dSPACE and Elektrobit have integrated tools to give developers of automotive electronic control unit (ECU) software a coordinated AUTOSAR modeling and simulation environment.

Digi launches industry's first 'foolproof' programmable ZigBee module with isolated software that speeds ZigBee development.

The Rabbit 6000 is the first wireless communications and control on chip for industrial automation. Rabbit plans easy-to-use, ultra-compact MiniCore networking modules based on new chip.

CMX Systems has announced the SSL/TLS (Secure Socket Layer/Transport Layer Security) Add-On for CMX's CMX-MicroNet and CMX-TCP/IP TCP/IP stacks.

A low cost starter kit for Energy Micro's EFM32 Gecko microcontroller family is now available. Priced at $69, the kit provides all the basic functionality a system developer needs to build energy efficient applications based on the 32-bit ARMCortex-M3-based EFM32 Gecko microcontrollers. The company claims the EFM32 Gecko MCUs consume less than a quarter of the energy of other 8-, 16- and 32-bit MCUs.

Few areas have the ability to turn the cold science of metrology into pure art as quickly as medical diagnostics, and few systems embody the essence of this art as the Radical-7 Signal Extraction Pulse-CO Oximeter from Masimo. We go deep inside to uncover some of the secrets and design choices, that transform a box of ICs into a cutting-edge, life-saving system.

As chip, software and system vendors gather to regale carriers at next week's Mobile World Conference, falling costs and proven viability will give many the courage to declare 2010 the year of the femtocell, and quietly, eagerly, put 2009 behind them.

Apple Inc.'s total costs for the iPad consumer electronics device is less than 50 percent of the proposed retail price, according to iSuppli Corp., giving the OEM ample flexibility on pricing if demand trails expectations when the product debuts in the next few months.

Apple Inc. has not said very much about its A4 processor. But it could represent a battleground for Imagination's PowerVR graphics versus the Mali graphics from local rival ARM.

The number of people who suffer from diabetes is growing. The CDC (Centers or Disease Control and Prevention) states that 23.6 million Americans had diabetes in 2007, with more cases every year.