Design
New Tools, Product Support and Multi-Language Support for Free NXP Design Portal
NXP Semiconductors and Transim Technology have announced several key enhancements to NXP’s Power and Lighting Online Design Tool Portfolio. Available free of charge to design engineers, NXP’s online design tools simplify the design process with customized design generation; instant simulation results powered by Transim’s patented WebSIM engine; comprehensive parts list with inventory and pricing check; and online purchase from leading distr...
Accelerate Chip Design with Cadence Virtuoso Layout Suite for Electrically Aware Design
Cadence Design Systems announce a groundbreaking approach to custom design with its Virtuoso Layout Suite for Electrically Aware Design. Offering increased design team productivity and circuit performance for custom ICs, Virtuoso Layout Suite EAD allows engineers to reduce their circuit design cycle by up to 30 percent while optimizing chip size and performance.
Speed DSP Smart Sensor Design with EFM32 Wonder Gecko Development Kits
Silicon Labs has today announced development kits and application software demonstrations for the EFM32 Wonder Gecko microcontroller family, developed by Energy Micro (recently acquired by Silicon Labs). Designed to help embedded engineers leverage 32-bit digital signal control, the development kits and software examples feature extremely low standby power modes and high-performance CPU.
Acrosser unveil the AMB-D255T1 & AMB-QM77T1 Mini-ITX mainboards
ACROSSER launch its 2 Mini-ITX mainboards, AMB-D255T1 and AMB-QM77T1. Both products feature low-power consumption and outstanding system stability, making them suitable for system integration for multiple industrial uses. ACROSSER Technology has seen many successful business stories within the embedded computing industry; such as working closely with clients, and from system integrators to solution suppliers.
Full support for Freescale Vybrid Controller Solutions from IAR
IAR Systems has announced support for the new Vybrid F series controller solutions available from Freescale Semiconductor. Full support for the Vybrid VF3xx, VF5xx, and VF6xx product families are provided using the development tool suite IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM. Vybrid controller solutions are built on an asymmetrical-multiprocessing architecture using single or dual ARM cores, and are well suited for use in many industrial applications.
Averna’s Record & Playback Solution chosen for signal analysis of Galileo Satellites
Averna has selected Averna’s Record & Playback solution for signal analysis and monitoring of Galileo satellites. The R&P platform selected by ESA features the RP-5300, a compact 2-channel wideband RF recorder designed to record live RF signals in the field, and the URT-2200 RF Player for GNSS. Averna’s R&P solution is powered by RF StudioTM, a high-performance RF recorder and playback software specifically designed for RF designers and resea...
Custom Processor for 3G/LTE Modem designed by Fujitsu
Synopsys have announced that Fujitsu Laboratories have used Processor Designer to design a custom digital signal processor for their 3G/LTE multi-mode modem. Traditionally, multi-mode modems have been optimized for power by requiring a hardware block for each mode. By using Processor Designer to develop their own custom-designed DSP, Fujitsu Laboratories was able to develop a processor that handles both 3G and LTE modes and consumes 20 percent le...
DFI announce ATX Motherboard supporting Multiple PCIe Configurations
DFI brings the Intel Xeon processor E3-1200 v3 series to the DL631-C226 ATX embedded motherboard. It is DFI’s first ATX board that supports the new Intel C226 Express Chipset. This ATX motherboard comes with LGA 1150 socket for the Intel Xeon processor E3-1200 v3 series built on 22-nanometer process technology that delivers up to 5~15% CPU performance increase over the previous generations.
IAR development tools for Atmel AVR32 feature 80% faster code
IAR Systems introduce version 4.20 of its embedded development toolchain IAR Embedded Workbench for AVR32. In addition to user-friendly functionality, the version includes major enhancements to the advanced code optimizations technology, gaining significantly faster code execution as well as smaller code size. The enhancements result in heavily improved scores on the CoreMark benchmark test suite. Scores are more than 80 percent higher compared t...
Electronic components manufactured by EyeVision
EVT now offers the newly optimized commands of the EyeVision image processing software, allowing inspection of electronic components during the production and also rendering the inspection fairly easy for the user. Defective parts are therefore detected during the production in the earliest possible stage of the process. With the EyeVision software and the respective hardware, such as e.g. an EyeCheck smart camera, a e.g. visual inspection of a d...