Design
Elan Digital launches new dedicated custom design service for SD/SDIO
Elan Digital provides custom design services internationally to some of the world’s best and biggest electronics companies as well as smaller ‘niche’ market players.
Microchip launches Microstick - easy to use, cost effective solution for designing with 16-bit Microcontrollers & DSCs
Microchip today announced the launch of Microstick for dsPIC33F and PIC24H development board. This new product provides a complete, low-cost solution for designing with Microchip’s 16-bit PIC24H microcontrollers and dsPIC33F Digital Signal Controllers (DSCs), in a compact 20x76 mm footprint. The low cost Microstick offers an integrated USB programmer/debugger, which shortens learning curves. For maximum flexibility, the Microstick can be use...
EnSilica’s eSi-RISC embedded processors validated for Mentor Graphics’ Precision Synthesis FPGA design flow
EnSilica, a leading independent provider of front-end IC design services, has announced that it has become a partner for Mentor Graphics’ Precise-IP vendor-independent FPGA IP platform. As a result, EnSilica’s range of eSi-RISC embedded processor cores and eSi-Comms library of communications IP has been fully validated for use in Mentor Graphics’ Precision Synthesis FPGA design flow, enabling design engineers to easily implement them on an...
New Microchip Microstick Development Board Makes It Easy and Cost-Effective to Design With 16-bit Microcontrollers and Digital Signal Controllers
Microchip announces the Microstick for dsPIC33F and PIC24H development board, which provides a complete, low-cost solution for designing with Microchip’s 16-bit PIC24H microcontrollers and dsPIC33F Digital Signal Controllers (DSCs), in a compact 20x76 mm footprint. At the low cost of $24.99, the Microstick offers an integrated USB programmer/debugger, which shortens learning curves. For maximum flexibility, the Microstick can be used stand-al...
Quadros Offers Prism GUI Software for Embedded Devices
Adding to its extensive suite of software for embedded systems, Quadros Systems, Inc., a leading provider of real-time operating systems (RTOS) and embedded software, today announced the immediate availability of Prism, a suite of graphical user interface (GUI) development tools written in C++ for embedded applications. This toolkit is ideal for navigation systems, cell phones, industrial control, gaming systems and medical electronics—anyone w...
X2O Media's New Wayfinder Add-In Allows Xpresenter™ Users to Build Interactive Maps Directly Inside Microsoft® PowerPoint®
X2O Media, a full-service provider of software, network management, and content services for professional digital signage applications, today announced a new Microsoft® PowerPoint® add-in that greatly simplifies the content creation process, allowing users to build their own wayfinder maps for corporate facilities, campuses, airports, public venues, and more.
Lattice Expands Reference Design Portfolio For Popular MachXO and ispMACH 4000ZE PLDs
Lattice announced that it has released more than 90 reference designs optimized for the MachXO™ and ispMACH® 4000ZE PLDs. Reference designs enable the quick and efficient design and deployment of commonly used functions such as general purpose I/O expander, I2C bus master / slave, LCD controller and SD Flash controller, as well as other interfaces, in a variety of markets including consumer, communications, computing, industrial and medical. ...
Silicon Labs Introduces Online Clock Tree Design Service
Silicon Laboratories announced an online Clock Tree Design Service that gives customers quick access to Silicon Labs’ experienced applications engineering team to provide custom timing architecture proposals that simplify design, reduce BOM costs and minimize risk during development. When combined with the industry’s shortest component lead times of two weeks or less, Silicon Labs’ clock and oscillator family is designed to accelerate custo...
New EPLAN Electric P8 2.0
EPLAN unveiled the new EPLAN Electric P8 2.0 electrical controls design software, in beta version at the Hanover Fair. Whether point wiring, active device protection or channel oriented PLC design, the software offers practical potential for more project reliability, functionality and speed. The quality of all documentation is guaranteed by active check functions and the system automatically prevents incorrect data from being entered.
Cypress and Future Electronics Jointly Develop Low-Cost PSoC 3 Development Board Showcasing New Architecture's Ease-of-Use and Fast Design Cycle
Cypress Semiconductor Corp. and Future Electronics today introduced a low-cost development board demonstrating the ease-of-use of Cypress’s new PSoC 3 architecture. The Future Electronics PSoC 3 Development Board shows how developers can leverage the flexible PSoC 3 architecture and the revolutionary PSoC Creator™ Integrated Development Environment (IDE) to streamline designs.