Design
Simpler energy profiling for power-sensitive IoT applications
Silicon Labs has announced an updated release of the Simplicity Studio development platform, designed to make IoT system design easier, faster and more productive. The industry’s first IoT development platform enabling concurrent MCU and wireless design, Simplicity Studio now features an enhanced real-time Energy Profiler tool, faster execution speed and an easier installation process.
Software platform announced for next-gen ADAS system
Green Hills Software has announced its industry-leading platform for ADAS, including the INTEGRITY RTOS and 64-bit MULTI development tools, for the Freescale S32V200 automotive vision processor featuring quad ARM Cortex-A53 cores with dedicated vision processors cores.
Automation software modernises how ECU testing is performed
AutomationDesk, the proven test automation software from dSPACE, brings numerous innovations with the release of its latest version, AutomationDesk 5.0. The latest version significantly modernises how ECU testing is performed. Its unique, signal-based test description makes it possible to quickly create and execute clear, intuitive tests. The features of AutomationDesk 5.0 enable efficient testing of complex camera-based ADAS.
Quickly & easily develop energy-harvesting applications
Cherry’s Wireless Switch Evaluation Kit, designed to make energy-harvesting applications easier and faster to develop, is now available from RS Components. The AFIK-1002 evaluation kit, which is exclusive to RS, contains everything needed to quickly setup wireless links using self-powered switches, and to test key parameters such as signal strength and range in custom applications.
Dev Kit targets ADAS applications
Renesas Electronics has introduced the smallest R-Car-based development kit to date, the ADAS Starter Kit. This is based on Renesas’ high-end R-Car H2 SoC and developed to help simplify and speed up the development of ADAS applications.
EDA solutions for front-end design
Dolphin Integration delivers new releases of its EDA solutions for front-end design: the schematic editor SLED and the mixed-signal simulator SMASH. SLED enables designers to graphically capture and configure their designs. The flexibility of the schematic editor SLED offers the possibility to design true mixed-signal circuits as well as multi-level and multi-physics systems.
FEM EM analysis software delivers ten times the speed
Delivering ten times the speed of its predecessor, version 12 of the Analyst-MP 3D multiphysics FEM EM analysis software has been introduced by National Instruments (NI). The software analyses complex high-frequency, multiphysics structures such as the X- and L-band accelerators designed by Japan’s High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK).
AFS provides recipe for confectionery manufacturer
Less than a year after installing a bespoke chocolate filtration solution for leading confectionery manufacturer Kinnerton Confectionery, independent compressed air systems provider AFS has completed the design, procurement and installation of a BRC compliant and energy efficient compressed air system at the company’s West Yorkshire facility.
Software targets multichannel acquisition systems
Keysight Technologies has announced a recent version of its U1092A AcqirisMAQS Multichannel Acquisition Software. This application, providing unique features for massively multichannel acquisition systems, evolved together with all Keysight’s latest technologies, including the newly introduced M9709A AXIe 8-bit high-speed digitiser.
Programme accelerates IoT development
Atmel has launched the Atmel IoT Cloud Ecosystem Partner Program. The programme enables developers using Atmel | SMART MCUs and Atmel SmartConnect wireless solutions to access Atmel’s ecosystem cloud partners for device management, data analytics, and visualisation in order to experience an end-to-end IoT solution development ‘out of the box’.