Embedded Computing Design

IRVINE, Calif. Telit released a Cat 13 variant of the Telit LN920 M.2 LTE data card series supporting full compatibility with current Cat 6 and Cat 12 LN920 data cards. The LN920A13 comes powered with the needed speed of 150 Mbps for mobile computing, enterprise routers, video streaming and IoT devices. The download speed of 400Mbps was designed for large bundled data from the edge. Included with the Cat 13 variant is a GNSS location and WCDMA (3G) fallback for scalability within solutions centered around the LN920 series.

WAKEFIELD, MA. PICMG’s new COM Express 3.1 specification has been approved to strengthen PCIe Gen 4 and USB4. Updates include a specified 16Gps connector throughout family Type 6, 7, and 10 pinouts, SATA Gen 3, and a CEI signaling-enabled 10 GbE interface and IPMB management interface for the Type 7 pinout, a component of COM.0 R3.1. Improvement with the specification includes optional USB4 (Type 6), MIPI-CSI connectors (Types 6, 10), SoundWire (Types 6, 10), and SPI interface (Types 6, 10).

SANTA ROSA, Calif. Keysight Technologies, Inc. revealed a set of 80Gbps USB adhering to the specification requirements implemented by the USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF).

VersaLogic released the E9 module, a dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet expansion board delivering two independent IEEE 10Gb Ethernet RJ-45 ports that are backward compatible with slower ports (5GbE, 2.5GbE, and 1GbE), and will power signals up to 100m on Cat 6A cable.

Wincomm, introduced its new WLP 7 J 20 series powered by Intel’s Elkhart Lake Celeron J6412 2.0GHz quad core and is available in 10.1(16:9), 10.4 (4: 15 (4:3), 15.6(16:9), and 21.5(16:9) inches. IOs Included in the WLP 7 J 20 are up to 4 USB (2 x USB3.2, 2 x USB 2.0), 3 x COM(1 X RS-232, 2 X RS-232/422/485), 2 x LAN(1 x 2.5Gbps), 1 x HDMI 2.0b, 1 x VGA, and expansion slot with 1 x PCIex1 Gen III, 1 x M.2 E key for WiFi/Blus tooth module, 1 x M.2 B key for PCIex1/USB, 4G/5G SIM card, and support for Windows 11.

Sophia Antipolis, France. In the world today, we are staring at disaster with the war in Ukraine that is leading to a global energy crisis. Critical infrastructure including transportation, electricity, natural gas, and water plants must be secured from outside nefarious attacks. There are 120 countries using Tetra (Terrestrial Trunked Radio) networks. Work has begun to make certain that ETSI TETRA technology standard is fully secured from devious individuals or groups. ETSI released two specifications (ETSI TS 100 392-7 and ETSI TS 100 396-6) created by top professional from ETSI quantum safe cryptography group.

KIRKLAND, Wash., Nov. 07, 2022 Alliance Memory today announced its technology lineup for electronica 2022, taking place Nov. 15-18 at the Trade Fair Center in Munich, Germany. Exhibiting in Hall C3, Stand 328, the company will be highlighting its latest SRAM, DRAM, eMMC, and flash memory ICs for the communications, computing, embedded, IoT, industrial, and consumer markets.

WILMINGTON, Mass. & LOWELL, Mass. UMass Lowell collaborated with Analog Devices, Inc., and the Analog Devices Foundation to create a research lab embedding next generation technology into students for an interactive learning experience within the realm of radio frequency and microwave technologies.

Shenzhen, China. MYIR released its ARM+FPGA SoM MYC-JX8MMA7 CPU Module utilizing NXP i.MX 8M Mini quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 plus 400MHz Cortex-M4 processor and Xilinx XC7A25T Artix-7 FPGA. Supplied with a gold-finger-edge-card connector, the MYC-JX8MMA7 CPU Module can connect two USB Host and one OTG, one Gigabit Ethernet, two SFP network interfaces, WiFi/Bluetooth module interface, USB 2.0 based M.2 Key B 5G Module interface, LVDS and HDMI display interfaces, MIPI and Parallel CSI interfaces, Audio, and one 2 x 20-pin UART/I2C/SPI/GPIO extension header which is compatible with Raspberry Pi interface. The base model features 2GB LPDDR4, 8GB eMMC and 32MB QSPI flash for ARM MPU, 256MB DDR3 and 32MB QSPI flash for FPGA as well as two dedicated PMIC (ROHM BD71847AMWV).

