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The Danish Technological Institute development of nanomaterials for printed electronics

Posted by – February 17, 2016

Interview with The Danish Technological Institute at the Printed Electronics USA event, part of the IDTechEx Show! The Danish Technological Institute develops, applies and disseminates research- and technologically-based knowledge for the Danish and International business sectors; for example, a range of nanomaterials for printed electronics applications. For more information see http://www.teknologisk.dk and http://www.IDTechEx.com

ARM mbed IoT device platform

Posted by – February 17, 2016

ARM mbed OS is an open source embedded operating system for IoT for ARM Cortex-M microcontrollers that can be used to power smart cities, smart homes and wearables. mbed OS accelerates the time to market by providing a core operating system, robust security foundations, standards based communication capabilities, and drivers for sensors, I/O devices and connectivity. mbed OS is built as a modular, configurable software stack to readily customize it to devices being developed for, and reduce memory requirements by excluding unnecessary software components. mbed OS forms the client-side portion of the mbed IoT Device Platform on microcontrollers, and is designed to work in concert with mbed Device Connector, mbed Device Server, and mbed Client. Together this platform delivers comprehensive IoT solutions.

Richard York, VP Embedded Marketing at ARM

Posted by – February 17, 2016

Richard York is responsible for the embedded segment marketing at ARM which covers markets including automotive, microcontrollers, HDD/SSD and smart analogue.

Jones Packaging anti-counterfeiting using T+Sun Touchcode touchscreen sensitive coding

Posted by – February 7, 2016

Jones Packaging specialize in printed packaging, contract packaging and medication dispensing and delivery products. For more information see http://www.jonespackaging.com filmed at at http://www.IDTechEx.com Printed Electronics USA

Infratab Cold Chain Freshness Monitoring System

Posted by – February 7, 2016

Infratab makes Freshtime, a freshness-monitoring system of RFID- and NFC-enabled tags that monitor elapsed time and the temperature of perishable items (food, medicines, flowers , blood, adhesives, ammunition etc). Freshtime integrates these variables in a 100-point metric that tells users concurrently “how fresh” the product is. For more information see http://www.infratab.com Filmed at at the Internet of Things Applications exhibition, part of the IDTechEx Show!

ODP on Freescale QorlQ LS1043A Quad-core ARM Cortex-A53: ODP Crypto API protocol offload


Demonstrate ODP IPSec ESP protocol offload advantages over standard algorithm-oriented crypto API. Core utilization is measured for a given traffic load using standard odp_ipsec application and an ESP offload enhanced version of the same application (odp_ipsec_proto_ Benefits of significant core utilization decrease and simpler application code are demonstrated.

ODP-OVS on Cavium ThunderX 48-core ARM Server

Posted by – February 7, 2016

Functional demonstration of ODP-OpenvSwitch (ODP-OVS) running on ThunderX. ODP-OVS to process the upd pkt in loopback way on 10G port. Pkt generator pumps 10G traffic to ODP-OVS port. ODP-OVS receives pkts, validates pkt hash from ovs flow_table and then loopback to same port at 10G line rate.

Hisilicon D02 Virtualization


Running virtualization on the 16 or 32-core ARM Cortex-A57 Hisilicon D02 board.

64bit 16/32-core ARM Cortex-A57 Hisilicon D02: High Performance IPSEC gateway over ODP


Developed new ODP features to achieve high performance, optimize the memory management, uio dev management framework, support crypto accelerator dev, pmd driver.

Holst Centre Smart Clothing with flexible displays and sensors


Holst Centre at Printed Electronics USA, shows wearable technology applications of their products and prototypes. Holst Centre is an independent R&D center that develops technologies for wireless autonomous sensor technologies and flexible electronics. The Holst Centre’s business model is to partner with industry and academia based around roadmaps and programs. For more information see http://www.holstcentre.com and http://www.IDTechEx.com

Linaro Lead Projects explained by Mark Orvek, Linaro EVP Engineering

Posted by – January 30, 2016

Linaro is a large engineering organization with many complex projects that map across various teams and groups, but there are a number of high-level projects that stand out and attract the most attention. These projects are highlighted in this section: ARMv8, Digital Home, Mobile & Android, Networking, Server, and Test & Validation. Each of these sections are linked at http://www.linaro.org/projects/

Coursera course about IoT using the 64bit Qualcomm Dragonboard 410c


This Coursera Specialization covers the development of Internet of Things (IoT) products and services—including devices for sensing, actuation, processing, and communication—to help you develop skills and experiences you can employ in designing novel systems. The Specialization has theory and lab sections. In the lab sections you will learn hands-on IoT concepts such as sensing, actuation and communication. In the final Capstone Project, developed in partnership with Qualcomm, you’ll apply the skills you learned on a project of your choice using the DragonBoard 410c platform.

