Embedded Press

Friday, May 19, 2017 You most likely have heard about the recent  WannaCry cyber attack . With IoT, there are more and more connected embedded devices, so security is a big concern. After WannaCry, requests about security peaked, especially among Windows CE/Windows Embedded Compact users. First of all, the good news: WannaCry is targeting x86 Windows-based PCs, the SW can’t run on WinCE/Windows Embedded Compact for Arm, so for this specific issue, there is no concern for devices running  WinCE  on any of our  Colibri and Apalis System on modules (SoMs). Further on, we ran some network tests against our standard images which did not show a vulnerability. We can’t grant that SMB implementation of Windows CE is not affected by some vulnerabilities. We don’t have the source code of that part. My suggestion is to disable SMB anyway if it’s not needed by your application, and that applies to any other service you may have active which is not needed, since that will reduce the attack f

Thursday, May 4, 2017 Having found its way into everyone’s pockets on board of a shiny new smartphone,  Android has become the world’s most popular operating system . Constantly evolving to meet the demands of a global community of users, the OS is shaping the future of User Interfaces, influencing user habits and behavior. With Android now available for embedded devices, the industry can also tap into this global community: a short introduction into why Android is worth considering for your next embedded product was included in Antmicro’s  previous guest post for Toradex . Today we follow up with an announcement of Antmicro’s brand-new Android 7.1 demo image for Toradex  Apalis TK1  and the accompanying TK1 baseboard, bringing a familiar, cutting-edge UI experience to a small form-factor, high-performance Tegra ™  K1 solution, easy to embed in your product. At Embedded World, as every year, Toradex and Antmicro partnered up to present a demonstrator of the Android 7.1 Nougat, w