Category: Chip provider

Silicon Labs at Embedded World 2022 day3

Posted by – June 30, 2022

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Renesas RZ/V2L SMARC SOM

Posted by – June 29, 2022

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Renesas Audio Codecs at Embedded World 2022 day2

Posted by – June 25, 2022

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Nordic Semiconductors at Embedded World 2022 (at 2h54m in my Livestream day1)

Posted by – June 24, 2022

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Texas Instruments at Embedded World 2022 (at 2h31m in my Livestream day1)

Posted by – June 24, 2022

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Coffee with Toradex CEO, COO and CMO

Posted by – November 18, 2021

I had the pleasure of an impromptu chat with Toradex’s CEO (Samuel Imgrueth), COO (Stephan Dubach) and CMO (Daniel Lang) set against a gorgeous locale close to the Toradex headquarters in Switzerland. We talked about Toradex’s history, key focus and offerings and a lot more.

CES 2021: Kyocera DuraForce Ultra 5G UW, rugged, drop/water proof, Snapdragon 765G, push to talk

Posted by – January 22, 2021

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TI Jacinto 7 new Advanced driver assistance systems processor DRA8 gateway TDA4 SoC ADAS platform

Posted by – November 4, 2020

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ST Booth Tour at MWC

Posted by – July 2, 2020

Virtual tour at ST Microelectronics MWC 2018 booth, checking out Smart Home demo using BlueCoin board and chats with Alexa and sees how motion and voice sensors can be used to automate your home. Also sees MEMS Micro-Actuators demonstrating ST’s PETRA technology which is tipped to revolutionize headphones. Other demos include a water proof pressure sensor, touch sensors that can be used even with gloves, an NFC smart tile (ST25DV at http://bit.ly/ST25DV ) which can tell you whether your goods have been shaken, Deep convolution neural networks demonstration talking about artifical intelligence on microcontrollers and used on sensors as part of the IoT, super accurate Teseo GNSS ADAS sensor that works on all satellite constellations and more.

Ittiam H265 Real Time Encoder

Posted by – June 17, 2020
Category: Intel

Ittiam Systems, a leading technology provider to the broadcast and media industry, announced the availability of its i265 H.265/HEVC Encoder for the new Intel Visual Compute Accelerator (Intel VCA) platform. The recently announced Intel Visual Compute Accelerator is a PCIe based media processing card with 3 Intel Xeon E3 series processors, designed to accelerate high-end media transcoding in a standard Intel Xeon E5 series processor based server. Intel VCA offers a lower total cost of ownership, lower power requirement and higher density compared to other solutions for Data Centers, Broadcasters and Distribution Networks. Ittiam’s multiprocessor implementation of its i265 H.265/HEVC Encoder for Intel VCA, an industry first, leverages the integrated Intel IrisTM Pro graphics capabilities and interconnects on the Intel VCA card to enable real time 4K60 broadcast quality encoding in 1RU servers. This also delivers significant performance scaling for offline high quality encoding and dense transcoding applications. Ittiam’s i265 H.265/HEVC Encoder for Intel VCA leverages Ittiam’s deep expertise in video algorithms and graphics acceleration. i265 for Intel VCA is available now as a codec SDK for system developers and will be available as part of Ittiam’s upcoming Media Engine transcoding system. About Ittiam Systems: Ittiam Systems is a global technology company with deep R&D driven solutions for media creation, management and consumption, ittiam provides advanced media codecs, software development platforms, systems and workflows for embedded and online applications. Its solutions are at the heart of tens of millions of lifestyle products that drive mobility, content access, networking and sharing.

NORDIC Bluetooth 5, IEEE 802.15.4 , Thread and Cellular IoT Ultra Low Power Wireless Solutions from SEMICONDUCTOR.

