
New CEO at Garz & Fricke
The Garz & Fricke Group, system provider for ARM-based embedded technologies, has a new CEO: Stefan Heczko has been in office since July 20, 2020.

The Garz & Fricke Group, system provider for ARM-based embedded technologies, has a new CEO: Stefan Heczko has been in office since July 20, 2020.

The fanless embedded 3.5-inch single-board computer Wafer-ULT5 from Compmall is based on the 8th generation Intel mobile ULT processor.
Requirements for industrial PCs are high. They must function reliably under difficult environmental conditions and withstand dust, splash water and fluctuating temperatures. The INDUSTRYline systems from bluechip Computer AG meet these requirements.

The Smarc-sAL28 module from Kontron in the short-size form factor with a size of 82 mm x 50 mm complies with the Smarc 2.1 standard and has an NXP Dual Cortex A72-LS1028A processor and a 3D GPU.

Compmall's slot CPU portfolio has been expanded: According to the manufacturer, the SPCIE-C246 model is extremely powerful and is particularly suitable for graphics-intensive applications.

The 'New Unit of Computing' (NUC) is an invention by Intel. E.E.P.D has made the form factor suitable for industrial use and installs processors from the 'AMD Ryzen Embedded V1000' platform in it.

The MT800 embedded board from Spectra supports 8th generation Intel Core i processors and has 32 Gbytes of system memory.

Atlas Copco Tools is launching a series of industrial computers for process visualization, automation and quality assurance called Assembly Control Node, or AC Node for short.
Industrial edge servers must be extremely flexible in order to integrate the broad spectrum of tasks. Virtual machines in particular are increasingly being used to consolidate a wide range of Industry 4.0 workloads.

The 24 inch/60 cm All-in-One PC DT524T Black from DT Research is certified in accordance with EN 60601-1 and is therefore subject to stricter EMC controls than the usual CE certification.

The system integrator Aaronn Electronic offers Advantech box PCs with an 'iDoor' extension module.
The embedded world in Nuremberg at the end of February was a rather unusual trade fair, with numerous exhibitors canceling their participation due to the coronavirus pandemic. The number of visitors also plummeted. In terms of technology, however, the trade fair set trends as usual.
With 'Ready to Go' cloud box solutions, companies are able to evaluate their data directly in production, i.e. in the edge device, using machine learning algorithms, among other things.

PLCopen is currently working with Intel, AMD and ARM on a CPU benchmark. Eelco van der Wal, Managing Director of PLCopen, explains the background to this.
Launch of 'Invent a Chip 2020'
"Who has the best idea for a microchip?" is the task for the 'Invent a Chip' school competition initiated by the VDE and BMBF for the 19th time. Young talents who enjoy technology, science and mathematics are in demand.

Rockwell Automation has now announced the acquisition of the Italian automation supplier Asem.

"Embedded Vision everywhere!?" is the title of the panel discussion organized by the VDMA as part of the Embedded Vision special show.

Once again, we are out and about with the camera at embedded world. The topics of our 1st day: "Connecting Embedded Intelligence" +++ Embedded Award: These are the winners +++ VIP stage of WEKA FACHMEDIEN +++ embedded world Conference: Keynote with Prof. Dr. Ulrich Löwen

Thanks to the highest health and hygiene standards, embedded world will take place as planned. NürnbergMesse has once again increased the safety measures. The exhibitors are also standing by their industry event.
The Scorpion series from Bressner focuses on robust solutions in the field of mobile computing.