Category: Exclusive videos

Peter Sunde, co-founder of ThePirateBay.org and Flattr.com, at CeBIT 2011

Posted by Charbax – March 6, 2011
Category: Web, Other, Exclusive videos, Opinions, CeBIT

A few years ago, Peter Sunde together with a bunch of cool guys in Sweden started thepiratebay.org, which is kind of a fun site where people can find torrent files for all kinds of things. It has been in the media. There is a chance that you know about that site. Peter Sunde is very much involved in the politics around filesharing on the Internet, the politics of media and content, he has spoken at the european union and RIAA and MPAA have a bunch of lawsuits going after him and his team. He tried to buy a country once to implement freedom of filesharing rules there or to build a server farm there, but instead thepiratebay is hosted around the world and can never be shut down and nobody knows who controls it. Those guys are fun (read their Legal Threats page). What do you think about Copyrights, Piracy and those kinds of things? Write your opinions in the comments.

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Toradex shows Tegra2 computer on SO-DIMM form factor

Posted by Charbax – March 4, 2011
Category: Other, Exclusive videos, Nvidia, Marvell, Embedded World, Toradex, Windows

This may be the most compact Tegra2 fully featured box PC computer thus far. They use 256MB RAM DDR2, 1GB flash storage for 99 euros, they’ll also do a slightly higher end version with 512MB RAM and 4GB flash storage version soon. The cheapest board and box could be made for less than 50 euros more. Thus the idea is a sub-150 euro Tegra2 box PC all included and it being slightly larger than a box of playing cards, just big enough to accomodate the connectors.

Seco x86-ARM Cross Platform

Posted by Charbax – March 4, 2011
Category: Other, Exclusive videos, Freescale, Texas Instruments, Nvidia, Embedded World, Ubuntu, Windows

Seco provides cross platform Q7 platforms where users can swap from x86 to ARM Powered seamlessly, with minimum hardware and software porting. They provide Quadmo747-X/T20 for Tegra2, OMAP4, OMAP3, i.MX51 and i.MX28. This way, customers can have as much choice as possible, going from one processor to the other. All board vendors are joining the Q7 board standard, for interoperability in swapping modules.

QNX talks about the Blackberry Tablet OS on Playbook

Posted by Charbax – March 4, 2011
Category: Tablets, Software, Exclusive videos, Texas Instruments, Embedded World

QNX has been working with RIM for quite some time now to enable full multi-process hardware acceleration. QNX Neutrino OS enables deep hardware and software integration, there has been a collaboration between Texas Instruments, QNX and RIM to make this work. QNX has had SMP utilization since 1997, they were enabling dual discreet parts back then. QNX is used to scaling. The ARM Cortex-A9 Dual-core, Quad-core and further processors will enable QNX to deploy their value on the market.

Nvidia Tegra2 enables Cortex-A9 for the Embedded World

Posted by Charbax – March 4, 2011
Category: Exclusive videos, Nvidia, Embedded World, Toradex, Android, Ubuntu, Windows

Nvidia is working in the embedded space for some time, they are supporting long term support, industrialization, temperatures and everything else needed in the embedded market. Nvidia provides the chip and some level of software support to enable them and they are supporting the customizations of the implementations. Nvidia showcases their work with MSC, Seco, Toradex and Trim Slice.

ARM Embedded in Motor Control demo

Posted by Charbax – March 4, 2011
Category: Development Boards, Exclusive videos, STMicroelectronics, Embedded World, ARM

ARM is showing Motor Control comparing two rotating water vessels, one controlled in a conventional manner, the other is controlled in a more advanced algorithm called Field Oriented Control on a STM32 Cortex-M3 processor. This more advanced algorithm allows more efficient operation of the motor, better control of the torque and allows for quieter operation. The idea is to use less power to control motors. This is just the start of their investigation into Field Oriented Control using the Cortex-M3 processor.

Xilinx Zynq 7000 series Cortex-A9 in FPGA at Embedded World 2011

Posted by Charbax – March 4, 2011
Category: Software, FPGA, Other, Exclusive videos, Xilinx, Embedded World

Xilinx is the market leader in FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Arrays), at Embedded World 2011, they are showing their new implementation consisting of putting a Dual-core Cortex-A9 system, memory controller, and nand controller is put inside of the FPGA system. The Zynq 7010, with a dual-core Cortex-A9 running at 800MHz and 30,000 programmable logic cells, will sell for less than $15 in volume. This solution can be imagined to be found in automative applications such as driver assist applications, medical applications and industrial control applications.

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Cypress PSoc5 Cortex-M3 at Embedded World 2011

Posted by Charbax – March 4, 2011
Category: Displays, Software, Other, Exclusive videos, Cypress, Embedded World

Cypress Semiconductor shows their new PSoc5 Cortex-M3 based solution and development kit based on their PSoc Designer 5.0 software. They also do solutions for 10-finger or more capacitive touch detection and proximity sensing.

Toshiba ARM Cortex-M3 32bit MCU for Motor Control and Multi-touch resistive system

Posted by Charbax – March 4, 2011
Category: Displays, Other, Exclusive videos, Embedded World

Toshiba shows some of their new embedded technologies such as their ARM Cortex-M3 MCU TMPM374FW with BLDC, hardware vector engine for AC-induction motors, for industry, field oriented control and home appliance. Then they also show their multi-touch resistive touch screen solution using their ARM9 TMPA900 processor, for using touch screens with pen stylus or with gloves.

Mentor Graphics UI tools free for i.MX51/53 customers

Posted by Charbax – March 4, 2011
Category: Tablets, Smartphones, EDA, Software, Exclusive videos, Freescale, Embedded World, Android

Mentor Graphics provides 3D UI tools on top of Android, customers who use the Freescale i.MX51 or i.MX53 can get access to these tools from Menthor Graphics for free.

