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.
Category: Exclusive videos
Marcello Zuffo, Professor Embedded Computing at Sao Paulo University with Jon Maddog Hall
Posted by – January 30, 2016
Category: Exclusive videos, Linaro Connect
Microsoft Playready DRM integrated with OPTEE, Linaro Digital Home Group
Posted by – January 30, 2016
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.
Vimble Smartphone Gimbal,Face Tracking,Panorama Vicam App Control
Posted by – January 29, 2016
Vimble is the a smartphone gimbal with face tracking, automatic panorama and night mode through the ViCam app. The intuitive ViCam interface and joystick-based control system give users easily-to-use experience without requiring extensive setup times. Retailer price at $369, estimate start shipping from end of Q1 2016.
Microduino mCookie, Open-source Magnetic Module Compatible with LEGO Arduino
Posted by – January 29, 2016
Microduino mCookie is a small open-source module with different sensors(Bluetooth,WiFi,GPS,Audio,Motor etc) inside, it comes with colorful shell ,magnetic connector and pogo pins. support AVR, STM32, MS430, 51,MIPS, ARM, FPGA system, compatible with LEGO and Arduino, Makers can use it for projects like 3D printing, Robotics, Drones, IoT, wearable or any of your new ideas. Retailer price at $299 for mCookie kit.
You can contact Microduino here:
Bin Feng, CEO,Co-founder
bin@microduino.cc
https://www.microduino.cc/
Focalmax Maxphone T1 with Naked Eye 3D Display,Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 MSM8996
Posted by – January 28, 2016
Category: Smartphones, Projectors, VR, Exclusive videos, Allwinner, Texas Instruments, Qualcomm, CES, Android
Focalmax present lots of interesting products on CES2016, including TI DLP PICO Projectors, Short-Throw TI DLP projectors, Naked eye 3D Smartphones, VR, Sports DV and Car navigation with transparent HUD display.
Focalmax maxphone T1 is the world’s 1st Smartphone with 2K screen and Naked Eye 3D display. powered by 64bit Qualcomm snapdragon 820 MSM8996 Qualcomm® Kryo™ CPU with Adreno 530 GPU, 4GB RAM, 64GB Flash, comes with 5.5” 2K display, 5M front camera and 8M 3D rear camera, with USB Type C and 3000mAH battery.
You can contact Focalmax here:
Fiona Du, Brand Manager
Fiona.du@focalmax.net
HiMedia Q10 Pro, HDR 4K 3.5”HDD Player on Hi3798C V200 Quad-core ARM Cortex-A53
Posted by – January 28, 2016
HiMedia Q10 Pro is an Android TV box with 3.5”HDD supported up to 6TB, powered by 64bit Hisilicon Hi3798C V200 Quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 with Mali-T720 GPU, 2GB RAM, 16GB Flash, runs Android 5.1 on 1080p resolution, comes with Giga LAN and dual-band WiFi, supports HDMI 2.0 output at 4K@60fps, 10bit HEVC/H.265 and VP9 video decode at 4K@60fps. Himedia Q10 Pro support BDMV and BD ISO lite navigation, 3D Blue-ray subtitle, Dolby 7.1 HD Audio passthrough. Hisilicon Hi3798C V200 is the world’s 1st TV box SOC to support HDR and Dolby Vision high-dynamic-range technology.
You can contact Himedia here:
james.luo@himedia.cn
AMPware Case, Power Generating Smartphone Case
Posted by – January 28, 2016
AMPWARE Case is a power generate smart phone case just unfold and turn the crank handle, every 1 minutes of crank time, you can take 5 minutes talk time or up to 1 hour standby. 5 minutes of crank time can make up to 1 hour battery life of normal use or 5 hours standby. This is really useful in an emergency! AMPware Case now available for iPhone6, 6s. Retailer price at $79.
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
Mentor Graphics Customized IoT Gateway platform
Posted by – January 27, 2016
Mentor Graphics announced end to end IoT system developer kit with software and hardware reference design. The reference design can be customized to meet specific gateway requirements for various business applications. The gateway platform includes data collection, storage with different connectivity options like Bluetooth, Ethernet, Wi-Fi, and USB. The gateway uses Freescale i.MX6 ARM Cortex-A9 processor.
Wind River IoT Helix Lab Cloud, Rocket and Qt VxWorks 7
Posted by – January 27, 2016
Category: Exclusive videos, ARM TechCon
Wind River is an Intel company that develops embedded systems solutions for aerospace and healthcare. The company’s highlights include the Helix Lab Cloud platform for virtual laboratory management and test automation and Rocket, a free OS meant to be used on MCUs demonstrated on an ARM K64F MCU. They also showcase a working home healthcare system utilizing VxWorks 7 and Qt release 551 (for the UI) such that health test data is monitored, captured, uploaded onto the cloud and displayed.
