Embedded Systems

MintBox Mini 2 (MBM2) is the 4th generation of miniature fan-less PCs from Compulab and the folk behind Linux Mint – of each MBM2 sold, 5% is donated to Linux Mint. Processing comes from a quad-core ‘Apollo Lake’ Celeron J3455, and the machine ships with the Mint 19 ‘Tara’ Cinnamon installed. Other Mint variants, or other Linux variants, or even Windows ...

Microchip’s latest Arm Cortex-M23 core based 32-bit microcontrollers feature Arm TrustZone for Armv8-M.

STMicroelectronics’ AlgoBuilder tool is designed to simplify firmware development

ANSYS announces software which allows the developer to create simulation-based digital twins of products in a single workflow.

Arrow Electronics has added a development board  which uses the NXP Semiconductors Kinetis KW41Z multi-protocol wireless MCU for low-power design of connected devices. Dubbed the Tiger board, it is likely to be used for design of products like smart door locks, portable healthcare technology, wearable sports monitors and RF remote controls. The Kinetis KW41Z’s integrated security features include a hardware ...

Recom is offering a breakout board to connect the SensorTile from STMicroelectronics to its R-78S evaluation board. The design allows the SensorTile to draw a stable 3.3V from a AA battery down to voltages as low as 0.65V. The R-78S3.3-0.1-EVM-1/STM-1 board can be used with the STEVAL STLCS01V1 SensorTile module and the R-78S3.3-0.1-EVM-1 evaluation module. According to Recom, when powered ...

Phoenix Contact has introduced a housing for Raspberry Pi minicomputers which are designed to provide Raspberry Pi B2 and B3 models with mechanical and physical protection. The UCS-RPI series of light grey or black housings offer IP40 degree of protection are available in the sizes 125 mm x 87 mm and 145 mm x 125 mm. The inter-compatible side panels ...

UK test equipment maker Pico Technology revealed a ground-up redesign of its data logging software at Embedded World. Designed to work with all of the firm’s PC-based data acquisition hardware, the PicoLog 6 is functionally-identical running on Windows, Linux or MacOS. Record limits are up from the 1Mpoints of PicoLog 5, and are now only limited by the PCs disc ...

Cypress announced an FRAM non-volatile memory family for mission-critical data capture at Embedded World in Nuremberg. With a serial interface, the Excelon family offers high-speed data recording in harsh operating environments over wide temperature ranges. Excelon Auto offers automotive-grade 2 to 4Mbit storage in AEC-Q100 options with ISO 26262 functional safety compliance Excelon Ultra offers 4-8Mbit industrial-grade storage with a 108-MHz Quad ...

Supermicro was showing several new products amongst its existing range of servers and edge PCs at Embedded World in Nuremberg. Based on Intel’s Xeon D-2146NT 8 core 16 thread processor is the SYS-5019D-FN8TP rackmount server that, into a 1U high chassis, squeezes two 2.5in or four 2.5in drivesand up to 512Gbyte of ECC LRDIMM memory or up to 256Gbyte RDIMM ...