Atmel Launches Complete Development Tools Platform

Atmel announced it has further simplified the MCU design process with the launch of its integrated development tools platform, a complete hardware and software platform specifically designed to support Atmel® MCUs and its recently shipping ARM® Cortex™-M4-based SAM4L family.

Analog Devices introduce the ADXL313, 3-axis accelerometer

Analog Devices ADXL313The ADXL313 is a small, thin, low power, 3-axis accelerometer with high resolution (13-bit) measurement up to ±4g.

Robot helpers for space station mock-up

Registration is now open for ESA’s first robotic competition on a mock-up of the International Space Station. The competition combines do-it-yourself and gaming skills in a robotic race to unload, carry and store cargo.

New NASA-Funded Forecast System Helps Transoceanic Flights Avoid Storms

WASHINGTON -- A new NASA-funded prototype system developed by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) of Boulder, Colo., now is providing weather forecasts that can help flights avoid major storms as they travel over remote ocean regions. The eight-hour forecasts of potentially dangerous atmospheric conditions are designed for pilots, air traffic controllers and others involved in transoceanic flights.

EDRS Space Network ready to go ahead

The design of Europe’s data relay satellite system – EDRS - has been completed and approved. This marks the moment when it moves ahead with a green light from its first customer, the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security initiative from the European Union (GMES).

Atmel and Arduino Collaborate - Arduino goes “ARMed” and more!

Atmel Corporation and Arduino announced they are collaborating on several development boards using Atmel AVR and ARM-based microcontroller (MCU) products. The new easy-to-use Arduino boards use several Atmel products including the Cortex-M3-based SAM3U MCU, ATmega32U4 and AVR UC3 MCUs

Microchip and Digilent cooperate

Microchip announces expanded capabilities for the 32-bit PIC32 microcontroller-based chipKIT Development Platform for the Arduino community.  

 

Digi Launches Wi-Fi Version of Popular XBee Module

Digi International introduced the XBee(R) Wi-Fi, an embedded module that enables industry leading low power, serial-to-Wi-Fi networking in the popular XBee form factor.

LIFA - LabVIEW Interface for Arduino

The LabVIEW Interface for Arduino (LIFA) Toolkit is a FREE download that allows developers to acquire data from the Arduino microcontroller and process it in the LabVIEW Graphical Programming environment.

FRITZING 0.6 Released.

A new version of FRITZING is out and ready to use, explore and share ...