LeCroy Corporation introduced a new Mini Card Interposer for the Summit(TM) PCI Express Protocol Analyzer product line. This new Mini Card interposer is a dedicated probe that makes it possible to analyze data traffic from a Mini Card that uses a PCI Express interface to connect to a laptop/notebook/tablet system.

The Mini Card Electromechanical Specification Revision 1.2, developed by the PCI-SIG®, defines a small form-factor I/O card with a high-speed connector that supports primarily PCI Express, but can also support USB 2.0. Mini Card applications include 802.11x wireless adapters, Bluetooth interfaces, Ethernet adapters, modems, SSD Modules, and SATA storage.

“LeCroy is pleased to announce a dedicated probing solution for PCI Express-based Mini Card developers,” said John Wiedemeier, Product Marketing Manager, LeCroy. “Our goal is to provide better ways for users to connect our tools to applications that have difficult-to-probe environments, and to help increase the efficiency of engineering development of new devices.”

The LeCroy Mini Card interposer supports probing at speeds up to 5 GT/s (Gen2). In addition to being able to probe the PCI Express interface, the interposer also provides connectivity to LeCroy’s USB analyzers for USB 2.0 protocol analysis. The interposer supports two types of test setups: the first test setup allows the interposer to tap data traffic between the Mini Card and a PCIe® 2.0 connector on a system board; and the second test setup allows the interposer to tap data traffic between a laptop, notebook or tablet and a Mini Card.

PCI Express protocol analyzers are tools for identifying, diagnosing and solving the interoperability issues typically encountered when system integrators verify new product designs (such as Mini Cards) in their host systems, including problems such as inconsistent card initialization, poor I/O performance, and power up issues. Mini Card developers can more easily identify protocol errors and performance issues that otherwise slow down development and testing of new or updated products. The intuitive software views and built-in protocol translations aid engineers in rapid problem identification and solution, reducing time-to-market and engineering development cost in the development of new Mini Cards.

LeCroy protocol analyzers have been at the forefront of PCI Express development tools. All LeCroy protocol analyzers feature a hierarchical display, real-time statistics, protocol traffic summaries, detailed error reports, powerful scripting, and the ability to create user-defined test reports, which in combination provide a powerful analysis system to allow developers to troubleshoot intricate problems and to finish their projects on time.

Source: www.lecroy.com


Products now available in leading online stores and retail chains

Wisair, a leading vendor of Wireless USB single chip based solutions, announced that over 10 consumer-electronics vendors are now offering “Wireless Laptop to HDTV” products using its WSR601 CMOS single chip. Enabling users to wirelessly watch any laptop content and any Internet web site on their HDTV, these products capitalize on the hottest Internet usage trends (viewing online video and TV), hottest PC trends (smaller form factor laptops storing personal content) and the popularity of HDTVs, all together creating a huge demand for wireless connectivity between the laptop and the HDTV.

Wisair’s customers offering the “Wireless Laptop to HDTV” products include Source R&D (Warpia), Lenexpo (Atlona) and Cables Unlimited in the USA, Olidata, Digicom, XEL (Q-Waves) and More Monitors in Europe. Other customers of Wisair offering additional Wireless USB solution include Fujitsu, Hama and Display Solutions in Europe, InFocus in the USA, Witech in Korea and others soon to be disclosed.

Products are now available in leading online stores and retail chains, such as Frys, TigerDirect, Amazon, PC World, Staples, Buy.com, Dell.com, Dixons and others, with price range of $129-$149 (USA), 109-119 Euro (Europe) and 99£ (UK), for a complete “Wireless Laptop to HDTV” set.

Wisair has shipped 300k units of its CMOS single chip in the past year alone and already sees a sharp incline in its order intake for 2010, which is expected to be the booming year for Wireless USB with the “Wireless Laptop to HDTV” connectivity being the clear “killer app.”

