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March 2008
Product Development News

Here are some items of interest we found in March:


Interesting article by Warren Webb, Technical Editor at EDN in their Jan. issue on the development of new embedded products utilizing digital video. 
"Digital video pushes the embedded-technology envelope"
Article discusses resources needed for such items as compression / decompression, CODECs, position location, face recognition, etc.

HAARP (High Frequency Active Aural Research Program)
http://www.haarp.alaska.edu/haarp/images/iofig2.gif
http://www.haarp.alaska.edu/haarp/images/iofig2.gif

The Value and Importance of Ionospheric Research

http://www.haarp.alaska.edu/haarp/ion2.html
International broadcasters such as the Voice of America (VOA) and the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) still use the ionosphere to reflect radio signals back toward the Earth so that their entertainment and information programs can be heard around the world. The ionosphere provides long range capabilities for commercial ship-to-shore communications, for trans-oceanic aircraft links, and for military communication and surveillance systems. The sun has a dominant effect on the ionosphere and solar events such as flares or coronal mass ejections can lead to worldwide communication "blackouts" on the short wave bands. We have created an Example Page with data from a communications blackout that occurred on August 3, 1997 showing how the instruments at the HAARP observatory can be used to study the underlying physics of these telecommunication disruptions. Signals transmitted to and from satellites for communication and navigation purposes must pass through the ionosphere. Ionospheric irregularities, most common at equatorial latitudes (although they can occur anywhere), can have a major impact on system performance and reliability, and commercial satellite designers need to account for their effects.an be used.....



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Lantronix WiPort® - Embedded Wireless Device Server
  • 802.11 b/g wireless networking for virtually any electronic device
  • Wired Ethernet-to-wireless bridging facilitating rapid product development.
  • Bulletproof wireless security with IEEE 802.11i-PSK, WPA-PSK, TKIP
  • Secure end-to-end communication with Advanced Encryption Standards (AES)
  • FCC Class B, UL and EN EMC and safety-compliant
http://www.lantronix.com/images/IMG_xport-ar.jpg

XPort® AR - Embedded Network Processor Module

  • A fully programmable device computing platform based on corporate IT standards – Cisco®-like CLI, XML, RSS
  • Web-enable up to two electronic devices, quickly and easily
  • Provide robust “data center grade” security, including SSL and SSH, for networked devices
  • Offer true IEEE 802.3af compliant pass-through Power over Ethernet (PoE)
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 MatchPort® b/g Pro - WiFi Embedded Device Server / Network Processor Module

  • Adds WiFi to devices with the highest WPA2/802.11i enterprise-grade security and authentication protocols
  • Lantronix SmartRoam™ technology provides seamless product development for mobile connectivity and improved reliability
  • Includes full TCP/IP stack, CGI, AJAX web server and Windows deployment software
  • Low power consumption mode option
  • Powerful applications customization platform with 32 Bit 159 MIPS (Dhrystone 2.1) Processor, 8 MB Flash/8 MB SDRAM


http://www.wago.us/images/Verbindungskl1c.jpgWago LEVER-NUTS™ connector ofr wire junctionshttp://www.wago.us/images/verbindungskl-hand3.jpg


Vinculum VNC1L USB Host Controller

Initial product member of the family is the VNC1L device which features two USB Ports which can be individually configured by firmware as Host or Slave ports.

Connects USB Flash drives to MCUs via the Vinculum's UART, SPI or parallel FIFO interfaces. Connects USB device classes including Mass Storage Class, Printer Class and HID Class devices, or even FTDI's own range of USB-UART and USB-FIFO ICs to an embedded system.

Key VNC1L features include:

► 8/32 bit V-MCU Core
► Dual DMA controllers for hardware acceleration
► 64k Embedded Flash Program  Memory
► 4k internal Data SRAM
► 2 x USB 2.0 Slow/Full speed Host/Slave Ports
► UART, SPI and Parallel FIFO interfaces
► PS2 legacy Keyboard and Mouse Interfaces
► Up to 28 GPIO pins depending on configuration
► 3.3V operation with 5V safe inputs
► Low power operation (25mA running/2mA standby)
► FTDI firmware easily updated in the field
► LQFP-48 RoHS compliant package
► Multi-processor configuration capability facilitates ease in product development
DIP format (VDIP2) utilizing VNC1L USB host controller development module		 http://www.vinculum.com/images/chip1.jpg
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Pulse Engineering - Combined Internal Multi-mode, 4-band GSM and W-CDMA 2100 Antenna

Features

  • Low profile, low volume; 40 x 8 x 6mm3
  • Weight: 1.6 g
  • Wide return loss bandwidth allows placement in devices of various sizes
  • Performance less dependent on the ground plane size
  • All operating bands combined to single feed point for multi-band RF-engines
  • Antenna requires SMT contact clips´ mounting on device PWB
  • ROHS compliant product

Applications

  • Mobile and MtoM devices operating on GSM bands (GSM850, EGSM900, PCN1800, PCS1900) and W-CDMA 2100. Actual antenna free space performance depends on the device dimensions and cover materials surrounding the product in development.
http://www.pulseeng.com/image.php?blob_id=271
Pulse Part Number: W3530


Product Datasheet 

Pulse Engineering - Helical 900 MHz SMD ISM Antenna

Features

  • Low profile (2.5 mm,
    embedded to board)
  • Snap in fixing to board
  • Compact size (W x L x H)
    12.4 x 8 x 2.5 mm
  • Low weight (400 mg)
  • Lead free materials
  • Fully SMD compatible
  • Lead free soldering compatible
  • Tape and reel packing
  • RoHS compliant product

Applications

  • 900 MHz ISM band systems



http://www.pulseeng.com/image.php?blob_id=285
(Ground cleared under antenna, clearance area 8.00 x 40.00 mm)
Pulse Part Number: W3113

Product datasheet

Altera FPGA

Altera's IP MegaStore® provides details about DSP IP, reference designs, and development boards.  See  also Altera web pages for DSP Reference Designs and End Market Specific Reference Designs.

The following are DSP building block IP core functions offered by Altera.

Altera FPGA

DSP Development Kits

Code:DSP  

To support product development and verification of digital signal processing (DSP)-based system-on-a-programmable-chip (SOPC) designs, Altera and its partners provide a variety of development kits.


Table 1. DSP Development Kits
Development Kit Application Target Device(s) Vendor
Cyclone III Video Processing Development Kit Video and image processing
development platform		 Cyclone® III Bitec
Audio Video Development Kit, Stratix II GX Edition Video and image processing
development platform		 Stratix® II GX Altera
Video Development Kit, Cyclone II Edition Video and image processing
development platform		 Cyclone II Altera
DSP Development Kit, Cyclone II Edition DSP development platform Cyclone II Altera
DSP Development Kit, Stratix II Edition DSP development platform Stratix II Altera
DSP Development Kit, Stratix II Professional Edition DSP development platform Stratix II Altera
DN5000K10 Prototyping Stratix DiNI Group
PROC1S Stratix 80 FPGA Board DSP development platform Stratix GiDEL Limited
PROCSpark II Development Board  DSP development platform Cyclone II GiDEL Limited
PROC2S Stratix II FPGA Board  DSP development platform Stratix II GiDEL Limited
PROCStar II Development Platform DSP development platform Stratix II GiDEL Limited
ViClaro II HD Video Enhancement Development Platform Video and Image Processing Development Platform Cyclone II Microtronix
ViClaro III HD Video Enhancement Development Platform Video and image processing development platform Cyclone III Microtronix

 


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