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	Dedicated Systems e-Spotlight: Vol 9, Issue 25s published on June 26, 2008
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	BVM Ltd High performance, low power min-ITX and 3.5" embedded SBCs BVM continues to expand its capabilities in the embedded SBC space with the addition of the new versions of the LV-679 and the LS-372 units, both based on a low power Core 2 Duo BGA CPU.... BVM continues to expand its capabilities in the embedded SBC space with the addition of the new versions of the LV-679 and the LS-372 units, both based on a low power Core 2 Duo BGA CPU that typically consume around half the power of a normal mobile processor thereby simplifying cooling and power supply requirements. The LV-679 is a Mini-ITX format module featuring the GME965 Express chipset, providing excellent flexibility for developers of embedded applications by offering outstanding graphics and I/O bandwidth, asset management capabilities, storage speed and reliability. The 800MHz FSB, 1.6GHz CPU clock, 4MB L2 cache and support for 3GB RAM ensure maximum performance, yet the total power consumption is only 20 Watts. The second board, the LS-372, is in the popular 3.5" format and fea...	Full version Date : Jun 18, 2008


	SPOTLIGHT SELECTION

	This is the spotlight edition of our e-gazette. You can still find all submitted announcements on our website.	All submitted announcements

	Boards

	Concurrent Technologies Dual Display XMC Graphics Adaptor, Commercial or Rugged Concurrent Technologies announces a high-performance dual display video/graphics XMC based adaptor. The XM 403/x33 is a high-resolution XMC graphics adaptor supporting a variety of Digital Flat Panel (DFP) or analog CRT... For more details on this product, including datasheet, visit http://www.gocct.com/sheets/xm403x33.htm For a photograph visit http://www.gocct.com/sheets/picture/hires/jpgimage/xm403_hires.jpg For enquiries... mailto:jba@cct.co.uk Concurrent Technologies announces a high-performance dual display video/graphics XMC based adaptor. The XM 403/x33 is a high-resolution XMC graphics adaptor supporting a variety of Digital Flat Panel (DFP) or analog CRT devices in single or dual display configurations; the DFP and CRT can be driven simultaneously with the same image or different image sources. As we...	Full version Date: Jun 26, 2008
	Concurrent Technologies Quad Port 10/100/1000 Ethernet XMC Adaptor, Commercial or Rugged Concurrent Technologies announces a family of networking XMC mezzanine cards - the XM 510/x24, a quad port Gigabit Ethernet adaptor supporting 1000Base-T, 100Base-Tx and 10Base-T. Where performance, functionality and sp... For more details on this product, including datasheet, visit http://www.gocct.com/sheets/xm510x24.htm For a photograph visit http://www.gocct.com/sheets/picture/hires/jpgimage/xm510x24-hires.jpg For enquiries... mailto:jba@cct.co.uk Concurrent Technologies announces a family of networking XMC mezzanine cards - the XM 510/x24, a quad port Gigabit Ethernet adaptor supporting 1000Base-T, 100Base-Tx and 10Base-T. Where performance, functionality and space are key elements, the XM 510/x24 provides four network ports in a single-width XMC site on a suitable host board, e.g. CompactPCI®, VXS, VP...	Full version Date: Jun 26, 2008
	Pentek Inc. Pentek Introduces High-Speed Software Radio PMC Module with Power Meter and Beamforming Model 7152, a quad 200 MHz, 16-bit A/D digitizer with a 32-channel digital down converter (DDC) configured in a PMC format.... High-Density, Single-Slot Virtex-5 FPGA Software Radio Solution Four 16-bit, 200 MHz A/Ds with 32 FPGA-based DDCs Extended DDC Bandwidth Range from 20 kHz to 10 MHz UPPER SADDLE RIVER, NJ-June 24, 2008-Pentek, Inc., with its proven track record as a pioneer in software radio innovation, today introduced its Model 7152, a quad 200 MHz, 16-bit A/D digitizer with a 32-channel digital down converter (DDC) configured in a PMC format. This high-speed module employs a high-performance, factory-installed core for users who want to purchase a product with the critical signal-processing functions already installed and operational. It is well suited for fulfilling the requirements of real-time software radio, beamforming, signal-intelligence and radar systems. "The 7152 ...	Full version Date: Jun 24, 2008
	Technobox, Inc. Micro Mezzanine System from Technobox Lets Embedded Systems Developers Create Unique Board-level Solutions * Build-a-Board Solutions using Modular Components * Thousands of Possible Combinations * Incorporate Multiple Functions on a Single Board * Flexible, FPGA-based, Patent-pending Architecture * Go from Pro... Lumberton, New Jersey, June 15, 2008 -PMCs have provided a means to augment embedded systems with a range of add-on capabilities such as async I/O, hard drive controllers, A:D conversion, and additional processing power to offload tasks from the principal controller. These add-ons characteristically have been provided as single function boards and work well. But designers have had to struggle with limitations. Like not having enough mezzanine sites on a host controller or carrier. Or insufficient expansion slots in system chassis. Or not quite having the right mix of mezzanines for a peculiar application. Recognizing these common frustrations leads to the question of overcoming them. With the introduction of its new Micro Mezzanine System, Technobox offers a ready answer. Based up...	Full version Date: Jun 20, 2008
	BittWare, Inc. BittWare Announces Hybrid Signal Processing Card Leveraging Texas Instruments DSPs AdvancedMC features a hybrid architecture ideal for wireless communications applications requiring reconfigurability... LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - June 17, 2008 - Building on two decades of digital signal processing expertise, BittWare, the leading supplier of hybrid and FPGA-computing digital signal processing COTS solutions, announced today at NXTcomm08 the release of their inaugural Texas Instruments (TI) DSP-based board. Featuring a high-performance, multicore TMS320TCI6487 DSP designed specifically for communications infrastructure applications, coupled with a high-density Altera Stratix II GX FPGA, the BittWare F1/GXAM provides a completely flexible, reconfigurable platform for high-end digital signal processing. "TI has combined three blazing fast cores for a total of 3.0 GHz raw DSP processing power with 3 MBytes of on-chip L2 SRAM/cache and native OBSAI and CPRI antenna interfaces into a sing...	Full version Date: Jun 20, 2008