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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Cardberry The All-in-One Loyalty Cards
Posted by – January 27, 2016
Cardberry is an electronic card that can replace the stacks of loyalty cards weighing down your wallet or forgotten somewhere at home. It allows you to upload all of your discount, bonus, miles, gifts and other cards to the Cardberry app so that with just your single Cardberry card. The Cardberry is only 0.5 mm thick and comes with microcontroller,Bluetooth module. Retailer price at $100 at Russian market now, It will be ready at other market soon.
OpenEPC Portable 4G network on Rasbary Pi
Posted by – January 26, 2016
Dragos Vingarzan Co-founder and CTO of OpenEPC presents their low power Mobile core network running seamlessly on Raspberry Pi with 2G, 3G and 4G LTE voice and data capability to run a small network at remote island or for disaster relief area. With OpenEPC now it’s easy to make small footprint of Mobile Network in rural and remote location. In the video they are showing an Mobile Network of 4G LTE compatible running on Rasbary Pi powered by Broadcom BCM2836 Quad-core ARM Cortex A7 at 900Mhz.
For more information see http://www.openepc.com
Zappiti player 4K Duo RTD1195 16TB HDD Player HEVC 3D MVC Giga Lan
Posted by – January 26, 2016
French company Zappiti present their Zappiti Player 4K Family on CES 2016, including Zappiti 4K Duo with 2pcs 3.5” SATA HDD slots(up to 16TB storage); Zappiti Player 4K with 1pcs 3.5”HDD slot( up to 8TB storage), Zappiti Player 4K Mini with compact size and mounting options to hung at the back of the TV,you can still easily control by RC while connecting a IR extender. The Zappiti 4K Players are powered by Realtek RTD1195 Dual-core ARM Cortex-A9, support HEVC 4K hardware decoding ,3D MVC and support display your moive in true 24p(23,976Hz output).
The Zappiti Media Center V4 is an entertainment hub available on the Zappiti Players as well as Mac and Windows PC. featuring a impressive GUI with movie cover, easily browse and play titles from local and network storage media, reading information about the cast and other details about the show, download subtitles, play trailers and much more. You can check more information at:http://www.zappiti.com/
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
Qualcomm CES 2016 booth tour: Snapdragon 820, 820A, 802.11ad, 802.11ac, Windows Continuum and more
Posted by – January 25, 2016
Category: Tablets, Smartphones, Gaming, VR, Internet of Things, Smartwatch, Smart Glass, Speakers, 4K UHD, Exclusive videos, Qualcomm, CES, Android, Windows
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 is shown in a real phone in LeTV Le Max Pro, with Qualcomm saying that they have 80+ design wins for the Snapdragon 820 custom 64bit processor, now to be mass manufactured on Samsung’s 14nm process technology. Qualcomm also shows their Snapdragon 820 Adreno 530 GPU demos showing off high-end graphics, virtual reality and new display technologies, also Qualcomm WSA8815 audio technology for better sound coming out of built-in speakers for the Smartphones and Tablets market. Scanning people in realtime using Project Tango type structured scanner, IR camera. Qualcomm shows IoT technologies, Qualcomm Vive 802.11ac WiFi with multi-user mimo. Microsoft Windows 10 running on ultra-cheap Qualcomm 210, 410, and Windows continuum extending the Windows 10 desktop from the phone through to the external display using USB Type-C. Qualcomm Atheros Multi-Gigabit 60Ghz Wi-Fi 802.11ad included with the Snapdragon 820 LeTV Le Max Pro Smartphone! Matterport 360 degre camera supported by Qualcomm Ventures and other startups demonstrated. Qualcomm launches Qualcomm 820A for the automitive market and the modular system to upgrade the ARM Processor and PCB of the car to make it future proof.
Kodi Team Interview at CES 2016
Posted by – January 23, 2016
Kodi, formerly XBMC, is probably one of the largest native code Android app projects, the largest open source multimedia project. Here’s an interview with 4 guys on the Kodi team, Software developer, Community Manager, Business developer working on the Kodi Open Source Home Theatre Software project. They estimate that over 10 million people are using Kodi regularly, 30-50 developers submit a lot of the code, hundreds of developers contribute to Kodi once in a while. Kodi on Android runs as a hard-core Native code app, utilizing the hardware performance of every modern ARM processor targetted at the Set-top-box market, utilizing the hardware decoding of each ARM SoC, utilizing the CPU and GPU a lot for a smooth Kodi user interface.
