Design
FloorDirector 3.5 Provides Significant Dynamic Power Integrity Benefits at 28 nm
Teklatech today announced the release of version 3.5 of its FloorDirector tool. FloorDirector enables Dynamic Power Shaping leading to reduced peak current demand, dynamic voltage drop and digital power noise in ASIC designs.
Online simulation tool allows motor designers to evaluate TI’s InstaSPIN-FOC breakthrough motor control technology
Today, Texas Instruments, unveils a free, interactive online simulation tool that enables motor designers to assess TI’s InstaSPIN-field-oriented-control technology. This online simulation allows users to fully evaluate TI InstaSPIN-FOC’s superior software-sensor-based “sensorless” control for variable speed and load applications using three-phase, synchronous or asynchronous motors.
Huanor Adopts Cypress’s EZ-USB FX3 Peripheral Controller for USB 3.0 Industrial Camera Development Kit
Cypress Semiconductor today announced that Beijing Huanor-Mingke Electronic Tech Center has selected Cypress’s EZ-USB FX3 solution for the Huanor U3CAMEN USB 3.0 industrial camera development kit. The kit provides a complete hardware and software solution to accelerate designs with a Field Programmable Gate Array, USB firmware, and device driver, enabling rapid development of 5-Megapixel USB 3.0 industrial cameras.
Green Hills Software Expands GUI Builder Support for INTEGRITY RTOS with Altia Design and DeepScreen
Green Hills Software have announced the availability of the latest release of Altia’s graphical user interface development suite. This combination allows customers to quickly and successfully implement and market products with sophisticated graphical user interfaces with the ability to execute on an operating system platform that delivers deployment-proven system reliability and availability.
Advantech Launches New Enhanced WebAccess 7.1
The latest version of Advantech WebAccess 7.1 is a leap forward in remote multiple site management. Version 7.1 improves on version 7 of the fully featured SCADA system by simplifying the installation process and adding the following functionality: integrated Google MapsTM, real-time database, remote connection and configuration of DiagAnywhere servers and another 3,500 symbols.
Microsemi Announces System Builder Design Tool for ARM-based SmartFusion2 SoC FPGA Designs
Microsemi today announced SmartFusion2 SoC FPGA users can now benefit from its newly released design tool, System Builder. System Builder is a powerful new design tool within the Libero System-on-Chip Design Environment version 11.0 and is specifically targeted at accelerating customer definition and implementation of ARM-based systems using SmartFusion2 SoC FPGAs.
Zilog Releases New USB Mini-Z 28-Pin Design Board
Zilog today introduces a new reference design, the Mini-Z USB Design Board. Zilog’s Mini-Z USB Design Board incorporates a USB host and peripheral functionality with Zilog’s portfolio of Mini-Z modules. This hardware design uses a Max3421E USB transceiver to provide an interface to USB communications with supporting power-limiting and connection circuitry.
XMOS multicore microcontroller delivers low cost daisy-chain Ethernet AVB
XMOS today announced a new reference design for its xCORE multicore microcontroller products that brings Ethernet AVB (Audio Visual Bridging) technology to more cost-sensitive audio transport and time sensitive networking applications in which latency and timing are critical.
Synopsys Announces Design Kit Optimized for All SoC Processor Cores
Synopsys is pleased to announced today an extension to its DesignWare Duet Embedded Memory and Logic Library IP portfolio specifically designed to enable the optimized implementation of a broad range of processor cores.
Astrium Selects AdaCore’s GNAT Pro and PolyORB for International Space Station
AdaCore announced that Astrium, a wholly owned subsidiary of EADS, has selected AdaCore’s GNAT Pro development environment and PolyORB middleware toolset for use in the Core Ground System - CGS forms the basis to operate the Columbus laboratory, the European contribution to the International Space Station. The CGS ensures efficient communication across a network of User Support and Operation Centres distributed throughout Europe.