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Microchip delivers early access for RISC-V enables PolarFire SoC FPGAs

Wed, Dec 11, 2019

At this week’s RISC-V Summit in San Jose, California, USA, Microchip has announced an early access program for its PolarFire SoC.

Explaining the reason behind the programme, Microchip cited the trend towards compute-intensive gateways and edge devices which is driving the integration of traditional deterministic control applications with the additional embedded processing capabilities needed for smart and secure connected systems. The early access programme for the PolarFire SoC FPGA offers what is claimed to be the world’s first hardened real-time, Linux-capable, RISC-V-based microprocessor sub-system on the mid-range PolarFire FPGA family. According to Microchip, this brings low power consumption, thermal efficiency and defence-grade security to embedded systems.

Qualified customers can start designing now with Microchip’s Libero SoC 12.3 FPGA design suite and SoftConsole 6.2 integrated development environment (IDE) for the embedded developer. Customers can also debug embedded applications using Renode, a virtual model of the microprocessor sub-system.

The company believes that, in addition to driving innovation in the embedded space, as designers develop a new class of power-efficient applications, there will also be the opportunities to add “unprecedented capabilities” at the edge of the network for communications, defence, medical and industrial automation.

PolarFire SoC delivers power efficiency that is up to 50 per cent lower power than competitive devices in the industry, said Microchip. This reduces the bill of materials by eliminating the need for fans and heat sinks. It is believed to be the first SoC FPGA with a deterministic, coherent RISC-V CPU cluster and a deterministic L2 memory subsystem enabling Linux plus real-time applications.

The support of real-time and rich operating systems such as Linux is part of Microchip’s growing Mi-V RISC-V ecosystem, a comprehensive suite of tools and design resources developed by Microchip and third parties to support RISC-V designs. Ecosystem partners ready to support PolarFire SoC include WindRiver, Mentor Graphics, WolfSSL, ExpressLogic, Veridify, Hex-Five, and FreeRTOS as well as development tools from IAR systems and AdaCore.

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PV inverter is complemented with cloud-based monitoring apps

Tue, Dec 10, 2019

At EnerGaia 2019 in Montpellier, France, Delta Electronics will highlight the M70A solar PV inverter and PV monitoring apps.

The M70A solar PV inverter offers 77kVA maximum AC apparent power for ground-mounted and commercial solar rooftop systems.

The company has also developed MyDeltaSolar Cloud and PV monitoring apps for remote setup, monitoring, and control of solar photovoltaic systems.

The M70A is a three-phase string inverter with 77kVA maximum AC apparent power for ground-mounted and commercial solar rooftop systems. The design is compact and lightweight, making it easy to transport and install. There are six MPP trackers with three pairs of connectors each to allow system planners flexibility in arranging module strings and maximising yields. Module rows for ground-mounted systems require only minimal spacing as a result. Smart allocation of the MPP trackers can compensate potential shadowing, added Delta Electronics.

Even complex rooftop systems that have multiple sections with different alignments are easy to implement with the M70A, continued the company. If the system uses two strings per DC input, it does not require external string breakers.

Peak efficiency for the M70A is 98.8 per cent and it has a broad input voltage range from 200 to 1,100V DC. It can accommodate up to 18 strings via Amphenol connectors and string monitoring includes measurement of the I-V curve data at each individual string.

There are Type 2 surge protection devices pre-installed on the input and output sides and the inverter is supplied in a robust aluminum housing with IP65 protection.

The cloud monitoring service with free app for iOS and Android, MyDeltaSolar Cloud works with all Delta inverters and allows operators and installers to quickly set up and manage multiple systems and inverters. The system is available free of charge for five years with the purchase of a Delta solar inverter.

Users can monitor the performance of their Delta inverters in the MyDeltaSolar Cloud including current and voltage data. They can also see daily, monthly, and annual PV yields. No cabling is required to connect a wireless-enabled Delta inverter to the new Delta DC1 data collector. Delta’s M6A, M8A, and M10A inverters all ship with wireless communications pre-installed and Wi-Fi is an optional feature for the M70A.

Alternatively, installers can connect to the MyDeltaSolar Cloud via the inverter´s RS485 interface. Delta hosts the cloud software on its own secure servers to guarantee maximum data security and protection against external threats.

https://solarsolutions.delta-emea.com

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Anritsu launches PCIe option for Gen5 testing

Tue, Dec 10, 2019

To support the Gen5 Base Specification stressed receiver test, Anritsu has released a PCI Express )PCIe) test solution which uses its MP1900A signal quality Analyzer-R series, which offers automation software for base specification calibration and bit error rate (BER) measurement software supporting the SKP filter. Customers can use it to configure a measurement environment for early-stage development of Gen5 IP and devices, to accelerate the introduction of PCI Express 5.0.

