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DigiKey releases Prism4 to interact with remote target platforms

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DigiKey has teamed up with LabsLand to release Prism4, a remote engineering hardware system. The distributor will be exclusively releasing the modular system, designed to build real-time, remote hardware systems, in a fast and efficient manner. Prism4 supports systems with cameras, modular lights and evaluation boards and the platform includes a set of Phase Dock workbench bases, where devices can ...

Compact development board encourages FPGA experimentation

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SBC development kits available from Farnell now include the OrangeCrab r0.2 open-source FPGA development board from Good Stuff Department, the company responsible for open-source hardware, including the ArticKoala and ButterStick boards. This latest SBC is a xlim, compact Adafruit Feather form factor, measuring 22.86mm x 50.8mm. Despite its size, says the company, it can be used as to prototype custom SoC designs. It ...

Mouser adds embedded FPGAs with QuickLogic signing

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Mouser Electronics has signed a global distribution agreement with FPGA and embedded FPGA IP company, QuickLogic. The distributor will initally stock Quicklogic’s EOS S3 low power microcontrollers (pictured) and QuickFeather development kits, supported by open source software. The agreement means Mouser will stock the EOS S3 sensor processor. This is a multi-core SoC based on low power, multi-core Arm Cortex M4 microcontroller ...

Lattice increases security in Gen 2 Mach FPGA family

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The second generation of Mach FPGAs from Lattice Semiconductor have heightened security features and the processing capability to implement a real time hardware root of trust (HRoT) operation for servers, computing, comms, industrial and automotive systems. Mach-NX FPGAs are based on the company’s Nexus FPGA platform. To thwart bad actors attempting to exploit firmware vulnerabilities, systems can be protected with ...

Xilinx targets live gaming audiences with Alveo appliances

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Two real-time video appliances based on Xilinx‘s Alveo data centre accelerator cards target the computationally intense live broadcast applications, such as live gaming and Twitch audiences, as well as data centres. The video transcoding appliances are based on Xilinx’s Real-time Server architecture and reduce the bandwidth and matching costs for bit rates required by users or viewers. As audiences for live ...

A view from the RISC-V Summit

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The RISC-V Summit was held in Santa Clara, California, USA this week (3 – 6 December). The industry looked ahead to the potential of the open architecture and was a platform for the providers of core IP and development tools that make up its ecosystem. There were two announcements from IAR Systems in support of establishing a robust ecosystem for ...