Design
Altium signs on as a three year sponsor of ACTION
Altium has signed on as a three year sponsor of ACTION (Association of Cleantech Incubators of New England). Access to the company’s PCB design software, Altium Designer, will be provided to the ACTION community as part of the agreement. To facilitate design reuse and more efficient electronics design, the software provides improved support and features.
Add communication capabilities to your metering applications
Enabling engineers to save time when adding communication capabilities to their metering applications, Renesas Electronics Europe has introduced the 'Connect it! – Wireless M-Bus 868MHz' and 'Connect it! – Wireless M-Bus 169MHz' solution kits. These platforms save time by allowing engineers to re-use existing Wireless M-Bus solutions.
On-chip embedded flash test solution reduces design time
The DesignWare STAR Memory System for Embedded Flash product from Synopsys is claimed to be the industry's first integrated memory test and repair solution with test algorithms optimised for on-chip embedded flash memories. It is an automated pre- and post-silicon memory test, diagnostic and repair solution that enables designers to improve test coverage, reduce design time, lower test costs and maximise manufacturing yield.
Digital audio interface solution meets MIPI spec
The industry’s first MIPI SoundWireSM Controller Intellectual Property (IP) has been released by Cadence. SoundWire is a new digital audio interface specification from the MIPI Alliance that enables bi-directional digital communication with a focus on low complexity and low gate count, making it attractive to many mobile design applications.
AVX expands partnership with Modelithics
With the release of 45 Modelithics substrate scalable equivalent circuit models, AVX has expanded its partnership with Modelithics. When used in combination with electronic design automation tools, including Keysight ADS, Keysight Genesys and NI AWR Microwave Office, the highly accurate models speed up design decisions and circuit level optimisations.
Tool suite & RTOS now support the ARM Cortex-M7 processor
A tool suite and RTOS developed by Green Hills Software now support the ARM Cortex-M7 processor. The Green Hills Probe and SuperTrace Probe, the MULTI IDE, the μ-velOSity RTOS and the ARM C/C++ compilers deliver both the fastest and smallest code in the industry, according to the company.
BeSpoon Unveils Tools to Create Multiple Uses For its Ultraprecise 3D, Real-time Location Technology
BeSpoon SAS unveiled three turnkey system-level development packages that enable companies to integrate 3D real-time location system (RTLS) technology into industrial and consumer products.
IP core doubles performance for embedded Linux applications
Synopsys has announced availability of the DesignWare ARC HS38 Processor, the latest addition to the ARC HS Family of high-speed processor IP cores. Like the previously-released HS34 and HS36 processors, the 32-bit ARC HS38 is optimised for power efficiency (DMIPS/mW) and area efficiency (DMIPS/mm2) with additional features to support embedded Linux and other high-end operating systems.
Debug platform upgrade enhances verification planning
Synopsys has developed its Verdi Coverage advanced planning and coverage technology to address the growing challenge of verification closure for complex system-on-chips (SoCs). It introduces advanced technology that allows users to quickly create efficient verification plans, integrate third-party and user-defined metrics, link plans to requirement documents, and intuitively track project and test-level metrics across simulation, static checking,...
Software library smooths path to real time simulation
The new dSPACE Power RealTime Library enables faster and easier simulation of circuit models that were developed in SimPowerSystems (MathWorks Simulink). Two typical application areas are wind energy generators and electric drives in vehicles and aircraft. The dSPACE Power RealTime Library provides mean value models of power electronics bridge circuits that precisely emulate the electrical characteristics of fast-switching power semiconduct...