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Embedded World: PLS improves UDE for automotive processors

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Improved integration with the latest generation of automotive microcontrollers are amongst updates in the latest version of PLS’ Universal Debug Engine, to be called ‘UDE 2025’. “UDE 2025 comes with a new home screen,” said the company. “Immediately after starting the program, users now have direct access to their most recently used debugger workspaces, sorted by time. Creating a new ...

VITA 93 standard brings modular, scalable I/O

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The VITA 93 standard is based on the QMC architecture for scalable, modular embedded systems. It has been introduced to address the high-speed data processing requirements, combined with size, weight and power (SWaP) constraints of today’s mil-aero applications. Previewing the mezzanine card standard at Embedded Tech Trends, Elma Electronics’ director of system products, Mark Littlefield (pictured), explained that VITA 93 ...

IP meets low latency HPA and AI design demands

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Based on Synopsys’ Ethernet and PCIe IP, the Ultra Ethernet IP help developers of AI/HPC infrastructure chips and systems. Hyperscale data centres will need to scale to hundreds of thousands of accelerators and rely on efficient and fast connections to support large language models which process trillions of parameters in large language models for HPC and AI operations, continued Ron ...

Electronica: Video Interview – Qoitech Otii optimising battery life in IoT and embedded

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At Electronica 2024 we caught up with Maria Hernández, Senior Product Manager at Qoitech, as part of our promotional coverage for the event. This interview explores how the Otii Product Suite from Qoitech empowers engineers to optimize battery life in IoT and embedded devices. We cover key steps, from device consumption profiling to battery profiling and emulation, helping teams achieve ...

Electronica: Video Interview – Datakey on portable memory devices miniaturized for mobile embedded apps

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At Electronica 2024 we caught up with Paul Plitzuweit, Senior Product Manager at Datakey, as part of our promotional coverage for the event. In this interview, he discusses how Datakey Mini-Bar receptacles and memory tokens form a portable memory system that is designed for small embedded systems requiring a robust credential or removable memory device for harsh environments. Designed to ...

Tria Technologies partners with Qt Group for HMI

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Tria Technologies, Avnet’s embedded computer boards brand, has partnered with Finnish software company, Qt Group to develop new products for OEMs building human machine interface/graphic user interface (HMI/GUI) designs. Design, prototyping, system assembly and product integration by Tria will be combined with software development by Qt to build user interfaces for different platforms (i.e., embedded, mobile and desktop). The Qt ...

DigiKey is upbeat for an upcycle

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Dave Doherty, president of DigiKey, was philosophical about the future of the electronics market at electronica. We met in Munich a week after the US presidential election result was announced. The market is cyclical, he said. “We can’t foresee Q1 or Q2 but clearly we are at the start of the next upcycle,” he told Electronics Weekly. The election result ...

Ambiq adopts Zephyr RTOS

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Ambiq has ported Zephyr RTOS to several of its Arm Cortex-M based microcontrollers. Initially Apollo3 (Corex-M4), Apollo4 Plus (M4), Apollo4 Blue Plus (M4 + Bluetooth) and the upcoming Apollo510 (Cortex-M55) will be covered. “Embedded developers, already working within the Zephyr environment, can easily port their software to Ambiq’s chips to take advantage of the much lower power consumption,” according to ...

Two power ICs supply Intel’s Lunar Lake processors

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Renesas is aiming at Intel’s Core Ultra 200V series of processors with a pair of power ICs. RAA225019 is a six-phase buck converter, designed to work with IMVP9.2 Lunar Lake processors. Integrated within is the switching controller, power mosfets and current-sensing. “Six phases can be distributed across three outputs – two SVID rails and one auxiliary rail,” said Renesas. “SVID1 ...

Few-pin programmable logic devices have coding-free programming

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Texas Instruments has introduced six programmable logic devices with between 8 and 14 pins “with the ability to integrate up to 40 combinational and sequential logic and analogue functions into one device”, according to the company. TPLD801, with pale blue digital blocks and mixed-signal blocs in dark blue InterConnect Studio is the programming tool for design, simulation and configuration “without ...