Freescale Xtrinsic MAG3110 magnetometer

Posted by Charbax – March 4, 2011
Category: Other, Exclusive videos, Freescale, Embedded World

Freescale shows their new 3-axis magnetometer at Embedded World 2011 in Nurenberg. In addition, Freescale shows the the Xtrinsic MMA9550L accelerometer with a 32bit microcontroller inside which has nominated for the embedded award.

MSI Wind Box DC100, AMD E350 compact desktop

Posted by Charbax – March 4, 2011
Category: Other, Exclusive videos, CeBIT

Here’s a concept for a potentially $200 AMD Fusion E350 based compact desktop nettop thing. MSI will release it if customers want it.

ASrock E350M1-USB3, AMD E350 Mini-ITX Motherboard

Posted by Charbax – March 4, 2011
Category: Other, Exclusive videos, CeBIT

ASRock is one of the major motherboard makers, here they have their new AMD Fusion E350 based Mini-ITX board.

Zinwell ZSA-3210, virtual surround speakers with HDMI pass-through

Posted by Charbax – March 4, 2011
Category: Speakers, Other, Exclusive videos, CeBIT

Zinwell releases this virtual surround sound system with HDMI passthrough, they also make a version with a built-in media player.

Trim Slice Tegra2 ARM Cortex-A9 Dual-core Desktop!

Posted by Charbax – March 3, 2011
Category: Laptops, Exclusive videos, Nvidia, Embedded World, Android, Ubuntu

Compulab is showing this Tegra2 desktop for the first time at a trade show, it’s a full ARM Powered desktop computer based on the Nvidia Tegra2 processor. Has 2 HDMI outputs, one for full HDMI video, one for a secondary display, Gigabit Ethernet, 4 USB hosts, stereo audio output, audio in, SPDIF output, 12V power connector, connector for wireless antenna for WiFi and Bluetooth, SD slot, RF232 Serial Port, Micro-USB slave. They also have a slightly bigger version that can slot in a 2.5″ Sata hard drive. 1GB RAM, it also has an internal Micro-SD slot to store the OS. So if you want to upgrade or change the OS, just change the MicroSD card and reboot. It also ships with 32GB Flash storage. They are launching this with Ubuntu 10.10 and they will add support for Honeycomb by launch. Availability is June, the price is targeted at below $200 in bulk (can be re-branded as ODM) and to be about $250 at retail. You can find more information and follow the latest official news about it at http://trimslice.com

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Hard Kernel presents Samsung Exynos 4210 ARM Cortex-A9 1Ghz Dual-core in 10.1″ capacitive tablet

Posted by Charbax – March 3, 2011
Category: Tablets, Exclusive videos, Samsung, Embedded World, Android

Here is Hard Kernel’s new Exynos based development kit tablet device. Hard Kernel is a company based in South Korea working very hard with Samsung’s kernel to create reference development kits for developers to develop software for Samsung’s processors. This is Hard Kernel’s newest awesome looking Exynos based 10.1″ tablet form factor device. Find more informations at: http://hardkernel.com/

Specs:
Processor: Samsung Exynos 1Ghz ARM Cortex-A9 Dual-core
Graphics: Mali-400
RAM: 1GB
Flash Storage: 8GB
Screen: 1366×768 10.1″ capacitive
WiFi: WiFi-b/g/n (Broadcom BCM4329)
Bluetooth: 2.1 EDR
GPS: Built-in AGPS with 3G receiver
Video support: HDMI 1080p (codecs limitations bitrates etc to be tested)
USB: USB 2.0 Host
Cellular: HSPA+ (ST Ericsson, up to 21 Mbps download, 5.7 Mbps upload)
Battery: 9000mAh
Sensors: Gyroscope, 3-axis accelerometer, electronic compass
Availability: Available from end of March
Price: $750

Texas Instruments DaVinci DM816x and DM814x, does 4K2K video playback

Posted by Charbax – March 3, 2011
Category: Set-top-boxes, 4K UHD, Exclusive videos, Texas Instruments, Embedded World

Playsback 3x1080p@60fps, for use in set-top-boxes, could be in Google TV boxes (imagine this powering 4K2K Google TV), it costs around $100. Video security, video conferencing, video signage, thin clients, products online monitoring, portable medical devices with strong imaging.

Beagleboard xM 1Ghz ARM Cortex-A8, 6 Ångström Linux desktops synchronized

Posted by Charbax – March 3, 2011
Category: Laptops, Development Boards, Exclusive videos, Texas Instruments, Embedded World

This is how one can create a mega display wall, combining several displays. The mouse is synchronized accross 6 ARM Powered ubuntu desktops through synergy, and a ffmpeg synchronization app makes it possible to combine them into a video wall.

MSI WindPad 100A Tegra2 10.1″ Android Tablet

Posted by Charbax – March 3, 2011
Category: Tablets, Exclusive videos, Nvidia, CeBIT, Android

MSI Is finally about to get ready with their MSI Wind Pad tablet, here they are showing a pretty finalized looking version of their upcoming Tegra2 tablet, to have Honeycomb, it will be sold at retail for about $399. They also showcase some interesting designs using a picto projector, dual-tablets and a frame.

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Pierre Cardin Tegra2 9.7″ Android Tablet

Posted by Charbax – March 3, 2011
Category: Tablets, Exclusive videos, Samsung, Nvidia, CeBIT, Android

Pierre Cardin brings a new 9.7″ capacitive Nvidia Tegra2 based tablet to the market. Bulk price may be something like $340. They also have a cool priced $145 7″ capacitive Samsung Hummingbird ARM Cortex-A8 based tablet. They say Android Honeycomb 3.0 will be available on these from the beginning of April.