Design
Freescale selects Atollic TrueSTUDIO as IDE for Kinetis MCUs
Atollic TrueSTUDIO has been selected by Freescale as one of only 4 professional embedded development tools designated as a featured IDE for Kinetis MCUs. Atollic TrueSTUDIO has many features such as parallel compilation, RTOS aware debugger with a built-in crash analyzer, and support for multicore and multiprocessor debugging. Event, data and instruction tracing, real-time variable watch view, MISRA-C checking, code complexity analysis...
IAR Embedded Workbench selected as Kinetis MCU IDE
Following the release of the latest addition to the Freescale Kinetis MCU portfolio, IAR Systems has announced that its IAR Embedded Workbench has again been selected as a featured IDE for Kinetis MCUs. IAR Systems and Freescale share an effective history, providing designers with the tools to simplify development and to harness the advantages of the Kinetis MCU portfolio.
ARM-based RTOS launched alongside ORCCA avionics computer
The INTEGRITY-178 tuMP RTOS for ARM-based processors has been announced by Green Hills Software. In conjunction with this announcement, Green Hills Software partner Richland Technologies has also announced the industry’s first ORCCA avionics computer based on an ARM multicore processor and INTEGRITY-178 tuMP.
Software deployed worldwide to increase zero give-away harnessing
LEONI has expanded its use of Mentor Graphic's Capital software throughout the world. LEONI now has significant Capital software deployments in Europe, America and Pacific Rim. This growth is driven in part by increasing adoption of the modular approach to wire harness configuration management, also known as customer-specific or zero give-away harnessing.
Technology branded 'essential' for avionics communications system
An independent research project, conducted by Lockheed Martin, relied on Wind River's VxWorks MILS Platform to provide a separation kernel-based security foundation for its new avionics communications system that was recently flight-tested.
EME chosen to improve 4Kp60 content delivery
Harmonic, a company who deals in video delivery infrastructure, has chosen Altera's 4Kp60-capable H.265 EME engine to dramatically improve efficiency and performance of Harmonic's PURE Compression Engine for the delivery of 4Kp60 content. The EME is a server co-processing solution based on the company's Stratix V FPGAs.
Software upgrade builds on open source LLVM technology
The latest version of ARM Compiler, the reference code generation toolchain for the ARM architecture, has been announced by ARM. ARM Compiler 6 adopts the Clang and LLVM open source compiler framework, channeling contributions from the whole ARM Partnership to improve code quality, performance and power efficiency of software on ARM processors.
Software enables FPGA use in control tasks
The XSG AC Motor Control (XSG = Xilinx System Generator) Library software, from dSpace, aims to develop control systems for electric drives. The library enables engineers to program Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) for use in control tasks with dSPACE MicroAutoBox II and SCALEXIO systems, as well as modular dSPACE hardware.
System-critical platform for graphics-rich embedded design
Designed for embedded applications with system-critical functionality, Green Hills Software and Crank Software release a 3D graphical user interface design and deployment workflow. When running on the company's INTEGRITY RTOS, the Crank Storyboard Suite enables the UI designer and software implementer to work in parallel. This saves time and heightens the user experience for automotive, consumer and industrial devices that demand critical levels ...
Updated Compiler maximises performance and supports more processors
With the 2014 release of the Green Hills Compiler, Green Hills Software continues to deliver tools that enable embedded developers to maximise product performance and reliability while minimising development and production cost. This updated release of the automotive software adds support for ARMv8-A 64-bit Cortex-A57 and Cortex-A53 processors.