Raspberry Pi 3 moves to 64bits with ARM Cortex-A53 - video

By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk

The third generation Raspberry Pi has moved to 64bits and adds both Bluetooth and WiFi.

The Raspberry Pi 3 has ten times the performance of the original board and is based on the Broadcom BCM2837 SoC, which includes an ARM Cortex-A53 quad-core processor running at 1.2GHz, alongside a BCM43438 combo connectivity device, which provides 802.11b/g/n wireless LAN, Bluetooth Classic and Bluetooth Low Energy. BCM2837 integrates a dual-core VideoCore IV multimedia coprocessor, which provides:

·       1.2Gpixels/s of fill rate, 1.8Gtexel/s of texturing rate
·       29GFLOPs of shader compute throughput
·       OpenGL ES 1.1/2.0 support
·       1080p60 hardware video decoding
·       1080p30 hardware video encoding
·       A hardware image sensor pipeline

The board is manufactured by RS Components http://uk.rs-online.com/web/generalDisplay.html?id=raspberrypi and http://www.alliedelec.com/raspberry-pi/ and is aimed at embedded industrial applications, in homes and in schools and colleges worldwide. 

Building upon the phenomenal success of its predecessors - the Raspberry Pi 1 Model B+ http://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/processor-microcontroller-development-kits/8111284/ and Raspberry Pi 2 Model B http://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/processor-microcontroller-development-kits/832-6274/ - the Raspberry Pi 3 has significantly upgraded processing capabilities to deliver 50% more performance than Raspberry Pi 2 and approximately ten times more than the original Raspberry Pi 1, allowing it to run even higher-end applications.

The Raspberry Pi 3 boots from a micro SD card and uses the NOOBS (New Out Of the Box Software) installation manager. The standard Raspbian operating system install comes bundled with a range of productivity applications, and programming tools including Node-RED; this visual tool provides support for wiring together hardware devices, APIs and online services, making the board ideal for the rapid development and prototyping of IoT projects.

It has the same footprint as previous Raspberry Pi incarnations - with its credit-card-sized dimensions of 85 x 56 x 17mm - the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B retains many of the same features and capabilities of the previous generation. These include: a 40-pin GPIO (General Purpose Input Output) connector; four USB connector port; full-HD HDMI; 10/100 Ethernet; 3.5mm audio jack and composite video; camera (CSI-2) and display (DSI) interfaces; and micro-SD card slot. Power input to the board is via its micro-USB socket requiring an external, plug-in power supply unit (PSU).

"We are unveiling the third-generation Raspberry Pi four years to the day after the launch of the original Raspberry Pi board on February 29, 2012," said Eben Upton, founder of Raspberry Pi. "It also marks the four-year anniversary of our highly successful relationship with RS and Allied, which have played a significant role in its success as leading and trusted sources of products, technologies and information for professional engineers, hobbyists and those looking to make their first steps into the work of programming."

"Raspberry Pi has taken another important step in its evolution," said Lindsley Ruth, Chief Executive Officer at Electrocomponents. "Based on the robust and well proven combination of hardware and software of the Raspberry Pi platform, this latest generation board delivers even more processing power together with embedded wireless connectivity, plus software to make it easy for businesses or individuals to develop applications for the Internet of Things. RS and Allied are honoured to once again embark upon another new chapter as a distribution partner for the Raspberry Pi Foundation."

The new Raspberry Pi 3 offered by RS and Allied is manufactured exclusively in the UK under licence by the distributor. A Raspberry Pi 3 Compute Module I/O Board will also be available shortly from RS and Allied, enabling OEMs to develop their own Raspberry Pi 3 based solutions for many industrial applications.

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Atmel launches new TinyAVR in a bid to protect product line in Microchip acquistion

By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk

Atmel has launched what it says is the world’s highest performing, low power, 8-bit MCUs with 1kB Flash memory. 

