Embedded Systems

German research organisation Fraunhofer IMS has developed a platform-independentl feed-forward artificial neural network, written in C. “By using standard libraries based on the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) and a source code reduced to a minimum, even integration including learning algorithms on a microcontroller is possible,” said the organisation. “The artificial neural network is superficially not focused towards big-data processing, but ...

In a bid to advance AI and robotics, Arrow Electronics will offer Nvidia’s latest Jetson Xavier AI computer. The computer is designed to create autonomous machines in industrial settings. According to Nvidia, the collaboration with Arrow and its customer database will “open the door to the development and deployment of AI solutions for manufacturing, logistics, smart cities, healthcare and more”.  The Jetson Xavier ...

Bridgetek has introduced a series of entry-level development modules to support its BT815 and BT816 advanced graphics controller ICs which are being ramped into volume production. Supporting a range of different display configurations, the 54.1mm x 85.60mm VM816C modules each feature a BT816 device. Through these items, engineers will be able to utilise the functionality offered by the latest generation of ...

Google complies with the recent antitrust ruling against its handling of Android

Volvo will use the Xavier AI computing system in its next-generation of autonomous vehicles.

A high performance CompactPCI computer board has been introduced by Concurrent Technologies. It has a 6-core processor Intel Xeon processor E-2176M, which means it is significantly higher performance than previous generation 6U CompactPCI boards. The result, says Concurrent Technologies, it should be possible to extend the life of existing deployments based on this long-established form factor. With this in mind ...

Microchip has introduced the next generation of its MPLAB X Integrated Development Environment (IDE) which supports designs based on its AVR microcontrollers.  This release, MPLAB X version 5.05, will allow designers who traditionally used PIC microcontrollers and developed with the MPLAB ecosystem to evaluate and incorporate AVR MCUs into their applications.  Microchip said that design support for additional AVR MCUs ...

Two accelerator cards, the Alveo U200 and Alveo U250, announced by Xilinx, improve latency rates

The first products in the adaptive compute acceleration platforms (ACAPs) are unveiled

Xilinx Developer Forum, California: Arm Cortex-M1 and Cortex-M3 cores have been added to the DesignStart portfolio in a collaboration with Xilinx to bring instant and license-free access to developers. The announcement in San Jose is an extension of the DesignStart development portal and also marks a change in the business mode. Phil Burr, Director of Portfolio Product Management at Arm, ...