Design
Imaging/video solution comprises FMC, IP suite & GUI
Microsemi has announced an imaging/video solution for the development of low power and reliable video processing applications. The new platform is comprised of an FPGA Mezzanine Card (FMC), a comprehensive IP suite and GUI. The FMC plugged into the SmartFusion2 Advanced Development Kit demonstrates Microsemi’s IGLOO2 FPGA and SmartFusion2 SoC FPGA capabilities to support configurable and scalable camera, imaging and video designs.
ATPG engines speed test generation for SoC designs
Synopsys has announced that STMicroelectronics is seeing significantly faster test pattern generation runtime and reduced number of patterns with TetraMAX II ATPG. STMicroelectronics faces the challenges of increasing complexity and shrinking time-to-market schedules for their SoC designs.
ATPG solution reduces pattern count up to 50%
Synopsys has announced that Toshiba has confirmed that Synopsys TetraMAX II ATPG can significantly accelerate test pattern generation and reduce manufacturing test time and cost. Required to meet aggressive test quality and design schedule goals on an upcoming complex SoC, Toshiba designers determined they would need a much faster ATPG solution that generates much fewer test patterns while being fully power-aware.
Japan's 1st anti-explosive remotely operated mobile robot developed
The remotely operated 'Sakura No. 2 (anti-explosive model)' robot that features greatly reduced risk of electrical spark or heat creation that can cause explosions or fire when inflammable gas is present has been jointly developed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Chiba Institute of Technology.
High performance SSH solution targets microcontroller-based systems
The emSSH software library has been announced by SEGGER. This highly advanced package is intended for creating secure connections between a client and a server, typically over a TCP/IP connection.
Free online 3D tool allows design of custom terminal block assemblies
The free web tool that enables users to quickly and safely design custom terminal block carrier rails, smartDESIGNER, is drawing on over 12,000 WAGO electrical interconnect and automation components from an interactive catalogue. Completed designs can be ordered directly from within the program, eliminating the need to spend time searching online or through catalogues for the right products.
Version 8.5 increases static analysis tool's capabilities
Synopsys has announced the version 8.5 release of Coverity, the company's industry-leading static analysis tool and one of the core components of its Software Integrity Platform. Coverity is an automated software testing tool that analyses source code to detect critical security vulnerabilities and defects early in the software development lifecycle.
All on board for programming practice
The Circuit Playground from Adafruit is an all-in-one board which includes built-in sensors and LEDs. It offers an easy platform to practice programming on real hardware without the need to solder components in place. It is in stock at Mouser Electronics. The board is a round electronics platform with 14 alligator-clip pads for easy access to power and inputs and outputs (I/O).
ST expands STM32L4 MCU series & adds development ecosystem
STMicroelectronics has expanded its low-power, high-performance STM32L4 MCU series with 5 new product lines and has also announced a development ecosystem for the MCUs.
Development platform adapter accelerates software bring-up
The HAPS adapter that enables a HAPS FPGA-based prototyping system to easily connect to a Juno ARM development platform has been annouced by Synopsys. This software development platform includes the Juno Versatile Express board with ARM Cortex-A72, or Cortex-A57 and Cortex-A53 MPCore, Mali-T624 and reference software through Linaro Linux.