Design
'Industry's first' MIPI I3C IP for sensor connectivity
Synopsys has announced immediate availability of the industry's first MIPI I3C controller IP to ease the integration of multiple sensors into applications such as mobile, automotive and the IoT. The Synopsys DesignWare MIPI I3C Controller IP incorporates in-band interrupts within the 2-wire interface to deliver low pin count.
Security rules available in LDRA MISRA compliance offerings
With increased connectivity of applications and devices, OEMS in the automotive, aerospace, defense, medical, industrial automation, energy, and rail transportation sectors are demanding assurance that software has been developed to the highest security standards. To help customers guard against new risks and create safe and secure code, LDRA has integrated comprehensive support of the security-focused rules announced by MISRA into LDRA’s M...
MCU debug technology upgrade speeds development times
J-Link firmware has been introduced by SEGGER for the embedded ST-LINK on STM32 Nucleo, STM32 Discovery and other microcontroller unit (MCU) evaluation boards from STMicroelectronics. The upgrade turns a board’s ST-LINK interface into a fully functional J-Link, which can then be employed to debug the board's application processor.
Hypervisor technology for cars in mass production
Flexible processors with high processing power have increasing importance as the hardware basis for in-car cockpit electronics and connectivity systems. Together with hypervisor platforms they offer vehicle manufacturers and their suppliers the suitable solution for in-vehicle systems. The COQOS Software Development Kit (COQOS SDK) from OpenSynergy is the core technology of the telematics unit of the German truck manufacturer MAN. The software pl...
Hardening techniques help device connectivity
Technologies for advanced software hardening have recently been developed by GrammaTech. Most devices on the market today were not designed to support the high levels of connectivity, access and remote operations of today’s IoT systems.
Reducing power consumption and turnaround times
The Cadence Innovus Implementation System from Cadence Design Systems has been adopted by Toshiba Corporation for its memory controller’s production design project. The tool enabled Toshiba to achieve an optimal target performance while creating a 16% smaller place and route (P&R) area for random logic with 25% lower power consumption when compared with its previous solution.
IAR Embedded Workbench integrates the NXP S32 Design Studio
IAR Systems announces that its embedded development toolchain, IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM, is now integrated with the S32 Design Studio IDE from NXP Semiconductors. The integration enables the powerful build chain of IAR Embedded Workbench to be used to build code generated in the S32 Design Studio IDE.
The future of intelligent driving
To mark its 100th anniversary, BMW has produced a prototype of its ultimate intelligent driving car of the future. BMW showcased a prototype of the car to represent the future of vehicles for next 100 years. It is an emission-free vehicle which has been built with both automatic drive and self-driving modes, as majority of cars in the future will be self-driving.
Improvements made to embedded suite
ARCCORE has announced the release of its latest development suite - the embedded AUTOSAR platform, Arctic Core, and the AUTOSAR desktop configuration tool, Arctic Studio. This version includes improvements to existing features, as well as new functionality.
Static analysis tool has been enhanced with latest version
The latest version of Grammatech’s flagship static analysis tool, CodeSonar 4.2, has been introduced which finds critical software defects and security vulnerabilities in code. The tool has been enhanced to more effectively serve enterprise environments.