Marcello Zuffo, Professor Embedded Computing at Sao Paulo University with Jon Maddog Hall

Posted by – January 30, 2016

At Linaro Connect, talking with Professor Marcello Zuffo about how the Sao Paulo University in Brazil could work together with Linaro to advance the state of open source Linux on ARM.

Microsoft Playready DRM integrated with OPTEE, Linaro Digital Home Group


The Linaro Digital Home Group (LHG) has achieved a milestone in the delivery of an open source reference solution for the consumption of premium content on ARM powered devices.

The media solution ulitizes several open source components coupled with a commercial DRM that executes in a Trusted Execution Environment (TEE). The TEE used is the Open Portable TEE (OPTEE) from Linaro, running on ARM TrustZone.

The solution integrates the following key components:
– W3C EME Working Draft (31 March 2015)
– Microsoft PlayReady DRM Porting Kit v3.0
– OP-TEE
– OpenCDM/OpenCDMi
– Chromium v43

The solution is powered by a STMicroelectronics STiH410 ARM Cortex-A9 processor.

96Boards Team Amit Kuceria and Ricardo Salveti

Posted by – January 30, 2016

The team at Linaro with focus on 96boards are working to make it upstream friendly, better Quality Assurance, Validation, making the software more stable.

NovaCentrix PulseForge Demo at IDTechEx Printed Electronics USA

Posted by – January 27, 2016

Stan Farnsworth from NovaCentrix gives a tour of NovaCentrix’s PulseForge equipment at the IDTechEx Printed Electronics USA event. NovaCentrix is focused on technologies and materials to enable manufacturing in Printed Electronics. The PulseForge photonic curing tools process high-temperature materials on low-temperature substrates. Applications include drying, sintering, annealing, or reacting metallic, non-metallic, and semiconductor inks, without damaging temperature sensitive substrates such as foils and plastics. For more information see http://www.novacentrix.com and http://www.IDTechEx.com

Makeblock Headquarters Tour, Design House, Engineers

Posted by – January 27, 2016

Makeblock is open-source platform to building robots, 3D printers, artwork or other devices. It can connect with aluminum mechanical parts, electronics modules and even compatible with Legos. Not only focus on Maker and Education market, Makeblock also want to entry Consumer Electronics market. Here is the design house and HQ tour we filmed in Makeblock office based in Nanshan, Shenzhen, with 130 employee most of them are engineers working on hardware and software every day.

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4K on Sony α7S II and Sony α7R II

Posted by – January 25, 2016

These Sony full frame mirrorless 4K cameras with interchangeable lenses are Sony Alpha 7S Mark 2 and Sony Alpha 7R Mark 2. The Sony α7S II offers extra sensitivity, wide dynamic range, accurate focusing, and 5-axis optical image stabilization, while the Sony α7R II has a 42.4 megapixel photo sensor. Some video and photo enthusiasts and professionals are saying that these are the best cameras in the world at the moment of their market segment and price for 4K video shooting.

NthDegree Nth Light, Flexible Printed LED Lights

Posted by – January 25, 2016

NthDegree’s ultra-thin, flexible, lightweight LED lights are printed on either a flatbed screen press or a high speed roll-to-roll printing press. Filmed at the Printed Electronics USA event. For more information see http://www.ndeg.com/ and http://www.IDTechEx.com

Ohmatex world’s thinnest USB Cable and Astronaut Monitoring Kits

Posted by – January 25, 2016

Interview with Ohmatex at IDTechEx Wearable USA. Ohmatex develops products and solutions for integrating electronics into textile. Ohmatex products include textile cabling and washable connectors which provide conductivity and connectivity for smart garments and wearable devices. Ohmatex currently has a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop a garment with NIRS (Near Infra-Red) and EMG sensors to monitor leg muscle activity during astronaut training. In 2012 Ohmatex developed a medical compression stocking that measures changes in leg volume for patients suffering from edema (fluid retention) of the lower limbs. For more information see http://www.ohmatex.dk and http://www.IDTechEx.com