Dedicated Systems e-Spotlight: Vol 9, Issue 8s published on February 28, 2008
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Embedded Masterclass 2008
SolidWorks Team to Exhibit at Embedded Masterclass 2008
3D CAD experts, Innova Systems, have signed up to exhibit their market leading SolidWorks solutions at the Embedded Masterclass 2008 hi-tech developers event....
3D CAD experts, Innova Systems, have signed up to exhibit their market leading SolidWorks solutions at the Embedded Masterclass 2008 hi-tech developers event. Innova Systems are a leader in the provision of CAD and modelling systems to the technology sector. Based near Cambridge, they have worked closely with many of the UK's leading electronics development and manufacturing companies, enabling the modelling and rapid prototyping of plastic enclosures, precision components and mechanical systems.
"Although our focus is on the mechanical elements of engineering, much of our business is in the hi-tech sector," said Mark Bradford, Managing Director at Innova Systems. "Working with SolidWorks, we help development teams create working models of their ideas, both on scre...
Date : Feb 18, 2008
SPOTLIGHT SELECTION
This is the spotlight edition of our e-gazette. You can still find all submitted announcements on our website.
Boards
Dynamic Engineering
PMC Mini Chassis with 2 PMC positions by Dynamic Engineering
Do you need a compact cost effective solution to your PMC mounting issues? The PMC-MC-X2-CHASSIS when combined with the PMC-MC-X2 [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-X2-CHASSIS when combined with the PMC-MC-X2 [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 4.18" x 1.97"] and complete.
The PMC´s are stacked in parallel. The X2 has a PMC mounted top and 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 X2 is slightly wider to allow for a power switch ...
Date: Feb 22, 2008
Industry News (Market)
Elma Electronic UK Ltd
New 30,000 sq. ft. green field facility for Elma UK
Elma Electronic, one of Europe´s leading manufacturers of commercial, ruggedised and COTS enclosures, subracks, backplanes and systems, has moved into a new 30,000 sq. ft. purpose-built green field facility in Bedfo...
Elma Electronic, one of Europe´s leading manufacturers of commercial, ruggedised and COTS enclosures, subracks, backplanes and systems, has moved into a new 30,000 sq. ft. purpose-built green field facility in Bedford. The new facility brings together under one roof the Elma Electronic commercial products business, which has relocated from Hampshire, and the Mektron Systems ruggedised systems business.
Providing state of the art facilities for staff and improved capabilities for customers, an in-house EMC test chamber, additional test facilities, dedicated machine shop and prototype development areas enable modified standard and custom products to be brought to market with the minimum of delay.
The building is fitted with future-proofed data and voice networks, mu...
Date: Feb 28, 2008
The Embedded Masterclass 2008
Linux Powered Devices - The Embedded Masterclass Lifts the Lid
Embedded Masterclass 2008 to feature hands-on Embedded Linux Workshop - May 8th and 13th...
A key feature of this year's UK Embedded Masterclass is a workshop dedicated to using the Linux operating system on embedded devices. Working with an ARM processor, the workshop will be a combination of theory and practice that will give delegates an insight into the working of Linux in the embedded environment. The Embedded Masterclass will be held in London on the 8th May 2008, and again at Bristol on the 13th May.
"The open source nature of Linux has made it a big hit with engineers," said Richard Blackburn, event organiser. "Being able to get 'under the bonnet' of the software holds a lot of attraction for engineers and we have already received a number of registrations for this workshop, places are going fast."
The workshop is to be run b...
Date: Feb 26, 2008
N.A.T. GmbH
N.A.T. presents new hardware for MicroTCA and ATCA systems at the embedded world 2008
AMC modules with telecom IO like E1, T1, J1, STM1, STM4, SDH. MCH with SRIO, PCIe and 10 GbE...
N.A.T. the expert in high performance connectivity products for data and communication solutions today releases the SRIO for its NAT-MCH (MicroTCA Carrier Hub) and new versions of its NAMC-EXT-PS, NAMC-8560-8E1/T1/J1, NAMC-STM1/4 and NAMC-8560-IO.
The NAT-MCH now offers full PCIe and SRIO support. All fabrics can be scaled to individually support 6 or 12 AMCs in a MicroTCA system. Due to its modular design the NAT-MCH allows customers to build full scalable MicroTCA systems by selecting the required and omitting the non-required features offered by the MicroTCA and AMC standards.
The proofed benefits of SRIO (Serial Rapid IO) are automatic error detection, guaranteed latency, high bandwidth and the low overhead for the attached CPUs, DSPs, NPUs or FPGAs. Multiprocessing...
Date: Feb 25, 2008
Systems
BVM Limited
Low cost palm size PC packs a big punch
The latest addition to BVM´s range of ultra-small fanless PCs for embedded applications is the EPC-500, a compact 115 x 115 x 35mm unit with VESA mounting capabilities....
The latest addition to BVM´s range of ultra-small fanless PCs for embedded applications is the EPC-500, a compact 115 x 115 x 35mm unit with VESA mounting capabilities. Powered by an external single 5V @ 3A supply, the unit is completely silent in operation as forced air cooling is not required. Based on a VIA Eden ULV 500MHz CPU, the EPS-500 has 500MB of DDR2 Ram on board; the on board video supports 2D and 3D graphics up to 1920 x 1440 and has a MPEG4 and WMV9 decoding accelerator, making the unit ideal for use as the engine in graphics-heavy applications such as POS kiosks, display managers and similar uses. Its small size and low power consumption also makes it suitable for use in protocol converters, machine controllers and other applications where raw computing power is not t...
Date: Feb 27, 2008
Tools
N.A.T. GmbH
N.A.T. presents new software tools to configure a MicroTCA system
NAT-MCH with new easy to use software configuration tools...
N.A.T. the expert in high performance connectivity products for data and communication solutions today releases the new software tools for its MCH (MicroTCA Carrier Hub) to comfortably and quickly configure MicroTCA systems.
The NAT-MCH is the central switching resource for any MicroTCA system and dedicated to any application in the communication, the aerospace and defence, the medical or the industrial market.
By a built in webserver the NAT-MCH functions for VLAN grouping, PCIexpress up- and downstream, clocking and all other management functions can easily and quickly be configured using any standard webbrowser. This new software tool works in parallel to CLI (command line interface), which is accessible via Telnet or front panel RS232.
In addition to the emb...
Date: Feb 25, 2008
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