Concept
with its Core i7 Intel VPX 3U and 6U plat-
forms collaborate to offer processing solu-
tions for the embedded defense and aerospace
market. These solutions benefit from the most
recent technologies available in the design of
OpenVPX COTS Single Board Computers
while offering high performance real-time
processing capabilities.
MEN: safe communication
for train control system
A safe QNX BSP ensures comprehensive safe
communication between the control unit and
the I/O in the new MEN Train Control Sys-
tem. Available in a SIL 4-pre-certified con-
figuration, MTCS is based on the F75P SBC
to provide safe control of single functions as
well as for complete train control. MTCS is
an application-ready system platform in half
19” that allows safe control of all rail relevant
actors and sensors, including doors, brakes,
speedmeasurement data and complete vehicle
control.
Mentor: commercial Embedded
Linux Platform
Mentor Graphics announced the availability
of the Mentor Embedded Linux software for
the AMD Embedded G-Series SoC, CPU and
2nd Generation R-Series APU devices. Devel-
opers who began evaluation, prototyping,
and development by downloading the previ-
ously announced and freely available Mentor
Embedded Lite and Sourcery CodeBench Lite
products can now easily migrate to these new
commercially-supported versions. Develop-
ers can make use of the Mentor Embedded
Linux and the Sourcery CodeBench inte-
grated development environment products
to create dynamic applications targeting mar-
kets such as digital gaming, point-of-sale, and
electronic signage/displays.
MEN: wireless access point
meets requirements of modern
railway applications
As a member of MEN’s robust box PC family,
the rugged, maintenance-free NM50 provides
the same flexible and scalable architecture
that enables fast cost-effective time to mar-
ket. The new NM50 is a wireless access point
especially designed for demanding rail and
automotive applications, and operates over an
extended operating temperature range from
-40 to +85°C. The electronics, based on a low-
power QorIQ processor, are housed in a fan-
less, conduction-cooled enclosure with IP40
protection.
