Robotics Trends

National Instruments Introduces LabVIEW Robotics 2009 LabVIEW Robotics 2009 can import code from other languages including C/C++, .m files and VHDL, and communicate with a wide variety of sensors using built-in drivers for everything from LIDAR, IR, sonar and GPS devices to dramatically reduce development time allowing engineers and scientists to focus on adding their own algorithms and intelligence. National Instruments announced LabVIEW Robotics 2009, a new version of its graphical system design software that provides a standard development platform for designing robotic and autonomous control systems. NI LabVIEW Robotics 2009 delivers an extensive robotics library with connectivity to standard robotic sensors and actuators, foundational algorithms for intelligent operations and perception and motion functions for robots and autonomous vehicles. With this new software, engineers and scientists now can implement ideas faster with… View this post
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Microchip Technology Releases Tools for Motor Control The dsPICDEM MCHV toolset for the development of high-voltage, closed-loop motor control applications, and the dsPICDEM MCSM Development Board for creating unipolar and bipolar stepper motor applications, are both designed to ease the development process and reduce development time Microchip Technology Inc. [NASDAQ: MCHP] announced two new low-cost development systems, one for the control of high-voltage motors and another for stepper motors. Along with related applications notes and free source-code software, these development tools enable rapid designs using dsPIC® digital signal controllers (DSCs). The new dsPICDEM MCHV Development System is the industry’s only development tool for the rapid evaluation and design of a wide variety of high-voltage, closed-loop motor control applications using AC Induction Motors (ACIMs), Brushless DC (BLDC) motors or Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors (PMSMs).… View this post
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Wind River Partners With Kontron on Distribution Agreement for VxWorks and Wind River Linux Kontron joins Wind River partner validation program to provide tighter hardware and software integration within a software ecosystem. Wind River and Kontron today announced a global, multi-year agreement under which Kontron will distribute Wind River’s VxWorks and Wind River Linux operating systems. This agreement extends a decade-long collaboration, and is expected to extend the software and service offerings of Wind River and Kontron. The two companies will initially target the industrial, medical, military and aerospace, transportation, and networking market segments. Kontron also joins the Wind River Partner Validation Program, initially with its Kontron nanoETXexpress-SP module validated for use with VxWorks 6.7. By working together to validate Wind River’s embedded operating systems with leading partner software and hardware, Wind River and its partners are together providing a… View this post
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