BCM Advanced Research introduced the MX260N and NX260N industrial motherboards. Both boards feature the Intel N2600 1.60 GHz dual-core low-power processor, Intel NM10 express chipset, low TDP (totaling only 5 Watts), fanless operation, and DDR3 800 MHz memory. The MX260N is a full featured small form factor motherboard based on the mini-itx standard. The NX260N [...]
MSC Vertriebs GmbH introduced the MSC Q7-TI8168 embedded module. The Q7-TI8168 module is compliant with the Qseven standard 1.20. The ARM based embedded board features a Texas Instruments Integra C6A8168 processor and an ARM Cortex-A8 core. The digital signal processor in the ARM core takes over the computing intensive image processing in real-time and unloads [...]
E-con Systems introduced the e-CAM52_35x camera daughter card. The e-con e-CAM52_35x plugs directly onto the Digital Video port (DVP) interface of the DM3730 processor available on the DM3730 EVM board from Texas instruments. The e-CAM52_35x daughter card features the e-CAM52_5640_MOD 5 Megapixel camera module based on OmniVision OV5640 HD CMOS Image sensor. The e-CAM52_35x daughter [...]
Axiomtek rolled out the SHB213 SBC, which is a PICMG 1.3 half-size CPU card. The SHB213 single board computer supports the second generation Intel Core i7/i5/i3 processors and Intel Celeron processors. It is RoHS compliant and offers interface for RAID-capable SATA-600 and USB 3.0. The SHB213 SBC will be available at the end of March, [...]
A client wanted a larger HDD. The MB had both IDE and SATA and looking at the prices of each, the SATA was 1/2 the price I purchased a 320gb and cloned his old one over (I found the jumper on the drive) but it seemed suddenly very slow I did some benchmarks on the [...]
Texas Instruments introduced their MSP430F673x/F672x ultra-low-power 16-bit microcontroller family. There are 24 MCUs in the TI F673x/F672x family. The MSP430F673x/F672x microcontrollers guarantee no interruption of operation through a backup capable microcontroller supporting real-time clock (RTC) operation and power management from the main power supply and up to two separate auxiliary supplies. The new Texas Instruments [...]
If you’re in the market for a new computer, you’ve probably been searching high and low for the latest and greatest features that will make your new purchase the best it can be. You may even have seen that some PCs now come with a choice of hard drive type: the ‘traditional’ hard disk drive [...]
Extreme Engineering Solutions announced the XCalibur4401 single board computer. The XCalibur4401 is a 6U CompactPCI SBC based on the second generation Intel Core i7 processor (formerly codenamed Sandy Bridge). The X-ES XCalibur4401 features two separate channels of up to 16 GB DDR3-1333 ECC SDRAM, two PrPMC/PrXMC slots, 32 MB of NOR flash and up to [...]
American Portwell Technology introduced the PCOM-B218VG embedded system board. The PCOM-B218VG is a Type VI COM Express module that is ideal for medical devices, test equipment, industrial control, gaming machines, portable devices and COTS military. It features the Intel Atom processor N2000 and D2000 series, Intel NM10 Express chipset, integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) [...]
Microchip Technology introduced their HID-class MCP2210 USB to SPI protocol converter. The MCP2210 is a simple, small-footprint and cost-effective option for adding USB connectivity to SPI-based systems. The Microchip MCP2210 is available in a 20-pin SSOP package for $1.40 each, and a 20-pin 5×5 mm QFN package for $1.52 each, in 5,000-unit quantities. Samples and [...]
WonderMedia Technologies introduced the PRIZM WM8950 SoC. The PRIZM WM8950 features a 800MHz ARM Cortex-A9 processor, ARM Mali-400 3D graphics processor, built-in Fast Ethernet MAC, interface with Wi-Fi, and 3+G and Bluetooth. The WonderMedia PRIZM WM8950 platform is ideal for Smart TV, SmartStream for wireless display and multimedia streaming, networked projectors, digital signage, and thin [...]