element14 Features robotics range

The newest edition of ‘element14 Features’, with solutions and over 15,000 products for industrial manufacturing and robotics, has been announced.

MathWorks Simulink support

Simulink models can now run directly on Arduino, BeagleBoard and LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT platforms.

Summit Microelectronics SMB206A/SMB210A DC-DC integrated circuit range

Summit Microelectronics has expanded its family of programmable DC-DC integrated circuits with the SMB206A and SMB210A. These new products bring digital power control to high-volume digital consumer systems as well as general purpose applications.

Kontron COM Express Starterkit type 6

The COM Express Starterkit type 6 from Kontron assists users to develop and evaluate new systems based on COM Express pin-out type 6 computer-on-modules.

Software development - a lot more than programming: Part 3

As microprocessors get increasingly more powerful, so does the appetite for additional software functionalities. Size of embedded systems software increases every year, bringing new types of problems. This is the final part of a three-part series.

Software development - a lot more than programming: Part 2

As microprocessors get increasingly more powerful, so does the appetite for additional software functionalities. Size of embedded systems software increases every year, bringing new types of problems.

This is the second part of a three-part series.

Software development - a lot more than programming: Part 1

As microprocessors get increasingly more powerful, so does the appetite for additional software functionalities. Size of embedded systems software increases every year, bringing new types of problems.

Ferroelectrics may lead to new memory

The properties of ferroelectric materials are moving scientists closer to realising a new way of electronic memory storage.

Emerging trends of HMI solutions

What are the latest trends in human machine interface (HMI)? And what should you look for, or be aware of, when you browse the market in search of new HMI solutions? The purpose of this article is to outline and describe some of the most recent key trends in software-driven industrial HMI solutions.

Digi-Key launches iPhone App

Design engineers and purchasers in China, India, Japan and other countries in the Asia-Pacific region can now conduct business with Digi-Key wirelessly with the availability of an application for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch users. The iPhone application is currently available in English and allows customers to make purchases in local, company-supported currencies.

Kontron microETXexpress Starterkit VxWorks kit

A second tool to help jump start design - the Kontron microETXexpress Starterkit VxWorks validated by Wind River is now available.

Virtual desktop solution

Cisco and Citrix Systems are working together to deliver a new combined desktop virtualisation solution that will make it easier and more cost effective for businesses to deploy high-definition virtual desktops and applications to all users across the enterprise.

Design resources launched for engineers

RS Components has launched DesignSpark, the centrepiece of its initiative to provide an authoritative online design environment for engineers.

Atmel Xplained add-on board for Xplain kit

The Atmel display Xplained is an add-on board for the Xplain kit. Together they create a platform for graphical application development on Atmel AVR XMEGA.

Digital prototyping in mechatronic design

Today’s manufacturers are using a mechatronics-based approach to integrate the electronic, mechanical and software components of their increasingly complex products. Digital prototyping allows disparate engineering teams to work from a single digital model, saving time and reducing errors throughout the design process.