Embedded Computing Design

Santa Clara, CA and Chennai, India. Mirabilis Design Inc, revealed its Semiconductor and Embedded Systems Architecture Labs (SEAL). SEAL is designed as a learning platform for anyone interested in strengthening their theoretical and software competences with hands-on and visualization learning. It supports curriculum integration with a combination of trusted content on standards and applications such as VisualSim Cloud Graphical Simulation Platform, brain storming questions, and answer keys.

In Slaughterhouse 5, Vonnegut used his real-life WW2 Dresden experience to form the plot of one of his most famous works. As a POW in Nazi Germany, Vonnegut witnessed the aftermath the bombing left of Dresden and, well, after destruction, there must be something new, so we visit a different Dresden today and enjoy Abendbrot with our hosts, Metirionic, and learn what they have new for us at embedded world 2023.  

Hsinchu, Taiwan. Join Dr. Charlie Su, President and CEO of Andes, during his annual Andes Webinar for information on the newest adoptions of RISC-V solutions and Dr. Su’s prognosis on the future of RISC-V integrations. His speech, "Expanding the RISC-V Horizon and Beyond" focuses on the functional capabilities of its N25F-SE. The N25F-SE is certified compliant within the ISO 26262 (Parts 2, 4, 5, 8 and 9) functional safety standards and ASIL B (Automotive Safety Integrity Level B) for automotive applications.

Boston, Massachusetts. MicroEJ attended CES 2023 and showcased how it leverages the combination of Managed-C programming language and its containerized MicroEJ Virtual Execution Environment (VEE) for efficient and secure connected devices. The mix of Managed-C to MicroEJ’s multi-language architecture completely utilizes the adaptability of C without the hassles of secure memory management and multi-task synchronization.

Uppsala, Sweden. IAR Systems is offering embedded designers a free and complete case study on, The 12 Fundamentals of Embedded Software Development. The e-book takes an open look at the challenges embedded developers face and facilitates them on a journey to learn how to utilize the 12 Fundamentals in their solutions. The fundamentals will help reduce cost through code implementation.

We are back yet again in such a short time. You might think we just decided to stroll around, and we have, sort of, but one must remember a poem from The Fellowship of the Ring that sings of Aragorn with, “Not all those who wander are lost.” So, now we wander in an organized way over to see ICOP and witness what innovative EtherCAT solutions it is bringing to booth 1-581 at embedded world 2023. 

Somerville, MA. NODAR announced its Hammerhead Development Kit (DevKit), an untethered stereo vision software solution capturing real time 3D point cloud images from many differing cameras. NODAR’s DevKit processes images of road hazards as small as 10cm, 150m away, as well as more cumbersome objects as far as 1,250m away.

So many vendors to see, so little time. We are ramping up our Road to embedded world 2023 and getting back On the Road earlier than expected with a great philosophical thought from Jack Kerouac on how we leave our visits. Kerouac notes, “What is that feeling when you’re driving away from people and they recede on the plain till you see their specks dispersing? – it’s the too-huge world vaulting us, and it’s good-bye. But we lean forward to the next crazy venture beneath the skies.” 

After being reminded of this quote from Mark Twain, “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime,” and noticing our partners are getting as excited as we are, The Road to embedded world 2023 is going to enhance our travels to go to as many different corners as Twain suggested.

CES 2023. During CES 2023, AAEON demonstrated its AI edge solutions driven by the NVIDIA Jetson Orin system-on-module (SoM), the BOXER-8652AI and the BOXER-8651AI. The NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano will power the BOXER-8621AI while in the near future we will see the release of the BOXER-8646AI.

CES 2023. While attending CES 2023, visit booth #10955 in the IoT Pavillion, where Airgain is demonstrating its fully tested and validated outdoor 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) reference design. The solutions meet IP67 outdoor requirements as well as 5G-NR 3GPP REL-16 standards with 4x4 MIMO on DL and 2x2 MIMO on UL.

CES 2023. TDK Corporation expanded its InvenSense SmartIndustrial sensor platform family with the six-axis tilt outputs IIM-20670 IMU (3-axis accelerometer, and 3-axis gyroscope) operating at a range from -40ᵒC to 105ᵒC for solutions requiring high stabilization over temperature. An accelerometer bias repeatability of 1 mg and a programmable output of 64G is featured along with an accelerometer thermal stability of 1.7 µg/C.

CES 2023. Kingston Technology Company, Inc will showcase its Kingston IronKey USB Type-C Vault Privacy 50C (IKVP50C) drive at CES 2023. Secure systems remain secured with protection against BadUSB and Brute Force attacks with the FIPS 197 Certified and XTS-AES 256-bit hardware-encrypted Vault Privacy 50 series.

CES 2023. onsemi is highlighting its 1700 V EliteSiC silicon carbide (SiC) family at CES 2023. The series consists of the 1700 V EliteSiC MOSFET and two 1700 V avalanche-rated EliteSiC Schottky diodes. EliteSiC devices deliver dependable performance for industrial drive and energy infrastructure applications needing a Vgs range of -15 V/25 V for fast switching and control of gate voltages growing to -10V.

CES 2023. Polar Electro announced its collaboration with MicroEJ to revolutionize digital health wearables. MicroEJ supports the same abilities as an OS and includes improved battery operating time, reliable connectivity, and in-depth user interfaces.

CES 2023. While highlighting 30 technologies, solutions, and platforms at CES 2023 (Central Hall - #16181), TDK Corporation also released information regarding its agreement to obtain Qeexo, Co. Qeexo will bring its expertise of automated machine-learning (ML) platforms for tinyML models requiring low power, and continuous running intelligent platforms. Qeexo will be completely absorbed by TDK for the goal of being an Industry 4.0 leader in enhancing smart edge applications.  

CES 2023. Aetina showed up to CES 2023 and unveiled its DeviceEdge, a NVIDIA Jetson-based series of embedded platforms, driven by NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX and Orin Nano system-on-modules (SoMs). The  Aetina series consists of the AIB-SO21/31 & AIB-SN31/41, AIB-MO22/32 & AIB-MN32/42, AIE-KO21/31 & AIE-KN31/41, and AIE-KO22/32 & AIE-KN32/42.

Taipei, Taiwan. ASROCK Industrial released its NUC 1300/D5 BOX, NUC 1300/D4 BOX, and NUCS 1300/D4 BOX Series powered by 13th Gen Intel Core Processors (Raptor Lake-P). The “tiny but mighty” series includes a hybrid framework with support up to 12 cores (4P+8E) with Intel Iris Xe Graphics.

Munich, Germany and Las Vegas, Nevada. Infineon Technologies AG and Altia, introduced the outcome of their partnership at CES 2023, the Arm Cortex-M4/M7 powered TRAVEO T2G Cluster microcontroller (MCU) series utilizing Altia's CloudWare software platform for display solutions.

CES 2023. Ever since my sons opened up their Meta Quest 2 on Christmas Eve, they have been encompassed in the metaverse or fighting about who gets to jump into the metaverse.  During CES 2023, Accenture will release its accumulated data suggesting that both consumer and business interest in the metaverse will grow towards an astonishing 4.2% of company revenue, or $1 trillion in commercial sales by 2025.