The MP1900A offers all the pattern generation, error detection, jitter generation and noise generation functions required for PCI Express tests in a single unit. Gen1 to Gen5 transmission speeds can be supported by upgrading the equipment via software, for cost-efficient PCI Express testing.

Technologies, such as IoT and artificial intelligence (AI), are expected to see rapid growth as commercial rollout of 5G services make high speed transmission of the required large volumes of data feasible.

Data centers supporting these technologies require increasingly faster processing and greater data handling capacity. This means that data-centre transmission equipment, servers, and storage devices need internal interfaces able to support faster, higher-capacity data transmissions. Base Specification 5.0 of the next PCIe Gen5 standard has been completed and increases data transfer speeds to 32GTerabytes per second. It is evident that equipment needs to be developed to support this standard, said Anritsu.

This release allows Anritsu to support Gen5 Rx tests for IP and inspection of devices in the early stages of standardisation and development, offering all-in-one Gen1 to Gen5 measurement support. Expansion of measurement functions to meet new emerging standards and trends will also help customers design inspection times.

The signal quality Analyzer-R MP1900A series is a multi-channel BER tester meeting the design and verification requirements for high-speed bus interfaces, such as PCI Express 4.0/5.0, USB3.2/4 and Thunderbolt, as well as next-generation network interfaces such as 200G/400G/800G Ethernet. The MP1900A series incorporates a built-in pulse pattern generator for generating high-quality waveforms with what are claimed to be best-of-class levels (e.g. intrinsic jitter of 115 fs rms) and a high-input-sensitivity error detector, as well as a high-accuracy jitter generation source (SJ, RJ, SSC, BUJ), CM-I/DM-I/white noise source, link training function and support for LTSSM analysis.

These features make it suitable for compliance tests, margin tests and troubleshooting. The signal quality Analyzer-R MP1900A series also supports PAM4 evaluation of PAM4 devices, including optical modules and NICs, used by 200G/400G/800G Ethernet in data centres.

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Okdo adds Nvidia Jetson Nano to AI development suite

Mon, Dec 09, 2019

OKdo, part of Electrocomponents has added the Nvidia Jetson Nano developer kit to its offering. The Jetson Nano Developer Kit has support for desktop Linux and is compatible with many peripherals and accessories as well as ready-to-use projects and tutorials to help makers get started. According to the distributor, the Jetson platform brings artificial intelligence (AI) applications within the reach of makers, inventors, designers and engineers.

The Jetson Nano is an AI development kit is built on the same architecture and software that powers the world’s fastest supercomputers. It also features Nvidia’s JetPack software development kit, which is built on Cuda-X and is a complete AI software stack with accelerated libraries for deep learning, computer vision, computer graphics and multimedia processing to support the Jetson Nano.

The compact yet powerful Jetson Nano platform delivers 472Gflops of computing performance, consuming as little as 5W, making it suitable for object detection, video search, face recognition and heat mapping. It supports high-resolution sensors, can process multiple sensors in parallel and has modern neural networks on each sensor stream. It complements many popular AI frameworks, for developers to integrate into products.

OKdo is focused solely on single board computing (SBC) and internet of things (IoT). Richard Curtin, global senior vice president of technology at OKdo, explained: “Inspiring people to create the next big thing is close to our hearts and we are hugely excited to announce this collaboration with Nvidia to make AI more accessible for engineers globally.”

The Jetson Nano Developer Kit can be used for developing AI-powered robots, drones, intelligent video analytics enabled-devices, AI IoT devices and other autonomous machines.

A key component of OKdo’s customer promise is building an accessible range around software, hardware, services and solutions.

The Jetson Nano Development Kit is available now from OKdo. The company claims to be the first to be focused on meeting the rapidly evolving needs of SBC and IoT customers, from makers and entrepreneurs to industrial designers, educators and resellers.

http://www.OKdo.com

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Microchip delivers early access for RISC-V enables PolarFire SoC FPGAs

PV inverter is complemented with cloud-based monitoring apps

Anritsu launches PCIe option for Gen5 testing

Okdo adds Nvidia Jetson Nano to AI development suite

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