Inspiring the Evolution of Embedded Design

July 26, 2022

Embedded Boards

NVIDIA Jetson: The Advanced AI Embedded Systems Platform Driving the Autonomous World

NVIDIA Jetson is the platform for advanced AI embedded systems that are driving autonomous systems and other advanced inference platforms. There are six product series of embedded systems on modules (SoMs) in the Jetson portfolio of products.

Jetson AGX Orin Series

This series of System on modules (SoM) was designed for the developer of energy-efficient autonomous machines utilizing AI. Up to 8X the performance of the last generation, 275 TOPS for multiple concurrent AI inference pipelines.

Alta Data Technologies Launches Multi-Channel Embedded Mezzanine Board with Ethernet Connectivity Aimed at Avionics

Alta Data Technologies launches a mini embedded mezzanine board for MIL-STD-1553 networks, the MEZ-E1553. The MEZ-E1553 board provides 1-2 dual redundant 1553A/B/C channels with an Ethernet backplane interface on a small form factor 3.6 x 5.6 cm PCB. The board is available in Dual BC/BM or mRT/BM or Full Function BC/mRT/BM models

Laird Connectivity Announces The Summit SoM Delivering Powerful NXP Edge Computing with Bluetooth and Wi-Fi

Laird Connectivity has added to its portfolio with the Summit System on a Module (SoM) 8M Plus, a highly integrated and comprehensive software and hardware solution. The SoM combines NXPO multi-core processing, with dual-band 2x2 Wi-Fi 5 and Bluetooth 5.3 connectivity. With the Summit SoM 8M Plus, laird has developed its most versatile, feature-rich, and secure wireless solution yet.

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Embedded Boards are Moving Towards AI IoT is the Worker being replaced?

Circuit Cellar aficionados all know, embedded boards are moving at an explosive rate toward Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT). From the smart home light bulb to a whole connected home, the IoT is capturing all of the development in sensor and data processing. The factory and warehouse are completely automated places, but like so many feared, the worker was not replaced, just what workers do has changed.

With the accelerated pace at which technology is developing, so must the world around us. Artificial Intelligence of Things, and Industrial Internet of Things, are areas that are developing with the speed of great innovation. And the worker is moving into observation, set-up, monitoring, and Q&A. The engineer is a favored position, most recognized as desperately needed in all aspects of technological advancement.

The embedded electronics industry must move with these eventualities. Many in the automated world of such employing giants as Amazon, and NVIDIA find the warehouse and manufacturing industries need thousands of workers. These sectors are growing exponentially and more embedded systems are running more lines than ever before.

The embedded systems sector is set to follow chip, AI and IoT sectors with a substantial increase in production into 2025. The entire market around all types of embedded systems is set to grow by a CAGR of 5.2% from 207.3 billion in 2020 to $267.3 billion by 2025. The need for engineers, designers, developers, and other computer and electronics staff, will follow this increase in production. Becoming more ingrained into everyone’s life, than anyone could have imagined just twenty years ago.

With an expected 21% growth rate in hiring for embedded systems, there is more demand for workers than ever before. In the US alone the embedded systems are expected to generate 290,000 new jobs in 6 years, and that rate is only increasing. At this time there are more than 76,000 embedded systems job opportunities and more are added every day.

What this means for society is of course a need for more technical backgrounds and degrees, but also for more general labor. There is also a great need for trades workers, to backup and help with the nuts and bolts of the technology sector. The smart home and intelligent warehouse will eventually lead to a greater workforce, not just engineers.

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EATX board features Intel Lake-SP processors, 1TB DDR4, and dual 10GbE

The IMB760 is an Extended ATX motherboard, which measures around 330 x 305mm, allowing it to incorporate additional ports. According to the announcement for this product, ”the motherboard offers a dual LGA4189 socket for 3rd Gen Intel Xeon scalable processors with Intel C627A chipset.”