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Altera Corporation has joined the Embedded Vision Alliance (EVA), an industry group that brings together providers of the technology used to create practical applications of computer vision. Altera will offer the group its insights on programmable logic technologies that enable systems designers to use FPGAs, SoCs, IP, and design tools for embedded vision applications in the industrial, surveillance, automotive, military, broadcasting and consumer sectors.

Molex Incorporated has introduced the Impel backplane connector system for use with Molex’s Backplane Pin Map Configurator. This future-proof connector solution provides equipment manufacturers with the ability to have systems operate at today’s data-rates and costs, while providing a migration path for enhancements in the same chassis through Impel daughtercard options.

andersDX and its subsidiary TinyGreenPC have extended their digital signage media player portfolio, introducing a low cost, high end, professional based unit, hosted on a low cost Raspberry Pi computer. The new player complements the andersDX portfolio of x86 and ARM based players, and offers a hardware platform supporting Signagelive, INSM and Open Splash content management systems for below £300.

The display specialist Ginsbury has announced the introduction of a new advanced LCD controller from display interface solutions provider Digital View. The SVX-2560 LCD controller is a full-featured control solution designed for professional display systems. The SVX-2560 is designed to drive LCD panels up to 2560 × 1600 and will also drive large OLED panels.

Exar Corporation, a supplier of high-performance integrated circuits and system solutions, has introduced the XR75100, a new 40V capable switching controller in its line of DC-DC power conversion products. The XR75100 Synchronous Step-Down Controller supports point-of-load (POL) supplies from industrial 24VDC and 24VAC rectified sources.

B&B Electronics, a specialist in the development of mission-critical network connectivity products, has introduced the Wzzard Intelligent Sensing Platform. Wzzard is a complete wireless sensor connectivity platform intended for the rapid deployment of scalable, intelligent, reliable Internet of Things (IoT) networking in remote and demanding environments. Wzzard was designed to help integrators, VARs and service providers efficiently develop and deploy secure, smart, self-powered, and scalable IoT applications.

Conrad Business Supplies has been selected as an authorised distributor for the UDOO prototyping board that has been designed to provide a powerful and flexible environment in which users can explore Android, Linux, Arduino and Google ADK applications and begin projects with ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT) functionality. The UDOO project was successfully funded through the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter, raising funds from over 4,000 backers.

L2Tek, a manufacturers' representative and distributor of components for professional video and high-speed communications systems, is making available Semtech's GS6140 - the industry's lowest power adaptive cable equalizer that also delivers best-in-class cable reach at 6G UHD-SDI data rates without sacrificing its performance to equalize and restore received signals.

Fairview Microwave, a supplier of on-demand microwave and RF products, has announced their new line of single-channel/single-axis and single-channel/multi-axis RF Rotary Joints. RF rotary joints are needed wherever RF signals have to be transmitted between stationary and moving parts of a system, commonly used in commercial and military radar, land-mobile-radio communications and anti-missile defense applications.

Rutronik is now stocking two new miniaturized infrared receivers (IR) TSDP34138/56 and TSDP34338/56 from Vishay that have been designed specifically for low-speed data transmission. They are optimised for low-complexity, low-cost signalling in metering, sensor, automation and gaming applications.