Start with the news release EASA certifies avionics unit with Altera processor from Altera, which we summarised at the time by saying "The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has certified a safety-critical avionics system that includes a DO-254/ED-80-certifiable version of Altera's Nios II embedded processor.". Several months prior to that, we featured the news release SoC ICs for cable and terrestrial set-top boxes from ST Microelectronics: "STMicroelectronics has unveied the STi7162 and STi5262, two System-on-Chip ICs allowing standard-definition (SD) or high-definition (HD) equipment to share the same printed-circuit-board (PCB) design.".
 
In December 2010, we covered the news from Mistral Solutions - take a look at Development board for HMI/automotive applications which says: "Mistral Solutions has announced Craneboard, a low-cost ARM-based development board that offers designers a fully open-source printed circuit board (PCB) and design to reduce development costs.".
 
Take a look also at the news release from Stemmer Imaging, FPGA-based frame grabbers for image acquisition, as well as Connector system for engine control units and more from Molex, and GTK offers customisable 27-colour LCD module from GTK.