Munich, Germany; Seoul, South Korea. Codasip shared news the that SiliconArts has embraced Codasip 7-series RISC-V processors with Codasip Studio customization tools. Codasip’s RISC-V processor IP combined with SiliconArts ray tracing GPUs are designed for complete optimization of demanding graphic applications. Ron Black, CEO, Codasip, commented, "It's becoming extremely difficult to make performance gains from scaling semiconductors to smaller nodes. RISC-V combined with the customization capabilities of Codasip Studio enable our customers to make significant performance gains."

Santa Clara, Calif. SiFive, Inc. now offers the SiFive Performance P670 and P470 RISC-V processors based on the ratified RISC-V Vector v1.0 Specification including RISC-V Vector Cryptography extensions, SiFive WorldGuard system security, full RISC-V RVA22 profile compliance , Advanced Interrupt Architecture (AIA) compliant interrupt controller, more support for Message Signal Interrupts (MSI) and virtualization (including a separate IOMMU for accelerating virtualized device IO), and scalability with multi-core, multi-cluster support for up to 16 cores.

Vecow’s ECX-3000 PEG Series leverages the processing power of 12th Gen Intel Core i9/i7/i5/i3 processors with Intel UHD Graphics 770 utilizing Intel’s R680E chipset with LAN ports including 2.5G, 2.5G PoE+, 2.5G PoE+ with X-Coded M12 and 1G, while supporting high-speed data transfer up to 20G USB3.2 Gen2x2. The ECX-3000 PEG Series merges P-cores and E-cores with Intel Thread Director, handling up to 4 PCIe expansion slots for NVIDIA/AMD graphics card with up to 200W power and support for PCIe 5.0 and DDR5 4800MHz memory up to 64GB.

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL POLYN Technology announced NeuroVoice, an analog neuromorphic chip employing both voice detection (VD) and voice extraction (VE) operating at 100 µW with inference performance in 20 µsec.

IRVINE, Calif. KP Performance Antennas presented a line of 6 GHz Wi-Fi 6E sector antennas maintaining frequencies from 2.3 GHz to 7.2 GHz with 17 dBi to 20 dBi gain, 65-degree and 90-degree coverage, 2x2 MIMO port options providing fewer transmitting errors.  With the help pf an extra 1200 MHz, operators may reach speeds of 1 to 2 Gbps.

Geneva. STMicroelectronics introduced its smart wireless module, the STM32WB5MMGH6 powered by both, an Arm Cortex-M4 core for solution processing and a Cortex-M0+ for integrated radio. The module utilizes general standards such as Bluetooth LE 5.3, Zigbee 3.0, and OpenThread to create a complete sub-system including free-to-use protocol stacks.

Concurrent released its SOSAtm Technical Standard, Vulcan. It is centered around the 3U VPX form factor for VPX projects leveraging Intel PIC with support for 100G Ethernet and PCIe Gen 4.

Munich, Germany. Infineon Technologies AG announced its PSoC 4100S Max family with up to 384K Flash memory and 84 GPIOs for HMI solutions supporting the fifth-generation CAPSENSE touch sensors. Also included is CAN-FD, high-speed, long-range wired communication, and I²S master for embedded audio solutions.

SUNNYVALE, Calif. Azul released its Azul Vulnerability Detection, a SaaS designed to endlessly detect security liabilities in Java utilizing cloud support to track known vulnerabilities in actual use cases, while providing end-to-end protection across a software stack. Azul Vulnerability Detection leverages its Azul JVMs to recognize common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs) related to Java-specific databases.

SOUTH BURLINGTON, VT / LULEA, SWEDEN. OnLogic released news that Flasheye is leveraging OnLogic industrial computers for their LiDAR Processing Units (LPUs). The 3D LiDAR technology exposes unanticipated anomalies to thwart slowdowns, failures, and accidents.

WILMINGTON, Mass. Heilind Electronics released its Molex's Zero-Hachi 0.80mm Pitch Wire-to-Board Connector System for use in small scale PCB footprints including circuit sizes ranging from two to 20 circuits, and with the capability of connecting to multiple points of contact.