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Imaging/video solution comprises FMC, IP suite & GUI
Microsemi has announced an imaging/video solution for the development of low power and reliable video processing applications. The new platform is comprised of an FPGA Mezzanine Card (FMC), a comprehensive IP suite and GUI. The FMC plugged into the SmartFusion2 Advanced Development Kit demonstrates Microsemi’s IGLOO2 FPGA and SmartFusion2 SoC FPGA capabilities to support configurable and scalable camera, imaging and video designs.
Ubuntu App Store announced for LimeSDR developed applications
Lime Micro has revealed that Ubuntu are putting together an App Store for LimeSDR that can be accessed once the LimeSDR crowd funding campaign successfully reaches its $500,000 pledge goal. The Snappy Ubuntu App Store will ensure the SDR apps developed with the LimeSDR board are downloadable and those developed by Lime remain completely open-sourced.
USB 3.0 stereo vision camera supports stereo WVGA at 60fps
The launch of Tara, a USB 3.0 Stereo vision camerahas been announced by e-con Systems. Tara is based on the 1/3-inch MT9V024, a WVGA Global shutter monochrome CMOS image sensor from OnSemi. The Tara supports Stereo WVGA (1504x480) at 60fps over USB 3.0 in uncompressed format.
VR 'Chinook' will help train medics in UK Armed Forces
A simulator of a Chinook helicopter, bringing together VR and an inflatable enclosure, has been conceived to help to support the future training of the UK Armed Forces' Medical Emergency Response Team (MERT). The University of Birmingham's Human Interface Technology (HIT) team designed the high-tech solution to help medical personnel to train for battlefield incidents that require emergency medicine, often administered in the back of the helicopt...
World’s First UFS removable memory card line-up
Samsung Electronics unveiled the industry’s first removable memory cards based on the JEDEC UFS 1.0 Card Extension Standard, for use in high-resolution mobile shooting devices such as DSLRs, 3D VR cameras, action cams and drones. Coming in a wide range of storage capacities including 256, 128, 64 and 32 GB, Samsung’s UFS cards are expected to bring a significant performance boost to the external memory storage market, allowing much mo...
UK maker community gains access to professionally machined parts
The maker movement - the rapidly-growing community of individual and micro-scale industrial inventors, designers, hackers and tinkerers - is being hailed by many as the next industrial revolution. But the maker movement is so often hampered by makers' needs to have key parts custom-machined in small volumes or as one-offs, while most of the machining world is set up to service giant industrial clients.
Compact LEDs improve design flexibility in wearables & drones
Enabling greater colour expression and improved design freedom, ROHM Semiconductor has announced the addition of 7 colours to its PICOLED series of low-profile, ultra-compact chip LEDs optimised for wearables, drones and portable devices.
Connecting your product to an iPhone app: a simple guide
So you need to extend your product to interface with an iPhone? There are a few technologies you can use to achieve this, so it’s important that you make the right choice. In this article we will discuss the main technologies that you can use to wirelessly connect your product with an iPhone. In future articles we will go into greater detail on how to use each communication method in an iPhone app.
Server-on-Modules enable real-time media processing
congatec has introduced two Server-on-Modules based on the latest Intel Xeon E3-1578L and E3-1558 processors, which have been designed for real-time media processing. The conga-TS170 modules feature integrated Intel Iris Pro Graphics accelerated by 128MB fast eDRAM and double graphics base frequency for outstanding transcoding and video processing performance.
What is the status of the CIS industry today?
Driven by renewed mobile and automotive applications, the CIS industry is expected to expand at a CAGR of 10.4% from 2015 to 2021, reaching $18.8bn market value by 2021.Yole Développement (Yole), the ‘More than Moore’ market research and strategy consulting company, expects sustained growth of the CIS industry for the next five years.