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Cissoid has released Erebus platform, which implements buck, or step-down, DC/DC converters operating reliably and with high efficiency in the temperature range from -55 to +225°C. The platform can step input voltages from 12 to 5... More about DC/DC Converter Platform

Cypress Semiconductor has introduced a development platform for Apple iPhone and iPod accessories based on its PSoC 3 architecture. Designers can use the CY8CKIT-023 PSoC expansion board kit plug-in board to the company' CY8CKIT-0... More about PSoC 3 Development Platform

Toshiba Electronics Europe has announced a starter kit based on the company's TMPA90xCMXBG family of ARM9 32bit MCUs (microcontrollers) with built-in HMI support. The BMSKTOPAS900 starter kit provides all of the hardware and softw... More about Microcontroller Starter Kit

Synopsys has introduced the HAPS-60 series of rapid prototyping systems, a solution claimed to ease complex SoC design and verification challenges. The new series, part of the Confirma rapid prototyping platform, enables early har... More about Rapid Prototyping Systems

A range of VNC2 evaluation modules (the V2DIP-x), a VNC2 evaluation kit (the V2-EVAL) and a VNC2 debug module are now available from FTDI. The modules can be used to develop embedded USB 2.0 host and slave designs based on the com... More about Evaluation and Debug Modules

OLEDs are increasingly used in notebooks, smartbooks and tablets. To meet this trend, QuickLogic has released a reference board which, the company says verifies the company's VEE (Visual Enhancement Engine) and DPO (Display Power ... More about CSSP OLED Reference Board

Lattice Semiconductor has announced the availability of a low-cost PCI Express development kit for its LatticeECP3 family of high-value, low-power FPGAs. Based on a new ECP3 PCI Express solutions board, the kit accelerates develop... More about Development kit accelerates PCI Express system design

IS2T now offers multi-touch Java support, with Stantum's multi-touch technology. Developers can use a small memory footprint, a high-speed Java engine and optimised software library bundles to design Java applications for embedded... More about Multi-touch Java Support

Six plug-and-play LCD evaluator kits for popular displays from Hantronix, Tianma and Shelly are available from Amulet Technologies. The reference designs provide all of the hardware and software required to turn an LCD into a grap... More about GUI Reference Designs

Mitsubishi Electric has launched an evaluation board for its IPMs (intelligent power modules) of the L1/S1 series. The board, named EVBL1S1XX, enables the design engineer to functionally test the features and the performance of th... More about Evaluation Board

Digi International has introduced the Digi JumpStart Kit featuring the ConnectCore Wi-i.MX51, a core module designed specifically for low-power, wireless multimedia applications. The kit includes all tools such as a development bo... More about 32bit module kit features on-chip hardware encryption accelerator

Continuous Computing, PicoChip, and Cavium Networks have collaborated to produce a LTE (long term evolution) femtocell reference design. This reference design accelerates time to market for product developers, femtocell access poi... More about LTE femtocell reference design enables quick initiation of trials

u-blox has expanded its high-speed, wireless connectivity reference design offerings to include full HSPA (high-speed packet access) capabilities that include 7.2Mbit/s download and 5.8Mbit/s upload speeds. The N731 is a mature de... More about 3.5G reference design features HSPA capabilities

Cambridge Consultants has launched DEVA, a development platform, for the rapid development of differentiated Bluetooth products and mobile accessories. The platform allows electronics and software engineers to rapidly prototype an... More about 128x128 development platform features user-interface buttons

Elonics and Realtek Semiconductor have created a high-performance, multi-standard DVB-T, DAB/DAB+ and FM TV and radio reference design. This platform can be adopted by manufacturers as an external USB dongle or internal USB minica... More about Reference Design

EBV Elektronik presented a new board in Nuremberg, the Cyclone IV GX development kit which is targeted at low-cost, high volume, transceiver applications. The board is described by the distributor, part of the Avnet group, as a lo... More about Cyclone IV GX Development Kit

The Atmel QTouch Suite is now available with additional functionality to provide third-party CAD developers access to QTouch technology. The CAD software tools allows designers to add touch buttons, sliders and wheels during schem... More about Low-power Microcontroller Suite

Altium has added Altera's Cyclone III FPGA to its NanoBoard 3000 range of FPGA-based development boards. The board is used to design and deploy FPGA-based designs. The integration of hardware and software eliminates the need to se... More about Rapid Prototyping Board

Altium has released a prototyping peripheral add-on board for its NanoBoard FPGA-based development boards. The new board works with both the fixed-FPGA NanoBoard 3000 and the fully-configurable NanoBoard NB2. The board does away w... More about Prototyping peripheral board enables development of proof-of-concept devices

NEC Electronics has released the 78K0R/Lx3, Sense It!, a development kit. It is a single-board, LCD control development platform designed for the evaluation of the company's 16bit 78K0R/Lx3 microcontroller. It includes an on-chip ... More about LCD control development platform features 128Kbyte of Flash

NEC Electronics Europe has announced the release of the 78K0R/Lx3 SENSE IT! development kit. The single-board, LCD control development platform is designed specifically for the evaluation of the company's 16bit 78K0R/Lx3 microcont... More about LCD Control Development Kit

The PICDEM Inductive Touch development kit from Microchip is designed to develop inductive touch-sensing applications using standard 8-, 16- or 32bit PIC microcontrollers, or a 16bit dsPIC digital signal controller. Inductive touc... More about Touch Sense Development Kit

IAR Systems has introduced the IAR KickStart kit for NXP LPC1114.  The kit is also suitable for ARM Cortex-M0-based microcontrollers. One of the features which enabled the speedy development of this kit was the fact that the NXP L... More about Development kit for NXP LPC1114 processor features 8K KickStart edition

Sundance has introduced the EVP6472 embedded development platform, an off-the-shelf multiprocessor, multicore solution that features dual Texas Instruments TMS320C6472 DSPs (digital-signal processors). The platform features design... More about Embedded Development Board