Dedicated Systems e-Spotlight: Vol 9, Issue 12s published on March 27, 2008
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SDC Systems
MontaVista to Discuss Real-time in Linux at UK Embedded Masterclass
MontaVista will give a presentation at the next UK Embedded Masterclass, discussing how the Linux kernel can deliver true real time functionality and performance....
MontaVista Software, Inc., the leader in embedded Linux commercialization, will give a presentation at the next UK Embedded Masterclass, discussing how the Linux kernel can deliver true real time functionality and performance by itself, without resorting to techniques such as a separate microkernel. The Embedded Masterclass will take place in London and Bristol on the 8th and 13th May and is free to engineers and technology managers. http://www.embedded-masterclass.com
This presentation will address the mechanisms used to achieve real-time, why to use real time and the current state and future of real-time in Linux. Klaas Van Gend, who has been professionally engaged with Linux software development for various companies including P...
Date : Mar 17, 2008
SPOTLIGHT SELECTION
This is the spotlight edition of our e-gazette. You can still find all submitted announcements on our website.
Boards
Eurotech Ltd
High performance computing engine accelerates OEM development
The Eurotech Ltd QUANTUM PXA270 based SO-DIMM format Single Board Computer module gives OEMs an extremely low power, high performance and cost effective computer component for easy integration into their application spec...
The Eurotech Ltd QUANTUM PXA270 based SO-DIMM format Single Board Computer module gives OEMs an extremely low power, high performance and cost effective computer component for easy integration into their application specific motherboards. Its ready to run potential eliminates the work and risk involved with designing the complex processor core and operating system element. Designers can focus on the I/O and interface features unique to their market application.
The PXA270 processor incorporates Intel XScale® micro architecture, multimedia acceleration, rich peripheral integration and sophisticated power management. It supports wireless clients with the latest Intel mobile technology. The QUANTUM module combines this with a wide range of features, making it ideal for mobile and han...
Date: Mar 27, 2008
VMETRO
VMETRO Adds Quad-Core Processing Engine and Single Board Computer to 6U VPX Offerings
VMETRO, a leader in embedded computing solutions based on standards such as VXS and XMC that utilize multi-gigabit serial interconnects, today announced two new 6U VPX-REDI products. The MPE730 is a 6U VITA 46/48 Quad-Co...
VMETRO, a leader in embedded computing solutions based on standards such as VXS and XMC that utilize multi-gigabit serial interconnects, today announced two new 6U VPX-REDI products. The MPE730 is a 6U VITA 46/48 Quad-Core PowerPCT Multi-Processing Engine that integrates dual Freescale Power ArchitectureT MPC8641D processors and Serial RapidIO® fabric connectivity. The SBC731 is a 6U VPX-REDI Single Board Computer (SBC) that supports a single MPC8641D processor and the Serial RapidIO fabric. For demanding, deployed multi-core applications such as radar, sensor, and signal processing the MPE730 is well suited. The SBC731 is targeted at host boards applications such as mission and control processors.
Both of these COTS products utilize powerful processing and high-speed interconnec...
Date: Mar 26, 2008
BittWare, Inc.
BittWare Expands Rugged Hybrid Signal Processing Family
Conduction Cooled 6U VXS card is most recent addition to family of boards combining Altera® Stratix® II GX FPGAs with high-end DSPs...
SAN DIEGO, CA - March 11, 2008 - BittWare, Inc., the leading supplier of hybrid and FPGA-only signal processing board-level solutions based on Alteras FPGA technology, announced today at the Military & Aerospace Electronics Forum, the most recent addition to their family of ruggedized, hybrid signal processing boards. The GT-6U-VME (GTV6) is the latest board in a line of hybrid embedded solutions from BittWare, featuring Altera® Stratix® II GX FPGAs. The GTV6 features two Altera Stratix II GX FPGAs (2SGX90 or 130), two processing clusters consisting of two ADSP-TS201S TigerSHARC® DSPs from Analog Devices, and up to 3 GBytes of DDR2 SDRAM memory. This conduction-cooled board is optimized for high-end, multi-processing applications, while also providing complete flexibility for future adapt...
