Reference Design
Fully featured and discovery dev boards for STM32L4 MCUs
STMicroelectronics has introduced a new microcontroller development ecosystem comprising prototype boards for all budgets and STM32Cube software support for the STM32L4 series now entering full production. The STM32L4 prototype boards include the fully featured Evaluation Board (STM32L476G-EVAL)
3 min readLTE Advanced and 5G CPRI v6.1 Switch Reference Design by eASIC and Comcores
FPGA alternative ASIC solution provider eASIC and wireles-n/w IP vendor Comcores ApS have together engineered a common public radio interface (CPRI) v6.1 switch reference design targeting next-gen LTE Advanced radio base stations and 5G networking equipment. The ref design uses Comcores CPRI Swi
3 min readBluetooth remote control ref design supports touch mems, and microphone I/ps
Programmable radio on chip based reference design kit for developing Bluetooth low energy based remote control and also touch mouse is offered by Cypress Semiconductor. CY5672 PRoC BLE Remote Control reference design and CY5682 PRoC BLE Touch Mouse reference design is based on 32-bit ARM Cortex-M0
2 min readIO-Link master reference design for factory automation sys
The MAXREFDES79 from Maxim allows manufacturers to bring IO-Link factory automation designs to market faster. As the first ever IO-Link master reference design, MAXREFDES79 reduces the cost and time required to develop and evaluate both IO-Link master and IO-Link sensor systems. While previous I
3 min readSecurity camera reference design for quick wake from sleepmode
Ambarella is offering new reference design for IP-based security cameras. There are many applications where camera need not be on always, but the camera need to record a scene based on some instances related to security or some action in the scene. In such cases camera need to be consuming near zer
3 min readEvaluation board supports Melexis' magnetic sensor IC
Melexis has introduced an evaluation board for its MLX90393 programmable magnetic sensor IC. Board measuring 30mm x 30mm helps in designing human machine interface systems such as simple slide, push/pull and linear swipe switches and also complex systems such as 3D sensing systems, joysticks or rot
2 min readNew MoCA 2.0 reference designs by Entropic
Entropic announced small low power MoCA 2.0 (Multimedia over Coax Alliance) USB power and data adapter reference design. Entropic says its latest MoCA 2.0 adapter reference design is the first-ever solution to combine the most advanced MoCA 2.0 technology available on the market with feature-rich fu
2 min readReference Design Kit from Ambarella wearable police and security cameras
Body worn reference design kit (RDK) is available from fast-growing fabless semiconductor chip designer Ambarella. The HD video cameras suitable for police and security applications is based on the new Ambarella A12W ultra low power HD camera SoC with wireless streaming. The A12W includes advanced E
3 min readLED street light circuit reference design from PI
Power-IC maker Power Integrations has made available circuit reference design for LED streetlights, high-bay lights and other high-power LED-lighting applications. The new design, RDR-382,describes a constant current, 43 V (nominal), 150 W reference power supply for 90-265 VAC solid-state lighting,
2 min readCSR to hardware-support ARM's IoT specific mbed OS
CSR plc released connectivity solutions for the new ARM mbed operating system (OS) developed for Internet of Things (IoT) apps. CSR is soon making available (early 2015) two mbed expansion boards, also known as shields, to the IoT developer community. One shield solution combines Wi-Fi and Bluet
2 min readLogic PD enables adding wireless IoT feature to your present system
Enabling IOT feature in your present system is made easy by Logic PD. Logic PD'S new Wireless Communication Device Blueprint, id a step-by-step application guide for adding IoT capability to your present working system. Suggested as an ideal solution for equipment used in applications such as agr
2 min read64-bit Opteron A1100-series developer kit from AMD
64-bit ARM based processor based Opteron A1100-Series developer kit from AMD is available now. AMD is the first company to provide a standard ARM Cortex-A57- based server platform. “The journey toward a more efficient infrastructure for large-scale datacenters is taking a major step forward tod
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