Technology Market in demand

GizmoSphere has also entered the maker market with x86 process technology, including an AMD Embedded computer G-Series APU capable of 52.8 GFLOPS at under 10 W on their Gizmo board. Part of the Gizmo Explorer Kit, the package “was designed to be flexible so that designers can customize the system according to their specific development goals,” says Kerry Brown, Vice President and Chief Operations Officer, Sage Industrial Electronic Engineering.

“Gizmo was created to provide a flexible, multipurpose development board to serve the unique needs of embedded developers,” Brown says. “There is a wide range of interfaces on the Gizmo board, including PCIe, I2C, USB, and GPIO … to enable each developer’s unique design goals. The companion Explorer board provides a sea of holes for industrial prototyping and debugging. The kit can be used by hobbyist developers who want to tinker at home on the weekends, or by entrepreneurs and small businesses developing their next product.”

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http://embedded-computing.com/articles/diy-pushes-open-hardware-kindergarten-kickstarter/

Keep it up with micro enhancement

To keep up with the increasing sophistication of factory equipment, Human Machine Interfaces (HMIs) need to deliver sophisticated 2D and fanless embedded systems, video, and other media types that clearly communicate a machine’s status and intended operation. Advanced visuals are also important in central control rooms, where solutions management needs to understand increasingly complex and distributed Internet of Things-enabled systems at a glance. They work in harsh environments, and they get little or no recognition. But their impact on power plant efficiency can be significant. Valves and actuators are critical in almost every aspect of single board computer.

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http://embedded-computing.com/articles/transform-factory-the-intel-core-processor/