Dedicated Systems e-Spotlight: Vol 9, Issue 4s published on January 31, 2008
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Ronetix
RONETIX announced its new CPU Module with AT91SAM9263
Vienna, Austria - January 14, 2008 - Ronetix today announced the availability of the new AT91SAM9263 based System-on-Module. The CPU Module in SODIMM200 format has on board a 240 MHz ARM926E CPU, 64MB SDRAM, 4MB Paralle...
Vienna, Austria - January 14, 2008 - Ronetix today announced the availability of the new AT91SAM9263 based System-on-Module. The CPU Module in SODIMM200 format has on board a 240 MHz ARM926E CPU, 64MB SDRAM, 4MB Parallel Flash, 256MB NAND Flash, 4MB Video RAM, 2MB DataFlash, 10/100Mb ethernet and a serial number chip.
A Starter Kit is also avaiable - it consists of a Base Board, a CPU Module in SODIMM200 format, PEEDI JTAG Emualtor and Flash Programmer and open source software. The Base Board provides an MMC/SD socket, a Compact Flash socket, a connector for LCD with Touch screen, four Audio jacks, an USB device port, two USB Host ports, two RS232 connectors and a CAN connector.
To have an easy and quick start the package includes: GNU compiler and debugger, bootloader U-BOOT...
Date : Jan 11, 2008
SPOTLIGHT SELECTION
This is the spotlight edition of our e-gazette. You can still find all submitted announcements on our website.
Boards
Concurrent Technologies
CONCURRENT TECHNOLOGIES Conduction-Cooled VME Dual PMC/XMC SBC, 1.5 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
For harsh operating environments Concurrent Technologies introduces a VME64 single board computer supporting a dual-core processor, IEEE 1101.2 conduction-cooling and dual PMC/XMC sites. The single-slot VP 417/031-RC us...
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For harsh operating environments Concurrent Technologies introduces a VME64 single board computer supporting a dual-core processor, IEEE 1101.2 conduction-cooling and dual PMC/XMC sites. The single-slot VP 417/031-RC uses the mobile dual core processor and server chipset from the Intel embedded roadmap - combining the performance of the 1.5 GHz Intel...
Date: Jan 30, 2008
Men Mikro Elektronik
New 2eSST VMEbus Single-Board Computer with PowerPC® MPC8548
- MPC8548 up to 1.5 GHz (FreescaleT)
- 1-slot 2eSST VMEbus master and slave
- 2 Gigabit Ethernet, 2 COMs at the front
- 2 Gigabit Ethernet via P0
- 2 PMC slots (1 slot also XMC)
- FPGA for indivi...
Fast and powerful due to 2eSST and MPC8548
MEN's new PowerPC® based A17 VMEbus SBC is based on an MPC8543 or MPC8548 with up to 1.5 GHz from FreescaleT. On the inside this PowerQUICCT-III family processor consists of a highly integrated e500 core with an FPU, MMU and with L2 cache support.
The A17 is a single-board computer specially designed for embedded applications and can act both as a master or slave in a legacy VMEbus environment. Using the new Tundra TSI148 bridge controller the A17 supports fast data throughput using 2eSST while also maintaining backwards compatibility with older standards such as VME64 and VME32. The 2eSST protocol is based on synchronous data transfer and thus doubles the theoretical VME transaction bandwidth to up to 320 MB/s.
At i...
Date: Jan 29, 2008
Men Mikro Elektronik
64-Bit Flagship Product: Intel®'s latest Core 2 Duo on MEN®'s Single-Board Computer F18
- Intel® CoreT 2 Duo Processor T7500
- Mobile Intel® 965GM Express Chipset
- 3U CompactPCI®/ CompactPCI® Express System Master
- Developed and qualified for harsh industrial environments
Linux, Window...
64-Bit Double Core Architecture with high-performance graphics
Equipped with Intel´s latest Core 2 Duo processor T7500 with a frequency of 2.2 GHz, optionally also with L7500 or U7500, the F18 is the youngest and the highest- performing member of the Intel-based CompactPCI Single Europe product family by MEN. The 64-bit board provides a 667/800-MHz frontside bus and high performance graphics, which accelerate above all digital image processing such as CAD tools, 2D/3D modeling, video and rendering applications as well as scientific data processing.