Posted by – June 11, 2020

Nordic Semiconductor provides ultra-low power (ULP) wireless chips that can run for a long time from small power sources, like watch batteries. NORDIC the latest version of Bluetooth is Bluetooth5 by NORDIC .It represents the greatest advancements in the specification since Bluetooth 4.0 and the introduction of Bluetooth Low Energy. Errata High throughput, Long range, advertising extensions, increased broadcast capacity, improved co-existence. IEEE 802.15.4: is a standard for low data rate, low power networks. IEEE 802.15.4 defines the physical (PHY) and Medium Access Control (MAC) layers and forms the basis for numerous upper layer networking specifications including Thread, 6LowPAN, Zigbee and Wireless HART. IEEE 802.15.4 is supported by the Nordic nRF52840 multi-protocol SoC. Thread is a standards-based IPv6-based mesh networking protocol developed for simply and securely connecting products around the home to each other, to the internet and to the cloud. Cellular IoT (A low power LTE-M and NB-IoT solution for wide area network deployments). The LTE-M and NB-IoT standards are open standards created by 3GPP to allow wide deployment of IoT nodes while leveraging existing cellular infrastructure. The LTE protocols are designed for unparalleled scalability in number of nodes while maintaining good Quality of Service. Both technologies offer eDRX and PSM which are techniques for lowering the power consumption compared to traditional LTE. In eDRX, device and network agree exact times when the device will be ready to receive data.

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Gole11 Indiegogo Materials Update, to ship to early bird backers by end June, Manufacturing next

Posted by – May 20, 2020

John gives an update from the Gole design house and factory building maker of the Gole11 now crowdfunding with now 100x $139 each 2-pack perks ($278 for 2pcs) available on Indiegogo at http://igg.me/at/gole11 if the campaign reaches the $100K goal by June 20th then all early bird backers (at $99, $119, $139 (2pcs) or $169) will get their Gole11 shipped to them before the end of June, and in July regular backers (those at $199) will be getting it.

$99 Gole11 on Indiegogo, 11.6″ FHD Touch, 4 COM Ports RS232/485, Intel Celeron N3450, Windows 10 Pro

Posted by – May 5, 2020

Gole11 Mini PC now crowdfunding at http://igg.me/at/gole11 starting at $99 for the first 30 early birds, comes with an 11.6″ 1920×1080 capacitive touchscreen, runs Intel Celeron N3450 at 2.2Ghz, 4GB RAM, 64GB eMMC, comes with a full Windows 10 Pro.

RENESAS Industrial Ethernet

Posted by – April 4, 2020

Renesas’ Industrial Internet Solution The growth and expansion of factory automation (FA) applications is well established. Industrial robots are replacing human workers, and FA in general is delivering improved efficiency and stability. A recent and very significant development in this area is industrial networks that better support such applications by linking all elements of production systems to the Internet. Specifically, momentum is increasing for an “industrial Ethernet” that interconnects FA machinery via Ethernet-compliant protocols. Facilitating this system-design advancement, Renesas is shipping samples of a new communication-LSI series tailored specifically for the industrial Ethernet. To learn more about this development, EDGE talked with Akira Denda, General Manager of the Industry & Network Solutions Business Division, 1st Solution Business Unit; and Katsunobu Suzuki, Section Manager of the Industry & Energy SoC Department in that organization. The interview that follows covers the challenges faced by designers of the computer controlled, networked industrial equipment used to produce many types of products. It also highlights why R-IN32M3 LSI devices are destined to accelerate the proliferation of industrial-Ethernet system designs in a multitude of market

Nordic Semiconductor nRF5340 dual Arm Cortex-M33 at Embedded World 2020, NB-IoT, LTE-M, BLE, Quuppa

