Dedicated Systems e-Spotlight: Vol 10, Issue 9s published on March 5, 2009
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BVM Ltd
LV-67D mini-ITX motherboard based on Atom N270
BVM has announced the LV-67D mini-ITX motherboard, which uses the Intel 945GSE chipset and incorporates the 45nm Intel Atom N270 processor. The chip´s power consumption is particularly low at 2.5W, and with extensiv...
BVM has added the LV-67D to its extensive family of mini-ITX form factor motherboards for embedded applications. The LV-67D uses the Intel 945GSE chipset and incorporates the 45nm Intel Atom N270 processor. The chip´s power consumption is particularly low at 2.5W, and with extensive I/O capability, the board is ideal for embedded applications such as digital signage, kiosks, point of sale terminals, thin clients, digital security, residential gateways and commercial and industrial control equipment where ultimate computing power is less important than power conservation. The onboard Intel GMA 950 32-bit 3D graphics engine offers LVDS, DVI, CRT or HDTV capability and multiple graphics displays.
The N270 runs at 1.6GHz with a 533MHz FSB addressing up to 2GB of RAM. The LV-67D ...
Date : Feb 13, 2009
SPOTLIGHT SELECTION
This is the spotlight edition of our e-gazette. You can still find all submitted announcements on our website.
Boards
Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing
Curtiss-Wright Controls announces its high sampling rate dual-channel ADC FMC card for rugged DSP applications
Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing has introduced its highest sampling rate, highest bandwidth FPGA Mezzanine Card (FMC/VITA 57) module, the new ADC512, a 3GS/s 8-bit, dual channel analog-to-digital converter (AD...
New Analog-to-Digital Converter Mezzanine Card Combines 3 GHz Sampling Rates and up to 6 GB/s Data Throughput
High Wycombe, UK - March 2, 2009 -- Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing, a leading designer and manufacturer of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) VME, VPX, VXS, and CompactPCI products for the aerospace and defense (A&D) market, has introduced its highest sampling rate, highest bandwidth FPGA Mezzanine Card (FMC/VITA 57) module, the new ADC512, a 3GS/s 8-bit, dual channel analog-to-digital converter (ADC) card, able to support up to 6 GB/s data throughput. Designed for use in demanding direct RF downconversion, SigInt/Surveillance, Satellite communications and SDR, the ADC512 speeds and simplifies the integration of FPGAs into embedded system design by providing high...
Date: Mar 04, 2009
Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing
Curtiss-Wright Controls introduces new low-power, high performance VPX3-1100 ATOMIC highly secure computing card
Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing has introduced a new low power, high performance, small factor VPX3-1100 ATOMIC board designed for rugged deployed aerospace and defense (A&D) applications that require highly s...
"Pocket-Sized Super Processor" SBC Brings Advanced Embedded Features to Rugged Small Form Factor
LEESBURG, VA - February 26, 2009 -- Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing has introduced a new low power, high performance, small factor VPX3-1100 ATOMIC board designed for rugged deployed aerospace and defense (A&D) applications that require highly secure computing. Based on the Intel® AtomT processor, the card brings advanced multi-core processing, netcentric battlefield communications connectivity, graphics and next generation security options to a rugged, small form factor 3U VPX architecture ideal for space, weight and power (SWaP) constrained applications such as embedded security systems, R-MIDs (Rugged-Mobile Internet Devices), secure radios, manpacks, wearable electronics...
Date: Feb 27, 2009
Industry News (Market)
Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing
Curtiss-Wright Controls to support new options of the Intel® AtomT processor Z5xx platform on its VPX3-1100 ATOMIC secure computing card
Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing has announced that it will support the new industrial temperature range version of the Intel® AtomT processor Z5xx series on its recently introduced rugged low power, high perf...
EMBEDDED WORLD, Nuremburg, Germany - March 2, 2009 -- Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing has announced that it will support the new industrial temperature range version of the Intel® AtomT processor Z5xx series on its recently introduced rugged low power, high performance, small factor VPX3-1100 ATOMIC board family. The Atom processor Z5xx series features advanced power management techniques such as new C6 state (Deep Power Down Technology) Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology, CMOS mode and Split IO power supply support. These low power features make the Intel Atom processor Z5xx series ideal for space, weight and power (SWaP) constrained and fanless embedded applications such as the secure rugged deployed aerospace and defense applications for which the VPX3-1100 ATOMIC was desi...
