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new products MXM adapter includes ATI E2400 graphics With the MICROSPACE PC/104-Express peripheral card MSMMX104EX, Digital Logic is offering a MXM type II adapter for the connection of a graphics module to the PCI/104-Express bus. MXM (Mobile PCI Express Module) is a common graphics standard for PCI Express, which allows for an easy change of the graphics as with desktop systems. The card (pictured) is connected to the PCI Express bus via a PEG slot (PCI Express for graphics) with 16 lanes. The adapter is equipped with an ATI E2400 MXM graphics module, a high-performance graphics processing unit which delivers exceptional 2D, 3D and multimedia graphics performance, and 256Mbyte video memory. Besides the MXM port there are two further interfaces for DVI-I (digital + analog), LVDS and TV-out on the peripheral card. Software support exists for Windows XP and Windows VISTA. A ﬂexible heat pipe solution coupled to a thermal interface is available which allows the housing to be used for cooling. MSMEC104EX peripheral card, an ExpressCard adapter for the PC/104 Express bus. ExpressCard is a computer hardware standard replacing PC cards, both developed by the Personal Computer Memory Card International Association. The adapter card supports two form factors, ExpressCard/34 (34mm wide) and ExpressCard/54 (54mm wide, L-shaped). It can be used for TV tuner, GSM, GPS, SCSI, and SATA cards. Using standard pass-through connectors the board can be used either above or below other PCI104 modules. It is connected to the PCI Express bus via one lane. Software support exists for Windows XP and Windows VISTA. Hot plug support depends on the used BIOS/operating system. The ExpressCard requires a 5V power supply and supports advanced APCI power management capabilities. www.digitallogic.ch The MXM adapter has dimensions of 90mm x 96mm x 17mm (W x L x H) and a weight of 120grams. It requires a 5V and 12/3A power supply and operates within the standard temperature range of –20°C to +70°C. The mean time between failures) is speciﬁed with over 100,000 hours. Digital Logic has also released the Platform speeds development of machine vision sensors LMI Technologies, Inc. has developed a modular vision sensor platform of hardware and software components under its FireSync brand. The system eases integration of components into a scalable machine vision system along with microsecond synchronisation. The FireSync platform enables the development of a single uniﬁed design for building vision applications ranging from smart sensors to complex web scanning systems anywhere from speciﬁcation to ﬁnal assembly. According to LMI it solves the classic problem of synchronisation between lighting, camera and processing components and allows developing a fully scalable design. The platform consists of a number of integrated OEM hardware and software components. Components include sensor controllers, camera and embedded sensors, machine vision software, industrial computers, lighting and others. Components selected can be conﬁgured in a number of different ways, depending on the need and application. With high performance image streaming, these components are combined with proportional/functional control of sub-components, the synchronisation of image collection to within microsecond accuracy, simple cabling and impressive stitching. The platform uses of high speed SERDES chipsets gives the sensor controller the capability to offer images of up to four CMOS-camera channels to stream data to the FireSync M200 sensor controller at speeds up to 320 Mbytes/s. Besides the four different independent camera channels, the FireSync system includes support for pre-processing, DSP algorithms and Gigabit networking. The sensor controller precisely controls the camera light and DSP functions. Once de-serialised, image data is transferred directly to host memory, compressed through processing by the DSP and transferred to PC systems over Gigabit Ethernet for further distribution and reduction. High speed CMOS cameras have from VGA to Mexapixel resolution, the pulsed laser and LED sources provide for maximum lumen output at low duty cycles for long life and the Network routing control allows for ﬂexible control of large scale and distributed topography. www.lmitechnologies.com 41 www.embedded.com/europe | embedded systems design europe | AUGUST SEPTEMBER 2008 041_ESDE.indd 41 29/08/08 10:59:30 http://www.digitallogic.ch http://www.lmitechnologies.com http://www.embedded.com/europe

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Embedded Systems Design Europe - August/September 2008 Contents TI Overhauls DSP Lineup, Adds 15 Processors QNX Publishes Source Code for File System Congatec to Take on Proprietary Market Swiss Multicore Project Wins Microsoft Grant OpenCores Bundles Development Tool ARM Compiler Boosts Freescale i.MX31 LabVIEW Updated for Multicore and Wireless Cover Feature: Interactive Tool Supports Multiprocessor SoC Design Wanted: Benchmaking for Embedded VMM Hypervisors Graphical Design Empowers Spider Robots Building a Power Supply for Discontinuous Transmission Wireless Networks RTOS Selection & Best Practices Achieving Cache Coherence in a MIPS32 Multicore Design New Products Advertising Contacts

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