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Arriba for Android Porting Kit for the MIPS

Ken Cheung — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:17:43 +0000

MIPS Technologies introduced the Arriba for Android Porting Kit (APK) for the MIPS architecture. With the Arriba APK, OEMs can quickly tailor and optimize Android for specific platforms. The Arriba APK is available now. The Arriba APK includes the first year of development tool maintenance, along with 60 days of support from Viosoft. Viosoft’s Arriba tools support single and multi-core platforms, providing support for any MIPS-based Android target. All MIPS processors are supported, from MIPS architecture licensees’ designs to MIPS’ complete offering of licensable cores including the 1004K coherent processing system.

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Improving IP Quality Versus Losing Design Productivity

Ken Cheung — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:30:29 +0000

Satin IP Technologies will be in a panel at the IP-Embedded Systems Conference in Grenoble, France on December 1, 2009 from 17:15 to 18:45. They will discuss improving intellectual property (IP) quality without losing design productivity. The panel (entitled Improving IP Quality vs. Losing Design Productivity – What Are the Tradeoffs?) will discuss issues that arise when time-to-market and cost reductions dominate IP design and integration, since instituting design practices for enhanced quality can be seen as overhead by engineers and engineering managers.

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Sunstone Circuits PCB123 v3.3 Circuit Board Design Software

Ken Cheung — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:30:24 +0000

Sunstone Circuits (Sunstone) released version 3.3 of PCB123, which is a circuit board design solution for the electronics design industry. PCB123 v3.3 includes additional design capabilities for PCB designers. PCB123 v3.3 supports a seamless design flow to design and assembly services. The PCB design software can convert any file on the layout side from previous versions of PCB123, enabling designers to retain previous design work while taking care of real-time ordering available in v3.3. PCB123 is available for free.

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Data Translation DT8837 Ethernet Data Acquisition Instrument Module

Ken Cheung — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:37:08 +0000

Data Translation introduced the DT8837 high performance Ethernet (LXI) data acquisition instrument module for sound and vibration measurement applications. The DT8837 samples up to four 24-bit IEPE accelerometer input channels independently at up to 52.7kHz per channel or 210kHz total throughput. In addition, the DT8837 offers a 24-bit stimulus output, and a 31-bit synchronized tachometer channel for data streams that are matched in time for field or laboratory use. The DT8837 is priced at $3995 and ships 6-8 weeks ARO.

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Celsius for Wave-Me NFC Mobile Application Development Platform

Ken Cheung — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:19:36 +0000

INSIDE Contactless and Mobile Distillery introduced the Celsius for Wave-Me NFC mobile application development platform. A beta release Celsius NFC for Wave-me for selected partners is expected to be available in the first quarter of 2010. The Celsius for Wave-Me license will be free for the development stage of any project, and will be updated to include new NFC phones and additional NFC stickers and add-ons as they become available, offering the widest and deepest access to NFC functionality.

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Mentor Graphics Android Development System for TI OMAP35x Processors

Ken Cheung — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:53:04 +0000

Mentor Graphics introduced the Android Development System for the Texas Instruments (TI) OMAP35x processors based on ARM Cortex-A8 technology. Engineers working on OMAP35x processor-based designs can leverage the Mentor Graphics version of the Android application framework to deploy Android-based applications. The Mentor Graphics solution for Android is ideal for OMAP35x developers designing medical, communication, industrial, instrumentation, home security, and digital video applications.

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NXP ARM9 Microcontroller with High Speed USB 2.0 OTG Webinar

Ken Cheung — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:24:09 +0000

NXP Semiconductors is offering a webinar: Lowest Cost ARM9 with High Speed USB 2.0 OTG performance for management of USB connectivity. The webcast will take place Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at 11:00am EST (8:00am PST, 16:00 GMT). All registered participants will be entered into a drawing for an ARM9 development tool from NXP Semiconductors.

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eASIC eTools 8.0 Software Suite for 45nm Nextreme-2 Designs

Ken Cheung — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:47:22 +0000

eASIC introduced eTools 8.0 software suite for implementing 45nm Nextreme-2 designs. The eTools 8.0 tool suite delivers a robust ASIC grade design flow with the simplicity, ease of design, and a cost point that is normally associated with FPGA design tools. By focusing on ease-of-use, and low cost of entry, eASIC is now enabling designers to make a seamless transition to adopting Nextreme-2 devices as a lower cost and lower power alternative to FPGAs and a lower NRE alternative to traditional ASICs.

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Texas Instruments eTech Day

Ken Cheung — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:02:14 +0000

Texas Instruments is hosting an interactive online technology day (eTech Day) on November 17, 2009. The event will feature training sessions from a variety of applications within the embedded and analog processor technologies. TI’s eTech Day is an all-day event that offers networking, presentations, and problem-solving with experts from TI, the TI Developer Network, and the open source community. The event will feature live and on-demand training sessions and office hours where attendees can get real-time answers from TI experts on an array of topics.

XMOS USB Audio 2.0 Reference Design

Ken Cheung — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:48:21 +0000

XMOS introduced a reference design for USB Audio 2.0. The solution enables standard computer-based systems to deliver bit-perfect prosumer quality sound. The reference design works with the Mac OS-X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Audio 2.0 native class driver, and XMOS has teamed with Thesycon to provide Audio 2.0 Class driver support for Windows. The XMOS USB Audio 2.0 reference design kit is available now and priced at $149 USD.

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