Munich, Germany, November 2nd,  2010 Digitaltest GmbH, one of the leaders in electronics testing and production solutions, and JTAG Technologies, tier one provider of boundary-scan products world-wide, today announced the integration of their test methods within the Digitaltest MTS series of in-circuit test systems. As a result, electronics designers and manufacturers will benefit from even greater test coverage and programmability of complex PCBs, all within a single process step.

Digitaltest’s Sigma ‘combinational’ test system is already among the most versatile and advanced board testers on the market with comprehensive& … Read More → "Digitaltest and JTAG Technologies Combine to Provide Comprehensive PCB Test Capability"

November 9th 2010 – Uppsala, Sweden. IAR Systems today announced IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM 6.10, the latest version of its comprehensive tool chain for embedded developers. Supporting a wide range of ARM targets, this version of Embedded Workbench is the first to incorporate full ISO / ANSI specification support of C++.

Developers using IAR Embedded Workbench can now benefit from the full feature set of the C++ language, including useful but resource consuming features like STL, RTTI and exceptions. When running on high-end embedded processors these features can help increase productivity and make applications more robust.

C++ is … Read More → "IAR Systems adds full C++ support to embedded development tools"

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 3, 2010 — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced a free computer-based resource center to help engineers quickly find relevant documentation and other information on Agilent oscilloscope probes.

Hardcopy manuals often are misplaced or discarded, making it difficult for engineers to find documentation when they need it. The Agilent Probe Resource Center solves this problem. The software application contains manuals, application notes, data sheets, selection guides,demo videos, industry-standard SPICE (Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis)models, and more … Read More → "Agilent Technologies Introduces Computer-Based Resource Center for Oscilloscope Probes"

COLUMBIA, Md., Nov. 9, 2010 /PRNewswire/ — Eurotech, a leading supplier of embedded technologies, products, and systems, announces today the launch of several COM Express modules to extend the product line of standards-based embedded computers.  Based on the Freescale Semiconductor QorIQ SoC processor platform using the Power Architecture technology, Eurotech launches three new COM Express modules: the Adbc7517, Adbc7519, and Adbc7520. The three new products take advantage of the QorIQ platform for … Read More → "Eurotech Extends COM Express Product Line With New Modules Based on Freescale QorIQ Processors"

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Nov. 4, 2010 /PRNewswire/ — Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced that San Francisco State University (SF State) is the latest university to receive the Charles Babbage Grant from Synopsys. Through the grant, the School of Engineering received licenses of Synopsys’ comprehensive electronic design automation (EDA) software and intellectual property, along with curriculum support and professor training. The grant also enabled the creation of a new Nanoelectronics and Computing Research Laboratory (NeCRL) by providing a new server and compute hardware … Read More → "San Francisco State University Receives Charles Babbage Grant from Synopsys"

Richardson, TX, October 25, 2010 – Alibre Inc. www.alibre.com, the award-winning developer of the world’s most affordable professional 3D design solutions, today announced a huge leap in 3D CAD design performance with the release of its latest version, Alibre Design 2011.  Alibre Design 2011 now makes 3D designing easier and more robust with major enhancements, including a complete top to bottom code re-write, native 64-bit version, powerful sheet metal conversion tools, and a myriad of time saving tools and customization features.  Available immediately for … Read More → "Alibre Launches Next Generation 3D Design Software — Alibre Design 2011"

SAN JOSE, Calif., and SINGAPORE, November 2, 2010 — Avago Technologies (Nasdaq: AVGO), a leading supplier of analog interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications, today announced that it has demonstrated 28-Gbps Serializer/Deserializer (SerDes) performance in 40-nm CMOS process technology. The milestone equates to higher bandwidth Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs) that integrate the SerDes Intellectual Property (IP), increasing the speed of data communication for servers, routers and other networking, computing and storage applications.

“Avago has an established track record of setting new performance benchmarks for embedded SerDes IP, which is closely connected to our unmatched execution in … Read More → "Avago Technologies First to 28-Gbps Performance with 40-nm SerDes"

DALLAS, TX (November 3, 2010) – Delivering floating-point benefits to developers using fixed-point microcontrollers (MCUs), Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) today announced that its free IQmath Library now supports both the 32-bit C2000 and Stellaris MCU platforms. TI’s IQmath Library is a proven, optimized collection of high-precision mathematical functions that allows programmers to seamlessly port floating-point algorithms into fixed-point code. Developers can use the software to achieve execution speeds considerably faster than equivalent code written in standard ANSI C language, which is important to computationally intensive applications such as motor control, digital power, security and human-machine interfaces. The … Read More → "TI’s free IQmath Library brings ease-of-use and precision benefits of floating point to developers leveraging C2000™ and Stellaris® microcontrollers"