Express Logic has introduced a version of its X-Ware Secure Platform for ARM Cortex-M processors. The platform incorporates the firm’s ThreadX, NetX, USBX, FileX, GUIX, and TraceX for use with future ARMv8-M–based Cortex-M processors with TrustZone and with existing ARMv6-M– and ARMv7-M–based Cortex-M processors with MPU support. The tools can be used for software partitioning and ThreadX can be used ...

Rohde & Schwarz’s RTO2000 multi-domain oscilloscope can be used to display the correlations between time, frequency, protocol and logic analysis measurement results. Using the scope’s analogue input channels, it is possible to simultaneously observe the signal in the time and frequency domain, and if desired, the spectrogram. New functions include peak list, max. hold detectors and a logarithmic display. A new zone ...

Aiming to make USB technology as straightforward to use as possible, FTDI Chip has introduced the FT260 – a human interface device (HID) class interface controller IC, which complements the company’s vendor class portfolio. It can provide USB 2.0 Full Speed (12Mbps) connectivity to a broad range of applicatioms – including connection of touchscreens, computer peripherals and IoT sensing apparatus, ...

It’s not looking like a good start to the year. Bill Jewell at Semiconductor Intelligence points out that some companies are expecting a big decline for Q1 compared to Q4: 6% at Intel, 8% at Qualcomm, 9% at Micron, 10% at Nvidia, 11% at MediaTek and 6.9% at TI. The only company expecting a better Q1 than Q4 is Infineon. ...

All hail the new Raspberry Pi 3, which is on course to become the best selling UK computer ever.

Solar cell conversion efficiency could be dramatically increased if graphene research at the University of Surrey can be commercialised. The researchers say they have demonstrated how graphene can be manipulated to create the most light-absorbent material for its weight, to date. The discovery was made as part of research the Surrey team has been doing in cooperation with BAE Systems ...

Cambridgeshire-based design house 42 Technology  is highlighting the importance of product development in the UK for the transport and infrastructure sector. The consultancy is creating a new design activity in areas such as: vehicle tracking and real-time sensing, logging and communication; electric vehicle power electronics and charging systems; gas vehicle fuelling and operation detection systems; and intelligent signage and signalling ...

Raspberry Pi 3 may now have a 64-bit quad-core ARM processor, but this is not the big news on this the fourth anniversary of the tiny educational and maker computer module. Raspberry Pi 3 can now be used as a wirelessly internet-connected hub. It is now an internet of things (IoT) hub. Makers have been using add-on modules to provide ...

Room has to be found on Gadget Master for this one. Okay, it’s not a gadget, or self-built, but it is “state-of-the-art cartography technology” and it tickles my fancy. A digital map of Mars from the good people at the Ordnance Survey (OS). Explore Margaritifer Terra, circumnavigate Becquerel, jump into Aram Chaos… The OS has always been the trusted mainstay ...

Raspberry Pi, element14 and RS Components have announced Raspberry Pi 3, based around a quad core 64-bit processor. “Four years ago today, we launched the first Raspberry Pi with our friends at Premier Farnell. Today we’re launching Raspberry Pi 3: it’s still $35 and it’s still the size of your credit card, but now it comes with on-board wireless LAN and ...