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IAR Systems delivers world’s first development tools for Renesas RL78

March 2, 2011

Embedded World 2011, Nuremberg, Germany, March 1st – 3rd – Hall 10.209

March 1st, 2011 – Uppsala, Sweden. IAR Systems today announced the availability of the world’s first software development tools that support the latest family of microcontrollers from Renesas Electronics Corporation, IAR Embedded Workbench for RL78. The long-term and close cooperation with Renesas, as well as IAR Systems’ long experience with Renesas architectures including the R8C and the 78K families, has resulted in tools of unrivalled performance. In addition, this collaboration has allowed Renesas’ lead RL78 customers to be already using the new tools from IAR Systems.

ARM Cortex-M3 Reference Platform Running Micrium µC/OS II Released On OVP

March 2, 2011

THAME, United Kingdom, February 24, 2011 – Imperas™ earlier this month released a reference virtual platform based on the ARM® Cortex™-M3 processor, using the Micrium µC/OS II RTOS. This reference platform will benefit embedded system designers by providing open source models of the virtual platform, enabling a quicker start to software development and testing with the virtual platform. In addition, Imperas now has expanded its Multiprocessor/Multicore Software Development Kit™ (M*SDK™) to include CPU-aware support for the Cortex-M3 processor model, and OS-aware support for the µC/OS II RTOS.

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Airbus Military Certifies to DO-178B level A Using GNATcheck

March 2, 2011

NEW YORK, PARIS and NUREMBURG, Germany, March 1, 2011 – Embedded World Conference – AdaCore, provider of tools and expertise for the mission-critical, safety-critical, and security-critical software communities, today announced that Airbus Military has successfully certified the Airbus Military Aerial Refueling Boom System (ARBS) on the A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT). The certification was simplified by the use of the qualified GNATcheck tool to verify conformance to the software coding standard required by the ARBS project. Verification of conformance was undertaken as part of the … Read More → "Airbus Military Certifies to DO-178B level A Using GNATcheck"

Synopsys and Xilinx Collaborate on the Industry’s First Methodology Manual for FPGA-Based Prototyping of SoC Designs

March 2, 2011

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. and SAN JOSE, Calif., March 2, 2011—Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq:SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, and Xilinx, Inc. (Nasdaq:XLNX), the industry leader in programmable logic, today announced the availability of the FPGA-Based Prototyping Methodology Manual (FPMM), a practical guide to using FPGAs as a platform for system-on-chip (SoC) development. The FPMM captures valuable design and verification expertise contributed by engineering teams from BBC Research & Development; Design of System on Silicon, S.A. (DS2); Freescale Semiconductor; LSI, Inc.; NVIDIA Corp.; STMicroelectronics; and Texas … Read More → "Synopsys and Xilinx Collaborate on the Industry’s First Methodology Manual for FPGA-Based Prototyping of SoC Designs"

LDRA Boosts Automation and Transparency of Test Process

March 2, 2011

Embedded World, Nürnberg, Germany. 1 March 2011. LDRA, the leading provider of automated software verification tools, has extended TBmanager, a test management and traceability component within the LDRA tool suite. With the adoption of process-oriented standards such as IEC 62304, Read More → "LDRA Boosts Automation and Transparency of Test Process"

Renesas Electronics Lowers the Bar for Ultra-Low Power Microcontrollers with its New RX200 32-Bit MCU Series

March 2, 2011

embedded world, Nuremberg, 1st March 2011 – Renesas Electronics, a premier provider of advanced semiconductor solutions, today introduced the first products in the new RX200 Series of 32-bit microcontrollers (MCUs) with embedded Flash memory that extend its very successful RX MCU family into the realm of ultra-low power and wide-voltage range operation.

Two years ago, Renesas Electronics launched the RX600 series of extremely high-performance and high-connectivity 32-bit MCUs. Today, the RX family is extended by the RX200 series down this vital path which satisfies increasing demand … Read More → "Renesas Electronics Lowers the Bar for Ultra-Low Power Microcontrollers with its New RX200 32-Bit MCU Series"

Netas Selects Green Hills Software for its Router and Switch Communications Products

March 2, 2011

NUREMBERG, GERMANY — March 1, 2011 — Embedded World — Green Hills Software, the largest independent vendor of embedded software solutions, has announced that its INTEGRITY® real-time operating system (RTOS) and MULTI® integrated development environment (IDE) are being used by Netas in the company’s communications switch and router products targeted for use in harsh tactical environments. Netas, Turkey’s leading telecommunications infrastructure provider and systems integrator, deploys best-of-breed networks and telecom solutions to organizations including Turk Telekom and the Turkish Armed Forces.

The INTEGRITY RTOS forms the basis of Netas products, which include the … Read More → "Netas Selects Green Hills Software for its Router and Switch Communications Products"

LynuxWorks Announces LynxSecure 5.0 Featuring Increased Performance and Virtualization Features

March 2, 2011

NUREMBERG, GERMANY, Embedded World 2011–March 2, 2011–LynuxWorks™, Inc., a world leader in the embedded and security software market, today announced availability of LynxSecure 5.0. This new release of the award-winning LynxSecure separation kernel and hypervisor adds significant performance increases for fully virtualized guest operating systems (OSes) by utilizing new hardware technologies, and offering 64-bit and Symmetric Multi-processing (SMP) guest OS virtualization support.

This LynxSecure 5.0 release has also added a device sharing facility for systems with limited physical devices that complements the existing direct device assignment mechanism that has been available in previous versions of LynxSecure. With … Read More → "LynuxWorks Announces LynxSecure 5.0 Featuring Increased Performance and Virtualization Features"

congatec Presents a COM Express Compact Mini Carrier Board for Quick Design-In

March 2, 2011

Nuremberg, Embedded World, 02 March 2011 * * * congatec AG, a leading manufacturer of embedded computer modules, introduces the new conga-MCB, a mini carrier board for COM Express Compact modules that is perfect for space-critical applications. It is ideal for the quick construction of prototypes but can also be used for high performance mobile applications.

The easily integrated mini carrier board is only 145 x 95 mm with various interfaces based on the latest standards and can accelerate the evaluation phase of the design-in to ensure a rapid market introduction. In addition to four USB ports and a … Read More → "congatec Presents a COM Express Compact Mini Carrier Board for Quick Design-In"

USB Device Driver – Single Channel Hi-Speed USB to UART/FIFO Interface IC for Next Generation Peripheral Design

March 2, 2011

March 2nd 2011 – Future Technology Devices International Limited (FTDI) has further strengthened its portfolio of USB interface IC products with the release of the FT232H USB2.0 Hi-Speed device. This versatile single channel USB to UART/FIFO interface device can be configured via EEPROM to use a variety of different serial or parallel interfaces. Bundled with FTDI’s well established and proven USB device drivers, this solution enables engineers to easily add Hi-Speed USB connectivity into new and legacy peripheral designs with a minimum of design and … Read More → "USB Device Driver – Single Channel Hi-Speed USB to UART/FIFO Interface IC for Next Generation Peripheral Design"

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