Date: Mar 04, 2009
Embedded Masterclass
Innova Software Enables Fast Creation of Technical Manuals and User Guides
3DVia Composer will enable the creation of assembly instructions, customer-service procedures, marketing materials, user manuals, field-service repair manuals, training materials and web-based catalogs....
Computer aided design specialists, Innova Systems, have announce the availability of '3DVia Composer', a software package that enables engineers and designers to quickly create accurate, high quality technical manuals and 'user guides'. 3DVia Composer extracts its data direct from 3D design software to enable the creation of very detailed documentation and to ensure that design changes are instantly updated in the associated technical documentation.
"Using this 3DVia Composer, Engineers and Designers will benefit from higher quality technical manuals and user guides," said Mark Bradford, Managing Director of Innova. "They'll also find that they will be able to create the documentation in a fraction of the time that they are currently investing in t...
Date: Mar 04, 2009
Green Hills Software Ltd
GREEN HILLS SOFTWARE and Stollmann Unveil Bluetooth & NFC Solutions
Green Hills Software, Inc., the world leader in secure operating systems, has announced an agreement with Stollmann E+V GmbH, a leading developer of communication protocol software, to supply Bluetooth and Near Field Com...
Green Hills Software, Inc., the world leader in secure operating systems, has announced an agreement with Stollmann E+V GmbH, a leading developer of communication protocol software, to supply Bluetooth and Near Field Communication (NFC) solutions. The first result of the agreement, which will be demonstrated at Embedded World 09 in Nuremberg (3-5 March), is the NFC profile for the INTEGRITY real-time operating system (RTOS). This will provide support for NFC-enabled devices in contactless secure access and mobile payment applications.
In addition to the NFC profile, Green Hills Software and Stollmann are also cooperating on a Bluetooth Health Device Profile (HDP) for INTEGRITY. This will enable developers of medical applications to design in line with the standards of the Bluetoot...
Date: Mar 04, 2009
Green Hills Software Ltd
GREEN HILLS SOFTWARE supports latest versions of Intel Atom processor Z5xx Series
Green Hills Software, Inc., the world leader in secure operating systems, has announced the early availability of its embedded software development solution for the latest options for the Intel® AtomT processor Z5xx seri...
Green Hills Software, Inc., the world leader in secure operating systems, has announced the early availability of its embedded software development solution for the latest options for the Intel® AtomT processor Z5xx series, which include an industrial temperature range of -40˚ C to +85˚ C. These are the Intel Atom processor Z520PT and the Intel Atom processor Z510PT. The Green Hills Software solution includes the INTEGRITY® real-time operating system and virtualization technology, MULTI® integrated development environment (IDE), optimizing C/C++ compilers, and DoubleCheckT static analyzer. Green Hills Software brings more than 25 years of experience in the embedded market, enabling customers to create and deploy reliable, high-performance products for industrial control, automoti...
Date: Mar 03, 2009
Embedded Masterclass
SDC To Exhibit Mapusoft Porting Solution at Embedded Masterclass
SDC Systems Limited have announced that they will be exhibiting porting solutions from MapuSoft Technologies at the UK Embedded Masterclass embedded systems event in Cambridge and Bristol, May 7th and 12th. Mapusoft´s products include OS Changer®, OS Abstractor®, OS PALT (OS Porting & Abstraction Lab), AdaMagic and WinDriver. These products offer engineers a broad range of solutions for the re-use of code and freedom in their choice of RTOS and microprocessor. MapuSoft´s customers include BAE Systems, IBM, HP, The Boeing Company and STMicroelectronics.
"This is another exciting products for us," said Peter Heyes, Sales Director at SDC Systems (pictured). "Our aim is always to offer technologies that can accelerate development and bring new functionality to embedded system design. The MapuSoft products certainly fit these criteria. With so much legacy code out there in the marketplace, code re-use is a big issue. We are very sure that once engineers understand how the MapuSo...
Date: Mar 03, 2009
SYSGO AG
SYSGO celebrates 10th anniversary of ELinOST Industrial Grade Linux with new 5.0 major release
Embedded World - Nuremberg, March 3, 2009
SYSGO, leading supplier of software solutions for the world´s most demanding safety and security applications, announces the release of ELinOS 5.0, the most widely used ...
