Embedded Computing Design

Vecow and Kudan revealed a the release of Vecow’s Turnkey SLAM Kit (VTK SLAM Kit). Integrating Vecow’s ultra-compact fanless system with added sensors and IMUs, along with Kudan’s SLAM technologies, this collaboration aims to cater to the rising demand for navigation and mapping solutions in unknown environments.

Innominds has announced a strategic partnership with Minerva CQ to provide the industry with a one stop AI solution (strategy, technology, and services) designed to deliver modernization to ISVs, OEMs, and enterprises serving software and hi-tech, life sciences, construction, automotive, logistics, and transportation.

Autotalks and Rolling Wireless published news of a collaboration directed to accelerate the deployment of next-generation V2X solutions. To fulfill the increasing demand for 5G-V2X solutions from vehicle, e-bike, and road infrastructure equipment manufacturers, Rolling Wireless found its partner in Autotalks’ SECTON3 and TEKTON3 chipsets.

Aliso Viejo, California. indie Semiconductor, Inc. publicized the addition of a technologically advanced iND880xx product line to its vision processor portfolio.

Henderson, Nevada. Velasea has announced its strategic partnership with Cincoze, where Velasea will start developing Cincoze Industrial PCs for automation and computer vision applications. Leveraging Cincoze’s innovations, Velasea will design high-performing solutions to meet specialized needs in manufacturing, railway, in-vehicle, warehouse and logistics, energy, and security and surveillance.

Portland, Oregon. SensiML Corporation launched its open-source initiative Piccolo AI. The initiative, announced earlier last month, is live and contains a suite of resources to support the broader developer community. sensiml.org acts as the key hub for all project-related information, updates, and documentation. For more designer support, SensiML released a dedicated public forum at forum.sensiml.org to ease discussions, collaborations, and knowledge sharing amongst developers.

Intelligent Memory (IM) has expanded its range of DDR5 memory modules to include full RoHS-compliant RDIMM, UDIMM, and SODIMM DDR5 modules, available in both commercial and industrial temperature ranges.

Munich, Germany. SiFive, Inc. announced an innovative design of its SiFive Essential product family at the RISC-V Summit Europe 2024. With over a decade of development, the Essential IP has demonstrated its field-proven reliability and is currently in use in billions of products, including mobile phones, sensors, SSDs, FPGA platforms, surveillance cameras, smartwatches, and more.

Santa Clara, California. FMS: the Future of Memory and Storage has announced it will be featuring 11 keynote presentations. “Keynote addresses are a traditional FMS highlight. This year’s FMS will be no exception,” said Jay Kramer, FMS keynote Master of Ceremonies. “Attendees will hear about the latest memory and storage technology advances empowering emerging applications driven by AI, big data analytics, quantum computing and 5G infrastructure.”

Axiomtek announced the August release of the fanless iNA110, a DIN-rail cybersecurity gateway for operational technology (OT) network security leveraging the Intel Atom x5-E3930/E3940 processor (Apollo Lake) with four 1G LAN ports and a pair of LAN Bypass for nonstop connections with OT devices.

Security can sometimes be overlooked in favor of functionality and profitability during device development. Yet, in a world that is becoming more networked and digitized, a device's security is key to its success, boosting customer satisfaction and improving the manufacturer's competitive edge. Dr. Dominik Merli, professor of IT security at the Technical University of Applied Sciences Augsburg (THA) and head of THA’s Institute for Innovative Safety and Security (THA_innos), reports on the need for security with his book Engineering Secure Devices: A Practical Guide for Embedded System Architects and Developers.

Next DLP launched Secure Data Flow, what the company has called a groundbreaking capability within the Reveal Platform that uses the "What, Where, Who, and How" of data’s origin, movements, and modifications to provide unparalleled protection.

AAEON released the PICO-RAP4, the newest addition to its line of PICO-ITX boards leveraging the Intel Processor U300E all the way to the 6 P-core, 8 E-core, and 20-thread Intel Core i7 1370PE. The board has enhanced data transfer speeds and extended bandwidth in a customizable configuration through 32GB of SODIMM-based DDR5 (up to 5200 MT/s). The PICO-RAP4 is ideal for advanced computing applications including service robots and healthcare imaging devices.

The DS-1402 rugged embedded computer by Cincoze has recently earned two international awards. Belonging to the Rugged Computing – DIAMOND series, the DS-1402 is designed to meet the high performance and expandability requirements of edge computing while providing the necessary reliability and stability for smart factories, machine vision, and similar industrial applications. The DS-1402 earned the Innovators Awards from Vision System Design and the Product of the Year Award from Control Engineering.

Vecow launched the 112x103x45mm EAC-4000, an Edge AI Computing System powered by NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX and Jetson Orin Nano system-on-modules. It delivers enhanced AI processing up to 100 TOPS for applications such as traffic vision, auto optical inspection, delivery robots, and other entry-level edge AI use cases. The EAC-4000 utilizes NVIDIA Ampere architecture GPU, Arm-based CPUs, NVDLA engines, LPDDR5 memory and available in 16GB, 8GB, and 4GB versions.

Emproof launched two new online demos for Emproof Nyx, its innovated IP protection and exploit mitigation solution for embedded software. The released demos show that Emproof is continuously committed to educating the industry on potential threats to all software systems with its software security framework.

AAEON introduced its NanoCOM-RAP, a COM Express Type 10 CPU Module powered by 13th Generation Intel Core processors including the Intel Processor U300E to the Intel Core i7-1365UE CPU. The NanoCOM-RAP supports up to 10 cores, 12 threads, and turbo frequency across both its performance and efficiency cores.

Dover, Delaware. The Rust Foundation, AdaCore, Arm, Ferrous Systems, HighTec EDV-Systeme GmbH, Lynx Software Technologies, OxidOS, TECHFUND, TrustInSoft, Veecle, and Woven by Toyota announced the Safety-Critical Rust Consortium to support the responsible use of the Rust programming language in safety-critical software. “This is exciting! I am truly pleased to see the Rust Foundation and anyone in the safety-critical space coming together on this topic” said Graydon Hoare, creator of the Rust programming language.

Taipei, Taiwan. AVerMedia Technologies announced its industrial IP67-rated OOB (Out-of-Band) AI Box PC during COMPUTEX 2024. AVerMedia featured a series of live demos highlighting the versatility and power of its AI solutions. The demos demonstrated the practical applications and benefits of integrating AI technology operations into many industries.

ATTEND launched its high-density PCIe 125B-78C00 and 125A-78C00 MXM connectors to meet the expanding demand for high-performance server system architectures. Featuring a sophisticated design, the devices offer an efficient interface between the carrier board and SMARC, or Qseven modules, ensuring smooth transmission of all I/O signals. With a 0.50 mm pitch, the connector delivers 314 pins for SMARC, and 230 pins for Qseven specifications, safeguarding signal reliability across USB, SATA, PCIe, LVDS, eDP, MIPI, and Ethernet standards.