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IAR Systems adds CAN interface to NXP Cortex-M0 development kit line-up
IAR Systems today announced IAR KickStart Kit for NXP LPC11C14. Recently introduced by NXP, the LPC11C14 device adds a controller area network (CAN) 2.0B-compliant controller complete with on-chip CANopen drivers to the LPC1100 family of Cortex-M0 based microcontrollers. Based on the previously announced IAR KickStart Kit for LPC1114, the new kit has a CAN interface on the evaluation board to support the features of the LPC11C14 device.
eMemory Standardizes on Synopsys FastSPICE for Circuit Simulation
Synopsys today announced that eMemory Technology, Inc. has selected Synopsys' CustomSim™ solution for all of its circuit simulation needs. On a 45-nanometer (nm) embedded non-volatile memory, the CustomSim solution demonstrated up to 2 times faster simulation runtime compared to other commercial FastSPICE tools, and delivered results tightly correlated to silicon data. Based on these results, CustomSim is now used in verification production flo...
Synopsys Reduces IP Integration Risk With Extensive SATA-IO Interoperability Testing
Synopsys today announced that Synopsys' DesignWare® Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) IP solution has successfully passed the SATA International Organization (SATA-IO) electrical, digital and system interoperability testing for 130- to 40-nanometer (nm) process technologies. The SATA-IO interoperability testing validates Synopsys' internal testing of the DesignWare SATA IP, which includes extensive digital and mixed-signal simulation ...
Autodesk Reveals Details of Digital Prototyping Forum 2010
Helping CAD managers and users to overcome their daily design process challenges, Autodesk has announced Digital Prototyping Forum 2010, scheduled to be held at The Belfry Hotel near Birmingham on 3 November. Registration is now open (www.autodesk.co.uk/dpforum)
Autodesk Announces AutoCAD for Mac and AutoCAD WS App for iPad and iPhone
Autodesk, a leader in 3D design, engineering and entertainment software, announced AutoCAD for Mac software. This version of AutoCAD, one of the most widely used software for professional design and engineering, runs natively on Mac OS X and will increase choice of hardware for millions of users around the world. Autodesk also announced the AutoCAD WS mobile application, a new app for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch that will allow users to edit and ...
Autodesk Embraces Software as a Service with New Inventor Optimization Technology Preview
Autodesk today announced that Inventor Optimization is now available for download from the Autodesk Labs website as a free* technology preview. The web-based technology, which works with Autodesk Inventor 2011, allows engineers to tap into immense cloud-based processing power—at no additional cost—to perform digital simulation on their product designs.
Wind River and Its Partners Bring Out-of-the-Box PC Experience to Embedded Market
Wind River has partnered with an ecosystem of processor board vendors to provide Embedded Development Kits that enable embedded developers to begin application development in less than one hour versus what traditionally can take days or weeks. As part of the new program, called the Wind River On-Board Program, the Embedded Development Kits comprise processor boards with optimized trial versions of Wind River’s market-leading operating systems, ...
Eurotech and Wind River Announce Collaboration to Speed Embedded Application Development
Eurotech and Wind River today announced a strategic collaboration to support joint sales, marketing and distribution of Embedded Development Kits, which enable embedded developers to begin application development in less than one hour versus what traditionally takes more than days or weeks. As part of the Wind River On-Board Program, Eurotech will offer Embedded Development Kits with validated board support packages of Wind River's embedded Linux...
Wind River Introduces New Safety Critical Platform for DO-178B and IEC 61508 Standards
Wind River announced Wind River VxWorks Cert Platform, a combination of Wind River's existing VxWorks DO-178B and IEC 61508 safety critical platforms in one product offering. The new software platform introduces support for C++ and real-time processes (RTP) providing more flexibility in programming and design and enabling improved compatibility with existing, imported or reused code.
Wind River Updates VxWorks MILS Platform with High Assurance Network Stack and Wind River Linux Guest OS
Wind River announced an updated version of its VxWorks MILS Platform, featuring an optional high assurance network stack and support for Wind River Linux as a guest operating system (OS). VxWorks MILS Platform 2.1 is designed for high security ensuring customers have a protected platform for developing high assurance applications.