Design
Atmel Offers Embedded System Protection through Introduction of CryptoCompanion IC
Atmel has announced its next generation CryptoCompanion (AT88SC018) plug-and-play embedded security chip. CryptoCompanion provides designers an affordable option for cryptographic hardware security on systems that are currently prone to firmware theft and/or product counterfeiting. CryptoCompanion, when used in conjunction with Atmel’s CryptoMemory chip, provides secure storage of the secrets necessary to authenticate consumable items or so...
PRQA Launches QA•C/QA•C++ Legacy Mode for managing the quality of legacy code
Following an extensive early adopter program, PRQA/Programming Research has announced the general release of QA•C/QA•C++ Legacy Mode, which offers a solution for managing the quality of legacy code. In targeting the maintenance of legacy code it provides developers with the tools they need to re-use valuable legacy software with confidence.
Artisan announces Artisan Workbench
Artisan Software Tools has announced Artisan Workbench, which provides a fully integrated, collaborative engineering framework for the trouble-free deployment and maintenance of best-in-class tools for mission and safety-critical embedded systems and software development.
Multi PCB Ltd. supports Altium Designer
Multi PCB, a leading German printed circuit board manufacturers, now supports data from Altium Designer. Altium Designer was created by Altium for the purpose of unifying the entire process of electronic product development. Altium Designer combines the design of hardware, software and programmable hardware in one unified design environment, allowing effective cooperation both within design teams and across entire organisations.
OpenRTOS speeds development with Integrated USB and FAT file system
Wittenstein High Integrity Systems has launched a fully integrated version of its OpenRTOS kernel with ‘out of the box’ USB and FAT file system capability. The real time OS is designed to run efficiently on the new generation of small and medium 32-bit microcontrollers, with the initial release supporting the NXP LPC2xxx, ARM 7 and Freescale Coldfire V2 architectures. The product shortens development time for applications using USB or flash m...
Eurotech Launches Rugged PC/104+ Board using the Atom Processor Z5xx Series Platform
Eurotech has announced the launch of the ISIS XL, a rugged PC/104 Plus Board based on the Intel Atom processor Z5xx series platform. The ISIS XL is a high performance, low power board engineered for rugged applications where attributes such as extended temperature range and proven, industry standard form factor are a must.
NI Announces Suite of Prototyping Hardware to Lower Development Time and Costs
National Instruments has announced a suite of prototyping hardware that makes it possible for engineers and scientists to prototype industrial and embedded projects faster, reduce time to market and lower development costs. The five new NI CompactRIO reconfigurable chassis feature a Xilinx Virtex-5 field-programmable gate array (FPGA), the largest and fastest FPGA available today in NI hardware. Additionally, the new NI cRIO-9022 controller featu...
Express Logic’s ThreadX 5.2 Delivers Increased Speed
Express Logic has introduced the latest release of its ThreadX RTOS, V5.2. Version 5.2 builds on the already small, fast ThreadX 5.1 framework, providing developers with the fastest ThreadX version ever. In addition to increased speed, ThreadX V5.2 introduces new developer-friendly features, such as dynamic event filtering, expanded event trace, SMP enhancement, and a significant reduction in global memory requirements.
Aonix and SYSGO Team with Industry Consortium to Address Trusted Embedded Computing Issues
Aonix, the provider of the PERC product line for embedded and real-time Java developers and SYSGO, a leading supplier of software solutions for safety and security applications, announced their collaboration in the Trusted Embedded Computing initiative. Aonix will provide the PERC Ultra virtual machine and its expertise in security and complex embedded systems and SYSGO will provide PikeOS MILS compliant and safe and secure virtualization experti...
Green Hills Supports Latest Versions of the Intel Atom Processor Z5xx Series
Green Hills Software has announced the early availability of its embedded software development solution for the latest options for the Intel Atom processor Z5xx series, which include an industrial temperature range of -40˚ C to +85˚ C. These are the Intel Atom processor Z520PT and the Intel Atom processor Z510PT. The Green Hills Software solution includes the INTEGRITY real-time operating system and virtualization technology, MULTI inte...