Design
Microchip and Digilent Add Arduino Compatible chipKIT uC32 Development Platform and Wi-Fi Shield for 32-bit PIC Microcontrollers
Microchip Technology and Digilent today announced the jointly developed chipKIT uC32 open-source development platform, which is based on Microchip’s 32-bit PIC32 microcontroller, as well as the chipKIT Wi-Fi Shield. Digilent’s chipKIT uC32 development board has the same form factor as their chipKIT Uno32 board, with the addition of larger memory (512 KB Flash and up to 32 KB RAM).
GL Announces Enhanced Voice Quality Testing Solutions
GL Communications announce the release of its latest enhanced Voice Quality Testing Software with Perceptual Objective Listening Quality Analysis standard. Speaking to reporters, Mr. Robert Bichefsky Senior Manager for product development of the company said, “GL’s enhanced VQuad and stand-alone Voice Quality Testing software, both support the next-generation voice quality testing standard for fixed, mobile and IP-based networks using POLQA (...
IAR Supports XMC1000 Low-Price ARM Cortex-M0 MCUs From Infineon
IAR Systems announces comprehensive support for the XMC1000 family of 32-bit microcontrollers recently announced by Infineon. The support is available using IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM, which is a complete set of high-performance tools for embedded development. The XMC1000 family is based on the ARM Cortex-M0 core and features advanced peripheral functions.
LPRS easyRadio Advanced Wireless Modules Chosen For Sports Training Timing System
LPRS has announced that they are supplying their market leading easyRadio Advanced wireless modules to Microgate for use in their new wireless athletics training timer – WITTY. The new Microgate WITTY has been designed as a portable, practical and precise athlete timing system which meets all the requirements of the latest training methods.
New low-cost Boundary Scan Bundle for Technology Entry
GOEPEL electronic now provides a special package for beginners in JTAG/Boundary Scan or users with cost-sensitive projects. PicoTAP Designer Studio is a complete Boundary Scan test system incl. hardware and software, offering an extremely reasonable price-performance-ratio.
Mentor Graphics New Questa Verification Platform Functionality Drives Verification Throughput
Mentor Graphics today announced the 10.2 release of the Questa functional verification platform, a tightly integrated and extensible set of tools and solutions that is transforming the functional verification of complex System-on-Chip and FPGA designs.
Integrated Software Development with iSYSTEM and Vector Tools
Schwabhausen-based iSYSTEM and Vector today present the integration of CANoe.XCP2), CANoe.AMD as well as CANape and iSYSTEM winIDEA/testIDEA3). With their cooperation, iSYSTEM and Vector respond to the demand for consistent development tools and automated test tools required especially by the automotive industry. So far, the two partners have covered different stages of the development and test process. iSYSTEM focus on hardware-near software dev...
Intermec Handheld Computers Use ams' Low-Power AS3993 UHF Reader
ams have revealed that Intermec has embedded the AS3993 UHF reader in its 70 Series of rugged, handheld computers. The 70 Series, which includes the CN70 RFID, CN70e RFID and CK70 RFID, is a family of ultra-rugged handheld computers designed for use by couriers, shopworkers and inventory handlers. The benefits of the products include excellent data-capture capabilities and long battery life.
Lanner Collaborates with Wind River to Help Customers Get Flying with Intel Data Plane Development Kit
Lanner Electronics today announced the release of a Wind River Embedded Development Kit for their FW-8895 network appliance platform. This platform offers a 100% x86 development platform that is designed to fully utilize the Intel Data Plane Development Kit (Intel DPDK) and offer solid processing capabilities in both the control plane and data plane.
NI VeriStand Now Adds Functionality for Mechanical Test Applications and Embedded Software Validation
National Instruments has announced NI VeriStand 2012, the latest version of its configuration-based software environment with an open, intuitive software interface for developing real-time testing applications.