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NXP Brings the i.MX RT1186 "Crossover MCU" to Its FRDM Platform for Easy Industrial Automation

NXP Semiconductors has announced a new FRDM development board, this time designed to ease evaluation of its i.MX RT1186 "crossover microcontroller" chip for industrial automation — its first FRDM board to feature any i.MX RT part: the FRDM-IMXRT1186.

"Industrial systems are becoming more connected, software-defined and intelligent," says NXP's Will Wang of the company's latest launch. "Developers are increasingly being asked to support deterministic networking, real-time control, cybersecurity, edge computing and multiple industrial communication protocols while reducing development time and accelerating deployment."

NXP has announced its first FRDM evaluation board to feature an i.MX RT-class chip, the FRDM-IMXRT1186. (📷: NXP Semiconductors)

"At the same time," Wang continues, "early evaluation and development with high-performance industrial processors can be challenging. Traditional evaluation platforms are often designed to expose every device feature, but they may introduce additional cost and complexity during the early stages of development. To address these challenges, NXP introduced the...

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2 Driverless Cars Crashed Going 155 mph. That Could Be a Good Thing

The grandstands erupted with shock as engineers clutched their heads in the paddock. One driverless race car, produced by the company PoliMove, slammed into Unimore’s slowing vehicle in an event held by the Abu Dhabi Autonomous Racing League (A2RL). At the famous racing track in Imola, Italy, Autodromo Internazionale

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Meta’s Muse AI Shared a User’s Home Address Following Confusion About Permissions

He may be cute, but he's sending strangers your address.Credit: Meta Meta's new Muse AI agent shared a Toronto YouTuber's home address with a Facebook Marketplace buyer, prompting the company to clarify when (and for what) users are giving broad access permissions. The

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DigitalOcean wants to make AI agent pricing feel like the original Droplet - one price, start building

DigitalOcean has spent time reshaping itself from the cloud that made $5 servers simple into something it now calls the AI-Native Cloud. Today it takes that next step with the launch of Agent Droplets, a subscription that bundles compute, memory, storage, inference, and tool access into a single monthly price

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LaLiga demands major VPNs be placed on the EU’s piracy watch list

* La Liga has asked the European Commission to add four major VPNs to the EU’s Counterfeit and Piracy Watch List * The request targets NordVPN, ExpressVPN, Surfshark, Proton VPN * La Liga claims third-party affiliate marketing promotes the circumvention of court-ordered blocks La Liga's war against illegal streaming has

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2 Driverless Cars Crashed Going 155 mph. That Could Be a Good Thing

Meta’s Muse AI Shared a User’s Home Address Following Confusion About Permissions

DigitalOcean wants to make AI agent pricing feel like the original Droplet - one price, start building

LaLiga demands major VPNs be placed on the EU&rsquo;s piracy watch list

LaLiga demands major VPNs be placed on the EU’s piracy watch list