Posted by – March 11, 2020

Nordic Semiconductor’s Bjørn Kvaale shows the latest cellular IoT NB-IoT, LTE-M, GPS and BLE Bluetooth 5.1 Direction Finding, Zigbee and Thread solutions for development on the market today. Showing their Bluetooth Low Energy solutions including the newly launched nRF5340 SoC featuring dual Arm Cortex-M33 processors, truly secure, with two flexible processors, the advanced feature set, and an operating temperature up to 105 °C, makes it the ideal choice for professional lighting, advanced wearables, and other complex IoT applications The nRF5340 PDK is the preview development kit for the nRF5340 SoC, containing everything needed to get started with development, on a single board. The PDK supports development with an extensive range of wireless protocols. It supports Bluetooth Low Energy, including the Long Range and high-speed 2 Mbps features. Mesh protocols like Bluetooth mesh, Thread and Zigbee can be run concurrently with Bluetooth LE, enabling smart phones to provision, commission, configure and control mesh nodes. NFC, ANT, 802.15.4 and 2.4 GHz proprietary protocols are also supported. The PDK is bundled with an NFC antenna that quickly enables testing of nRF5340’s NFC-A tag peripheral. A SEGGER J-Link debugger is on the board, enabling full-blown programming and debugging, of both the nRF5340 SoC and external targets. All analog and digital interfaces, and GPIOs are available via headers and edge connectors. The kit is Arduino Uno Rev3 hardware compatible, meaning it can be easily interfaced with external device shields, including the Power Profiler Kit. Four buttons and four LEDs simplify input and output to and from the nRF5340 SoC, they are all user-programmable. An on-board external memory is connected to the 96 MHz QSPI peripheral in the nRF5340 SoC. The PDK is typically powered with USB, but can be powered by a wide range of sources, within the supply range of 1.7 to 5.0 V. In addition to USB, it can be powered with external source, but also includes a CR2032 battery holder and a Li-Po battery connector, for in-field testing. Current consumption can be measured by using the dedicated current measurement pins. The nRF Connect SDK is the software development kit for the nRF5340 SoC, and it has board support for the nRF5340 PDK.

BenQ 4K Projectors at ISE 2020, LK953ST 5000 lumen 0.8-0.88x, InstaShow WDC20C, for Education, proAV

Posted by – February 18, 2020

BenQ has nr1 market share worldwide (in Q2 2019) for 4K Projectors with a 29.77% Market Share thanks to BenQ’s CinematicColor technology, at ISE 2020, BenQ shows products for education, corporate, proAV and retail sectors, BenQ DuoBoard new platform-agnostic Interactive Flat Panel (IFP) is the first display technology to support two different operating systems to function on the same screen simultaneously. BenQ CS-series personalised workspace enhances collaboration BenQ InstaShow WDC20C with a USB-C compatibility to collaborate via a one-click button or the BenQ InstaShare app. World’s first Pantone colour validated digital signage display. BenQ launches the BH3801D, a double sided 38’’ stretch display, as well as the BH2401T, a 24” stretch display with touch.

Filmed at ISE 2020, watch all my ISE 2020 videos in this playlist here

ISE 2020 video coverage sponsored by Geniatech, leading set-top-box, custom digital signage, Arm chipset R&D supplier, watch all my videos filmed with Geniatech here

Lenovo Smart Office at ISE 2020, Lenovo ThinkSmart View, ThinkSmart Hub 500, ThinkSmart Manager

Posted by – February 17, 2020

Lenovo Smart office features the ThinkSmart View, a dedicated personal business communications device for Microsoft Teams audio and video calls, comes with a dedicated display for Teams audio and video conferencing, powered by the Qualcomm APQ8053 SoC, a physical camera shutter and a device lock by PIN, available starting January 2020, starting at $349 or $449 with a ThinkPad X1 ANC Bluetooth Headset.

ThinkSmart Hub 500 for a huddle space in small to medium conference spaces, with either Microsoft Team Rooms or Zoom Rooms, ThinkSmart Edition Tiny for Zoom with Zoom Rooms bundle kits for small, medium and large meeting spaces featuring its ThinkSmart Edition Tiny for Zoom (available now from Maverick AV Solutions) (based on the ThinkCentre M920q). The solution includes the Lenovo Tab M10 controller and Heckler stand, featuring Logitech audio and video peripherals Lenovo ThinkSmart Manager, software for IT departments to easily manage interconnected ThinkSmart devices provides welcome security (available now with the first year’s subscription included).

