Embedded Systems

Fraunhofer Institute for Microelectronic Circuits and Systems IMS has had a version of its 32bit AIRisc RISC-V microcontroller intellectual property certified by by TÜV SGS to the ISO 26262 ASIL-D automotive safety standard. Called AIRisc-Safety, it can now be licensed from the organisation, which also offers customised versions for asic and FPGA integration. “Certification means that industrial customers directly receive a ...

Designed to protect stored data and with power protection to ensure operation during sudden power outages, the Powerguard SSDs (solid state devices) by Taiwanese manufacturer, Cervoz are available from Display Technology. In the event of a sudden loss of power, Powerguard uses energy stored in additional tantalum capacitors to continue to save files form the controller to the flash storage ...

Google has updated its cross-platform, embedded mobile GUI toolkit with the release of Flutter 3.7. The open source toolkit creates embedded graphic components from a single codebase via native Arm code. What is in the newest version? There’s the ability to create custom menu bars, cascading menus, improved Material 3 support, and some new debugging and internationalisation tools. Menus For ...

Swissbit has announced single-level cell NAND flash-based SD Cards and microSD Cards for increased reliability in industrial settings. “When it comes to reliability, data integrity and data retention, the technology with only one stored bit per cell is still unrivalled,” according to the company. “Only single-level cell offers 100,000 program-erase cycles, making it ideal for applications that require particularly robust, ...

After revealing it would make and stock Rock single-board computers earlier this year, component distributor OKdo announced availability of the Rock 5B today at Electronica. This is an octo-core computer that delivers “the kind of desktop PC level performance required for compute intense activities such as AI or gaming, as well as object recognition, predictive maintenance or motion detection and ...

Last chance to register for our next webinar: Securing the IoT supply chain, which is taking place tomorrow, in association with Crypto Quantique. The date and time is: Tuesday 25th October, 16:00 GMT / 11:00 EST Featuring: Crypto Quantique, Intel, Codasip Register for the webinar » The Internet of Things (IoT) sector recognises the importance of cybersecurity to our well-being, ...

A LIN pre-driver IC for relay DC motors from Melexis  includes 48 KB of memory (16 KB ROM for the included LIN protocol and 32 KB Flash for the application software. The MLX81160 is the latest addition to the company’s Gen3 family of compatible embedded motor drivers. By leveraging high-voltage SOI technology, this LIN-based pre-driver exhibits operational robustness for 12 ...

Maximizing the Value of Industry 4.0 The manufacturing world has been working toward viable Industry 4.0 (I4.0) for over a decade. [1] In the industrial automation space, I4.0 is undoubtedly one of the most significant megatrends to have shaped modern-day manufacturing.  In addition to – and, in many cases, because of – other drivers such as mobility, sustainability, connectivity, digitalization ...

IAR Systems is aiming at SiFive’s E6-A and S7-A automotive RISC-V cores with its latest iteration of Embedded Workbench. “E6-A series is aimed at a variety of real-time 32bit applications, from system control to hardware security modules, safety islands and stand-alone in microcontrollers,” according to IAR. “S7-A is a 64bit, high-performance real-time core suited to the needs of modern SoCs ...

The UK’s Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) is launching a £1.5 million competition to trial the CHERI security architecture in a defence and security context. CHERI stands for Capability Hardware Enhanced RISC Instructions, and it addresses memory safety issues and enables fine grain protection of applications. For its part, DASA is seeking proposals to experiment the effects of the CHERI-based ...