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• Embedded news: Week of July 21 - 25, 2014 July 24, 2014
  Embedded industry product and technology news stories for this week from Arm, Artesyn, B&B Electronics, Black Hat USA, Google, IDT, Imagination, LG Innotek, Lauterbach , Laird, Mentor Graphics, Microchip, Micrium, and MIT.
• B&B Electronics rolls out the Wzzard Intelligent Sensing Platform July 24, 2014
  New platform targets traditional SCADA industrial applications with new architecture for smart, power-efficient Internet of Things applications.
• Are you ready to give up driving yet? July 24, 2014
  Google's made impressive gains with the self-driving car and auto firms are predicting their availabilty as soon as 2020. But technical virtuosity aside, actually agreeing to surrender your steering wheel is quite different.
• Mike North of "Prototype This!" goes interactive at Designers of Things 2014 July 23, 2014
  The host of Discovery Channel's "Prototype This!" will present an interactive closing keynote at the Designers of Things 2014 in September.
• LG Innotek develops Bluetooth Smart module that measures just 5.3 x 4.7 x 1.0 mm July 23, 2014
  LG Innotek has developed a Nordic nRF51822 SoC-based Bluetooth Smart (previously known as Bluetooth low energy) module that requires no RF expertise to employ.
• Laird offers solution for rapid integration of Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity July 23, 2014
  Laird has released the 45 Series Enterprise-Grade Wi-Fi modules and BT830 Series Bluetooth v4.0 UART HCI (Host Controller Interface) modules.
• IDT announces world's smallest 2-watt wireless power receiver for wearable devices July 23, 2014
  Integrated Device Technology has announced what the company claims is the world’s smallest 2-watt wireless power receiver and battery charger, designed for small form factors, including wearable applications.
• Lauterbach debug tools provide proof of timing and code preferments July 23, 2014
  A new feature of Lauterbach's TRACE32 tools is the ability to export task event-based trace data for external timing analysis.
• Get more wiggle room in your design’s RMS Phase Jitter budget July 22, 2014
  Getting that extra RMS jitter margin gives your hardware design a little extra room to breathe when estimating what’s needed to guarantee the system’s reliability and robustness.
• Despite royalties slump, ARM expects uptick ahead July 22, 2014
  Growth in mobile device shipments should come out of a slump in the second half of the year and generally stay in low double digits through 2018, according to ARM's chief executive.