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SEGGER Introduces Microcontroller-Based Dual USB Development Platform
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SEGGER Introduces Microcontroller-Based Dual USB Development Platform

SEGGER announced emPower-USB-Host, a compact low-cost development board with two USB host ports, where many applications using USB peripherals can be realized with little effort and in a cost efficient way. Precompiled applications for barcode and smartcard readers, as well as POS displays, LTE sticks, and USB to LAN adapters are available for download, including complete projects for Embedded Studio with source code of these applications. Applications using SEGGER's emUSB-Host software API can easily access different types of USB devices.
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New Series of STM32 Microcontrollers from STMicroelectronics for Even Smaller, More Capable, and Power-Efficient Devices
by Cristina Costa

New Series of STM32 Microcontrollers from STMicroelectronics for Even Smaller, More Capable, and Power-Efficient Devices

STMicroelectronics announced its new series of STM32G0 microcontrollers (MCUs) targeted at powering the simplest of connected devices, offering lower power consumption and large memory density in low-pin-count packages, with enhancements to peripherals, plus support for USB Type-C and Power Delivery. The robust new Arm Cortex-M0+ series also features a simplified power connection, superior EMS protection, and class-leading hardware-based security.
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Western Digital Announces Plans to Open Source New RISC-V SweRV Core to Accelerate RISC-V Processor Development
by Cristina Costa

Western Digital Announces Plans to Open Source New RISC-V SweRV Core to Accelerate RISC-V Processor Development

During the RISC-V Summit, in Santa Clara, CA, Western Digital announced three new open-source innovations designed to support Western Digital’s internal RISC-V development efforts and those of the growing RISC-V ecosystem. In his keynote address, Western Digital’s Chief Technology Officer Martin Fink unveiled plans to release a new open source RISC-V core, an open standard initiative for cache coherent memory over a network and an open source RISC-V instruction set simulator.
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AgigA Tech Awarded Patent for Adaptive Management of Supercapacitors
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AgigA Tech Awarded Patent for Adaptive Management of Supercapacitors

AgigA Tech, a provider of high-speed, high-density, battery-free non-volatile memory solutions and a subsidiary of Cypress Semiconductor, announced the issuance of United States Patent No. 10,134,451 relating to the adaptive training and adjustment to changing capacitor values based upon age and usage behavior. The patent brings AgigA Tech’s portfolio total to 22 granted. Having focused on the development of non-volatile DIMM, or NVDIMM, and related technology for more than 10 years, many of the patents in AgigA Tech’s portfolio are fundamental to this increasingly pervasive product category.
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New RISC-V SoC FPGA Architecture Supports Real-Time Linux Development
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New RISC-V SoC FPGA Architecture Supports Real-Time Linux Development

Microchip Technology, via its Microsemi Corporation subsidiary, extended its Mi-V ecosystem by unveiling the architecture for a new class of SoC FPGAs that combine the industry's lowest power mid-range PolarFire FPGA family with a complete microprocessor subsystem based on the open, royalty-free RISC-V instruction set architecture (ISA). Demonstrations took place during RISC-V Summit (Dec. 4-5) to show size, power and performance benefits of integrating PolarFire SoC's Hard CPU Subsystem with Programmable Logic.
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Hammond Announces Extended Rack Mount Unit Family Enclosures with Extra Sizes
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Hammond Announces Extended Rack Mount Unit Family Enclosures with Extra Sizes

Hammond Manufacturing has introduced 4U high versions and added extended 559mm depths to all heights of its RM family of 1U - 4U 19 inch rack mounting and desktop enclosures. 1U to 3U half-width versions are also available. The all-aluminum construction consists of a heavy-duty extruded frame with removable vented or plain top and bottom covers. 19 inch units are supplied with rack mounting angles; both 19 inch and half width variants come complete with self-adhesive rubber feet for when the enclosure is to be used as a desktop unit.
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Intel Unveils the Intel Neural Compute Stick 2 for Building Smarter AI Edge Devices
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Intel Unveils the Intel Neural Compute Stick 2 for Building Smarter AI Edge Devices

For developers working on industrial robots, drones and all sorts of connected or smart home devices, the new Intel Neural Compute Stick (NCS) 2 offers what's needed to prototype faster and smarter, runs on a standard USB 3.0 port and requires no additional hardware. The NCS 2 was introduced at Intel's first artificial intelligence (AI) developer conference in Beijing (Nov. 14-15, 2018), an event were the company promoted its vision for building smarter AI algorithms and intelligent devices at the network edge.
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Smaller and More Affordable 64-bit Raspberry Pi 3 Model A+ Announced
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Smaller and More Affordable 64-bit Raspberry Pi 3 Model A+ Announced

The Raspberry foundation announced what it says will be its last "classic" Raspberry, introducing the new Raspberry Pi 3 Model A+ with a 1.4GHz clock speed, 5GHz wireless networking and improved thermals of a Raspberry Pi 3B+ in a smaller form factor, and at the smaller price of $25. As with the original Raspberry Pi 1 Model A+, by halving the RAM, and removing the Ethernet controller, this is an affordable platform that is certain to be extremely popular since it can be used to directly replace the Raspberry Pi 1 Model A+.
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Renesas Extreme Low-Power SOTB Process Technology Uses Energy Harvesting and Very Low Current Levels to Power Connected Devices
by Cristina Costa

Renesas Extreme Low-Power SOTB Process Technology Uses Energy Harvesting and Very Low Current Levels to Power Connected Devices

Renesas Electronics unveiled an innovative energy-harvesting embedded controller that can eliminate the need to use or replace batteries in connected devices. Developed based on Renesas' breakthrough SOTB (silicon-on-thin-buried-oxide) process technology, the new embedded controller achieves extreme reduction in both active and standby current consumption, a combination that was not previously possible to achieve in conventional microcontrollers (MCUs).
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Microchip Announces INICnet Technology To Simplify Automotive Infotainment Networking with Support for Ethernet, Audio and Video Over a Single Cable
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Microchip Announces INICnet Technology To Simplify Automotive Infotainment Networking with Support for Ethernet, Audio and Video Over a Single Cable

During Electronica 2018, Microchip announced what the company claims to be the industry’s most efficient automotive infotainment networking solution that supports all data types, including audio, video, control and Ethernet, over a single cable. Intelligent Network Interface Controller networking (INICnet) technology is a synchronous, scalable solution that significantly simplifies building audio and infotainment systems. INICnet coexists with automotive Ethernet, efficiently linking IP-based communication across vehicle domains, and supports digital audio formats with multiple sources and sink.
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