Design
Reference designs unlock the power of USB Type-C
Enabling designers to reduce development time and risk, Lattice Semiconductor has announced three freely-downloadable USB Type-C reference designs. These enable designers to quickly implement the cable detect and power delivery functions required to unlock the capabilities of Type-C including 100W power, 20Gb/s bandwidth, reversibility and flexibility.
'Authorized Flashing' security feature added to programmers
SEGGER has announced the development of a new security feature for its production flash programmer line, as well as the Flasher Portable. 'Authorized Flashing' enables users to limit the number of flash programming cycles, thereby preventing the production of unrestricted quantities by third parties in case of external production.
IoT optimisation tool offers complete system transparency
Express Logic has introduced ViewX, a real-time performance monitoring tool for IoT systems where optimisation of highly networked activity is critical for the success of the system. ViewX can be used to optimise IoT systems using Express Logic ThreadX RTOS and NetX TCP/IP protocol stack on most 32-bit architectures with dynamic data capture easily defined by the user.
Wireless IDE allows concurrent MCU & RF design
Silicon Labs has introduced the next generation of Simplicity Studio, the industry’s first MCU/wireless IDE enabling concurrent MCU and RF design for a wide range of IoT applications. This software release adds support for Silicon Labs’ 8-bit EFM8 MCU family, EZR32 sub-GHz wireless MCUs and EM35xx Ember ZigBee wireless SoCs, the most widely used 2.4GHz connectivity solution in the 802.15.4 mesh networking market.
Static code analysis added to development toolchain
IAR Systems has introduced its latest product, C-STAT, which provides powerful static analysis and is integrated in the IAR Embedded Workbench toolchains for both Texas Instruments MSP430 MCUs and for ARM products. C-STAT is a powerful static analysis tool that executes fast and provides analysis results directly in the IAR Embedded Workbench IDE.
Resequencing tool is aware of processor & memory coupling
SOMNIUM Technologies has released its Device-aware Resequencing Tools (DRT) product, a complete software development environment for Freescale Kinetis MCUs. SOMNIUM DRT Freescale Kinetis Edition combines SOMNIUM’s patented Device-aware Resequencing technology with a familiar UI and 100% industry standard compatibility with the Eclipse IDE and GNU tools.
Tool adds static code analysis to the development toolchain
A tool for code quality control has been developed by IAR Systems. In 2014, the company’s IAR Embedded Workbench toolchain was complemented by the runtime analysis add-on product C-RUN. C-STAT further extends the code analysis possibilities by adding powerful static code analysis directly within the development toolchain.
Kit demonstrates four common security/fire detectors
Renesas has announced the availability of its Detect it! solution kit. The Detect it! kit is designed for detector applications and provides ready to use demonstrators for the most typical detectors used in security and fire protection systems. Detect it! has four demonstrator hardware boards, a motion detector, smoke detector, carbon monoxide detector and a glass-break detector.
Virtual platforms accelerate embedded software development
Altera has collaborated with Mentor Graphics to provide embedded software developers access to Vista virtual platforms that support its entire SoC FPGA portfolio, including the 3rd gen 14nm Stratix 10 SoCs with a 64-bit quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 processor. The Mentor Graphics Vista SoC virtual platforms are pre-built, fully functional simulation models of the ARM processor subsystems featured in each of Altera’s 28nm, 20nm and 14nm SoC ...
In-vehicle embedded solution enables traffic safety systems
Suitable for intelligent transportation systems, traffic safety systems, in-vehicle surveillance, mobile NVR and fleet management applications, the IVH-7700 in-vehicle fanless embedded system has been introduced by Vecow.