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Low cost and open LPC2148 development board launched
NGX Technologies Bangalore, has launched a very low-cost and feature rich ARM7 evaluation/educational board. The product is named 'BlueBoard-lpc2148' and is based on the popular LPC214X series of ARM7 microcontrollers from NXP semiconductors. BlueBoard is an open-source initiative at realizing cost effective prototyping and solutions.
Freescale and the Rochester Institute of Technology Host Designing With Freescale Embedded Technology Conference
The 2009 Freescale Rochester Technology Symposium (FRTS), scheduled for Thursday, November 5th at the Rochester Institute of Technology's College of Integrated Manufacturing Systems facility, will bring together more than 200 customer design engineers, engineering professors and students, third-party tools partners, and executive managers for a one-day, multi-track training seminar on Freescale technologies and system design. The Symposium will ...
New Eclipse-based IDE from Texas Instruments enables customers to develop embedded applications for less than $100
As software design and debugging represents the majority of development cost and time for many applications, efficient design tools play a critical role in managing project cost and deadlines. To simplify development while accelerating identification, analysis and resolution, Texas Instruments has announced the availability of Code Composer Studio v4, a major upgrade to its industry-leading integrated development environment (IDE) based on the Ec...
National Instruments Introduces High-Performance FlexRay and CAN Interfaces
National Instruments has announced NI-XNET CAN and FlexRay embedded network interfaces, which help engineers working in industries such as automotive and aerospace quickly prototype, simulate and test next-generation FlexRay and controller area network (CAN) devices and networks. The NI-XNET embedded networks platform consists of 14 new high-performance PCI- and PXI-based interfaces for FlexRay and CAN and a new, universal API for rapid applicati...
RiskCAT supports ISO 26262
The tool RiskCAT provides support for applying ISO 26262. RiskCAT 26262 allows to determine the ASIL (“Automotive Safety Integrity Level“) and indicates for every possible measure of ISO 26262 the degree of obligation (“recommended“, “highly recommended“, etc.).
Real Intent Helps Designers Prevent Re-Spins
Real Intent Inc announced today that it is shipping PureTime 3.2 with new product options-- PureTime Constraints and PureTime Exceptions. The PureTime product family helps designers prevent faulty circuits and avoid expensive re-spins. It offers best in class, high-performance constraints validation and timing exceptions verification tools designed to provide users with ultimate confidence in the timing constraints employed across all phases of i...
Adeneo Embedded announce Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R2 Training in Boston, MA Optimized for Texas Instrument OMAP 35xEVM
Adeneo Embedded announced today a Microsoft® Windows® Embedded CE 6.0 R2 training course in Boston MA, from October 19th to 22nd, 2009. This event is a unique opportunity for software system designers to develop an application based on Windows Embedded CE, using Texas Instrument’s OMAP35xEVM applications processor solution.
OpenRTOS extends support and cuts development costs for Cortex-M3 applications
Wittenstein High Integrity Systems has extended the range of ARM Cortex-M3 based processors supported by its OpenRTOS embedded kernel to include Atmel SAM3, NXP LPC1700 and STM32 Connectivity Line chips. The OpenRTOS kernel is fully compatible with FreeRTOS™, meaning embedded designers can develop new embedded industrial, medical, power and consumer applications on the new generation of 32-bit microcontrollers without incurring licence fees. At...
Tomorrow's designers to use the world’s next generation electronics design solution
Altium Designer has been chosen as the electronics design solution for the WorldSkills Competition’s electronics category. The WorldSkills Competition is a event held every two years that brings together more than 900 of the best young professionals from around the world. The electronics design category is one of 45 in which competitors compete for gold at this prestigious event. The competition takes place 1-7 September, 2009 in Calgary, Canad...
Avnet Embedded and Direct Insight to provide specialist Windows Embedded training
Direct Insight, an official Windows Embedded Training Partner and Windows Embedded Gold Partner, and Avnet Embedded, Europe’s leading distributor of Microsoft’s Embedded Operating Systems are partnering to provide two intensive training courses to help students prepare for Microsoft Technical Specialist Certifications in using Microsoft Embedded Operating Systems to create embedded devices.