–Jeff Child, Editor-in-Chief For over a decade before I joined the Circuit Cellar team, I was Chief Editor of a magazine that covered embedded computing technologies used in military systems. At that publication, I naturally wrote and edited a lot...

Linaro has launched two SOM specifications for 96Boards—a Compute Module spec and a Wireless spec. It has also released two board designs based on the Compute spec, along with a 96Boards SOM Carrier board compatible with those two boards. Linaro,...

Avalue announced a thin Mini-ITX board for signage, PoS, kiosk, AiO PCs, and industrial applications. Like the company’s EMX-SKLUP thin Mini-ITX board, the new EMX-KBLU2P supports Intel’s 6th Gen Skylake Core and Celeron processors, and it can also load 7th Gen Kaby...

By Eric Brown Avnet has unveiled a minor upgrade to its open-spec, 96Boards CE form-factor Ultra96 SBC. The Ultra96-V2 retains the $249 price and core features of the Ultra96, including the Arm/FPGA hybrid Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC, but it also makes a...

Advantech has announced the release of its newest UTX form factor motherboard: the AIMB-U117. Measuring 116.8 mm x 111.8 mm, this palm-sized industrial motherboard is equipped with Intel Atom E39XX processors and features 3 independent displays, onboard eMMC storage and...

MEN Micro has announced the CB71C, a rugged COM Express module for rail, public transportation and industry applications.  The module is 100% compatible with the COM Express Type 6 pin-out and conforms to the VITA 59 standard, which specifies robust...

Click here for the Circuit Cellar article code archive   p.6: Capacitive vs. Inductive Sensing: Touch Trade-Offs, By Nishant Mittal References: [1] (Ref: http://www.cypress.com/file/427771/download) [2] Cypress’ Inductive Sensing Evaluation Kit product page www.cypress.com/cy8ckit-148 [3] Inductive Sensing Design https://www.cypress.com/documentation/application-notes/an219207-inductive-sensing-design-guide   [4] CapSense Design...

Coming to your inbox tomorrow: Circuit Cellar’s Embedded Boards newsletter. Tomorrow’s newsletter content focuses on both standard and non-standard embedded computer boards that ease prototyping efforts and let you smoothly scale up to production volumes. Bonus: We’ve added Drawings for Free Stuff to...

The May issue of Circuit Cellar magazine is out next week!. We’ve been hard at work laying the foundation and nailing the beams together with a sturdy selection of  embedded electronics articles just for you. We’ll soon be inviting you...

Arbor Technology has introduced a pair of System-on-Module (SOM) products both based on Rockchip SoCs, the RK3399-based SOM-RK391 and the Rockchip PX30-based SOM-RP301. Both modules run Ubuntu, Buildroot, or Android 9.0. Along with the pair of modules, the company has...

ON Semiconductor has introduced its RSL10 Multi-Sensor Platform powered only with a solar cell. This complete solution supports the development of IoT sensors using continuous solar energy harvesting to gather and communicate data through Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), without the...

Eurotech has announced that its BoltCOR 30-17 Intel Xeon D-based Edge Server has passed VMware vSphere certification tests and is part of the VMware Hardware Compatibility List (HCL). The HCL lists all of the hardware components that are supported by...

U-blox and SolidRun have announced a collaboration on a range of connectivity products for the IoT, including turnkey IoT Edge Gateways for indoor and outdoor use, SBCs and System‑on‑Modules (SOMs). Each of the new solutions incorporate a u-blox NINA stand‑alone...

Moxa has announced the release of the latest software update for its industrial network management software, MXview. The software update enables system developers to easily integrate MXview into both IT and OT systems, as well as manage large-scale networks at...

Coming to your inbox tomorrow: Circuit Cellar’s IoT Technology Focus newsletter. Tomorrow’s newsletter covers what’s happening with Internet-of-Things (IoT) technology–-from devices to gateway networks to cloud architectures. This newsletter tackles news and trends about the products and technologies needed to...

By the Book There’s no doubt that achieving high software quality is a human-driven endeavor. No amount of automated code development can substitute for best practices. A great tool for such efforts is the IEEE Computer Society’s Guide to the...

STMicroelectronics has teamed up with Virscient to help system designers build automotive solutions using ST’s Telemaco3P secure telematics and connectivity processors. Virscient offers support to ST customers in the development and delivery of advanced automotive applications based on the ST...

As part of its Cortus IC Design Service offering, Cortus has announced the general availability of a complete range of RISC-V processors. These are now available for design-in in customer ASIC designs implemented by the experienced teams at Cortus. A...

Microchip Technology has announced a unified software framework with the release of MPLAB Harmony version 3.0 (v3), extending support for SAM MCUs for the first time. The development environment is progressively adding support across Microchip’s entire portfolio of 32-bit PIC...

Renesas Electronics has introduced two touch-free user interface (UI) solutions for simplifying the design of 2D and 3D control-based applications. Based on Renesas’ capacitive sensor microcontrollers, the new solutions support the development of UI that allows users to operate home...

NXP Semiconductor has announce its 5V KE1xZ family of MCUs. Based on the Arm Cortex-M0+ core, the MCUs enable embedded control systems in harsh electrical environments and provide an integrated CAN controller and capacitive touch from 32 KB flash. Designed...

Coming to your inbox tomorrow: Circuit Cellar’s Microcontroller Watch newsletter. Tomorrow’s newsletter keeps you up-to-date on latest microcontroller news. In this section, we examine the microcontrollers along with their associated tools and support products. Bonus: We’ve added Drawings for Free...

Cameras, Boards and Kits The video technologies available for today’s drones continue to advance. New products and solutions are adding new intelligence, features and performance levels to enhance how video is captured and processed aboard both consumer and commercial drones....

Renesas Electronics has announced a pair of new encapsulated hybrid digital DC/DC PMBus power modules, the 10-A ISL8280M and 15-A ISL8282M. The hybrid digital power modules offer best-in-class power density of 115 mA/mm-squared in a 12 mm x 11 mm...

XP Power has launched two new series of low-profile, open-frame power supplies addressing the need for low-cost 40 W and 60 W solutions that support a broad range of applications within the medical, domestic/household and ITE/industrial sectors. Most markets are...