Design
Platform simplifies deployment of connected products
Sierra Wireless has announced the industry’s first integrated service platform that combines cloud, IoT hardware, and managed connectivity services to support worldwide deployments. The IoT Acceleration Platform is unique in that it provides global multi-operator coverage by combining Sierra Wireless and third-party network operator SIMs, all managed from a single unified connectivity platform.
Safety package accelerates functional safety implementation
To significantly reduce development time to implement functional safety for industrial equipment and devices, such as sensors, safety controllers, and industrial drives, Renesas Electronics has introduced the RX111 safety package.
HAL firmware complies with MISRA-C & ISO/TS16949 standards
The latest set of Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) firmware included in the design ecosystem of the STMicroelectronics STM32 ARM Cortex-M core 32-bit MCUs has been developed in compliance with the MISRA (Motor Industry Software Reliability Association) C guidelines and the demanding ISO/TS16949 standard for automotive quality system management.
Codec achieves low delay compression in approximately 20ms
NEC has announced the global launch of the VC-870 encoder and VD-870 decoder, a series of ultra-low delay codec that enable real-time compression of full HD (1,920 x 1,080 pixel) digital video. These products support High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC), the latest international video coding standard, which doubles compression efficiency in comparison with the conventional H.264 standard.
Low-power IP enables designers to reduce design risk
Synopsys has announced the availability of DesignWare Logic Library and Embedded Memory IP for the Mie Fujitsu Semiconductor 40nm Low-Power (40LP) process. Designers using the Mie Fujitsu Semiconductor 40LP process can integrate DesignWare Logic Library and Embedded Memory IP to optimise the power efficiency and performance of their designs. The IP is made available through Synopsys' Foundry-Sponsored IP Program, which enables designers to licens...
Software kick starts PCB design
CadSoft Computer has extended its software portfolio with the new ‘EAGLE Make’ line launched, along with new product segmentation for the whole EAGLE range. The ‘EAGLE Make’ product line was created in order to respond to the requirements of the emerging Maker segment by providing two different license types: ‘EAGLE Make Personal’ (previously EAGLE Hobbyist), and the brand new ‘EAGLE Make Pro’.
Rapidly prototype your smart connectivity designs
Reducing development risk and accelerating time-to-market, the ECP5 Versa development kit has been introduced by Lattice Semiconductor. The kit accelerates the prototyping and testing of connectivity designs targeted for small cells, microserver, broadband access and industrial video applications worldwide.
Achieve 20% faster signoff DRC performance
The latest release of the company's comprehensive physical verification signoff product, IC Validator 2015.06, has been introduced by Synopsys. The 2015.06 release focuses on refinements to the core engines to deliver a two times memory footprint reduction and 20% faster signoff design rule check performance on average. Twice as fast in many cases, IC Validator 2015.06 allows designers to extend the use of their current workstations and manage mu...
Distributed processing accelerates signoff physical verification
Synopsys' IC Validator used advanced multi-processing techniques to speed up the Design Rule Checking (DRC) of Mellanox's latest design. IC Validator completed the signoff physical verification using TSMC's 28nm signoff runset and reduced the DRC elapsed time for this large design to under 14 hours by automatically distributing the job over 28 processor cores.
Taking IoT data management to the next level
ITTIA announces a release of the ITTIA DB SQL embedded database with support for the Freescale Kinetis family of MCUs. Targeting these low-power MCUs provides a robust database software platform for streamlined development of secure, connected IoT applications. Deployed in mission-critical applications that include utility, medical, consumer, and other industries worldwide, the small-footprint ITTIA DB SQL storage engine offers high performance a...