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mbed @ Embedded World 2012
For the past week we have been at Embedded World showcasing some great demos using mbed on the ARM stand. We had two main themes at this years show for mbed - Connecting MCUs to the Cloud and the new mbed NXP LPC11U24 Microcontroller .
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RS announce new mbed based "Synergy" boards!
Simon Ford.
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We've just seen RS have announced the first in a new "Synergy" range of mbed application breakout boards!
One of the applications they have supported is a high-quality audio DAC that can connect to the mbed LPC1768's I2S port:
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mbed USB Slingshot!
Fusing electronics, software and carpentry with the new mbed NXP LPC11U24 Microcontroller prototyping board, we give you...
To USB, or not to USB?
Universal Serial Bus (USB) was a revolution for device communication, and has long become the standard of choice for connecting devices to desktop, mobile and embedded computing platforms. It has made adding new devices to a system simple and reliable, whilst also driving innovation in what devices can be developed. Brilliant!
USB has been so successful that using it for connectivity is no longer a feature, but a requirement. So why do so many embedded devices continue to be developed like it is the 90's?!
New mbed Textbook!
Rob Toulson and Tim Wilmshurst, two experts in the field and both university lecturers, have just submitted the final copy of their new textbook to be published!
Embedded World 2012
Embedded World, Nuremberg, Germany, is one of the largest conferences for the international embedded community. This year we will be showcasing some of the latest developments in the mbed world on the ARM Stand.
Where: Exhibition Centre Nuremberg, Nuremberg Germany
When: 28th February - 1st March 2012
Location: ARM Stand, Hall 4/4-336
Vote for the UBM Electronics ACE Awards 2012
Finalists for the UBM Electronics ACE Awards 2012 were announced recently and both the ARM Cortex-A7 MPCore and the NXP Semiconductors Cortex-M0 LPC11U00 Family (which includes the LPC11U24 used in the mbed NXP LPC11U24 Microcontroller) have been nominated in the Digital ICs (MCUs, FPGAs, microprocessors) category.
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Set-Top Boxes, Daleks and mbed
UK media broadcaster BBC, has an active R&D department charged with exploring technologies that will benefit their public viewer audience. A team of their engineers have developed a specification for the Universal Control API for embedded platforms, which is designed to allow the core functionality of any network-connected set-top box, personal video recorder, Internet radio or similar device to be controlled from client software running on another device on the home network.
So what does this have to do with mbed?
mbed fest 2012
mbed fest 2012 was held on the 29th January 2012 at Akihabara Network and Embedded Technology Centre in Japan.
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Tedd OKANO attended the event and has shared great write up of the day:
QSP Revue mbed Ham Radio Contest
One of our mbed developers, 
Luc Smeesters, is an active ham radio operator. He contacted us last year with an idea to run a competition to explore how microcontrollers could be applied to ham radio applications. It sounded like a great idea, so we sponsored him with a bit of mbed kit for prizes and in conjunction with the publication "QSP Revue", a competition was born. Here is a great summary from Luc of the results of what became the first "QSP Revue mbed Ham Radio Contest"
There are currently millions of ham radio (amateur radio) users around the world. These fellows are motivated by all techniques and technologies that enhance all forms of radio communications.
The Contest
Belgian French Radio Amateur publication QSP Revue ran a contest, sponsored by mbed and Plantronics, to use an mbed microcontroller in a ham radio application.
Contestants were asked to submit a proposal for a project suitable for a ham application. A jury of independent amateur radio users judged the feasibility and appropriateness of the project and the most appealing proposals received an mbed to develop their projects. The contestants were also required to produce all the necessary documentation to allow other ham fellows to produce their own prototypes of the described application.
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