Internet and PC Usage Trends Call for Wireless Laptop to TV Connectivity

– Internet has become the number one source for video and other types of content. Watching online video outranks many other online activities
today (amongst American adults, more than 60% of Internet users watch video online). Television channels, news clips and a myriad of video clips, from pure fun to product user guides, all are available at online popular sites such as YouTube, Hulu, Netflix, BBC iPlayer, Amazon Video, MLB, etc. Recently, for the first time for a show this size, a U2 concert was streamed live online and about 100 million users watched it in its entirety for free… on YouTube!
– Laptop PCs are more popular than desktop PCs. The market share for laptops is increasing at the expense of desktop PCs.
– Laptop PCs screens have become smaller. While mobility is enhanced with smaller-sized laptops/netbooks, it becomes ever harder to watch ontent for a long period of time or share content with others, due to small screens.
– Laptop PCs store personal information. Photos from our digital still cameras, clips from our camcorders – they are all stored in our laptop PCs.
– HDTVs have become affordable and very popular. With their digital interfaces, flat TVs, which are now commonly found at homes and offices alike, enable new user experience and displaying of content far beyond traditional TV channels via cable or terrestrial broadcast.

Wireless Laptop to HDTV Product Features

– Universal solution – small size PC Adapter connects to a USB port available in all laptops, and A/V Adapter connects to an HDMI port, available in all flat-panel TVs.
– Unlimited content – whatever you can display on the laptop screen you can watch on the TV, including ANY Internet web site, online movies, online TV channels, downloaded movies, camcorder clips, personal images, documents, etc.
– Display mode that allows viewing different content on your laptop screen and TV screen; continue working while your children watch an online movie or online TV channel.
– HD video
– In-room operation (full room coverage, not through walls)

Source: Wisair


Icron Delivers Remote USB Functionality to Valens’ HDBaseT Uncompressed 1080p Video Platform

Icron Technologies announced the successful integration of its patented ExtremeUSB(R) technology with Valens’ HDBaseT(TM) technology for adding remote USB functionality to the HDBaseT whole-home uncompressed 1080p video distribution platform.

Valens’ HDBaseT technology enables long-reach wired connectivity of multimedia content via a single LAN cable, including uncompressed HD video, audio, Internet, power and controls over low-cost Cat 5 cabling up to distances of 100m/328ft. Icron’s ExtremeUSB adds remote USB capability to the HDBaseT system, allowing PC’s to be remotely connected to the TV with mouse, keyboard, game controllers, flash drive, webcam and other USB peripheral I/O support. The combination of the two leading technologies enables OEMs to have a solution for interactive long distance point-to-point PC connectivity, and full HD multimedia distribution via low cost cables for consumer and industrial markets.

“We are excited to be working closely with Icron, and demonstrating the performance synergies of ExtremeUSB integrated with HDBaseT,” said Micha Risling, VP Sales & Marketing for Valens Semiconductor. “Our joint demonstrations at CES will showcase how the combination of the technologies offers unsurpassed interactive video and remote PC functionality that is unique in the marketplace.”

“The combination of HDBaseT and ExtremeUSB offers a powerful platform for the combination of uncompressed 1080p video and true USB 2.0 at distances of up to 100 meters,” stated Brian Donnelly, VP, Marketing and Business Development for Icron. “The uniqueness of this solution is the extremely high quality video and support for all USB devices, providing both consumers and industrial customers a rich remote PC experience.”

Icron’s ExtremeUSB over HDBaseT technology allows OEMs to combine USB and HDBaseT in devices such as monitors, PC’s, CE devices, and USB 2.0 KVM Extenders. Applications for this technology include home connectivity, interactive digital signage, medical diagnostics/imaging, industrial automation, and thin client computing.

The Extreme USB over HDBaseT technology will be launched at the 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada from January 7-10 and demonstrated at Icrons Booth # 36508, Upper Level LVCC South Hall 4 and at Valens’ Hilton Hospitality Suite # 2330.

Source: Icron Technologies Corporation


C-motech adopts Red Bend to remotely manage USB modems

Red Bend Provides Firmware Over-the-Air Updating and Device Management for the World’s First WiMAX/EVDO Dual-Mode USB Data Modem

Red Bend Software announced that C-motech Co., Ltd., the world’s number one supplier of wireless data cards and modules, has adopted Red Bend’s vRapid Mobile® for firmware over-the-air (FOTA) updating and vDirect Mobile(TM) for device management (DM) in the CMU-300 USB data modem, the world’s first WiMAX/EVDO dual-mode USB modem. Red Bend’s MSM solutions will enable important firmware updates to be delivered over the air and will enable standards-based configuration and management of the CMU-300, which is available in the United States through Sprint as the U300.

