CONTENTS: September 1, 2004

• Best of the Web - Featured Sites
  • News Summary - Top News
    • Top News of the Month
    • Fall Shows, On and Off the Internet
  • Cool New Web Sites
  • Conference Calendar

August is typically a slow news month, but this August had more than its share of important electronic design announcements. Green Hills Software , for example, announced version 5.0 of its velOSity microkernel and INTEGRITY RTOS. Significant additions in velOSity and INTEGRITY 5.0 include enhancements for automotive, resource-constrained and multiprocessing applications and support for easier porting from legacy kernels. Release here . National Instruments rounded off their annual 'NI Week' in Austin, with a number of important announcements -

• Four Low-Cost, Simultaneous-Sampling DAQ Devices
• LabVIEW Goes Embedded with New CompactRIO Platform
• NI Introduces the Next Generation of Multifunction Data Acquisition Devices
• New Family of National Instruments USB Devices Offers Portable Data Acquisition
  • All NI releases, here .

Circuit Cellar and Cypress Microsystems announced their PSoC High Integration Challenge 2004 . The contest pays over $12,000 in prizes, and uses the Cypress MicroSystems PSoC™ device (CY8C2xxxx devices). One of the nifty features is a free ' design kit ,' available from the site.

Finally, I-Logix and Keil Software announced UML Design with Rhapsody and │Vision . The two companies have produced a free Webinar on the product, which allows you to learn about UML and its advantages for embedded design, based on an 8051 target.

> To browse all industry news , for the last thirty days, click here .

Fall is show season, this year more than most. There are both real-world events, as well as online webinars and seminars. Some of the most interesting - Intel Developer Forum , Sept. 7-9, San Francisco, CA (Learn about Intel communications, embedded and PC technologies); Portable Power , Sept. 12-14, San Francisco, CA (Learn about mobile and power-reducing technologies); and, of course, Embedded Systems Conf. , Sept. 13-16, Boston, MA (Learn about embedded and network security).

On the Internet, as well, September is a great month for conferences. Don't miss Techonline's M16C VirtuaLab & Design Challenge on Sept. 8, a forum to learn about the M16C architecture and compete for a $1000.00 First Prize, as well as smaller prizes and T-Shirts. Quick links to check for upcoming Webinars are:

• Techonline Calendar - upcoming events from the leader in Webinars for the embedded and DSP design communities.
• Netseminars Calendar - online Webinars from CMP , focused more on the enterprise and networking spaces than embedded systems per se.
• Webinar Calendar at eg3.com - our comprehensive list of online Webinars, both from the media above as well as independent vendor events.

eg3.com 's mission is to research, identify, and promote cool new Web resources - white papers, demo's, seminar's, free code. etc. Here are the top new Web sites we have found in the last month. EDN released their venerable Microprocessor Field Guide , a comprehensive guide to all available microprocessors. If you are an EDN subscriber, it arrived as the 8/5/2004 issue - if not, use the PDF Web version.

We also found some very good online tutorials - FPGA's vs. ASIC's - What are the Trade Off's , AdvancedTCA Overview , and A Step-By-Step Guide to Developing USB I/O Devices among others.

Amongst technology trends, keep your eye on RFID. We found two good resources on RFID - RFID , a new book just released, and RFID News , a news portal. Perhaps this will spur your mind to new ways that RFID can be used in imaginative embedded technologies.

> To browse all 'best of the web' sites, for the last thirty days, click here .

( conference, 5 stars ) - 9/7/2004, San Francisco

Intel Developer Forum
Intel Developer Forum is THE event for Intel-based design, both embedded and non-embedded. Meet with vendors, attend technical sessions, and network with other ee's focused on the Intel Architectures.

( conference, 4 stars ) - 9/8/2004, Stockholm

International Conference on Hardware/Software Codesign
The IEEE/ACM/IFIP International Conference on Hardware/Software Codesign and System Synthesis (CODES+ISSS 2004) is the premier event in design of embedded systems hardware, software and tools.

