Raspberry Pi manufacturing expanded to Japan 9 November 2016, RS South Africa RS Components announced in conjunction with the Raspberry Pi Foundation that its latest iteration Raspberry Pi 3 credit-card-sized single-board computer will be manufactured in Japan under a local contract ...
Qseven system-on-modules 9 November 2016, CST Electronics Building on its entry-level A64-μQ7 offering (based on a system-on-chip from Allwinner Technology) for the Qseven embedded computing form factor, Theobroma Systems is actively developing products to transition ...
Quad-core mini computer 10 August 2016, iCorp Technologies Banana Pi M2+ is an ARM SoC-powered development board in an ultra portable form factor. Measuring 65 x 65 mm, it is powered by an Allwinner H3 quad-core A7 processor and 1 GB of DDR3 RAM.
The board ...
Touch-enabled Arduino display shield 10 August 2016, MB Silicon Systems After the positive response to its crowdfunding project earlier this year, which raised 3,25 times the original target, FTDI Chip now announces the full availability of CleO – a simple to program, intelligent ...
Robotic arm for Arduino projects 10 August 2016, RS South Africa RS Components has extended its Arduino development kit portfolio with the availability of the new TinkerKit Braccio, which delivers highly affordable robotics capability for the worldwide community of ...
Linux and Eclipse go head to head over IoT 13 July 2016 Two of the biggest players in the open source community have launched projects to support future Internet of Things deployments.
Industrial panel PCs 13 July 2016, Centurion Micro Electronics Early in 2016, IEI released a new range of panel PCs with its IRIS intelligent remote control management platform.
IRIS allows IT administrative staff to perform: remote power control such as resetting ...
1000-core processor developed 13 July 2016, DSP, Micros & Memory A microchip containing 1000 independent programmable processors has been designed by a team at the University of California, Davis’ department of electrical and computer engineering. The energy-efficient ...
10-year forecast of relationship between MCUs and SBCs 13 July 2016, Editor's Choice The unique new IDTechEx Research report, ’Microcontrollers and Single-board Computers 2016-2026’, is the first to reveal the big picture developing from the close relationship between these devices. It ...
Raspberry Pi camera module 15 June 2016, RS South Africa RS Components is extending its portfolio of Raspberry Pi peripherals with the new Raspberry Pi camera board version 2. Now available to order online at za.rs-online.com, the camera board connects to ...
Computer on module for rugged applications 15 June 2016 Concurrent Technologies announced a new processor XMC module based on a low-power variant of the 6th generation Intel Core family previously known as Skylake-H.
Processor XMCs are a form of computer ...
‘Build your own laptop’ kit for Raspberry Pi 15 June 2016, RS South Africa RS Components is extending its portfolio of high-quality processor board development kits with the addition of the competitively priced pi-top ‘build your own laptop’ kit, which offers opportunities in ...
Arduino compatible shields 18 May 2016, Dizzy Enterprises The new Flip & Click board from MikroElektronika aims to bring the company’s huge range of 160+ ‘click’ accessory boards to the Arduino community.
Whilst Arduino shields are rarely stacked, Flip & Click ...
Keystone industrialises Guinnux distribution 18 May 2016, Keystone Electronic Solutions Keystone Electronic Solutions has released version 5 of Guinnux, its own Linux-based operating system distribution, significantly boosting the offering to assure clients of improved ease of use, enhanced ...
Fanless embedded computer 18 May 2016, Rugged Interconnect Technologies ADLINK announced the release of the MVP-6000 Series, first in a new value line of fanless embedded computing platforms.
Incorporating the 6th generation Intel Core processor, the system’s price point ...
The do’s and don’ts of embedded Linux 20 April 2016, Keystone Electronic Solutions, Editor's Choice Embedded Linux can be used to craft impressive solutions, but it cannot just be taken, installed and used. It has its own set of rules and there are certain factors that have to be considered before, and during, any installation.
Secure development platform for Cortex-M 20 April 2016, Design Automation Express Logic, provider of the ThreadX real-time operating system (RTOS), has introduced its X-Ware secure platform for ARM Cortex-M processors.
The platform delivers a fully integrated set of X-Ware ...
PC/104-Plus power supply boards 20 April 2016, Electronic Products Design, Power Electronics / Power Management New members of this rugged power supply family offer up to 218 W of +5 V, 12 V and +3,3 V d.c. power in either the compact PC/104 form factor or PC/104-Plus form factor, and an advanced system controller ...
Raspberry Pi: not evolution so much as revolution 24 February 2016, RS South Africa The earliest known formal calculations of the mathematical constant pi were undertaken by Archimedes, one of the greatest ever mathematicians, circa 250 BC. RS Components, however, is not reminiscing ...
