Design
Platform ushers in a new era of emulation
Announcing new applications for the Veloce platform, Mentor Graphics has ushered in a new era of emulation. The new apps - Veloce Deterministic ICE, Veloce DFT and Veloce FastPath - overcome critical system-level verification challenges in complex SoC and system designs. They run on an upgraded Veloce OS3 operating system that significantly accelerates design compile cycles, gate-level flows and the time it takes to review results. The comb...
Static analysis engine now includes binary analysis for ARM
GrammaTech has announced expansion of CodeSonar’s static analysis engine to include binary analysis for ARM, the dominant processor of the IoT. CodeSonar is the only commercially-available static analysis tool on the market to provide binary analysis, allowing engineering teams to analyse application software, middleware and firmware.
Development kit enables Zigbee, 802.15.4 connectivity
A development plat form which enables designers to easily add Zigbee or 802.15.4 connectivity to electronics designs has been launched by Farnell element14 and NXP. The Freedom Development Platform for Kinetis KW2x MCUs contains two boards, enabling point-to-point out of the box connectivity. It has a diverse reference design with all the necessary I/O connections for use as a self-contained board or for connection to an external application.
Lauterbach offers Windows 10 aware debugging on the ARM architecture
Lauterbach has announced that its TRACE32 development tool now supports Windows 10 aware debugging on the ARM architecture. Lauterbach's TRACE32 is an integrated, universal development system that can be connected to most work stations and can contain any combination of instruments which may be required for microprocessor systems development, including debugger, tracing tool, logic analyser, protocol analyser and sim...
Helping to reduce design time
A mixed signal low power flow from Cadence Design Systems has been employed by Silicon Labs to reduce overall design time, significantly speeding time to market. Silicon Labs adopted the flow for its new Blue Gecko family of wireless system-on-chip (SoC) devices that provide ultra-low power Bluetooth Smart connectivity for Internet of Things (IoT) applications.
Model-based E/E Development of Commercial Vehicles made possible
PREEvision 7.5, the latest version of the PREEvision software from Vector Informatik, is now available. It provide users with expanded AUTOSAR support and the ability to develop network communication for commercial vehicles according to SAE J1939. When designing CAN FD networks according to SAE J1939, users will benefit from the simplified model-based E/E development for commercial vehicles such as trucks, buses and construction and farm machiner...
Upgraded firmware enhances on-board debug probe
The J-Link line of debug probes from Segger is now available on the Atmel Xplained evaluation platform. The Atmel Xplained evaluation kits provide an on-board, single chip debug solution called Atmel EDBG for which SEGGER now has released an upgraded firmware to give the users the capability to convert their Atmel EDBG to a J-Link OB.
Development platform helps combine creativity with security
NXP Semiconductors has announced the launch of a contactless development platform specifically designed to champion new and emerging business models for the smart card market - MIFARE DESFire EV2.
Aegis Software to bring Industry 4.0 Capability to SMT Nuremberg
Aegis will demonstrate the latest version of their market leading manufacturing operations management software, FactoryLogix at SMT Nuremberg from April 26-28. The new version incorporates an entirely re-designed Logistics module based on the same technology framework as the NPI, Production and Analytics modules found in FactoryLogix, replacing the solution’s previous integration with the diplan software suite.
Creation Technologies selects Aegis FactoryLogix
Aegis Software has announced that Creation Technologies has chosen to implement FactoryLogix across all ten of its global manufacturing locations. Creation provides OEMs with integrated EMS solutions that help accelerate time-to-market, reduce operating costs and grow revenue with expert design, manufacturing, supply chain, order fulfillment and after-market services.