Global Graphics Embedded Partner Program
Global Graphics (Brussels:GLOG) recently announced an embedded partner program for printer/MFP manufacturers. The program is allows partners to evaluate Global Graphics Harlequin PLUS Embedded SDK on multiple evaluation platforms. Global Graphics ported their SDK to a number of different platforms to make it easier for manufacturers to evaluate and conduct early testing of our technology.
One [...]
Renesas HEW Target Server Design Contest
Renesas is holding a design contest for its HEW Target Server. The HEW Target Server, a Windows® COM object, provides an interface from Microsoft Visual Studio into HEW, the powerful, easy-to-use Renesas development environment for embedded systems. It lets you control HEW or a target platform through standard Renesas debugger interfaces. With just a little [...]
NIRA Dynamics Tire Pressure Indicator
NIRA Dynamics's TPI (Tire Pressure Indicator) is a software solution that determines the tire inflation pressure from the wheel speed signals and does not require any in-wheel pressure sensors and RF components. As a result, TPI is a cost effective and easy to integrate into different target systems. With TPI, the driver will be alerted [...]
Generic BIOS Firmware Support for HTX
American Megatrends Inc. (AMI) eliminated the need to develop custom BIOS solutions by incorporating generic BIOS and firmware support for HTX-enabled products into their BIOS platforms serving next-generation AMD processors. AMI, a high-level member of the HyperTransport Consortium, has included the HTX BIOS extensions in its AMIBIOS®8 and Aptio® firmware.
SpaceDev Receives Hybrid Propulsion Technology Patent
SpaceDev has been issued a United States patent for its hybrid propulsion technology. The U.S. Patent Office issued U.S. Patent No. 7,069,717, entitled "Hybrid Propulsion System," to SpaceDev for technology related to fine altitude and control systems on a spacecraft. The patented Hybrid Propulsion System provides increased control of thruster minimum impulse over conventional systems [...]
Home Automation with Voice Recognition
Embedded Automation (specializing in the areas of home automation, media centers, and embedded systems) and One Voice Technologies (developer of 4th Generation voice solutions for the Telecom and Interactive Multimedia markets) will add voice recognition capabilities to Embedded Automation's industry leading mControl home automation software using One Voice's mceSpeechTools(TM) for Microsoft Windows XP Media Center [...]
Motorola to Acquire Broadbus Technologies
Motorola will acquire Broadbus Technologies, a provider of technology solutions for Television On-Demand (TOD®). Broadbus's solutions enable the distribution of on-demand content to consumers through multiple devices. The company's solid-state server architecture is based on the intelligent configuration and management of dynamic random-access memory (DRAM). As a result, the platform can use less space and [...]
Hitachi America Forms Embedded Business Group
Hitachi America is targeting the embedded systems market with its new business unit, the Embedded Business Group. The unit will initially focus on data management for lightweight devices such as smart phones, navigation systems, set top boxes and digital video recorders. The increasing scale and power of small devices is making data management middleware both [...]
Java and RTOS Articles on Embedded.com
Here's are some interesting articles on embedded.com this week:
RTOS Dissatisfaction
In the article, Jack Ganssle states that in some cases it might make sense to skip the operating system to minimize expenses. A rtos also consumes system resources and can cause a task to run late and crash the system. In addition, engineers are becoming more [...]
Mercury Wins Innovation of the Year for PowerBlock 200
Congratulations to Mercury Computer Systems for winning the 2006 Frost & Sullivan's Aerospace & Defense Computer Product Innovation of the Year Award. They received the award for developing the PowerBlock(TM) 200, which is a compact and rugged signal processing appliance based on the Cell Broadband Engine processor.
The PowerBlock 200 is the first rugged device designed [...]
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