The new ATtiny102/104 MCUs runs up to 12MIPS and integrate features previously only available in larger more expensive MCUs, aiming at smaller applications including logic replacement and the latest cost-optimised applications in the consumer, industrial and home automation markets.

The move appears to be an attempt to protect the AVR product line with the impending acquisition by Microchip. Microchip's PIC range of 8bit microcontrollers is also popular in the the same markets and it is distinctly possible that the AVR range will become a victim of the merging of the product lines. A spokesperson for Atmel declined to comment on the future of the line as the acquisition has not been completed.   

The majority of today’s 8-bit market growth is coming from applications that previously only required discrete components. With many of these new applications requiring simple intelligent functions including timing, motor control or on/off functionality, 8-bit MCUs are becoming an essential feature for the personal healthcare, small kitchen appliance and consumer markets, says Atmel. 

As a result the ATtiny102/104 AVRs integrate features such as self-programming for firmware upgrades; non-volatile data storage; accurate internal oscillator to provide more reliable motor control; high-speed serial communication with USART; operating voltages ranging from 1.8V to 5.5V, 10-bit ADC with internal voltage references; and sleep currents at less than 100nA in power down mode with SRAM retention.

“Atmel has already sold more units of its 8-bit AVR core-based MCUs than the 7.4 billion people on Earth,” said Oyvind Strom, Sr. Director of MCUs at Atmel. “We continue to expand our AVR portfolio with the new ATtiny102/104 8-bit MCUs. These are the first two devices in our new tinyAVR portfolio that are packed with features optimized for tiny, compact MCU systems such as LED lighting, fan control and other small applications.”

Key Features for Atmel's 8-bit tinyAVR MCUs

• 1kB Flash / 32bytes SRAM
• 8- and 14-pin packages down to 2mm x 3mm in size
• Up to 12 MIPS at 12MHz
• Self-programmable Flash
• Accurate (±3%) Internal oscillator
• Multiple calibrated internal voltage references (1.1V, 2.2V, 4.3V)
• 10-bytes Unique ID (serial number)
• USART
• 10 bit ADC and analog comparator
• 1.8V to 5.5V voltage range
• -40°C to +105°C  and -40°C to +125°C temperature ranges

Development Kits and Ecosystem

To accelerate the design process, Atmel offers a low-cost Xplained Nano evaluation kit available for only $4.44 USD in the Atmel Store. The new kit includes a board with an ATtiny104, embedded programmer, access to all I/O, one push button and one LED. The ATtiny102/104 are supported by Atmel’s development ecosystem, including Atmel Studio 7, the integrated development environment (IDE) for developing and debugging both Cortex-M and AVR applications. 

Engineering samples are available today with mass production samples scheduled for May 2016.  

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Dedicated USB Type-C flash drive marks maturing of connector

By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk

SanDisk has launched its first dedicated USB Type-C flash drive, pushing up read speeds to 150Mbit/s.

The company had already launched a dual drive that combined a USB Type-C and the existing Type-A connector, but the dedicated Ultra USB Type-C (USB-C) flash drive is designed specifically for next-generation devices and marks the maturing of the Type-C connector.

The need for a dual device came from the difference between the incompatible Type-A and Type-C connectors, while the underlying embedded controller for USB3.1 is the same for all the drives.

The first dedicated USB Type-C flash drive from SanDisk 

“We expect to see many new USB Type-C supported devices released in 2016,” Dinesh Bahal, vice president of product marketing at SanDisk. “As more consumers purchase ultra-mobile PCs, smartphones and tablets that feature this new, more advanced USB standard, it is critical to offer a complete ecosystem of compatible products. New offerings, like the USB Type-C Flash Drive, will give consumers the capabilities they’ve come to expect from traditional Type A ports, but with the added benefit of better performance.” 

