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Lots of new products at Embedded Tech Trends - Other

January 27, 2015

Last week, I attended the Embedded Tech Trends event in sunny Phoenix. Looking out my window at the snow that's coming down fast and furious, that see...

IoT

Five Minutes with Wally Rhines, Chairman and CEO, Mentor Graphics - Video

January 21, 2015

Five minutes was clearly not enough time for my interview with Wally Rhines of Mentor Graphics. We went through a list of topics, including what it's means to acquire a company (and being acquired), a

Open Source

Dev kit shoots for the high end (and hits the mark) - Other

January 15, 2015

Continuing my run of test driving development boards, today I'm behind the wheel of a Gizmo 2. The first thing that you notice when you remove the boa...

Automotive

QNX concept car showcases lane departure warning/collision avoidance at CES 2015 - Video

January 13, 2015

Hands down one of the coolest booths I visited while at CES, QNX Software had two vehicles on display that were retrofit-ted with their latest technology: a Jeep Wrangler and a Maserati Quattroporte G

IoT

DAC 2015 Overview - Brian Fuller interviews Anne Cirkel - Video

January 13, 2015

Brian Fuller interviews Anne Cirkel and gives you an overview of what you can expect at DAC 2015. Remember, everyone gets free days at DAC thanks to the 'I love DAC' three-day exhibit pass opportunity

Industrial

Five Minutes with Ray Alderman, Chairman of the Board, VITA - Video

January 13, 2015

Technologies come and go in the embedded space as time goes on. But VMEbus, for some reason, has managed to buck the trend. Ray Alderman, like VMEbus, has been a part of the VMEbus trade association (

Processing

Low-power IP cores target computationally intensive multicore and IoT - Other

January 13, 2015

A short time ago, Cortus released a pair of IP processor cores, the APS23 and APS25. The parts are based on the company's v2 instruction set. The APS2...

Processing

Processor core ups performance for embedded Linux apps - Other

January 12, 2015

With a goal of providing better support for embedded Linux and other high-end operating systems, the DesignWare ARC HS38 processor IP core delivers up...

Consumer

Beachbot - Video

January 09, 2015

Conceived by Disney Research and working in partnership with a student team at ETH Zürich, the Beachbot is a mobile robot that can turn an ordinary beach into an artist's canvas. Thanks to innovative

Open Source

Kit simplifies development of Bluetooth-based mobile apps - Other

January 07, 2015

I continue to be amazed at how simple it is to add wireless technology to a design. It seems like it wasn't too long ago that the wireless subsystem w...