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• Pluto Embedded Computer - Atom, ETX, PC/104-plus (15 September 2009) - Colin McCracken, Vice President of Marketing for Diamond Systems, speaks with eg3.com about their new Pluto single board computer (SBC), a compact, I/O-rich, board-level embedded computer based on an Intel Atom processor and featuring modular PC/104-Plus expansion. PLT-N270-1G is the first in a series of Pluto models offering scalable CPU performance and power consumption.

• Microchip PIC Microcontrollers - PIC24H Interview (8 September 2009) - Dave Richkas, Product Marketing Manager at Microchip, speaks with eg3.com about Microchip Technology's PIC24H family of 6-bit MCUs. The family offers 40 MIPS performance, more memory and additional peripherals, when compared with Microchip's low-power PIC24F 16-bit MCU family.

• Mentor Graphics Brings Android to Embedded Systems (25 August 2009) - Glenn Perry, General Manager of the Mentor Graphics Embedded Systems Division, speaks with eg3.com about how Mentor Graphics plans to bring the Google Android platform to embedded devices. Mentor is excited about how Android can function as a platform for device software, and be combined with Mentor's industry-leading graphical user interface (GUI) tools to make connected devices an easy reality for the industry.

• Embedded Linux RTOS Variants for DSP, DSC, and Microcontrollers (18 August 2009) - Kim Rowe, founder of Rowebots™, talks with eg3.com about their ultra tiny Linux™ compatible real-time operating systems (RTOSes) for single chip microcontroller processors. These ultra tiny embedded Linux variants run on tiny microcontrollers (MCUs) providing full embedded Linux functionality and a complete System on Chip (SoC) I/O solution. These ultra tiny implementations provide developers with a complete open source Linux and POSIX compatible RTOS running on 8, 16 and 32 bit SoC MCUs eliminating months of development time, reducing risk and simplifying lean product development.

• Mentor Graphics PADS 9.0 - Advanced PCB Design (11 August 2009) - Jim Martens and John Isaac of Mentor Graphics discuss PADS 9.0 for advanced PCB design. This significantly-enhanced release of the PADS flow adds new levels of functionality, scalability and integration, enabling designers to leverage many of Mentor's unique and innovative technologies for design, analysis, manufacturing and multi-disciplined collaboration. With the scalable PADS 9.0 flow users can cost-effectively design their products from standard to the industry's most complex, highest performance, and densest PCBs.

• TI's C2000 32-bit microcontrollers (Piccolo) - 32-bit real-time control (3 August 2009) - Keith Ogboenyiya, Product Manager at Texas Instruments, speaks with eg3.com about the Piccolo family. Is Piccolo an MCU, a DSP, or a DSC (Digital Signal Controller), or none of the above? Find out what the family can do for cost-sensitive applications in areas like motor control and power management, as well as details on the inexpensive controlCARD system to get you started quickly and inexpensively. past podcasts:
  • Mocana Embedded Security - Embedded Security, NanoDefender™ and FIPS 140-2 Government Certification (28 July 2009)
  • Schmartboard - Innovative PCB (Printed Circuit Board) Prototyping and Embedded Board Technologies (21 July 2009)
  • Aldec's New RTL (Mixed Language) Simulator for the FPGA Market (14 July 2009)
  • Cryptoauthentication Solutions and Embedded Security from Atmel (16 June 2009)
  • Coverity 'Integrity Center' for Embedded Software Development (9 June 2009)
  • IBM Rational Software - New Directions for Embedded Software Development (2 June 2009)
  • American Portwell discusses Intel Atom, QSeven and new opportunities in low power computer-on-module embedded computing (26 May 2009)
  • SecureRF - Embedded Security Solutions for RFID - Cryptography, Secure M2M and More - (12 May 2009)
  • Versalogic Interview - New Board and Memory Storage Standards like COMIT, SUMIT, and MiniBlade - (5 May 2009)
  • Polycore Interview - Multicore for Complex Embedded Communications Networks (28 April 2009)
  • The Embedded Multicore Opportunity (13 April 2009)
  • The Embedded M2M Opportunity - Harbor Research Speaks (7 April 2009)
  • Meld Embedded Linux Community from MontaVista (21 March 2009)
  • Mentor Graphics EDA Training and Employment Resources for Unemployed Designers (24 March 2009)
  • Actel: Low Power FPGA for Consumer or Portable Devices (17 March 2009)
  • Practical IP / Intellectual Property for Embedded Systems (10 March 2009)
  • New Power Management / Low Power Reference Designs from National Semiconductor (3 March 2009)
  • Common Criteria EAL6+ & Embedded Software Security with Green Hills Software (24 February 2009)
  • FPGA / AdvancedMC News from Bittware (17 February 2009)
  • ZiLOG - Targeted, Connected Applications based on ZiLOG Technologies (10 February 2009)
  • DDC-I: New Safety Critical RTOSes, Deos and HeartOS (3 February 2009)
  • News on Embedded Databases - Birdstep Discusses RDM Embedded 9.0 with a new MicroHTTP server (27 January 2009)
  • Texas Instruments MSP430 and Energy Harvesting (20 January 2009)
  • New Developments in the PowerPC / Power Architecture from AMCC (5 January 2009)
  • ESL ("Electronic System Level"), RF, LTE, & More - New Capabilities from Agilent (16 December 2008)
  • The Business Side of Selecting an Embedded RTOS (9 December 2008)
  • Multicore for Hard Real-Time: Software, Java/JVM's, and Beyond (2 December 2008)

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