Date: Mar 21, 2008
Industry News (Market)
The Embedded Masterclass 2008
The One Stop Event for Embedded Linux Developers
For embedded engineers working with Linux or considering using Linux, the Embedded Masterclass 2008 is turning into a 'one stop event' for Realtime and Embedded Linux....
Some of the world´s leading technology vendors will be available to discuss such topics as commercial Linux operating systems, debugging tools for Linux development, in-memory database solutions for Linux systems and even a hands-on workshop that will enable engineers to get Linux up and running on ARM target hardware.
The Embedded Masterclass 2008 is to be held in London on the 8th May and in Bristol on the 13th May and will feature a wide range of embedded development tools, software and technologies.
"We´re delighted by the response so far," said Richard Blackburn, event organiser. "The Linux workshop at the London event is close to being sold out and the numbers at the Bristol event are also looking very good. " Although the event covers a br...
Date: Mar 27, 2008
Dolomite
Dolomite Flows Out Microfluidics Technology to China
Dolomite has appointed Universal Analytical and Testing Instruments Ltd in China as a distributor for its microfluidics services and capabilities....
UK microfluidics development company, Dolomite has appointed Universal Analytical and Testing Instruments Ltd in China as a distributor for its microfluidics services and capabilities. Universal Analytical and Testing Instruments Ltd will work with local clients helping to secure new business opportunities and manage customer relations for Dolomite in China.
Dolomite is a leader in Microfluidics, also known as `lab on a chip'. This is an exciting new field of science and engineering that enables very small-scale fluid control and analysis, allowing instrument manufacturers to develop smaller, more cost-effective and more powerful systems. With lab-on-a-chip technology, entire complex chemical management and analysis systems are created in a microfluidic chip and interfaced...
Date: Mar 21, 2008
RTOS
AVIX-RT embedded systems
AVIX-RT announces 32 bit version of its RTOS AVIX
AVIX-RT is proud to announce its RTOS AVIX to be available for the MIPS based Microchip PIC32 microcontroller. This new product extends the AVIX-RT product portfolio such that AVIX can be used now with all 16-bit and 32-...
AVIX-RT is proud to announce the latest version 2.2 of its RTOS AVIX to be available for the MIPS based Microchip PIC32 microcontroller. This new product (AVIX32) is fully compatible with its 16-bit counterpart (AVIX16) and complements the AVIX-RT product portfolio such that AVIX can be used now with all Microchip 16-bit and 32-bit microcontrollers. The unique features offered by AVIX16 are present also in AVIX32. Especially worth mentioning is the unique system stack implementation to be used by interrupt handlers. Compared with competing products the AVIX32 system stack implementation can save you up to 11K of RAM. On a PIC32 offering 32K RAM this is over 33% of the total amount of RAM competing products need for interrupt handling which, using AVIX32, is available to be used by the appl...
Date: Mar 24, 2008
AVIX-RT embedded systems
AVIX-RT Releases version 2.2 of its RTOS AVIX
Based on its successfull predecessor version 2.01, AVIX-RT is proud to announce version 2.2 of its RTOS targeting Microchip 24F, 24H and dsPIC microcontrollers....
In its latest version 2.2, the functionality of AVIX is extended to a level making it even more usable than its predecessor. Added to the functionality is a unique time-out mechanism allowing error checking on potential blocking function calls. Based on the user friendly and type safe API offered already in previous versions, the new version is extended with time-out functionality fully retaining the API properties mentioned above.
Furthermore a number of performance enhancing optimizations have been implemented making the new version even faster than the already very fast previous version. Benchmarked against a number of other products using the open source performance test ThreadMetric, AVIX is performance winner on four out of seven tests contained in this test suite.
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Date: Mar 24, 2008
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