The F18 is a 32-bit/33 MHz system slot or stand-alone board and needs only one slot on the CompactPCI bus. In combination with a PCI Express side card the F18 can also be used as a system slot board in CompactPCI Express system...
Date: Jan 29, 2008
Eurotech Ltd
TITAN ultra-low power PC/104 PXA270 SBC
Eurotech Ltd, a pioneering developer of embedded computer and communications technology, has announced the TITAN, a RoHS compliant PC/104 single board computer based on the Intel® 520MHz PXA270 XScale® RISC processor....
Eurotech Ltd, a pioneering developer of embedded computer and communications technology, has announced the TITAN, a RoHS compliant PC/104 single board computer based on the Intel® 520MHz PXA270 XScale® RISC processor. TITAN is targeted at ultra-low power, fanless embedded systems and is available with a wide operating temperature range. This highly efficient board design has a typical consumption of just 1.5W but also supports several dynamically adjusted sleep modes to further reduce its power.
TITAN is powered from a single +5V and has five onboard serial ports, a TFT/STN flat panel graphics controller, an LVDS adapter (allowing connection to a flat panel display up to 5m away), analogue touch screen controller, resident onboard soldered Flash and DRAM, 10/100baseTx Ethernet por...
Date: Jan 28, 2008
VMETRO
VMETRO building VPX momentum
In December 2007, VMETRO continued to build momentum in its VPX (VITA 46) product line by shipping two new products, the MM-1200, an intelligent 6U XMC/PMC carrier, and VCX301, a 3U XMC carrier, to customers....
In December 2007, VMETRO continued to build momentum in its VPX (VITA 46) product line by shipping two new products, the MM-1200, an intelligent 6U XMC/PMC carrier, and VCX301, a 3U XMC carrier, to customers. These shipments demonstrate VMETRO´s commitment to provide innovative embedded computing solutions using high-speed serial interconnects including VXS (VITA 41) and VPX (VITA 46) for use in development and deployed systems. The MM-1200 and VCX301 are suited for use in deployed signal processing systems such as electronic warfare (EW) and Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) applications.
Based on the 6U VPX form factor, the MM-1200 is an Intelligent XMC/PMC Carrier. This board enables onboard devices including the XMC/PMC sites, large SDRAM memories and th...
Date: Jan 22, 2008
Industry News (Market)
Dynamic Engineering
PMC Mini Chassis with 4 PMC positions
Do you need a compact cost effective solution to your PMC mounting issues? The PMC-MC-X4-CHASSIS when combined with the PMC-MC-X4 [mini-carrier] is a complete solution with power supply and slot 0 functions - bus arbitra...
Do you need a compact cost effective solution to your PMC mounting issues? Why use a complete cPCI, VME or other standard chassis for your project when all you need is a backplane and power supply for most embedded applications. DYNAMIC ENGINEERING's PMC-MC-X4-CHASSIS when combined with the PMC-MC-X4 [mini-carrier] is a complete solution with power supply and slot 0 functions - bus arbitration, reset, clock, interrupt routing, terminations. The chassis is very compact [6.39" x 7.18" x 1.97"] and complete.
The PMC´s are stacked in parallel. The X4 has two PMC's mounted top and two bottom to make a three high sandwich with the basic PMC dimensions for length, double width, and a double high stack for the Z dimension. The X4 is slightly wider to allow for a p...
Date: Jan 25, 2008
Cambridge DMR
Cambridge-DMR Provide CD Duplication and Packaging for Armstrong Communications latest Software
CD Duplication and packaging company, Cambridge-DMR, have announced that they have recently worked with computer telephony specialists, Armstrong Communications PLC to help them take their product design to market....
CD Duplication and packaging company, Cambridge-DMR, have announced that they have recently worked with computer telephony specialists, Armstrong Communications PLC to help them take their product design to market. Armstrong´s product range is aimed at any business that depends on Voice and Data as the backbone to their communication.
"We were very pleased to have won this business," said Philip Allingham, Sales Manager at C-DMR. "The focus of our business is on high quality business and scientific software and data duplication, so this has been a good fit for us. For this project we provided CD duplication, CD printing, printing of the inserts and the overall packaging, so that we were able to deliver a complete product ready for shipment. We are increasingly tak...
