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Mentor Graphics has announced the availability of new task-oriented parallelism technology in the Mentor Graphics Olympus-SoC place-and-route system that allows timing analysis and optimization tasks to run in parallel.
This output power monitor IC with digital I²C interface from International Rectifier is designed to accurately measure the output voltage and inductor current of low-voltage DC-DC converters used in notebook, desktops, and energy-efficient server applications.
There is an alternative to the traditional top-down or bottom-up approaches to embedded software design. It's called 'Feature-driven design."
To help manufacturers design energy-efficient consumer electronics, TI introduced a flexible four-channel video buffer that it claims consumes 57 percent less power than its closest competitor.
The market for 32/64-bit microcontrollers (MCUs), embedded microprocessors (eMPUs) and general purpose DSPs will show steady and on-going growth despite the current economic uncertainties particularly affecting confidence in the US, Europe and Japan.
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Under the Hood: Robot Guitar embeds autotuning
Gibson Guitar has been an aggressive technology adopter. On the heels of its Ethernet Out (digital) guitar, the company has released the Robot Guitar, which automatically tunes to a range of standard and alternative tunings at the touch of a button.
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For its 75th anniversary edition, Esquire magazine took a bold technology flyer, embedding a pair of E Ink electrophorectic displays in a limited edition of its cover.
The highly integrated device adds an FM radio and WiFi connectivity.
Component breakdown site iFixit also tore down the new iPod Nano and found similarities between it and previous versions of the music and video player.
Keyless auto entry systems offer convenience and safety, but turn terribly inconvenient when a key fob fails. Just such an occurrence prompted this story on the teardown and repair of a key fob for a 2005 model year Dodge.
GPS boxes have been on a steep price decline lately and a recent product launch from Garmin aims to embrace the next wave of users, with a sub-$200 pricepoint and easy-reach retail placement.
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In this lab you'll use the RSKSH7124 evaluation board to evaluate the SH7124 SH-Tiny Microcontroller and Starter Kit development environment. For a self guided training session, double click on the VirtuaLab Tutorial link at the bottom of the window when you start the lab.
In this lab you'll use the RSK-M16C29 Renesas Starter Kit (RSK) to evaluate the M16C/29 microcontroller and development environment. For a self guided training session, double click on the VirtuaLab Tutorial link at the bottom of the window when you start the lab.
Use this VirtuaLab to learn the features of the new Luminary Micro LM3S101 microcontroller. Develop software with your choice of ARM/Keil RealView Microcontroller Development Kit or CodeSourcery G++ GNU development environment. In addition, complete example code and driver libraries including a port of FreeRTOS from FreeRTOS.org.
Use this VirtuaLab to learn the features of the new Luminary Micro LM3S811 microcontroller. Develop software with your choice of ARM/Keil RealView Microcontroller Development Kit or CodeSourcery G++
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