At Microelectronics UK, Embedd.it unveiled its cross-vendor graphical MCU configurator. The company said that it will “remove hardware dependencies in embedded software” and strengthen supply chain resilience. The configurator uses AI to retrieve and organise data on more than 1,400 MCU families from major manufacturers, including Renesas, STMicroelectronics, NXP Semiconductors and Texas Instruments. The configurator is part of a suite ...
A scalable Linux tool launched by Peridio is an open-source OS designed to migrate designs from protoype to production. Justin Schneck, co-founder and chief product officer of Peridio, explained that embedded developers’ either have to choose a packaged Linux distribution which can work immediately but which is difficult to scale and secure in volume production, or build their own security-hardened, ...
Google is releasing Android 16, the latest major update to the mobile and embedded operating system. As always, the rollout begins with Pixel devices. Completed to its expected timeline, the major release marks the availability of the source code at the Android Open Source Project (AOSP). You can examine this code at cs.android.com. Edge-to-edge Highlight features include progress-centric notifications, the ...
At DAC 2024, Efabless celebrated a milestone of 40 commercial companies designed chips using its chipIgnite and Google-sponsored OpenMPW programme. Of these, some are ready for production volumes, the majority are at the prototype/proof of concept stage, said CEO, Michael Wishart. The platform allows start-ups and smaller companies to prototype designs and innovate without having to buy a license, he ...
There are ways to protect data and digital identity, says Dean Zwarts, but they rely on the security of software and installed systems. Cybercriminals exploit the multiple vulnerabilities in the smart IoT devices in homes. Using smart devices, whether voice-controlled speakers, smart doorbells or light switches, hackers can access entire networks by just connecting to one system; sometimes without requiring ...
RS has had its environmental sensor development kit (ESDK) certified by the Open-Source Hardware Association (OSHWA), which means the kit can now carry the OSHW logo. “The aims of the OSHWA are to foster technological knowledge and encourage research that is accessible, collaborative and respects user freedom,” according to RS. “OSHWA certification recognises that the kit meets a uniform and ...
Open-source licencing needs a re-think in the face of intellectual property abuse, according to open-source advocate Josef Prusa, founder of 3D printer maker Prusa Research (pictured), which publishes full design files for its products. While Prusa concentrates on the stifling effect of open-source leeches on innovation in the 3D printer world, his comments are applicable more broadly. In an open ...
RISC-V simulation company Imperas Software has announced a partnership with Breker Verification Systems, a provider of test content synthesis for verification environments, to develop interfaces and standards to unify functional verification design flows. “RISC-V represents an inflection point for semiconductor verification as the design freedoms provided by the open instruction set architecture means an assumption of the responsibility of the ...
Lynx Software Technologies is claiming industry’s first unikernel to be Posix compatible and available for commercial mission-critical use. Called LynxElement, it will be offered as part of the for company’s Mosa.ic portfolio, and is said to have a small attack surface to improve security and certifyability in aircraft systems, autonomous vehicles and critical infrastructure. The initial focus is centred on ...
The European Space Agency has qualified the RTEMS open-source real-time operating system for safety-critical multi-processing in satellites. Railway, medical and automotive sectors could benefit. “ESA certified RTEMS in the symmetric multiprocessing configuration for Criticality Category C and D,” said German RTEMS support company Embedded Brains. “This means that safety-critical functions can now also be executed on modern multicore processors that ...
