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HD video streaming kit for IOT market
GainSpan and OmniVision Technologies announced a high definition (HD) Video Application Development Kit (ADK) targeted at the fast-growing IOT market. GainSpan’s low-power GS2000 Wi-Fi SOC and OmniVision’s ultra-low power, fast boot up camera solution including OV9712 and OV788 based ADK is sug
3 min readARM processor based DSP lab kit for audio sys design
Electronics engineers can now use an affordable DSP kit to design audio systems based on ARM Cortex M4 processor. ARM along with its partners ST Micro, Wolfson, and Farnell element 14 is offering audio DSP featured embedded systems kit called 'Lab-in-a-Box' (LiB) to EE colleges and universities worl
4 min readIOT Controller ADK with software from GainSpan
GainSpan has made available cloud connecting software as part of its IOT Controller Application Development Kit(ADK). The cloud connecting software can run on an access point, a gateway, or a server attached to a gateway. This software connects to embedded software running on devices using GS2000 lo
3 min readDevelopment platform for digital-lighting design
The STLUX development environment, consisting of demonstration boards, a graphical configurator, software libraries, and compiler, provides everything needed to start designing high-performance LED lighting with STLUX385A, the first in a new family of lighting controllers featuring a breakthrough di
3 min read32-bit ARM Cortex M0 microcontroller based 'Arduino Zero' board
Atmel has launched 32-bit ARM Cortex M0 SAMD21 microcontroller based Arduino Zero board. Arduino Zero board is suggested for applications such as IoT, wearable computing, high-tech automation, robotics and any such 32-bit low-power but yet not that high-level of processing intensive tasks. Arduino
3 min readA reference design for generating programmable analog output from PLC
Maxim Integrated Products has released a reference design to generate analog output from industrial programmable logic controllers. The reference design called Alameda has four high-accuracy (< ±0.1%) outputs with a high-efficiency, low-noise power supply controller on a single board. The analog out
2 min readMCU kit for resolver-to-digital conversion
Texas Instruments has launched its C2000 MCU Resolver Kit to implement the digital conversion using software on programmable C2000 MCUs, saving cost and space for industrial applications such as robotics, servo drives, automation, avionics and transportation. C2000 MCU Resolver Kit replaces dedi
2 min readIDE and board for QuickLogic's low power sensor hub
QuickLogic is offering IDE and development board for customizing its ultra-low power sensor hub supporting always-on context awareness. These tools act as abstraction layer between the sensor algorithms and software (typically expressed in a C-like language), and the hardware implementation. The
2 min readFull HD video app kit for IoT
GainSpan and GEO Semiconductor have together announced Full HD resolution Video Application Development Kit (ADK) targeting IOT applications in the surveillance, security and automotive markets. Example applications include battery powered Wi-Fi IP cameras, doorbell cameras, cloud cameras, automoti
2 min readSTM32Cube dev platform supports STM32 F2 120MHz MCUs
STMicroelectronics has released a further set of middleware for its STM32Cube development platform announced in February, allowing developers to target STM32 F2 120MHz ARM Cortex-M3 microcontrollers. The STM32Cube is currently available for the STM32 F2 and F4 series and further releases will roll o
2 min readKit for developing audio/video streaming in IoT devices
GainSpan has announced new versions of its VGA Video and Audio Application Development Kits as a substitution for its GS1011 based Wi-Fi modules with the new GS2000 based modules. This kit make it easy to add audio and video streaming capabilities to Internet of things (IoT) devices. Customers who a
3 min readBCM97428GN reference design from Broadcom gets MoCA 2.0 certified
Broadcom's BCM97428GN reference design, based on its high-definition set-top box IC BCM7428 has received MoCA 2.0 Golden Node (GN) Certification. Broadcom Golden Nodes for MoCA 1.1 Band D, and MoCA 1.1 Band E are part of the official MoCA test beds and the BCM97428GN is now a Golden Node in the
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