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Stanford University announced an open source digital camera with advanced computational photography capabilities. Designed as a programmable research platform and application development platform for dSLR cameras, the “Frankencamera” (formally “Stanford Camera 2.0”) runs Linux on a Texas Instruments chip and uses a Nokia N95 mobile phone camera module.
Cavium Networks announced a SoC family with single- and dual ARM11 cores and claimed power consumption of under a Watt. Aimed at home media gateways and network-attached storage devices, the Econa CNS3xxx offers 300MHz to 700MHz clock rates, over ten multimedia and networking acceleration engines, and a Linux SDK, Cavium says.
HTC Corp. announced an Android phone aimed at “the masses” that offers the same Sense UI as its more robust HTC Hero smartphone cousin. The HTC Tattoo provides a 2.8-inch touchscreen, HSPA, WCDMA, and Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE network support, plus WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, and a 3.2-megapixel camera, says HTC.
Men Micro announced a fanless, ruggedized computer designed for mobile vehicles in agricultural or industrial settings. The RC1 MIPIOS Box Computer runs either a 1.6GHz Z530 or 1.1GHz Z510 Intel Atom CPU, offers Ethernet, USB, and serial interfaces, and complies with IP67 and EN 50155 ruggedization standards, says the company.
Sprint will be the first U.S. carrier to offer HTC's “Hero” Android smartphone, complete with the “Sense” UI and a low $180 pricetag. Meanwhile, Google is responding to criticism from Android developers by adding promotional mechanisms to Android Market, and eWEEK looks inside the Android-based T-Mobile MyTouch 3G.
According to research firm iSuppli, by 2014 there will be 305 million GPS-enabled smartphones in use, almost three times the installed base of dedicated portable navigation devices, says eWEEK. Meanwhile, a Strategy Analytics study shows 2009 GPS-enabled smartphone shipments growing by 34 percent compared to 2008, says another eWEEK story.
Commell announced a 5.25-inch single board computer (SBC) targeting display-oriented embedded applications. Built around an Intel Atom N270 and Intel 945GSE Express chipset, the LE-575 is equipped with four gigabit Ethernet ports, seven serial ports, and eight USB ports, plus both PCI and Mini PCI slots, the company says.
The Appweb project has released version 3.0 of its cross-platform, dual-licensed embedded web server, which is said to be smaller, faster, and more modular. The Linux-compatible Appweb 3.0 also adds a new server-side “Ejscript” JavaScript framework, faster CGI based on pipes, and a modular pipeline architecture, says the project.
Embedded Planet has announced a Linux BSP and development environment, created by Timesys Corp., for its PowerPC-based EP8572A Advanced Mezzanine Card (AMC) networking board. The board offers dual-core Freescale MPC8572 processors, dual, AMC-compliant gigabit Ethernet ports, and ships in various Serial RapidIO and PCI Express configurations.
Wind River announced the availability of a Linux-compatible, embedded GUI suite targeting industrial, defense, medical, automotive, and mobile devices. A result of the acquisition of Tilcon Software, Wind River Tilcon Graphics Suite 5.7 offers tight integration with Wind River Linux and Wind River Workbench, says the Intel-owned embedded firm.
Multimedia system-on-chip (SoC) vendor ViXS announced a Linux-based application development stack and toolsuite for its “XCode” SoCs. The “Xtensiv” software supports the development of XCode-based, DLNA and UPnP compatible set-top boxes (STBs), PCs, and networked consumer electronics devices, and offers Linux-based servers and a Webkit browser, says the company.
[Updated: Sept. 2] — Coraid announced a storage-area network mini-tower for the SMB market. The EtherDrive SR821T Storage Appliance offers up to 16TB RAID-enabled storage in eight SATA-ready bays, provides dual gigabit Ethernet ports, supports VMware vSphere virtualization, and incorporates Coraid's Linux-ready ATA-over-Ethernet (AoE) open storage protocol, says the company.
Ibase has announced a small PC that uses Intel's 1.1GHz Atom Z510, offers up to 2GB of DDR2 RAM, and relies on CompactFlash storage. The CSB200-888 has six USB 2.0 ports, two serial ports, a DVI-D video output, and a gigabit Ethernet port, the company says.
MontaVista Software announced the availability of MontaVista Linux 6 (MVL6), as well as five processor-specific Market Specific Distributions (MSDs) for its commercial embedded Linux development platform. The MSDs, which will soon be joined by dozens more, support ARM1176 and ARM926, Freescale MPC8xxx (PowerPC), Intel x86 (Pentium/Xeon), MIPS32, and Xilinx Virtex 5, says the company.