( conference, 5 stars ) - 9/12/2004, San Francisco

Portable Power Conference
There are conferences that focus on portable product design, on computing, on wireless communications, on power management, on electronic components, on battery technology, and on fuel cell technology, Portable Power Conference & Expo is the only conference that brings all the constituencies together to address every aspect of power.

( conference, 4 stars ) - 9/12/2004, Santa Clara

IEEE International SOC Conference
Driven by the rapid growth of the Internet, communication technologies, pervasive computing, and wireless and portable consumer electronics, Systems-On-Chip (SOC) has become a dominant issue in today's ASIC industry. SOCs have created new challenges in Design Methods, Design Tools, Design Automation, Manufacturing, Technology, and Test.

( conference, 5 stars ) - 9/12/2004, Santa Clara

IEEE International ASIC/SOC conference
The IEEE International ASIC/SOC Conference has been a major forum for designers to exchange information, gain new knowledge and network with others in the field. The conference theme will be System-on-Chip in a Networked World. The conference will have three days of technical paper sessions, one day of tutorial workshops by leading experts in the field, and keynote sessions by the foremost leaders in the field.

( conference, 5 stars ) - 9/13/2004, New York

SpeachTEK Conference
Mega site - of both a conference and a major publication on Speech technology. SpeechTEK is the annual worldwide gathering of the minds and markets in speech technology. It is a once-a-year opportunity to meet and interact with the global network of vendors and enterprise customers who are developing and implementing speech solutions.

( conference, 5 stars ) - 9/13/2004, Boston

Embedded Systems Conferences
The PREMIER real-world event for embedded systems developers. Held in the Spring on the West Coast (San Francisco), and Fall on the East Coast (Boston). If you are an embedded designers, this is the MECCA you must visit at least once!

( conference, 5 stars ) - 9/27/2004, Santa Clara

GSPx & International Signal Processing Conference
This event is addressing the need of the industry and academia for an event presenting signal processing enabled applications. I am delighted to announce that the first ISPC has received over 560 submissions from more than 40 countries; the review committee selectednearly 400 of them for presentation.

( conference, 4 stars ) - 9/28/2004, Miami

CDMA America's Conference
With more than 120 networks in commercial operation on six continents, 2004 promises to be an exciting year for CDMA - and for the CDMA Americas Congress. The Americas Congress is the largest annual conference for the North and Latin American CDMA communities. The event annually attracts more than 1,400 delegates from over 30 countries worldwide.

( conference, 5 stars ) - 10/3/2004, Orlando

IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference
The IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference is the premier conference for information on leading-edge analog and digital circuits. CICC is dedicated to IC development, showcasing original, first published technical work and innovative circuit techniques that tackle practical problems.

( conference, 4 stars ) - 10/4/2004, Manchester

PCB Design Conference
PCB Design Conferences is devoted exclusively to PCB design issues. Topics include: High Speed * EMC * PCB Design Techniques * Design For Manufacture * Design Engineering * Data Transfer * PCB Materials * Manufacturing Technology * Packaging Technology * Career Development * PCB Routers * 2D Field Solvers * New PCB Materials High Speed Design For Manufacture.

( conference, 5 stars ) - 10/4/2004, San Jose

Fall Processor Forum (Formerly Microprocessor Forum / Embedded Processor Forum)
Microprocessor Forum and Embedded Processor Forum have now been combined into one forum to be held twice a year. The combined conference will now be called Fall Processor Forum and Spring Processor Forum. We at In-Stat/MDR are excited about the new direction of these two highly respected conferences.

( conference, 4 stars ) - 10/5/2004, Houston

ISA 2004
ISA 2004 is the premier conference and exhibition for instrumentation, systems, and automation professionals in North America. More than 25,000 visitors seeking the latest technologies, products, and practices will participate in ISA 2003. Share your vision and industry expertise with colleagues from all over the world.

( conference, 4 stars ) - 10/13/2004, Birmingham

Embedded Systems Show (United Kingdom)
The UK's premier event for electronic system design and embedded software development. ESS, now in its 8th year, continues to offer design management and engineers the opportunity to see first hand the newest products and meet with the technical support behind them.

> To browse all 'conferences' , click here .

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