Friday, April 30, 2010
Microsoft embeddedSpark Summer Challenge Opens
The Microsoft embeddedSPARK 2010 Challenge is now open with designs due June 8. The winner will receive a cash prize of $15000, $5000 for second and $1000 for third. The top three will present at the Embedded Systems Conference in Boston this Fall.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
New Cypress Microcontroller Features Onboard PLD

Saturday, April 17, 2010
Musical Instrument Amplifier Embeds a PC Inside
Orange Amps' new OPC, a combined PC and Amplifier is designed for Guitar, Keyboard, microphones and more. It includes WIFI and Guitar Effects software and will be available in June 2010. This could have a lot of uses for musicians, you could pair this with a USB MIDI controller for drums, keyboard, or wind instruments. It will be a nice compliment to USB programmable guitar effects. If successful, it will create more demand for PC connectivity in audio electronics.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Camera 2.0 Open-Source Digital Camera Project
This open-source project is being developed to help researcher gain more control of camera processing. Another open-source camera project, the Canon Hack Development Kit, allows some control through a series of enhancements, but according to the Frankencamera FAQ: "you can't use them to reprogram the camera's pre-capture sequence (metering and focusing) or to replace its post-processing algorithms (demosaicing, denoising, sharpening, white balancing, tone mapping, etc). The Frankencamera fills this gap"
The brains of the Frankencamera include a TI OMAP3 processor, an Aptina MT9P031 image sensor and an Elphel 10338 sensor board.
If the popularity of the CHDK is any indication, the Frankencamera is sure to have a cult following.
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