 The new SanDisk Ultra USB Type-C Flash Drive is available in up to 128GB and delivers USB 3.1 performance of up to 150MB/s read speed, making it SanDisk’s fastest and highest capacity USB Type-C offering. The USB drive features a slim, retractable design to protect the reversible connector and is compatible with the SanDisk Memory Zone app for Android. The app, which is available for free through the Google Play Store, auto-launches upon insertion of the drive into a compatible device, allowing immediate access to the user’s content and easy file management3.

“USB Type-C connectors could be a game-changer, as they offer significant benefits to consumers, such as a slim design and reversible plug orientation," said IDC research VP Shane Rau. "We’ve already seen a considerable increase over the past year when the connector began showing up on new products from major devices manufacturers. As demand increases, we expect more and more solutions to hit the market, such as the SanDisk Ultra USB Type-C Flash Drive.”

The drives have a five-year warranty and come in capacities of 16GB, 32GB, 64GB and 128GB with U.S. MSRPs of $19.99, $29.99, $49.99 and $79.99, respectively.

Sony has launched a dual Type-A and Type-C drive that ships this month

Several flash drive makers, including SanDisk, already have dual drives that combine the Typee-A and Type-C connectors. Sony last month launched its USB CA1-series with 130MB/s read transfer speeds and densities up to 64Gbytes. The sleek connector is tailored to fit multiple devices such as your smartphone, yet robust enough to also fit a tablet and laptop for quick sharing and easy back up. The drive is available this month.

Lexar also launched a dual JumpDrive, the M20c, last year. This has read speeds up to 150Mbit/s and write of 60Mbit/s for its highest density 64GByte drive.

SanDisk already had a dual Type-C and Type-A drive

Kingston Digital, the Flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology, last year also launched its DataTraveler microDuo 3C USB Flash drive that combined both USB Type-A and Type-C connectors. This provides up to 64GB of extra storage with read speeds up to 100MB/s and write speeds up to 15MB/s. 

Kingston Digital's dual Type-A and Type-C drive

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Semtech delivers LoRaWAN IoT networking via ARM's mbed dev tool

By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk

Semtech has teamed up with ARM to provide the LoRaWAN shields and platforms through ARM's mbed development tools for low power, long range IoT nodes. 

The LoRaWAN end-device source code, standardized by the LoRa Alliance, is also available through mbed simplifying device prototyping and accelerating the development of Internet of Things (IoT) applications. 

By offering a tool that comes pre-installed with editable source code, the LoRa-equipped mbed platform allows developers to easily develop IoT applications and connect to LoRaWAN gateways. This gives developers and other interested parties the tools necessary to test the capabilities of LoRa RF technology and create IoT solutions.

“The easy-to-use, free online development platform from ARM combined with our LoRa transceiver improves the access for developers who want to explore the benefits and capabilities of LoRa,” said Hardy Schmidbauer, Director of Wireless for Semtech’s Wireless, Sensing and Timing Product Group. “By creating a more accessible tool, we anticipate even more realized IoT applications in the near future.”

The mbed supported NAMote72 platform is integrated with Semtech’s SX1272 LoRa transceiver and a STMicroelectronics STM32L1 series ultra-low-power MCU. This tool is designed for the 915MHz frequency band and includes a front-end module that can test the technology limits at the highest allowable regulatory output power. In addition to the NAMote72, Semtech and ARM released two LoRa and mbed enabled shields, the SX1276MB1MAS and SX1276LB1LAS, based on Semtech’s SX1276 transceiver. These tools, designed for the ISM frequency bands of Europe and China (SX1276MB1MAS) and North America (SX1276LB1LAS), give developers source code to enable RF tests, simple point-to-point communication and other device compatibility. The mbed shields plug into any mbed microcontroller development platforms from STMicroelectronics, NXP and others.

“The ARM mbed platform enables developers to quickly and easily create commercial, standards-based IoT solutions,” said Zach Shelby, vice president of marketing, IoT business at ARM. “By integrating ARM mbed technology with Semtech’s LoRa transceivers we are providing developers with the tools to use the standards-based LoRaWAN technology. We look forward to seeing Semtech utilize mbed technology to streamline and rollout IoT applications at scale.”

