NI highlights trends in embedded systems
National Instruments has released its 2012 Embedded Systems Outlook, which lays out its view of how the embedded systems market will develop.
The report lists five technology and business level trends that impact the development of next generation embedded systems. The trends are: Embedded Platforms; Reconfigurable Computing; Mobile Devices and the Cloud; Innovating With Smaller Teams; and Future Proofing Through Software, suggesting design teams need to adopt a 'software first' mindset when upgrading products.
To download the report, go to www.ni.com/eso.
* Meanwhile, National Instruments has announced four single board RIO devices, each featuring a Spartan-6 fpga, analogue and digital I/O and peripherals for embedded control and monitoring applications. The boards offer a range of flash and ram combinations, with expansion capability via mezzanine cards.