	Industry News (Market)

	Mapusoft MapuSoft Technologies Adds Jungo´s WinDriver Development Tool to Product Offerings MapuSoft Technologies (MT) announced it will add WinDriverT the cross-OS driver development tool to its current list of product offerings. The WinDriver product line, developed by Jungo Ltd., allows for development of U... Highlights: · Powerful addition from Jungo to MapuSoft's existing product line enhances hardware access capabilities · Jungo´s WinDriver enables cross-platform USB, PCI and PCI Express driver development · WinDriver toolkit is now available to MapuSoft customers as an add-on to existing product offering Mobile, AL, June, 23, 2008 - Today MapuSoft Technologies (MT) announced it will add WinDriverT the cross-OS driver development tool to its current list of product offerings. The WinDriver product line, developed by Jungo Ltd., allows for development of USB, PCI, and PCI Express drivers and supports any device, regardless of its silicon vendor. With this unique tool and its standardized APIs, developers can easily develop driver code for mul...	Full version Date: Jun 25, 2008
	SDC Systems MontaVista Provides First No-Cost Evaluation of Commercial Linux for Freescale QorIQT P4080 Multicore Processor Proven multicore Linux support extended to next generation communications platform based on Power Architecture® technology... At the 2008 Freescale Technology Forum (FTF), MontaVista® Software, Inc., the leader in embedded Linux® commercialization, unveiled a new MontaVista Linux® Support Package (LSP) to jump start the development of Linux-based devices on the Freescale QorIQT P4080 multicore communications processor. The advanced Freescale processor is expected to be available in several months, but the MontaVista software is being demonstrated on a simulated P4080 processor today in MontaVista´s booth at FTF. MontaVista will be the first company to enable embedded developers to evaluate (at no cost) and build multicore applications for Freescale´s QorIQ communications platform using commercial Linux. "MontaVista Linux drives millions of devices today on Freescale PowerQUICC® processors, and ...	Full version Date: Jun 24, 2008
	Dolomite Microfluidics Dolomite Conquers Quartz Microfluidics Fabrication Dolomite makes break-through in quartz microfluidics fabrication. Quartz is a favoured material for the bioscience sector.... Microfluidics experts, Dolomite, have announced that they have now optimised the fabrication of quartz microfluidic chips, enabling instrument manufacturers to benefit from the many important qualities of synthetic quartz for use within bioscience and medical systems. Dolomite is a leader in Microfluidics, a technology 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 with, for example, electronic and optical detection systems. "Th...	Full version Date: Jun 24, 2008

	Industry News (Personnel)

	BittWare, Inc. BittWare Expands Technical Management Team Addition of industry veterans add to BittWare's military and FPGA expertise... CONCORD, NH - June 12, 2008 - NH-based BittWare, the leading supplier of hybrid and FPGA-computing digital signal processing COTS solutions, has added two new members to its already impressive engineering team: Steve Klonsky as Director of Product Development, and Chad Hamilton as Manager of Applications Engineering. Klonsky and Hamilton, two experienced and successful professionals will be vital to BittWare's continued growth. "BittWare's grown tremendously in the past few years," stated Jeffry Milrod, President & CEO of BittWare. "We needed to add some seasoned technical professionals to ensure the timely development and deployment of leading-edge products. Our ability to attract such outstanding talent as Steve and Chad is a testimony to our company, our dir...	Full version Date: Jun 20, 2008

	Systems

	Concurrent Technologies MicroTCAT Development System with 5 AMC slots Concurrent Technologies announces a MicroTCAT System designed to aid the bench development of MicroTCAT applications. The SY AMC/205 is a 5-slot MicroTCA free-standing cube which supports up to 5 AdvancedMCT (AMC) module... For more details on this product, including datasheet, visit http://www.gocct.com/sheets/syamc205.htm For a photograph visit http://www.gocct.com/sheets/picture/hires/jpgimage/syamc205-hires.jpg For enquiries... mailto:jba@cct.co.uk Concurrent Technologies announces a MicroTCAT System designed to aid the bench development of MicroTCAT applications. The SY AMC/205 is a 5-slot MicroTCA free-standing cube which supports up to 5 AdvancedMCT (AMC) modules. To focus the development process the SY AMC/205 comes pre-loaded with a dual-core processor AMC, a graphics and storage-disk AMC, and a Micro...	Full version Date: Jun 26, 2008

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