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new products PC scope has four differential inputs The PicoScope 3425 is a PC oscilloscope from Pico Technology, that features four differential inputs, 12-bit precision, 5 MHz bandwidth and a high-speed USB 2.0 interface. A fully documented programming interface is included, with example programs in C, C++, Visual Basic, Excel and LabVIEW. The PicoScope 3425’s differential inputs allow a user to measure signals that are not referenced to ground, removing the need for expensive differential preampliﬁers and probes. Its maximum common-mode and differential ranges of 400 V make it suitable for capturing power waveforms from switch mode power supplies and motor inverters. It is also perfect for use in physics and biology laboratories, where its ability to reject commonmode noise allows it to pick up lowlevel differential signals from sensors. The PicoScope 3425 has 12-bit resolution and a 20 megasample per second sampling rate, allowing it to capture extremely detailed waveforms, and its input impedance of over 10 megaohms puts minimal load on the circuit under test. It is USB-powered and requires no external power supply. The PicoScope 6 software, included with the scope, can show multiple views of the signal with different offsets and scales, in addition to a range of automatic measurements. The scope’s timebase range is 500 nanoseconds to 5 seconds per division, and with its deep memory of 512 ksamples it can capture 26 milliseconds of data at its top sampling rate. \ A high-speed streaming mode allows the scope to capture large data sets limited only by the PC’s memory, and resolution enhance mode can boost the scope’s effective resolution to 16 bits. The software also has a spectrum analyzer mode that can show frequency- and time-domain data at the same time. www.picotech.com GPS module for precise timing U-blox has introduced the LEA-5T, a high performance, precision timing GPS module capable of a (compensated) time pulse accuracy of up to 15 ns. Needing just one satellite to operate, the LEA-5T is a cost-efﬁcient, compact and easy-to-integrate solution suited for telecom network synchronization such as UMTS, CDMA or the Chinese TD-CDMA, as well as for applications that need time-accurate data communication between geographically dispersed systems and devices such as NTP servers. The LEA-5T features a time mode function whereby the GPS receiver assumes a stationary position, which can be programmed manually or be determined by an initial self-survey. Stationary operation enables GPS timing with only one visible satellite and eliminates timing errors which otherwise result in positioning errors. The module is powered by the 50-channel, u-blox 5 positioning engine and an acquisition and tracking sensitivity of -160 dBm. www.u-blox.com 41 Hitex has introduced the Flex-XC-KIT that has been developed in close cooperation with Inﬁneon Technologies and Mixed Mode. The Flex-XC-KIT is suited for evaluation and veriﬁcation of FlexRay applications based on Inﬁneon’s XC2000 microcontroller family. Featured by extensive peripherals this 16-bit architecture is especially focused on complex gateway applications. Besides two evaluation boards with Inﬁneon XC2287 microcontroller and external SAKCIC310 FlexRay controller the kit includes a Hitex Tanto2 multiBUS analyzer and recorder for FlexRay and CAN, a Hitex TantinoXC with HiTOP IDE and debugger, power supply and cables, FlexRay example applications and documentation. www.hitex.com www.embedded.com/europe | embedded systems design europe | APRIL 2008 041_ESDE.indd 41 9/04/08 15:27:14 http://www.picotech.com http://www.u-blox.com http://www.hitex.com http://www.embedded.com/europe

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Embedded Systems Design Europe - April 2008 Contents Chip Industry Confronts 'Software' Gap Wind River's VxWorks OS Part of the nEUROn UCAV Demonstrator iSuppli Cuts Electronic Equipment Forecast Study Says GigE Vision Not Mature Chip Aids Wireless Health Monitoring Kontron Reports Strong Financial Growth Xilinx Completes Virtex-5 Line-Up French Project Builds Open Platform Home Automation Group Uses Enocean Radio Layer MIPs Adds Multi-Core Option to Portfolio Cover Feature: Next Gen Programmable Chips: Why Can't Hardware Be More Like Software? Improving Productivity & Quality With Domain-Specific Modeling Efficient CRC Calculation With Minimal Memory Footprint Do-It-Yourself Linux Embedded Development Tools Hardware/Software Verification Enters the Atomic Age New Products Advertising Contacts

Embedded Systems Design Europe - April 2008

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