Boards/Backplanes
Design contest targets European engineering community
Digi-Key is collaborating with Freescale Semiconductor and ARM to launch the “Design with Freedom” Product Design Contest. It gives the European engineering community a chance to submit their hardware product innovations. Prototype entries need to be built with one of Freescale’s Freedom line of development platforms, using Digi-Key’s complimentary Scheme-it online design software
SHB provides greater reliability than socketed processors
A full-size PICMG 1.3 SHB, designated the MB-80560, has been launched by WIN Enterprises. The SHB is offered with a BGA-mounted, 22nm, 4th Gen Intel Core i7/i5/i3 processors, the the BGA mounting providing greater reliability in challenging and mobile environments than socketed processors which may become dislodged.
PXIe backplane for test and measurement applications
Designed to meet the PXI Express Hardware Specification Revision 1.0 (with X1 PCIe connections), Elma Bustronic unveil a 3U 17-slot backplane. The PXIe backplane features one system slot controller and one timing controller slot as well as 15 peripheral slots, each with a PCIe Gen 1 1X lane to the controller.
CompactPCI board offers platform to railway applications
The new 3U CompactPCI board F403 with 16 bidirectional digital I/O channels has been designed specifically for modern railway applications. It is suited for many different control functions, such as door-locking control and interior lighting. The board supports a total of 16 bidirectional digital I/O channels, organised into four optically isolated groups for reliable data transmission with four channels in each group.
Wunderbar! Open source IoT starter kit readied for launch
Conrad Business Supplies is working exclusively with Berlin based start-up company relayr (iThings4U GmbH) to support the development and launch of the innovative and groundbreaking Open Source ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT) starter kit known as ‘WunderBar’ that was launched in March this year.
Bittware, Tamba Networks ink VAR pact
BittWare and Tamba Networks have entered into a Value-Added Reseller (VAR) agreement. The Tamba Networks 1 to 400 Gigabit Universal Ethernet IP Core is one of the lowest latency and gate count solutions on the market, enabling a 10 GigE "FIFO+MAC+PCS" of approximately 25ns in an Altera Stratix V FPGA. This significantly decreases the round-trip delay wire-to-wire.
Motherboards deliver exceptional HD visual experience
The launch of 2 Mini-ITX motherboards, the KB160 and KB161, has been announced by DFI. The two models adopt the AMD Embedded G-Series SoC platform, providing an exceptionally high-definition visual experience and delivering up to 70% overall improvement over AMD G-Series APU.
ARINC 429 avionics IP core is now DO-254 certified
Sital Technology has announced that its ARINC 429 IP core is available with DO-254 certification documentation. The company now delivers ARINC 429 soft IP core for Transmitter and Receiver channels that can be certified with DO-254 DAL-A through DAL-E. Along with this IP, Sital provides a testing environment and user documentation which helps the user instantiate the IP into his/hers own system design.
Mini-ITX embedded motherboards offer ultra-low power
Extending the company's portfolio of Mini-ITX motherboards, BMV has introduced the ASRock industrial IMB-150 and IMB-151. Featuring a fanless low profile design (IMB-151), the boards are optimised around the latest Intel Atom 22nm Celeron Quad Core J1900 2.42GHz (TPD 10.0W) or 2920 2.0GHz (TPD 7.5W) 64-bit SoC processors.
ATX motherboard suits industrial and embedded applications
Featuring a full-range of integrated peripherals for general industrial and embedded applications, Axiomtek has announced the IMB211 industrial-grade ATX motherboard. The board is based on 4th Generation Intel Core i7/i5/i3/ Celeron processors in LGA1150 socket with Intel Q87 Express chipset.