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Tiny module delivers Pico-ITXe expansion 11/11/2008
UWB IC targets handset, automotive, and industrial uses 10/30/2008
Staccato Communications’ second-generation UWB (ultrawideband) Ripcord2 IC integrates RF-front-end, digital-baseband, MAC (media-access-controller), and I/O functions. The single-chip, all-CMOS device covers WiMedia bands 1, 3, and 6 and has a frequency range of 3 to 9 GHz. The device uses standard 65-nm CMOS technology.Book helps you resolve BGA-layout issues 10/2/2008
As a circuit designer who also often lays out quite complex boards, I found the temptation to purchase Charles Pfeil’s new book—BGA Breakouts & Routing: Effective Design Methods for Very Large BGAs—irresistible, and I wasn’t disappointed. The approximately 160 pages and more than 100 figures within this quality paperback carry a wealth of information that far exceeds...Voices: CriticalBlue’s David Stewart 10/2/2008
David Stewart, founder and CEO of CriticalBlue (Edinburgh, Scotland) talks about his company's approach to hardware/software co-design and the challenge of multicore programming.Freescale to offer VaST virtual prototypes of automotive powertrain management MCUs 9/22/2008
To allow automotive developers to tackle growing software complexities and speed time to market, Austin, Texas-based Freescale Semiconductor said today it is adding virtual prototypes for its automotive Power Architecture microcontroller portfolio to its development ecosystem using modeling technology from VaST Systems.Voices: Pentek’s Rodger Hosking: next-generation-radio architect 9/4/2008
EDN talks with Rodger Hosking, vice president and co-founder of Pentek Inc, about high-performance data-acquisition, software-defined radio, upcoming technical opportunities, hiring engineering talent, and more.Video card captures 480 frames/sec 9/3/2008
Extending its line of OEM video-capture cards, Sensoray recently announced the model 817 PCIe (peripheral-component-interconnect-express) frame-grabber card, which captures 16 channels of compressed JPEG or uncompressed bit maps at speeds as high as 480 frames/sec.US behind foreign suppliers of eco-friendly auto electronics, iSuppli reports 8/22/2008
While automakers are developing eco-friendly driving solutions given rising fuel costs and higher emissions standards for automobiles, in the fast-growing area of ecologically oriented features in car navigation and telematics systems, US automakers are falling behind foreign suppliers, according to El Segundo, Calif-based iSuppli Corp.Innovation-aid software gets infusion of 1.3 million IEEE documents 8/20/2008
Invention Machine has announced the addition of 1.3 million technical documents from the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) to its Goldfire Innovator software tool.Video, graphics module drives dual displays 8/13/2008
With advanced-sensor-fusion, image-manipulation, and tactical-moving-map applications in mind, Aitech Defense Systems recently introduced the M590 graphics and video PMC (peripheral-component-interconnect-mezzanine-card) module that simultaneously outputs information from two independent data streams to two analog or digital displays.Voices: 15 steps to starting your own electronic-kit business 8/7/2008
Limor Fried has made Adafruit Industries into a successful electronics-kit business, and, based on her own experience, offers these 15 practical steps for engineers who dream of starting their own kit business.LP DDR2 DRAM momentum begins to build 7/25/2008
The LP DDR2 specification is potentially important to mobile device designers, and also to developers of power-conscious servers, primarily because of its reduced operating voltages. However, the devil is in the implementation details.Embedded computer offers multicore performance 7/16/2008
Targeting embedded-system applications, such as industrial automation, multimedia kiosks, gaming, and medical devices, Ampro Computers recently announced the ReadyBoard 830 single-board computer, which the company based on the EPIC (embedded-platform-for-industrial-computing) form factor.Robotic grasshopper leaps as high as 27 times its height 6/26/2008
Researchers at the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems at EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) in Switzerland have built a 5-cm-tall robot that takes its design cues from grasshoppers and locusts and can jump as high as 1.4m.Avnet launches Intel Atom development tool for embedded systems 6/17/2008
Avnet EM’s Intel D945GCLF Convenience Kit is currently available to customers throughout North America and features an Atom processor.ADVERTISEMENT
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