The new version 5.0 of ELinOS, the product of choice for embedded Linux developers for 10 years, offers a new set of functionality that makes SYSGO´s historically popular product even more user friendly and feature rich while retaining the robustness and industrial quality that built its reputation.
Linux is an attractive option for many types of embedded applications. Its flexibility and broad range of functionality, APIs and drivers are compelling reasons to consider Linux. However, many traps and difficulties lurk for embedded Linux novices, non-experts, or developers who have no time to sort out the proliferation of new components continuously being added to the sprawling Linux ecosystem. ELinOS is the embedded Linux environment that solves these problems, offering custo...
Date: Mar 03, 2009
SYSGO AG
SYSGO releases version 3.0 of safe and secure virtualization product PikeOST
Embedded World - Nuremberg, March 3, 2009
SYSGO, leading supplier of software solutions for the world´s most demanding safety and security applications, announces the release of PikeOS 3.0, its powerful and effi...
PikeOS is continuing its progression within industry sectors developing applications demanding more and more flexibility and openness while still requiring the highest level of reliability and predictability. Recent successes in the avionics industry, in particular for the future AIRBUS A350WB aircraft, confirmed the superiority of PikeOS in providing an ideal combination of maximum flexibility with safety- and security-critical compliancy.
Not just another RTOS
PikeOS offers a platform of the future because it is a powerful and efficient paravirtualization real-time operating system based on a separation microkernel. The unique PikeOS virtualization concept satisfies the new generation of safety-critical requirements exemplified by Integrated Modular Avionics, security requir...
Date: Mar 03, 2009
eSOL, CO., Ltd.
eSOL Showcases its Latest RTOS Technology at Multicore EXPO 2009
eSOL, a leading developer of real time embedded software solutions, will showcase its latest real time operating system (RTOS) technology for multicore processors, featuring blending AMP and SMP in a single OS
and n...
Tokyo, Japan. February 27, 2009 - eSOL, a leading developer of real time embedded software solutions, will showcase its latest real time operating system (RTOS) technology for multicore processors at the Multicore EXPO (March 16-19, Santa Clara, California, USA). In 2006, eSOL released its prominent eT-Kernel Multi-Core Edition(TM) RTOS, powered by Blended Scheduling(R) which uniquely blends asymmetric multiprocessing (AMP) into symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) in a single OS. Because of its reliability and proven performance, eSOL's complete multicore solution has been used by multiple leading embedded-device manufacturers and other customers since then. Further enhancing its Blended Scheduling technology, eSOL's latest eT-Kernel Multi-Core Edition Memory Partitioning provides the ...
Date: Feb 27, 2009
Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing
Curtiss-Wright to expand UK/European presence with launch of tech support office
Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing has announced that it is opening a new Tech Support Office to serve customers throughout the UK and Europe. Located in the company´s High Wycombe, UK-based business unit, t...
Located in Curtiss-Wright´s High Wycombe, UK site, new Tech Support Office will offer dedicated support resources throughout Europe
LEESBURG, VA - February 13, 2009 -- Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing, a leading designer and manufacturer of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) VME, VPX, VXS and CompactPCI products for the aerospace and defense market, has announced that it is opening a new Tech Support Office to serve customers throughout the UK and Europe. Located in the company´s High Wycombe, UK-based business unit, the Tech Support Office will expand Curtiss-Wright´s presence in UK and European markets, and provide support for all Curtiss-Wright board-based products and related software.
"Our new Tech Support Office will enable us to better serve ...
Date: Feb 27, 2009
Tools
Adacore
AdaCore launches GNAT Pro 6.2
New GNAT Pro release brings technology upgrades and productivity-enhancing features....
NEW YORK, PARIS and NÜRNBERG, Germany, March 3, 2009 (Embedded World Conference) - AdaCore, leading provider of Ada tools and support, today announced GNAT Pro 6.2, the latest major release of its flagship GNAT Pro Ada development environment. This new release is now available on 18 native and 28 cross platforms. It offers over 130 new features, including increased support for code coverage and source-to-object traceability, which are important for safety-critical and high-reliability application development.
"GNAT Pro incorporates well over a hundred new features, almost all of which are derived from user requests and requirements, as well as enhancements to the underlying GCC-based compiler technology," said Robert Dewar, President and CEO of AdaCore. "The result is a production...
Date: Mar 03, 2009
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