Embedded Systems

At Microelectronics UK 2025 we caught up with Darren Chapman, UK & Ireland Sales Director of Advantech Europe, as part of our promotional coverage for the event. He explains how Advantech delivers integrated solutions to key vertical markets including manufacturing, medical, transportation, gaming and retail. Its comprehensive portfolio spans embedded boards, intelligent systems, industrial peripherals, application-specific platforms and robotics solutions. ...

Equipped with four independent 100BASE-KX Ethernet channels, the TXMC391 is a conduction-cooled switched mezzanine card (CCXMC) for mission-critical and industrial environments. It conforms to ANSI/VITA 42.0 and ANSI/VITA 20. Each Ethernet port is powered by Intel I210IS GbE controllers and accessible via a PCIe Gen 2 x 4 interface for high-speed data throughput.  Each Ethernet channel is routed to the ...

Open RAN has made significant progress since the O-RAN Alliance was formed in 2018 to “reshape the RAN industry and ecosystem towards more intelligent, open, virtualized, and interoperable networks”, says Dell’Oro, but the results have been mixed so far. Cumulative Open RAN revenues are approaching $10 billion, the Open Fronthaul (OFH) interface has become an increasingly important requirement, and most ...

Renesas is aiming at edge computing applications that need AI and up to two displays with its latest MCU. The top-end 64-bit RZ/G3E has a 1.8GHz quad-core Arm Cortex-A55,  a 512Gop/s Ethos-U55 NPU for AI and a Cortex-M33. External memory is handled via a 32-bit LPDDR4/LPDDR4X bus with ECC. “This architecture runs AI applications such as image classification, object recognition, ...

A/V specialist, Crystal Display Systems (CDS), has added IP66-rated stainless steel monitors to its range of industrial displays. The six-sided IP66 sealed enclosure seals the monitor to offer “complete protection” from water jets, dust and debris, said the company. Housed in a stainless steel chassis, they are hygienic – the non-porous stainless steel prevents bacterial growth and withstands regular sanitation ...

Calterah believes that the Dubhe UWB SoC series is the first to comply to IEEE 802.15.4ab (PHY/MAC). The 2T4R and 1T3R SoCs are CAL1106 and CAL1104 respectively. Junming Xiao, head of Calterah‘s UWB product line, explained that they support RF channels 5, 6, 8 and 9 and support time of flight (ToF), PDoA and TDoA (phase difference of arrival and ...

How does the (US) Chips Act affect innovation? This question was posed at DAC and the expert panel agreed that there is no lack of engineering talent but how to corral it to the right areas is proving more complex. Saverio Fazzari, senior lead engineer at management consultancy Booz Allen Hamilton. Workforce development, expressed his hopes for the cash injections. ...

Mitsubishi has announced a series of industrial controllers with cyber security. “MX Controller has received TÜV Rheinland certification according to IEC 62443-4-1 and IEC 62443-4-2 standards. This certification verifies protection against unauthorised access and cyber attacks for industrial infrastructure,” according to the company. “The controller includes specific security features such as encrypted communication, user authentication and access control mechanisms, and ...

Astute Group has signed a distribution agreement with Silanna Semiconductor to distribute its Plural ADCs in Europe and India. According to Astute, Plural ADCs offer a more affordable and versatile option with shorter lead times compared to current market alternatives. They are factory-configurable, providing over 150 ADC variants with sample rates ranging from 20 to 250Msps. The ADCs are available ...

Keysight has combined it Electromagnetic Simulator with Synopsys’ AI-powered RF design migration flow for an integrated design flow to migrate from TSMC’s N6RF+ to N4P process technology. The migration workflow builds on the foundry’s Analog Design Migration (ADM) methodology to streamline the redesign of passive devices and design components to the advanced RF process rules. The collaborative migration workflow leverages ...