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Aurix and Traveo MCUs support IEC 61508 for SIL-3 safety

Tue, Mar 14, 2023

Industrial control systems must have a minimal error rate even in harsh environments. Infineon has announced that its Aurix TC3x and Traveo T2G microcontroller families address these requirements with a wide range of integrated hardware functional safety and cybersecurity features. Infineon has extended support from ISO26262 to IEC61508 hardware and software metrics, including all documentation required for functional safety certification, for both microcontroller families. In addition, Infineon’s AutoSAR Microcontroller Abstraction Layer (MCAL) low level driver software product supports the IEC 61508 metrics.

The driver software has been deployed in the mobility market and now enables other functional safety applications including medical devices, industrial drives, programmable logic controllers (PLCs), robotics together with indoor applications such as lifts/elevators or machinery.

Ralf Koedel, vice president, microcontrollers, at Infineon, commented: “The demand for minimal errors in harsh environments has tightened up the requirements for industrial control systems. With the . . . extended support for IEC 61508 metrics, however, developers can count on a series of proven microcontrollers to design safety-critical applications and rely on the available diagnostic analysis documentation (FMEDA and safety manual).”

The failure modes effects and FMEDA documentation shows IEC 61508 failure rates and safety metrics calculated at both MCU and basic function levels. By extending the support of the Aurix TC3x and Traveo T2G microcontrollers from ISO26262 to IEC61508 metrics, developers can achieve SIL-1-3 for industrial applications.

Infineon added that it has created a strong ecosystem of design partners to pave the way for safety-critical designs up to SIL-4 and offers reliable support for functional-safety certification.

The Aurix TC3x and Traveo T2G microcontrollers will be exhibited at Embedded World 2023 (14 to 16 March 2023) in Nuremberg, Germany at the Infineon stand Hall 4A – 138.

http://www.infineon.com

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Elkhart Lake PC supports 4K displays and expansion options for IoT edge data

Tue, Mar 14, 2023

The UNO-2372G V2 is an Elkhart Lake-based compact modular box PC by Advantech. It is the latest addition to the company’s UNO-2000 series of embedded automation, rugged, fanless computer systems.

The modular design of the UNO-2372G V2 offers vigorous computing performance and flexible scalability with various I/O ports to support IoT connectivity. The UNO-2372G V2 features high processing capacity, 4K resolution display ports, optimised I/O port and expansion options to support wire/wireless IoT edge data transmission and processing.

The compact and scalable system has high stability and features Intel Celeron J6412 quad-core processor with 8Gbyte DDR4 memory. It can be equipped with an optional second stack for supporting an extension iDoor module, including wireless connectivity, industrial fieldbus and more I/O ports. It also supports NVME storage with high data transmission efficiency.

The UNO-2372G V2 is an industrial computing edge device for data acquisition, analytics and nearly instantaneously transmission with a high throughput network, such as 5G, creating a more comprehensive experience for the user, and enable digital transformation in industrial 4.0 era.

The PC features a new modular design with flexible expansion by adding second expansion module, enhancing the depth and breadth of the industrial application.

The UNO-2372G V2 can be used with temperature, humidity, air quality or light sensors to operates as a remote monitor to help control environment or equipment condition.

Advantech specialises in the fields of IoT intelligent systems and embedded platforms. To embrace the trends of IoT, big data, and artificial intelligence, Advantech promotes IoT hardware and software solutions with the Edge Intelligence WISE-PaaS core to assist business partners and clients in connecting their industrial chains. Advantech is also working with business partners to co-create business ecosystems that accelerate the goal of industrial intelligence.

Advantech is exhibiting at Embedded World 2023 – Hall 3-339.

http://www.advantech.com

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Hailo claims AI-centric vision processor is a first for intelligent cameras

Thu, Mar 09, 2023

For cameras used in intelligent, connected areas, such as smart cities, factories and retail locations, the Hailo-15 vision processor units (VPUs) are believed to be the first designed for integration directly into intelligent cameras. According to Hailo, they deliver unprecedented video processing and analytics at the edge and redefine the smart cameras with a new standard in computer vision and deep learning video processing.

Hailo-15-empowered cameras can carry out significantly more video analytics, running several AI tasks in parallel including faster detection at high resolution to enable identification of smaller and more distant objects with higher accuracy and less false alarms.

