
‘Ethernet Mac’
An Electronicstalk guide
Start with the news release Sencity Link bridges now available in the UK from Huber and Suhner, which we summarised at the time by saying "Huber and Suhner has brought its Sencity Link SL60 wireless Ethernet bridge technology - ideal for use in towns and city centres, conservation areas or near to listed buildings - to the UK.". Several months prior to that, we featured the news release ATCA platforms support all-IP networks from Kontron: "Kontron has rolled out an updated program that features two new carrier-grade, 14-slot 10G and 40G ATCA platforms: the Kontron Open Modular Core OM9141-10G and Open Modular Core OM9141-40G.".
In February 2011, we covered the news from IAR Systems - take a look at Evaluation and prototyping kit for Kinetis MCUs which says: "IAR Systems has released an IAR Kickstart kit for Freescale Semiconductor's ARM Cortex-M4-based Kinetis microcontrollers (MCUs) that are compatible with the Freescale Tower System development system.".
Take a look also at the news release from Advantech, Single-board computers based on i7 processors, as well as Lattice IP suites for electronic system designers from Lattice Semiconductor, and Media filters suit laptop and notebook computers from Tyco Electronics.
Latest stories...
Touch-panel computers for monitoring and control (February 2011)
National Instruments (NI) has launched a range of touch-panel computers with an extended operating temperature range based on the 1.33GHz Intel Atom processor for harsh industrial applications.
Congatec module for demanding gaming applications (February 2011)
Congatec has launched a COM Express product line based on the AMD Embedded G-series platform that is suitable for graphics-demanding embedded computing applications.
Conga-BM67 for intense graphics applications (February 2011)
Congatec has extended its Intel processor-based COM Express product range with the Conga-BM67 module for gaming, medical, automation and digital signage applications.
Appliance helps build network-security systems (February 2011)
American Portwell Technology's CAR-5010 network appliance can be used for building high-end network-security solutions and high-performance computing applications.
Embedded board made for in-vehicle infotainment (February 2011)
Axiomtek's CAPA801 embedded board is made for in-vehicle infotainment, industrial control, automation, gaming, medical devices, self-serve terminal, digital signage and fanless devices.
Microcontrollers enable communications systems (January 2011)
Microchip Technology is offering the 32-bit PIC32MX5/6/7 microcontrollers for applications in the communications, industrial/medical, consumer/appliance and automotive sectors.
Prelink makes data-network installation simpler (January 2011)
Harting Ha-VIS prelink is a new installation concept for data-network cabling, based on the ISO/IEC 11801 standard, to simplify cabling and save installation time when integrating office IT systems.
Quantum Composers launches current pulse generator (January 2011)
Quantum Composers has released the model 9730 series current pulse generator, designed for use in pyrotechnics work for the automobile, safety, propulsion, defence and aerospace industries.
Further reading
- MCUs have Ethernet MACs and open source stacks
Free Ethernet stacks allow eCOG microcontrollers to address specific size and performance points. - FPGAs run industrial Ethernet MAC core
A triple-speed Ethernet medium access control IP core supports the IEEE1588 standard for precision clock synchronisation.

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