LoRaWAN LPWANs will be deployed for Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and Embedded World in Nuremberg, Germany. The ARM mbed IoT Device Platform will be displayed at the LoRa Alliance and Semtech booths to showcase its functionality with the live LoRaWAN network.

·        Product information:

• NAMote72
• SX1276MB1xAS
• SX1272
• SX1276

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Atmel moves IoT security into hardware

By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk

Platform enables hardware crypto acceleration in IoT 

• Supports OpenSSL and wolfSSL TLS implementations for hardware key protection and Secure Execution Environments
• Accelerates core cryptographic processes with Co-Processor in  IoT Edge Nodes Applications
• Pre-loaded with Unique Keys and Certificates to Reduce Complexities in Manufacturer Supply Chains

Atmel, currently being acquired by MIcrochip, has launched the industry’s first hardware interface library for TLS stacks used in Internet of Things (IoT) edge node applications. 

Hardening is a method used for reducing security risks to a system by applying additional hardware security layers and eliminating vulnerable software. Atmel’s new Hardware-TLS (HW-TLS) platform provides an API that allows TLS packages to use hardware key storage and cryptographic acceleration even in small, resource constrained edge node designs. HW-TLS is pre-loaded with unique keys and certificates designed to reduce the complexities of generating secure keys in the manufacturing supply chain.

TLS protocol stack (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

OpenSSL is a general-purpose cryptography library that provides an open-source implementation of the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and TLS protocols. wolfSSL is a cryptography library that provides lightweight, portable security solutions with a focus on speed and size. The ATECC508A-OpenSSL and ATECC508A-wolfSSL libraries are available for immediate download at their respective software distribution repositories to provide more secure elements without disruption to the developer workflow.  

Secure hardening for both OpenSSL and wolfSSL is made possible with HW-TLS which allows those TLS software packages to interface seamlessly with Atmel's ATECC508A CryptoAuthentication co-processor. The ATECC508A provides protected key storage as well as hardware acceleration of Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) cipher suites including mutual authentication (ECDSA) and Diffie-Hellman key agreement (ECDH). As such, HW-TLS allows developers to substantially harden Transport Layer Security (TLS), enhancing security for IoT-device and cloud-service ecosystems.

When used together, HW-TLS and the ATECC508A allow small, low-cost IoT nodes to implement strong cryptographic security. All private keys, certificates and other sensitive security data used for authentication are stored in secure hardware and protected against software, hardware and back-door attacks. In addition, the integrated ECC accelerators in the ATECC508A offload cryptographic code and math from the MCU allowing even a low end processor to perform strong authentication.

“Everyone with an interest in IoT security should be excited about Atmel HW-TLS with wolfSSL,” said Larry Stefonic, CEO, wolfSSL. “The combination of our secure software and Atmel’s new chips brings TLS performance and security to a level unrivaled in the industry. Atmel’s HW-TLS platform also makes it easier than ever for developers to incorporate truly hardened security into our TLS stack.”

With the rise of the IoT, security has become a pressing topic because autonomous remote devices are now routinely connecting to wireless networks to form complex smart-device and cloud-service ecosystems. As a result, autonomous smart IoT devices constitute a significant part of those networks and must be able to authenticate themselves to the network resources to maintain the integrity of the ecosystem. In addition, these remote, resource-constrained clients must be able to perform this authentication using minimal processing, memory and power.

Traditionally, TLS performed authentication and stored private keys in software. The Atmel Hardware-TLS platform closes the vulnerability gap in this arrangement by offloading the crucial key management responsibility to dedicated, tamper-resistant secure elements such as the ATECCC508A CryptoAuthentication device. In addition, the intensive crypto algorithms are processed in the CryptoAuthentication device, offloading the MCU on the remote devices and enabling the IoT edge node to authenticate to the cloud without a user-perceptible delay.Furthermore, Atmel Hardware-TLS comes as a complete platform pre-loaded with unique keys and certificates for eliminating the complexities of adding secure keys to each device in a manufacturing supply chain.