As an example, the Hailo-15H is capable of running the object detection model YoloV5M6 with high input resolution (1280 x 1280) at real time sensor rate, or the industry classification model benchmark, ResNet-50, at 700 frames per second.

This will enable, for example, smart city authorities can more quickly detect and respond to incidents. Another example is that manufacturers can increase productivity and machine uptime, retailers can protect supply chains and improve customer satisfaction and transportation authorities can recognise incidents such as lost children, traffic accidents and misplaced luggage.

The Hailo-15 VPU family includes the Hailo-15H, Hailo-15M, and Hailo-15L which have varying processing levels and price points, ranging from 7Toperations per second to 20T operations per second. The VPU family enables over five times higher performance than currently available solutions in the market, at a comparable price point, claimed Hailo. All three Hailo-15 VPUs support multiple input streams at 4K resolution and combine a powerful CPU and DSP subsystems with Hailo’s AI core.

As well as vision-based transformers in cameras for real time object detection, the added AI capacity can be used for video enhancement and to improve video quality in low-light environments, for video stabilisation and high dynamic range performance.

Hailo-15-empowered cameras lower the total cost of ownership in massive camera deployments by offloading cloud analytics to save video bandwidth and processing, while improving overall privacy due to data anonymisation at the edge, explained Hailo. The result is an ultra-high-quality AI-based video analytics solution that keeps people safer, while ensuring their privacy and allows organizations to operate more efficiently, at a lower cost and complexity of network infrastructure.

“Hailo-15 represents a significant step forward in making AI at the edge more scalable and affordable,” stated Orr Danon, Hailo’s CEO.

“With a single software stack for all our product families, camera designers, application developers, and integrators can now benefit from an easy and cost-effective deployment supporting more AI, more video analytics, higher accuracy, and faster inference time, exactly where they’re needed,” he added.

https://hailo.ai

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RDK3 baseboard provides proof of concepts for IoT

Thu, Mar 09, 2023

Rutronik System Solutions has developed the RDK3 baseboard, designed for engineers developing their own proof-of-concepts for Bluetooth connectivity. It shortens time-to-market for a variety of IoT applications, including advanced robotics, smart buildings, smart factories and healthcare.

It features Infineon’s PSoC 64 secured microcontroller, enabling the implementation of security features. There is also the ability to integrate Rutronik System Solutions’ software into Infineon’s ModusToolbox.

Advanced robotics, smart buildings and factories and healthcare applications require wireless, intelligent networking of individual elements or work processes. Networked systems allow work steps and objects to be intelligently connected and interact with each other, explained Rutronik, for efficiency gains. The RDK3 baseboard is for wireless, low power Bluetooth connections with high security standards and low power consumption, said the company. It enables hardware and firmware developers to reduce time and costs in the pre-development phase and makes a significant contribution to bringing new applications much faster to market.

The RDK3 relies on Infineon’s PSoC 64 secured microcontroller with a Platform Security Architecture (PSA). The dual-core microcontroller features three-level hardware and firmware-based isolation. The Arm Dual-Cortex M-Core SoC provides a secure M0+core and performs all security functions. It is physically separated from the user applications running in parallel on the Arm Cortex-M4 core, with the main functions to build and authenticate secure applications the responsibility of the base board.

The RDK3 has Arduino interfaces and is easy to combine with other adapter boards like HMS Anybus, Text To Speech, RAB1, and RAB2. In addition, all components used are from Rutronik’s product portfolio, ensuring the availability of all parts.

Rutronik Elektronische Bauelemente was founded in 1973 and is an independent family-owned company based in Ispringen, Germany. Today it is one of the world’s leading broadline distributors with more than 1,800 employees and serving over 40,000 customers. It has more than 80 offices worldwide and logistics centres in Austin (Texas), Shanghai, Singapore, and Hong Kong, for customer support in Europe, Asia, and North America.

http://www.rutronik.com

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Aurix and Traveo MCUs support IEC 61508 for SIL-3 safety

Elkhart Lake PC supports 4K displays and expansion options for IoT edge data

Hailo claims AI-centric vision processor is a first for intelligent cameras

RDK3 baseboard provides proof of concepts for IoT

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