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Windows 10 Pro SBC from Crowd Supply has optional 4G or 5G connectivity

Mon, Jan 04, 2021

A Windows-capable single board computer (SBC) can be used by professionals, hobbyists, teachers and students in the development of a wide variety of applications, including home automation, IoT appliances, sensor gateways and entertainment systems.

The Hackboard 2 is available from Crowd Supply with an Intel processor and optional 4G or 5G connectivity. The standard version of Hackboard 2 is supplied pre-installed with Windows 10 Pro, for application in IoT and entertainment systems, including media servers. The Python programming language is also pre-installed, for accessing the board’s general purpose I/O.

Hackboard 2 integrates a suite of powerful features, including an up to 2.8GHz, 64-bit dual core Intel Celeron N4020 processor, an Intel UHD graphics processor, 64Gbyte of onboard eMMC storage, and 4Gbyte of DDR4 RAM.

In addition to a 40-pin GPIO header, there are three USB 3.0 ports, an HDMI 2.1 output, and two M.2 slots for up to 4 TB of storage. Hackboard 2 includes its own power supply and a range of optional accessories, from 4G and 5G modems to a portable IPS 1080p HD display.

Crowd Supply is a product development platform. It offers engineers and companies a full suite of services to launch products, including marketing, fulfilment, crowd funding, and ongoing sales through distributors. The creator-focused platform connects backers with projects that address a market need, allowing developers to quickly validate their ideas and capitalise on high levels of interest from early adopters, explains Crowd Supply.

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Axiomtek simplifies large scale AIoT with Jetson Xavier based AIE100-903-FL-NX

Thu, Dec 31, 2020

Powered by the Nvidia Jetson Xavier NX module, the AIE100-903-FL-NX is the latest edge AI system from Axiomtek. In addition to the Jetson Xavier NX module, which has a powerful six-core Nvidia Carmel Arm v8.2 64-bit processor and 384-core Nvidia Volta GPU architecture with 48 Tensor cores, the AIE100-903-FL-NX also integrates the Allxon Device Management Solutions (Allxon DMS). The Allxon DMS provides comprehensive remote management capabilities.

The AIE100-903-FL-NX can be used for smart city, smart manufacturing, smart retail, and other intelligent edge AI applications.

The AIE100-903-FL-NX is a waterproof, fanless, AI edge inference system designed for AI computing and deep learning applications, such as behaviour analytics, face recognition and vehicle analysis.

“Due to its rugged design, the ultra-compact edge computing device can operate in harsh environments with a wide range of temperatures from -30 to +50 degrees C and can withstand vibration up to 3Grms,” said Annie Fu, the product manager of Product PM Division at Axiomtek.

Axiomtek offers an optional waterproof IP42-rated cover kit for enhanced protection in semi-outdoor environments. The integration with the cloud-based Allxon DMS provides remote management for convenient real-time control of devices.

Allxon DMS offers rapid deployment and integration on multiple operating systems, reduces system downtime and maintenance costs and provides a wide breadth of centralised cloud device management. The company believes the AIE100-903-FL-NX industrial edge AI system is the best choice to simplify the large-scale deployment of AIoT platforms.

The AIE100-903-FL-NX offers support for Nvidia JetPack 4.4 for ease of development in AI computing and deep learning applications. It has abundant I/O connectivity, including one USB 3.1 Gen 2 port, one USB 2.0 port, one Micro USB port, one GbE LAN port, one GbE PoE port and one HDMI 2.0 port supporting 4K2K. It has one recovery switch, one reset button, one power button, one 12V DC power input and two SMA-type antenna openings. Users can use the recovery switch and Micro USB to easily flash the image without opening the chassis. The AIE100-903-FL-NX has a 16Gbyte eMMC onboard and is equipped with one M.2 Key M 2280 SSD slot with PCIe x4 NVMe and one Micro SD slot for real-time workload processing at the edge. The AIE100-903-FL-NX has one full size PCIe Mini card slot supporting USB and PCIe signal and one SIM slot for 3G/4G, GPS, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connections.

Axiomtek’s AI-powered AIE100-903-FL-NX is now available for purchase.