“With more and more remote devices being connected to the cloud every day in the era of the IoT, it becomes increasingly critical to ensure these devices are not vulnerable to attack,” said Nicolas Schieli, Sr. Director, Secure Products Group, Atmel. “Such devices can be entirely secure only when they are hardware secure, meaning the ‘secret’ keys are stored in a separate hardware unit. We are excited to bring this innovation to market, enabling device manufacturers that need to connect to the cloud to take advantage of hardware security.”

The Atmel Hardware-TLS platform complements Atmel Certified-ID, a seamless and secure keys provisioning platform for creating trusted Internet identities for smart connected devices.

Availability

Atmel Hardware-TLS: http://www.atmel.com/tools/Atmel-HW-TLS.aspx  

OpenSSL: https://wiki.openssl.org/index.php/Binaries

wolfSSL: https://wolfssl.com/wolfSSL/Home.html

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SanDisk moves automotive smart storage features into industrial and IoT

By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk

SanDisk has developed remote monitoring capabilities for its SD cards for the connected car market that it is also moving into the industrial market for the Internet of Things (IoT). The new cards, with densities up to 64Gbytes, includes a suite of built-in smart features that enhance reliability and allow original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to better manage their storage in data-intensive environments

“The ‘Internet of Things’ is the most dynamic force to impact the automotive and industrial markets in a decade, driving exciting new opportunities for connectivity as well as new challenges for how to store, process and manage the data it creates,” said Oded Sagee, senior director of connected solutions at SanDisk. “Our newest SanDisk Automotive and SanDisk Industrial flash storage solutions are ideal for connected applications in these markets, offering exceptional dependability and performance as well as new smart features that enable our OEM customers to better maximize their storage.”

The new SD card has enhanced power failure protection, a memory health status monitor, OEM customization capabilities, and enhancements for read-intensive applications, such as navigation. With these features, automotive manufacturers can designate and program a SanDisk Automotive SD card for use exclusively with a specific connected application. Manufacturers can also remotely and proactively monitor the easily removable SD card to ensure that it is operating at its ideal performance level or to identify when card upgrades or replacements are needed.

The new smart features will also be available in SanDisk Industrial and SanDisk Industrial XT SD card solutions. These industrial-grade cards are intended for use by OEMs in market segments that demand high endurance and reliability even in extreme temperatures, including factory applications, industrial computing, utilities, medical equipment, robotics, point-of-sale solutions, large-scale printing, and many other applications. The inclusion of the new features enables OEMs to better manage the intensive data demands of a variety of applications in the industrial market, from commercial drones to industrial gateway systems to security cameras and more.

This is driven by the high volumes from automotive connectivity, with more and more connected vehicles expected to be on the road over the next few years that will require storage. According to Gartner Research, by 2020:

• the connected cars installed base will be more than nine times larger than that of 2015'
• 80% of all new vehicle models in mature markets will have data connectivity; 30% of connected-vehicle models will have built-in, function-level, over-the-air software update capabilities;” and
• well over one billion connected automotive subsystems will be shipped.

The AEC-Q100 certified SanDisk Automotive SD card enables OEMs to bring intelligent, reliable and high-capacity data storage to a wide array of advanced, in-vehicle applications and systems, such as 3D and HD navigation and mapping systems, data event recorders, advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), telematics and more. The automotive grade SD card is built to meet the intense reliability and quality requirements.

Samples of SanDisk Automotive, SanDisk Industrial and SanDisk Industrial XT SD card solutions with the new smart features will be available in March in the United States and Europe, in capacities up to 64GB

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ThreadX tops 5bn deployments - data

By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk

The ThreadX real time operating system (RTOS) has surpassed 5.4 billion total deployments. Verified by VDC Research with data on each segment, ThreadX is particularly well-represented among the SoC-based subsystems for  Bluetooth, baseband, and WiFi radio. 

