Embedded Computing Design

Wincomm released a compact full IP watertight stainless-steel box PC, the WTC-8J0, powered by Intel Elkhart Lake CPU and diverse I/Os. The WTC-8J0 is built on the Intel Celeron J6412 2.0GHz (codename: Elkhart Lake (EHL), Passmark:3929, +43% compared to J3455) and supports up to 32GB of DDR4 RAM.

Henderson, Nevada. Aldec, renovated its linting tool ALINT-PRO to increase the support of Microchip Technology's Libero SoC Design Suite. The update allows for automatic conversion of Libero projects into ALINT-PRO’s ecosystem for static linting and clock domain crossing (CDC) evaluation of hardware devices in VHDL, Verilog, or SystemVerilog.

NI’s PCI eXtensions for Instrumentation (PXI) are designed for developers in their pursuit of building higher performance mixed measurement solutions for validation and production tests. The sub-compact single system houses multiple box instruments without diminished performance. PXI software affords users scalability and flexibility.

sureCore has designed the PowerMiser Plus, a new family of ultra-low voltage SRAM solutions that are operational down to 0.45V. Performance, as well as power consumption, are able to be increased and decreased concurrently by the logic and memory interfacing at equivalent voltages.

Orlando, Florida. OPSWAT recently announced its MetaDefender Kiosk K2100 an ultra-rugged mobile kiosk developed for secured critical networks in the most extreme environments.

Sunnyvale, California. Intrinsic ID publicized Zign, a software-only solution giving all connected devices an exclusive identity and hardware-based security anchor. The new solution was brought about by the complexities of global cybersecurity and international legislations being promoted.

Qoitech introduced its Otii Ace Pro, an all-in-one isolated energy source of up to 25 V including a power analyzer and profiler. The Otii Ace Pro has a dynamic range of nA-5A, current measurements resolution of 0.4nA, and a flexible sample rate of up to 50 ksps.

Reading, United Kingdom. Sondrel will be continuing to leverage Siemens EDA software with a new three-year contract. The partnership will keep Sondrel leading the global semiconductor market with customer specific ultra-complex ASIC chip solutions concerning EDA software applications.

During Hannover Messe (hall 17/booth H20), CONTACT Software will explain the benefits of its end-to-end PLM and IoT solutions. The highlight of the booth will be focused on its service business. CONTACT will demonstrate how the open low-code platform Elements and its accompanying Customer Service module automates IoT cycle and event driven processes to ERP, with acceleration in order completion and includes smart offerings.

Santa Clara, USA, Klein-Winternheim, Germany. SYSGO and Intel are partnering and releasing the PikeOS support for Intel x6000FE series Atom(r) processors. PikeOS supports the requirements for reliable and secure computing environment. It meets IEC 61508 safety standard for rigorous functional safety in such applications as connected robots and flow control systems in the chemical market.

SixtyFPS GmbH is releasing version 1.0 of Slint, a complete toolkit enabling the development of native user interfaces within desktops and embedded environments leveraging Rust. The group of over 50 contributors designed Slint 1.0 for scalability, customization, and cross compatibility. For the purpose of assisting in the simplification of designing UIs, Slint has streamlined the approach using declarative programming.

Vecow will deliver the Vecow Hardware Monitor, a software created for the simplification of system monitoring and hardware ability management. A main highlight is the user-friendly UI enabling the direct monitoring and controlling of devices without knowledge of chipset, component, and driver architecture. Users are now able to freely manipulate digital IO, PoE, Thermal, UART, USB, WDT, SMBus, Ignition, while accessing available hardware monitoring sensors.

Shenzhen, China. MYIR’s MYC-YG2LX CPU Module based on RENESAS RZ/G2L SoC is available supplying 1.2GHz dual ARM Cortex-A55 and 200MHz Cortex-M33 cores with Mali-G31 GPU and integrated video codec engine. Also included in the platform are 1GB/2GB DDR4, 8GB eMMC, 32Kbit EEPROM, and PMIC.

Taoyuan, Taiwan. Techman Robot has confirmed the release of the TM20 robotic arm, a smart collaborative robot with powerful AI, weighing in at only 32.8kg,but with the ability to move up to 20kg with a maximum reach of 1300mm on six rotating joints. The robot mitigates energy consumption with a reduction in recharging time as well as having an agile maneuverability in tight spaces.

Malvern, Pennsylvania. Vishay Intertechnology has innovated the Vishay Draloric RCS0805 e3 anti-surge thick film resistor with an increased power rating of 0.5 W. The RCS0805 e3 now takes the place of four standard parallel resistors in the 0805 case size, two parallel devices in the larger 1206, or one resistor in the 1210.

Tel Aviv, Israel. POLYN Technology delivers frameworks for trained neural network conversions to a neuromorphic chip for inference, and will introduce its VibroSense publicly at Hannover Messe April 17-21, in Booth С59, Hall 17. The VibroSense is a Tiny AI chip solution for monitoring vibration in sensor nodes for easier integration and improvement in the ROI and OPEX.

Vancouver, Washington. DIGISTOR’s FIPS 140-2 L2 certified self-encrypting drives now hold Common Criteria certification, with its market first PCIe/NVMe and SATA storage devices. DIGISTOR offers National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP) Product Compliant List (PCL) offered at COTS-level pricing.

STL Partners recently released its 100 edge computing companies to watch in 2023. The compilation is comprised of the top 100 companies powering the edge computing market with innovative designs pending 2023 release. Coming in a highly respectable #6 is AI EdgeLabs as a leader in the future of edge cybersecurity space.

Ismaning, Germany. Kontron posted all ATX, µATX, and mITX motherboards powered by the 12th generation Intel Core i processor series will now receive a complete BIOS update to 13th generation.

SECO released its EUPHORIA, a new COM Express Compact module featuring the Intel Atom x6000E Series, Intel Pentium, and Celeron N and J Series processors for reliably regulating temperature control in deterministic real-time rugged edge environments. The EUPHORIA delivers high performance embedded connectivity on x86 architecture supporting innovations within automation, robotics, transportation, automotive, medical devices, and telecommunications.