Design
Green Hills Software Announces Software Platform for Smart Energy
Green Hills Software have introduced the Green Hills Platform for Smart Energy. The new platform provides a robust and expandable end-to-end solution for intelligent electronic device development and deployment; including optimized software development tools, hardware trace probes, and industry-proven real-time operating system technology.
Express Logic Brings ThreadX RTOS to Renesas Electronics RX Family of 32-bit Microcontrollers
Express Logic Inc today announced that Express Logic’s ThreadX RTOS now supports Renesas Electronics’ RX600 Series 32-bit microcontrollers. Because the ThreadX RTOS is designed for a small memory footprint and demanding real-time control, it is a perfect match for the RX600 MCUs with their 100MHz CPU core and zero-wait on-chip Flash Memory for embedded real-time control applications. RX600 MCUs also provide broad connectivity with integrated ...
Express Logic Introduces Downloadable Application Modules for ThreadX RTOS
Express Logic Inc today announced the introduction of downloadable application modules for its ThreadX RTOS. Downloadable application modules enable ThreadX-based applications to dynamically receive additional instructions from local mass storage or a network.
Analog Devices Offers Up To 60% Savings On Blackfin Processor Development Tools, Easing Costs While Expediting Product Development
Today at Embedded World, Analog Devices, Inc. announced a discount of up to 60% off standard development-tool pricing for embedded developers designing products based on ADI’s high performance Blackfin® processor platform. Delivering exceptional price/performance and energy efficiency, Blackfin 16/32-bit processors enable engineers to advance the performance, functionality and connectivity of any application that benefits from a combination of...
LDRA Tools Integrate IEC 61508 Compliance across the Software Lifecycle
LDRA launches support for the IEC 61508 and IEC 61508:2010 standards, functional safety standards for electrical/electronic/programmable electronic systems, from requirements through design, code, analysis and certification. As a broad functional safety standard applicable to a wide range of industries, the IEC 61508 standard focuses on risk reduction and the safety lifecycle for equipment and systems under software control.
Microsemi Announces Expanded Industrial Ecosystem for SmartFusion Intelligent Mixed Signal FPGAs
Microsemi Corporation today announced an expanded industrial ecosystem for SmartFusion intelligent mixed signal FPGAs. This new ecosystem strengthens the current SmartFusion device ecosystem and includes further support by Microsemi partners. Customers now have a broader choice of operating systems and communication protocols for implementation on SmartFusion FPGAs, enabling the acceleration of their designs in industrial and networking applicati...
Microsemi Announces SmartFusion Intelligent Mixed Signal FPGAs Now Available with uClinux
Microsemi Corporation today announced that open source U-Boot firmware and uClinux are now available on SmartFusion intelligent mixed signal FPGAs. The availability of Linux on SmartFusion devices provides a convenient design environment as well as an array of open-source projects offered as starting points when developing support for required hardware interfaces. Emcraft Systems, a recent addition to the Microsemi partner program, provides Smart...
Synopsys DesignWare IP First to Support Final Release of PCI Express 3.0 Specification
Synopsys Inc today announced that it is the first IP provider to support the final version of the PCI Express 3.0 base specification, recently released by the PCI Special Interest Group.
NXP Expands ARM Cortex-M0 Microcontroller Portfolio With LPC1200 Industrial Control Series
NXP Semiconductors N.V. today announced its LPC1200 Industrial Control Series featuring the ARM Cortex-M0 processor. The LPC1200 extends NXP’s 32-bit ARM microcontroller continuum and targets a wide range of industrial applications in the areas of factory and home automation, such as white goods, motor control, power conversion and power supplies. It also expands NXP’s Cortex-M0 microcontroller offering with a wide range of Flash memory sizes...
Power Integrations Releases Chinese, Korean, Japanese, and Russian Versions of PI Expert Suite PSU Design Software
Power Integrations today announced that PI Expert Suite Version 8, the latest upgrade to the company’s immensely popular power supply design software, is now available in simplified and traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Russian, as well as English. PI Expert Suite improves the productivity of power supply design teams, reduces the number of prototype iterations required, and increases the quality of the end result.