Filmed at ISE 2020, watch all my ISE 2020 videos in this playlist here

ISE 2020 video coverage sponsored by Geniatech, leading set-top-box, custom digital signage, Arm chipset R&D supplier, watch all my videos filmed with Geniatech here

Samsung 8K microLED 583”, 8K Digital Signage, Samsung Flip 2 flipchart whiteboard with Cisco Webex

Posted by – February 15, 2020

Full Samsung Booth Tour at ISE 2020, features the amazing 8K microLED Samsung “The Wall for Business” modular and scalable at up to 583″ diagonal size, here showing from a 292″ 8K version with commercial applications from control rooms to broadcast centers, lobbies, design centers and more. The Wall for Business features a wide range of configurable and customizable sizes and ratios from 219″, 292″, 437″ and 583″ in 4K to 8K.

The Samsung QLED 8K SMART Signage QPT-8K capable of 24/7 operation, with HDR10+, 100% color volume, perfect color accuracy, 2000nit peak brightness, can be wall-mounted, available in 65″, 75″, 82″ and 98″ versions, equipped with the Samsung AI Quantum Processor 8K with 8K AI upscaling, deep-learning capabilities that can automatically upscale non-8K content to 8K, suitable for healthcare with DICOM simulation mode, healthcare professionals can view grayscale medical images, including X-rays and MRI, for non-diagnostic purposes, runs Tizen 5.5 OS, can connect to four different content sources all of which can be displayed simultaneously in 4K resolution, supports MagicINFO 8, making each display capable of providing an all-in-one solution for businesses of any size.

The Samsung Flip 2 digital flipchart for collaboration, sharing, creative thinking and brainstorming for the corporate, education, creative, retail markets, Samsung has partnered with industry leader Cisco Webex, for Webex Teams and Webex Roomkit Mini, Webex on Flip, to transition between flipcharts, meetings, presentations and two-way whiteboarding, remote collaboration, Webex Teams allows users joining through the platform from any location to contribute and whiteboard on their respective displays simultaneously, facilitating real-time collaboration regardless of where teams are located.

Filmed at ISE 2020, watch all my ISE 2020 videos in this playlist here

ISE 2020 video coverage sponsored by Geniatech, leading set-top-box, custom digital signage, Arm chipset R&D supplier, watch all my videos filmed with Geniatech here

faytech latest Product Series overview, Optically Bonded Industrial Touchscreen Devices EASY Shopper

Posted by – February 3, 2020

After doing the awesome factory tour https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gh3874Bxv1o Arne Weber, managing founder of faytech, provides this product series feature tour. The topics range from the optical bonding technology and progress in software development all the way to the new i5-Core product series and EASY Shopper. Arne explains all the details of faytech’s touch devices and why his quality outmatches all competitor. More info on Optical Bonding: https://www.faytech.com/news/newsitem/news/introducing-purebond-optical-bonding/
More info on the EASY Shopper: https://www.faytech.com/news/newsitem/news/introducing-the-easy-shopperr/
More info on the i5-touchschreen PC series: https://www.faytech.com/news/newsitem/news/the-next-generation-i5-core-touch-pc-series/
For more information on all faytech products, visit them at http://www.faytech.com https://www.facebook.com/faytechtouch/ https://twitter.com/faytechShenzhen/ https://www.instagram.com/faytech_touch_devices/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/faytech-ag/

$199 Acer Spin 311 Chromebook Intel Celeron Wacom

Posted by – January 29, 2020

Chromebook Spin 311 offer 11.6-inch HD IPS displays, optional Wacom stylus and the Spin 311 can be configured with up to 64 GB eMMC storage and 8 GB RAM. The Spin 311 also offers an additional outward-facing camera for recording 1080p videos RAM and storage options are limited to 4 GB and 32 GB eMMC, respectively come with the promise of a 10-hour battery life and USB Type-C charging.