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| MCUs Offer Configurable Signal Chain Elements Texas Instruments (TI) has announced the addition of new microcontrollers with integrated signal-chain elements and an extended operating temperature range to its MSP430 product line. The new MSP430FR2355 ferroelectric random access memory (FRAM) MCUs allow developers to reduce PCB size and bill-of-materials (BOM) cost while meeting temperature requirements for sensing and measurement in applications such as smoke detectors, sensor transmitters and circuit breakers.
Engineers can enjoy more flexibility in their system design with MSP430FR2355 MCUs, which integrate smart analog combos. These are configurable signal-chain elements that include options for multiple 12-bit DACs and programmable gain amplifiers, along with a 12-bit ADC and two enhanced comparators.
Developers can use MSP430FR2355 MCUs for applications that require operation at temperatures as high as 105°C while also benefiting from FRAM data-logging capabilities. Engineers gain more options to select the right memory and processing speed for cost-sensitive applications with the MSP430FR2355 MCUs, which add options to the MSP430 value line FRAM MCU family by offering memory up to 32 KB and CPU speeds up to 24 MHz. Designers can also scale to the rest of the MSP430 FRAM MCU portfolio for applications that require up to 256 KB of memory, higher performance or more analog peripherals.
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Building Virtualized, Redundant Embedded
Real-time Fog Servers The Internet of Things and increasing network bandwidths are significantly changing the way applications are designed. Edge and fog computing must provide extremely powerful server technology at the edge of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) on a small footprint.
Time to create a suitable design using off-the-shelf blocks to build a virtualized, redundant embedded real-time fog server. COM Express Type 7 server-on-modules enable space-saving servers with highly individual interfaces to be used outside server racks.
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Firms Collaborate on 3D Surround View System for Cars
Renesas Electronics and Magna have teamed up to accelerate the mass adoption of advanced driving assistance system (ADAS) features with a new cost-efficient 3D surround view system designed for entry- and mid-range vehicles. The 3D surround view system adopts Renesas' high-performance, low-power system-on-chip (SoC) optimized for smart camera and surround view systems. By enabling 3D surround view safety capabilities, the new system helps automakers to deliver safer and more advanced vehicles to a larger number of car consumers.
Magna's 3D surround view system is a vehicle camera system that provides a 360-degree panoramic view to assist drivers when parking or performing low speed operations. Drivers can adjust the view of their surroundings with a simple-to-use interface, while object detection alerts drivers about obstacles in their path. The system provides drivers a realistic 360-degree view of their environment. This is a significant upgrade to the bird's-eye view offered by existing parking assist systems. The ready-to-use system minimizes integration time and development costs, making the system an easy, cost-efficient option for automakers.
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Myth Busted: The Truth About Developing
Embedded Vision Solutions
Are embedded vision solutions complex? Expensive? Strictly about software? Get answers to your top questions about developing embedded vision solutions, right from Avnet & Xilinx.
We're at the moment of truth with embedded vision systems as scores of new applications means designs must go up faster than ever-with new technologies dropping every day. But isn't embedded vision complex? Lacking scalability? Rigid in its design capability?
Truth be told, most of those ideas are myths. From the development of the first commercially viable FPGA in the 1980s to now, the amount of progress that's been made has revolutionized the space.
Watch this video breaking down the five biggest myths around embedded vision development (available upon completion of a brief form).
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MCUs Eye Closed-Loop Control Applications Microchip Technology has introduced the new PIC18 Q10 and ATtiny1607 microcontroller families, featuring multiple intelligent Core Independent Peripherals (CIPs) that simplify development and enable quick response time to system events. Advancements in the architecture of PIC and AVR 8-bit MCUs have optimized the devices for implementing closed-loop control, enabling systems to offload the CPU to manage more tasks and save power.
Well suited for applications that use closed-loop control, a key advantage of using the PIC18 Q10 and ATtiny1607 MCUs are the CIPs that independently manage tasks and reduce the amount of processing required from the CPU. System designers can also save time and simplify design efforts with the hardware-based CIPs, which significantly reduce the amount of software required to write and validate. Both families have features for functional safety and operate up to 5 V, increasing noise immunity and providing compatibility with the majority of analog output and digital sensors.
Offered in a compact 3 mm x 3 mm 20-pin QFN package, the new ATtiny1607 family is optimized for space-constrained closed-loop control systems such as handheld power tools and remote controls. In addition to the integrated high-speed ADC that provides faster conversion of analog signals resulting in deterministic system response, the devices provide improved oscillator accuracy, allowing designers to reduce external components and save costs.
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