Developed by Express Logic 20 years ago, ThreadX is a small, fast, royalty-free RTOS that provides embedded developers with priority-based preemptive scheduling, optimized context switching, and a highly intuitive API. It is deployed in environments where low overhead, high performance, and solid reliability are a must, and in products from sectors that include consumer electronics, medical and scientific instrumentation, industrial control and automation, aerospace, and more.

Product Category			ThreadX Deployments
Mobile Phones			3,318,891,415
Office/Business Automation			874,186,339
Consumer Electronics			776,383,695
Retail Automation			165,543,568
Industrial Automation & Energy/Power			152,657,119
Communications & Networking			76,545,097
Aerospace & Defense			18,961,967
Automotive Transportation			12,549,912
Medical Devices			12,499,099
Other & General Purpose			12,660,942

Source: VDC Research, 2016

“The adoption of ThreadX in the wireless, IoT and various other markets is quite impressive,” said Chris Rommel, Executive Vice President, VDC Research. “By combining our long-standing embedded device, processor, and operating system research with information on dozens of the leading customers of ThreadX, we gained a detailed picture of the use of ThreadX over the past two decades. It is clear that ThreadX’s high performance, small footprint, ease of adoption, and royalty-free licensing make it a favorite among embedded developers and SOC manufacturers from multiple sectors.”

Express Logic designed ThreadX specifically for use in deeply embedded memory- and processing-constrained devices. It is now pre-certified to IEC 61508 SIL 4, IEC 62304 Class C, ISO 26262 ASIL D, UL/IEC 60730, UL/IEC 60335, UL 1998, and EN 50128 SW-SIL 4. ThreadX is also certified for DO-178B designs and is fully MISRA-C:2004 and MISRA C:2014 compliant for safety critical designs.

ThreadX also provides consistent naming conventions, user-friendly APIs, and solid development-tool support. That support, which includes over 100 free downloadable reference demos, full ANSI C source code, and internal expertise at support centers worldwide, helps Express Logic customers and partners alike to make the most effective use of ThreadX for faster, easier development.

“That ThreadX has now surpassed the 5.4 billion mark in total deployments with a double-digit compounded annual growth rate validates our 20-year commitment to easing and enhancing the development experience,” said William E. Lamie, President of Express Logic.

There has been significant support from partners, with companies such as Renesas adding optimisations for its new S124 family of microcontrollers based around ARM's Cortex-M0+ core for IoT applications.  NXP (which includes Freescale), Atmel (soon to be part of Microchip), Texas Instruments and ST Microelectronics all also support the technology

“We selected Express Logic’s ThreadX as the RTOS for Renesas Synergy based on its extensive feature set, rock-solid reliability, and commercial market credibility,” said Peter Carbone, Vice President of the IoT Business Unit at Renesas Electronics in the US. “ThreadX is a core of our Synergy Software Package to help embedded designers accelerate development, inspire innovation, and enable differentiation in the IoT space.”

"With over 5.5 billion deployments, Express Logic has delivered a solid foundation for many developers bringing ARM-based systems to market,” said Richard York, Vice President of Embedded Marketing at ARM. “ThreadX is a market-proven RTOS that gives embedded developers the tools and technology to create compelling embedded solutions and reduce the time-to-market for ARM CPU based products.”

“For many years, Express Logic’s ThreadX RTOS has been tightly integrated with our world-leading C/C++ compiler and debugger toolchain IAR Embedded Workbench,” said Mats Ullström, Chief Operating Officer, IAR Systems. “With help from ThreadX, the C-SPY Debugger in IAR Embedded Workbench can display RTOS-specific items such as task lists, queues, and semaphores, which simplifies debugging and expedites time to market. Consequently, we look forward to continued growth in delivering efficient, dependable solutions to embedded-development engineers.”

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