Computer Design Automation

How to use on-target rapid prototyping (Embedded Systems Programming Magazine)

8 Oct 2008

Your new algorithm does the job on a real-time, rapid prototyping computer but will it work on your actual target, a highly complex automotive electronic control unit? On-target rapid prototyping, an emerging trend in embedded systems development, may provide the answer.

X86 SBCs run Linux (Linux Devices)

8 Oct 2008

— Sep. 27, 2008 — Sanyan is shipping an Intel-based ATX motherboard and an AMD-based single-board computer (SBC), both of which run Linux. The T601 ATX board has a Core 2 Duo clocked to 1.6GHz, and the T502 SBC offers an AMD Geode LX clocked to 500MHz, says the company. ...

CPU module has FPGA onboard (Linux Devices)

8 Oct 2008

— Sep. 27, 2008 — TQ Components released a 2.95 by 2.4-inch computer module with a Freescale i.MX31 SoC (system on chip) and Altera FPGA (field programmable gate array). The TQMa31 runs Linux, with 256MB of RAM, 1 GB of flash, plus CAN, I2C, SPI and serial interfaces, says TQ.