September 2008
Dear customer,

The intention of the Bits and Pieces quarterly bulletin is to share useful and interesting material with you. Bits and Pieces targets readers among our partners, customers and others interested in keeping up-to-date on embedded technology.

The content is a mix of informative technical articles, inspiring reports from customer development projects, product news and updates that I think is valuable to you.

Magnus Fritzson
Market Communications Manager

Dual-core performance on COM Express

With Intel® dual-core processors embedded system designers have the necessary computing horsepower available at attractive price points to address performance hungry applications, such as imaging, gaming and test & measurement systems. The Intel® Core™ Duo processor architecture provides two processing cores and is carefully architected to take advantage of the two cores.

 

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Environmental benefits when transports go lean

An automotive mobile router based on the Hectronic ARM platform is mounted behind the dashboard of trucks when the company Greater Than introduces LeanHaulage™. European trucks are monitored to reveal waste and increase profits.

 

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New ERP system introduced

On October first a new Enterprise Resource Planning system is introduced at Hectronic. The goal is to support further quality improvements. New order numbers will be issued on existing orders.

- We will inform customers that are affected, says Kjell Dahlblom, Operations Manager at Hectronic.



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Python and Bluetooth added

The Python scripting language and Bluez, Bluetooth utilities are a couple of examples from the list of recently added packages in Helix. New application notes describe, among other things, how to integrate Helix with third party development tools.

 

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What is Helix?

Helix is our Linux distribution in use by many of our customers. A toolkit for configuration and compilation of open-source software is included. Helix allows you to get started working instantly with hardware developed by Hectronic.

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ARM platform with Starter kits and Linux support

ARM platform - Ultra compact or with FPGA
The H6042 module with FPGA is versatile and powerful. The H6043 is perfect for mobile or stand-alone applications with battery backup. Starter kits with Helix, embedded Linux distribution and toolkit give your development project a flying start.

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Module with 2.53GHz Core 2 Duo Processor

Procelerant CEGM45
The RadiSys COM Express module Procelerant CEGM45 features DDR3 memory and the GM45 chipset with enhanced 3D graphic.

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Welcome to meet with us in booth ECS 45! Hectronic attends the exhibition and will give four presentations.

The topics are:
• BIOS adaptation

• Helix - Linux distribution/toollkit

• COM module design

• COM module product overview

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For feedback you are always welcome to contact me by e-mail: magnus.fritzson@hectronic.se


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