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National Instruments Introduces Industry’s Highest Throughput PXI Frame Grabber

June 21, 2011 – National Instruments today announced the NI PXIe-1435 high-performance Camera Link frame grabber. Engineers can use the new module to integrate high-speed and high-resolution imaging into their PXI systems, the industry standard for automated test with more than 1,500 measurement modules available from more than 70 vendors. By combining high-throughput imaging with the benefits of off-the-shelf PXI measurement hardware, NI now offers full software-defined solutions for demanding automated test applications in industries such as consumer electronics, automotive and semiconductor.

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Sierra Circuits Demonstrates HDI Stackup Planner at Semicon West 2011

SUNNYVALE, CA–(Marketwire – Jul 7, 2011) – Sierra Circuits, the leader in QuickTurn HDI PCBs, has announced that it will be demonstrating the latest version of its HDI Stackup Planner software at the Semicon West trade show at the Moscone Center in San Francisco later this month. The complete show information follows:

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Date:   July 12-14, 2011
Location:   Moscone Center, 747 Howard Street, San Francisco
Booth #:   522

National Instruments Announces NI LabVIEW for Education Software for High Schools

June 20, 2011 – National Instruments today announced the latest edition of its NI LabVIEW for Education software for high school, which integrates with classroom data collection and control devices to help teach science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) concepts to students. The software is a full-function version of the industrial LabVIEW graphical system design software that is “skinned” and scoped appropriately for students. It is optimized for classroom use through instructional videos, tutorials, open-ended … Read More → "National Instruments Announces NI LabVIEW for Education Software for High Schools"

Verigy Launches the Semiconductor Industry’s First Scalable Class of Testers — V93000 Smart Scale — to Lower the Cost of Test for Next-Generation ICs

CUPERTINO, CA–(Marketwire – Jul 7, 2011) – Verigy, an Advantest Group company (TSE: 6857) (NYSE: ATE), has announced the industry’s first series of scalable, highly cost-efficient tester classes for advanced semiconductor designs, including 3D device architectures and IC designs for the 28nm technology node and beyond. The new V93000 Smart Scale™ Generation of test systems and pin cards will be part of Verigy’s exhibit at next week’s SEMICON West trade show, July 12-14 at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco.

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IAR Systems provides complete starter kit for high performance STM32 F-2 series of microcontrollers

Uppsala, Sweden—July 8, 2011—IAR Systems today announced a complete starter kit for STMicroelectronics’ ARM Cortex-M3 based high performance STM32 F-2 series. The new leading-edge STM32F2xx series combines advanced 90nm process technology with the innovative adaptive real-time memory accelerator (ART accelerator™) and the multi-layer bus matrix. IAR KickStart Kit for STM32F207 contains all the necessary hardware and software and allows embedded software applications to be designed, integrated and tested on hardware. It includes a feature-rich evaluation board, software tools, a debug probe, example projects and board support packages for several RTOSes. It … Read More → "IAR Systems provides complete starter kit for high performance STM32 F-2 series of microcontrollers"

BEEcube Inc. Joins MathWorks Connections Program

FREMONT, Calif., July 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — BEEcube Inc. today announced it has joined the MathWorks Connections Program. This partnership is based on BEEcube Platform Studio (BPS) a system-level, hardware/software co-development tool working with Simulink targeting a wide range of FPGA platforms.

BPS provides a rich set of Simulink library blocks that automatically generate all platform specific hardware interfaces and corresponding software drivers. Months of engineering tasks to integrate complex DSP algorithms into hardware system implementation can be achieved through BPS in a matter of days. No expert knowledge of low-level FPGA implementation details is required, … Read More → "BEEcube Inc. Joins MathWorks Connections Program"

EU’s INTERESTED project concludes with goals achieved

Elancourt, France and Cheltenham, UK – 6th July 2011.  The European Union’s three-year INTERESTED (INTERoperable Embedded Systems Tool chain for Enhanced rapid Design, prototyping and code generation) project, funded under the 7th Framework Programme, has come to a successful conclusion with its goals achieved in terms of significantly reducing the cost and improving the quality and time-to-market of safety-critical embedded systems. 

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Avnet’s Xilinx(R) Spartan(R)-6 LX9 FPGA MicroBoard Kit Now Supported by Micrium Kernels

WESTON, Fla., Jul 07, 2011 — Micrium, in conjunction with Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas, a business region of Avnet, Inc. and Xilinx(R), is proud to announce that the Spartan(R)-6 LX9 FPGA MicroBoard Kit now fully supports the uC/OS-II and uC/OS-III real-time kernels. The Xilinx Spartan-6 LX9 FPGA MicroBoard kit features several pre-built hardware designs, as well as uC/OS-III-based examples, allowing the user to quickly evaluate and experiment with the Spartan-6 LX9 FPGA, the Xilinx MicroBlaze(TM) embedded soft processor core and Micrium’s real-time kernels. The USB-stick form factor MicroBoard is a low-cost, portable solution for … Read More → "Avnet’s Xilinx(R) Spartan(R)-6 LX9 FPGA MicroBoard Kit Now Supported by Micrium Kernels"

SMX® RTOS Now Available to Ease Development on AM35x Sitara™ ARM® Microprocessors from Texas Instruments

Costa Mesa, California, July7, 2011 — Micro Digital, Inc. is pleased to offer out-of-the-box SMX® real-time operating system (RTOS) support for the AM35x Sitara™ ARM® Cortex™-A8 microprocessors (MPUs) from Texas Instruments Inc. (TI). This new SMX RTOS support allows developers to get their projects off to a quick start with the middleware and drivers needed for many of the on-chip peripherals, as well as an exceptional graphical debug tool that helps programmers solve problems quickly. Developers also benefit from extensive error-checking and diagnostics in the software.

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