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Arduino-compatible shields support automation system development

Thu, Dec 24, 2020

Distributor, RS Components is stocking NCN5100ASGEVB evaluation boards from ON Semiconductor. The Arduino-compatible boards have all the components necessary to create smart home and building automation systems based on KNX communication technology, says RS. They are suitable for a wide variety of leading microcontrollers, and can be plugged directly into existing development platforms to complete projects in shorter time frames.

There are three variants of the NCN5100ASGEVB from ON Semiconductor, available, based on the NCN5110, NCN5121 or NCN5130 KNX-certified transceiver ICs. Both standard or more sophisticated implementations can be addressed. Each transceiver has an integrated pair of high-efficiency DC/DC converters. The first DC/DC converter is primarily to supply the transceiver and the system microcontroller and provides a fixed 3.3V output. The output for the second converter is adjustable across the 1.2 to 21V range.

The second converter can power peripheral parts such as a relay, display or other analogue I/Os. The power delivery and operational efficiency, combined with the low bus voltage drop and quiescent current allow engineers to explore potential opportunities for KNX in much more power-hungry application scenarios, says RS Components.

Timings for boards featuring the streamlined NCN5110 analogue front end are controlled by the host microcontroller, while the NCN5121 and NCN5130 versions have extra functionality. In addition to the PHY, a MAC layer has been incorporated which reduces software development.

The high degree of component integration keeps size and bill of materials costs to an absolute minimum, adds RS.

The ON Semiconductor NCN5100ASGEVB evaluation boards are shipping now from RS in the Asia Pacific, EMEA and North America regions.

RS Components is a trading brand of Electrocomponents and is an omni-channel partner for industrial customers and suppliers designing, building or maintaining industrial equipment and facilities. The distributor stocks more than 500,000 industrial and electronic products, sourced from over 2,500 leading suppliers. It has operations in 32 countries, trades through multiple channels and ships over 50,000 parcels a day.

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R-Car SoC has been tailored for ASIL D automated driving

Fri, Dec 18, 2020

Renesas Electronics offers the R-Car V3U, an ASIL D SoC for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and automated driving (AD) systems. It delivers 60 Terra operations per second (TOPS) with low power consumption for deep learning processing. It also offers up to 96,000 DMIPS. The R-Car V3U is built for the performance, safety, and scalability of ADAS and AD architectures driving next-generation autonomous vehicles, says Renesas.

The R-Car V3U uses the R-Car Gen 4 architecture and can scale from entry-level NCAP applications up to highly automated driving systems, says the company.

Automated driving systems require functional safety up to ASIL D which is the highest and most stringent automotive safety integrity level specified under the ISO 26262 standard for road vehicles. The R-Car V3U SoC integrates safety mechanisms that provide high coverage with fast detection and response for random hardware faults.

It delivers deep neural network (DNN) and artificial intelligence / machine learning (AI/ML) functions. The architecture is capable of handling neural networks for automotive obstacle detection and classification tasks while maintaining 60 TOPS with low power consumption and an air cooling system, adds Renesas.

The R-Car V3U also offers a range of programmable engines, including DSP for radar processing, multi-threading computer vision engine for traditional computer vision algorithms, image signal processing to enhance image quality, and additional hardware accelerators for key algorithms such as dense optical flow, stereo disparity, and object classification.

Renesas has developed an open and integrated development environment (IDE) that enables customers to take advantage of the R-Car built-in hardware, as well as low power consumption and deterministic real-time software to enable fast time to market for computer vision and deep learning-based designs.

Debugging and tuning tools for heterogeneous multi-core hardware and a comprehensive set of example applications and online education resources allows engineers at all levels to jumpstart the design process. There are also qualified compilers and code generators for compliance with functional safety and cyber security requirements.

The R-Car V3U can be combined with Renesas’ low power RH850 microcontroller, integrated power management ICs and power transistor devices for ADAS and AD engine control units (ECUs).

Samples of the R-Car V3U SoC are available now. Mass production is planned for Q2 2023.

http://www.renesas.com

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Windows 10 Pro SBC from Crowd Supply has optional 4G or 5G connectivity

Axiomtek simplifies large scale AIoT with Jetson Xavier based AIE100-903-FL-NX

Arduino-compatible shields support automation system development

R-Car SoC has been tailored for ASIL D automated driving

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