Software

Audio Precision has improved loudspeaker and headphone analysis capability with version 6.1 software for its APx500 analysers. “Most importantly for the designers and manufacturers of speaker drivers, and products incorporating them, APx software now offers the broadest set of methodologies available for detecting rub and buzz defects,” according to the company, explaining: “Rub and buzz is a term commonly used ...

Support for multi-threading acceleration for CPUs with multiple physical cores is provided by the CacheQ Compiler which takes a single-threaded C code and generates executable that can run on CPUs, accelerating executing by 486% on x86 processors with 12 cores, reports CacheQ Systems (based on benchmarks from the Black Scholes financial algorithm). There is no need for manual code rewriting, threading ...

Infineon has announced machine learning extensions to its ModusToolbox for deep learning workloads on its PSoC microcontrollers. “Enabled by TinyML, ‘artificial intelligence of things’ is a natural evolution, where acting on data locally helps manage data privacy, latency and overall system reliability,” said Infineon v-p IoT Steve Tateosian. “ModusToolbox bridges a gap between machine learning and embedded systems design by ...

Secure Thingz has tied up with NXP to secure the storage on LPC55S6x microcontrollers equipped with a physical unclonable function (PUF) – secure development tools C-Trust and Embedded Trust, as well as the secure prototyping and production platform Secure Deploy, now cover the MCU family. Embedded Trust and C-Trust are integrated with the IAR Embedded Workbench (IAR owns Secure Thingz) as ...

Sony has expanded the functionality of its Camera Remote SDK, in version 1.04, and increased the range of compatible models. Aimed at applications involving photogrammetry, speed cameras and mapping systems, the updated SDK now allows up to 20 cameras to be synchronised, via USB or Ethernet connectivity for greater distances. As well as the Sony Alpha 1 camera, the SDK also ...

Taiwanese computer maker Aaeon has signed a deal with Canonical to pre-install Nvidia Ubuntu on Aaeon’s Boxer-8200 embedded PCs which are built around Nvidia Jetson system-on-modules – removing the need for customers to flash an operating system image before first start-up. Systems with the Ubuntu OS will also include Jetpack 4.5 drivers and its toolkit package. “This provides access to the ...

Google has made Developer Preview 3 available for the next major release of Android, version 12, which is due to appear before the end of the year. Note that the only devices that can run the preview are Google’s own Pixel 3, 3a, 4, 4a, 4a (5G), or 5. As always for these developer-only releases, you will need to install ...

Direct Insight has created a QNX 7 board support package (BSP) for Ka-Ro TX8 and QS8 modules, which are built around NXP i.MX8M Mini processors with 64bit Arm cores. It has been developed to provide a starting point for industrial designs. “QNX is ideal for safety-critical projects and is also available in safety-certified versions, making it a perfect match for the ...

Software that enables designers and manufacturers to collaborate via the cloud to design PCBs and to identify and correct any manufacturability violations according to a specific manufacturer’s capabilities. PCBflow design software is the first to enable secure, cloud-based interactions between electronics design and manufacturing teams to accelerate design-to-manufacturing handoff for PCBs. The inital release has instant design for manufacturability (DFM) analysis. ...

UnitedSiC has launched a simple on-line design tool to calculate power losses and other parameters for power supplies using the company’s silicon carbide transistors and diodes. Called FET-Jet Calculator, no registration is needed, although you do have to click a minimal user agreement. This is not the sort of tool that tells you which transistors to use for a certain ...