Date: Jan 24, 2008
ITEA 2 Office
Third Call for Projects of ITEA 2 opens 21 February 2008
ITEA 2's third Call for Projects opens 21 February 2008. The deadline for submitting project proposals is 11 April 2008.
If you plan to participate, now is the time to start defining the general direction ...
Third Call for Projects of ITEA 2
Opening: 21 February 2008
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ITEA 2 (Information Technology for European Advancement) is Europe´s premier industry-driven
co-operative programme for pre-competitive R&D in Software-intensive Systems and Services (SiS). ITEA 2 is the successor of the very successful ITEA programme.
ITEA 2 is a EUREKA cluster programme that stimulates and supports projects that will give European industry a leading edge in the area of SiS. SiS are a key driver of innovation in Europe´s most competitive industries - such as automotive, aerospace, communications, healthcare and consumer electronics - and a vital growth engine for Europe´s economy.
ITEA 2 founding partner...
Date: Jan 23, 2008
Dolomite Microfluidics
Dolomite Expands UK Microfluidics Team
Dolomite have announced the expansion of their Royston based engineering team. In response to the worldwide growth in demand for their 'lab on a chip' technology....
Microfluidics experts Dolomite have announced the expansion of their Royston based engineering team. In response to the worldwide growth in demand for their 'lab on a chip' technology, Dolomite has taken on the expertise of four additional science based engineers to help meet customer demand.
Microfluidics is an emerging field of science and engineering that enables very small-scale fluid control and analysis, allowing instrument and medical device 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.
"It's an exciting time and we...
Date: Jan 22, 2008
TRANGO Virtual Processors
Trango Virtual Processors Provides Embedded Virtualization Technology For Cavium OCTEON Processors
Santa Clara, January 21st, 2008- TRANGO Virtual Processors, a leading provider of embedded virtualization IP, announced today that they are providing their feature-rich embedded virtualization technology for Cavium Netwo...
TRANGO´s embedded virtualization technology which is also referred to as Trango´s Hypervisor will provide OCTEON processor customers with high-availability, application reliability, user-data security, adaptive resource allocation, IO virtualization and power reduction by creating on-demand Virtual Processors across up to 16 MIPS cores available in OCTEON.
High-availability, application reliability and user-data security is offered by providing isolation between different functions. This isolation ensures that software updates, bugs or viruses do not affect the entire system but are quarantined by design without halting the entire system. This intrinsic quarantine enables quick detection of issues and enables run-time fixes. Adaptive resource allocation is achieved by dynami...
Date: Jan 21, 2008
Seminars, Tutorials, Courses, Workshops, Conferences
Thames Innovation Centre
Creative Thinking Workshop - Survival of the Most Creative
"It's not the strongest who will survive but the most creative!"
These are the words of Simon Middleton.
Simon Middleton is fast becoming one of the most respected experts on brand develop...
"It's not the strongest who will survive but the most creative!"
These are the words of Simon Middleton.
Simon Middleton is fast becoming one of the most respected experts on brand development and creative thinking. On the evening of the 18th March, Simon will be holding a Creative Thinking Workshop at the Thames Innovation Centre in London, UK.
During this workshop Simon will share his thoughts, experiences and ideas; discussing a wide range of issues that are key to business success in today's highly competitive global economy. Simon's previous events have repeatedly attracted entrepreneurs, technologists, marketing and design professionals and managers in both the private and public sectors.
Although Simon has helped to develop n...
Date: Jan 29, 2008
Systems
BVM Ltd
I/O rich fanless System with Core Duo processor
New from BVM is the WPC-763, an innovative I/O-rich fanless micro computer....
New from BVM is the WPC-763, an innovative I/O-rich fanless micro computer designed for applications such as digital signage, POS terminals, kiosks, ATM, thin servers, in-vehicle displays, outdoor entertainment, gaming, multimedia system and building automation; anywhere where 24/7 operation, low noise and protection from dust are critical requirements.
Based on the Intel 945 GM and ICH7M chipset, two versions are available, either the Core Duo 2 GHz or Celeron M 1.86GHz low power processors. The systems fully support Vista in addition to Window XP and XP Embedded. With six COM ports, a GPIO port for data collection and unit management, 2 USB 2.0 ports and a LPT port, the I/O-rich unit is ready-configured to accept the barcode scanners, photo sensors, card readers, limit switche...
Date: Jan 24, 2008
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