Blog posts by David Tarrant

David Tarrant

United Kingdom

Burn it, Blend it, Blow it up?

18 Nov 2010

Grilled mobile phone Mmmm tasty, followed by ipad smoothie, delicious!! What next, frozen GPS, mp3 player on a bed of TNT?

I'm sure you are wondering what I am rambling on about! Take a look at these: Read more

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David Tarrant

United Kingdom

And The Weird....

12 Nov 2010

I promised in my first blog from Electronica 2010 that I would provide interesting, factual and the down right weird blogs from the show. Well here is some of the weird... They say a picture paints a thousand words, so no more words.... Read more

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David Tarrant

United Kingdom

Every Games Room Should Have One!

11 Nov 2010

Forget air hockey, technology has moved on! We now have "touch hockey". I'd like to see anyone Knock the puck off this table!

I couldn't pass the Elektrosil stand at Electronica without creating this video to share. The table top is utilising their dreaMTouch technology.

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David Tarrant

United Kingdom

The X Men Provide An All round View

10 Nov 2010

Xylon a Xilinx Alliance partner are demonstrating their IP cores implemented in a Xilinx FPGA.

The Xilinx automotive targeted design platform for four camera surround view provides the multi-camera support and image processing needed to stitch four images into a seamless single image. Extensive image processing IP, image compensation for fish eye lens and camera offsets are used to provide a single matched image for parking assistance.

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David Tarrant

United Kingdom

Thumping Tunes & Eye Catching Displays

10 Nov 2010

I could not help but notice the banging tunes pumping out of Hall A4 stand 207. Intersil were demonstrating their Techwell Automotive solutions. The thumping baseline initially filled my ears and directed me to a sleak dash board jam packed with high tech automotive infotainment.

Rearview mirror display, front console display, DVD player, navigation and a number of cameras populate the "cut out" lifesize model. Read more

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David Tarrant

United Kingdom

TI Chronos Watch Controls Robot

10 Nov 2010

Just been on to the Texas Instruments stand at Electronica 2010. The stand was rammed with visitors looking at a variety of exciting new products. There was particular buzz around a metallic table top maze containing wirelessly controlled robots. Read more

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Theme: Robots

David Tarrant

United Kingdom

Connector Geek Gets Excited About Things That Mate

10 Nov 2010

Connector geek has been let loose at Electronica 2010 with a video camera. He has been searching around the exhibition looking for interconnect stories.
After working closely with the guys at Harting to upload a load of 3D models on to the RS website he was interested to see what they might be showing this week;
Check out his video blog below; Read more

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Theme: Interconnections

David Tarrant

United Kingdom

Anders Picks Up His Free Launchpad

9 Nov 2010

The launchpad giveaway has proved to be very popular this morning. Anders Persson a design engineer form Haldex in Sweden picked his up earlier.

Find out what Anders is going to do with his kit;

Still more kits availbale.

For more details on the TI launchpad kit visit the design centre on Designspark today!

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David Tarrant

United Kingdom

The Calm Before The Storm

9 Nov 2010

The long anticipated start of Electronica is finally over. The months of planning, stand design, shirt selection, catering are all a distant memory as the frenzy of the opening day begins.

This is the first of many blogs we will be uploading live from the show. Look out for the interesting, factual and down right weird content live from Electronica.

If you are visiting the show pop by Hall 4 Stand 117 and have a drink with the DesignSpark Team.

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