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AMD SOM Kit Propels Robotics Beyond Custom Designs

Keen to free industrial robotics from the burdens of custom design, AMD has launched a SOM-based starter kit that puts ROS 2 and predefined interface apps into play.

May 17, 2022 by Jeff Child

Renesas’ New RA2E2 32-bit MCUs Promises More Scalable IoT Designs

Based on the ARM Cortex-M23 32-bit core, the RA2E2 microcontroller unit (MCU) group hopes to bring more scalability to the internet of things (IoT) endpoint applications.

October 15, 2021 by Abdulwaliy Oyekunle

ARMv9: the Long-awaited High-Performance Computing Architecture

ARM Vision 2021 defines the company's roadmap for the next ten years of specialized computing with the ARMv9-A.

April 01, 2021 by Adrian Gibbons

A Designer’s Take on Raspberry Pi’s First Microcontroller

This year, Raspberry Pi unveiled its first-ever microcontroller. How does this device perform in professional embedded design?

March 16, 2021 by Dr. Steve Arar

ADI Makes Big Swing for Industry 4.0 with First Software-Configurable Industrial I/Os

Two new I/O solutions bring remote programmability to building control and industrial automation.

May 29, 2020 by Gary Elinoff

Microsoft Opens the IoT Floodgates on the 32-bit MCUs of Five Semiconductors Giants

Microsoft envisions its Azure real-time operating system—now available to ST, Renesas, NXP, Microchip, and Qualcomm—as a new animating force for billions of MCUs embedded in IoT devices.

April 03, 2020 by Gary Elinoff

PRO DESIGN Extends Family of FPGA-based Prototyping Modules

The XCVU13P module incorporates 52 multi-gigabit transceivers for stable performance up to 32.75Gbps.

December 26, 2019 by Gary Elinoff

Renesas Introduces Security-Focused RA Family of Arm-Based MCUs

The new devices, based on the Arm Cortex-M, bring advanced security to edge devices and IoT endpoints.

October 09, 2019 by Gary Elinoff

Renesas Releases RX65N Cloud Kit For IoT Product Development

This week, Renesas released a new IoT development kit, the RX65N Wi-Fi Connectivity Cloud Kit. What can this kit do and how can it help develop the latest IoT products?

August 20, 2019 by Robin Mitchell

Alibaba’s Semiconductor Subsidiary Will Utilize Open-Source RISC-V Core

Alibaba is set to produce the next generation of Chinese processors with the RISC-V instead of Arm architecture.

July 29, 2019 by Robin Mitchell

SpiNNaker, the Million-Core Supercomputer, Finally Switched On

After 12 years in the making, the computer designed to work like a human brain, at the University of Manchester is finally switched on. What does this computer do? How is it made? And who is Steve Furber?

November 05, 2018 by Robin Mitchell

Arm Announces Pelion IoT Platform, Combining Mbed Device Management with Data Management

Arm just announced a new "device-to-data" IoT platform, Arm Pelion, to combine Mbed's IoT device management with a new generation of Arm data management and connectivity tools.

August 02, 2018 by Kate Smith

Amazon FreeRTOS: An Embedded OS for IoT Devices

The support of large MCU suppliers shows that the undertaking from AWS to integrate connectivity into embedded OS software is a timely move.

December 07, 2017 by Majeed Ahmad

BeagleBone Announces the Open Source PocketBeagle USB-Key-Fob SBC

The Beagleboard Foundation has released their smallest BeagleBone to date. What can this $25 SBC do?

September 22, 2017 by Tim Youngblood

Operating Systems for the Raspberry Pi: Alternatives to Raspbian

In this article, we'll delve into various options for your Raspberry Pi device that may suit your needs better than Raspbian.

May 31, 2017 by Donald Krambeck

New Security Advances Bridge the Gap Between Software and Hardware

With more and more computers in the world and the increase in inter-connectivity, security is paramount for everyday life. New solutions that work towards integrating security for both software and hardware vulnerabilities are being released.

February 06, 2017 by Robin Mitchell

Google Announces Android Things, an IoT Development Platform

Google recently released a preview for Android Things, but will developers actually get their hands on it this time around?

December 14, 2016 by Tim Youngblood

Silicon Labs Bets on the IoT with Thunderboard Reveal and Micrium RTOS Acquisition

Silicon Labs acquires Micrium embedded software and unveils a sensor-to-cloud development kit to bolster its IoT tool-chain offerings.

November 04, 2016 by Majeed Ahmad

Can Kano 2 Get Kids into Electrical Engineering Project Development?

Kano has taken DIY educational computer kits to a new level with their Kano 2 on Kickstarter.

October 05, 2016 by Robin Mitchell

Powerful RTOSs for the IoT

Everyone from Windows to Google is scrambling to create their own operating system for the IoT storm. Here's an overview of the major players in the new RTOS world.

August 11, 2015 by Jennifer A. Diffley