The C-motech CMU-300 is currently the first device in the world that supports both EVDO, a 3G standard for high-speed wireless broadband, and WiMAX, a 4G technology for more advanced data transfer speeds that is compatible with HSDPA (High-Speed Downlink Packet Access). C-motech’s customers are able to roam between 3G and 4G coverage areas in the United States because of the CMU-300′s dual-mode capability while also receiving new functionality and software improvements over the air with Red Bend’s MSM solutions.

“C-motech is deploying mobile software management from Red Bend because we understand the importance of MSM to a quality user experience,” said Lee Jae Man, CEO of C-motech Co. Ltd. “As consumers around the world continue to adopt 3G and 4G technologies and expect greater connectivity wherever they live and work, Red Bend’s MSM solutions will enable our users to get the latest software updates and feature improvements to keep their dual-mode CMU-300 operating at top performance.”

With vRapid Mobile FOTA, which has been deployed in more than 620 million mobile devices, manufacturers and operators benefit from reduced support costs and increased consumer satisfaction by remotely updating firmware with new functionality and software improvements. vDirect Mobile is the industry’s leading independent device management client offering built-in support for WiMAX and interoperability with any Open Mobile Alliance DM server (OMA DM). It enables operators to provision, configure, support and update mobile devices over the air.

In addition to USB modems, Red Bend’s MSM solutions are continually being adopted for use in mobile broadband PC cards, machine-to-machine (M2M) wireless modules, mobile handsets and other wirelessly connected devices. To date Red Bend’s software products have been deployed in 455 device models by the world’s leading manufacturers.

Source: Red Bend Software


Sugar Labs(R), the volunteer-driven nonprofit provider of the Sugar Learning Platform for over one-million children around the world, announces the release of Sugar on a Stick v2 Blueberry.

Sugar on a Stick Blueberry

Available for download at http://www.sugarlabs.org/, Sugar on a Stick can be loaded onto any ordinary 1Gb or greater flash drive to reboot any PC, netbook or recent Mac directly into the child-friendly Sugar environment without touching the existing installation. Sugar is also available for GNU/Linux distributions, runs under virtualization on Windows and Apple OS X, and features built-in classroom collaboration and automatic backup to a Journal. The latest version of Sugar offers simpler navigation, improved wireless networking, streamlined updating of Activities for children, easier keyboard configuration, better Gnash support for Adobe Flash content, and more. New Activities such as Physics and OOo4Kids join updated favorites such as Browse and Read, suitable for reading e-books.

“Sugar on a Stick is a great way to experience Sugar,” commented Walter Bender, Sugar Labs executive director. “In this holiday season, we wish to remind parents and teachers that e-books are not only for costly reader units for the well-to-do, but freely available as part of the open-access to knowledge movement to help children everywhere develop critical learning skills and to bridge the digital divide wherever it exists.”

Sugar on a Stick includes several e-book reader Activities to find and display e-books in PDF, EPUB, and DejaVu formats. The Read Etexts Activity can read e-books out loud, converting any old PC or inexpensive netbook into a text-to-speech aid for disabled readers. With Sugar, children can even make their own e-books. Thousands of e-books for children are available on websites such as Project Gutenberg, the Internet Archive Children’s Library, epubBooks.com, Feedbooks.com, and ManyBooks.net. Other sites offer online reading, such as the International Children’s Digital Library.

Pilot Sugar projects are underway in American and European schools. School administrators wishing to deploy Sugar will be interested in OLPC’s recently updated XS school server software, which provides “safety net” and connectivity services at the school level: backup, content distribution, filtered access to the Internet, and Moodle integration. To assist schools interested in testing this technology, Sugar Labs has partnered with Nexcopy, Inc. of Rancho Santa Margarita, California, an industry leader in USB duplicator solutions, to open http://recycleusb.com/. Nexcopy will collect used USB sticks, reload them with Sugar on a Stick, and forward them to Sugar Labs for distribution to schools. Nexcopy has also donated a 20-stick USB duplication unit to Sugar Labs.

Greg Morris, President of Nexcopy, commented, “Nexcopy is proud to partner with a nonprofit organization such as Sugar Labs. We believe the Sugar Learning Platform is clearly a step in the right direction for getting children involved with personal computers. Our objective is to give Sugar Labs the back-end equipment support needed to make this philanthropy successful and help with producing the large number of Sugar Sticks needed for global deployment. I am very honored Nexcopy is a part of this process.”

Source: Sugar Labs





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