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Workers and students of the TU Berlin have developed an unmanned aerial vehicle that is electrically driven and can carry a 1 kg payload. Also onboard is a PC that collects flight status data and can act as an autopilot. Lower prices and improving performance of embedded systems and sensor technology, plus support from industry, are enabling students to pursue a variety of project ideas - such as IFSys (intelligent flying system) with the aim of developing an unmanned aerial system.

Advantech chose the fido1100 system-on-a-chip solution from Innovasic Semiconductor to invest its new APAX-5071 coupler with Profinet connectivity. "Our fido1100 enabled platforms implement industrial Ethernet functionality fast and cost-efficiently", comments Jordon Woods, CTO of Innovasic Semiconductor.

The embedded workbench from IAR Systems is offering full support for the XMC4500 microcontroller series from Infineon Technologies, presented just a few days ago. "The IAR embedded workbench is a widely used and major development environment for embedded microcontrollers. So we're especially pleased at this support from IAR Systems for our XMC4000 family", emphasizes Infineon's senior director Dr Stephan Zizala, Industrial and Multimarket Microcontrollers.

"My decision to sell was aimed at competitiveness and growth. And now we can address new clientele", says Peter Lippert, managing director of Lippert Embedded Computers, of the takeover by Adlink Technology. "Financial pressure or health reasons didn't come into it." Important for the customer, "Basically there's no change to start with", emphasizes Lippert, "our products will continue to be manufactured in Germany." Lippert himself will also remain with the company.

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