Design

Richard Barry, founder of FreeRTOS, penned the books to simplify the design process when using OpenRTOS and FreeRTOS, with a special version targeted at NXP LPC17xx processors.

Nuvoton WPCE775, a highly integrated embedded controller (EC) with an embedded RISC core and integrated advanced functions, targets an extensive market of portable applications and provides best-in-class complete EC functionality when combined with SPI BIOS Flash. WPCE775 incorporates the CompactRISC® CR16CPlus core (a high-performance 16-bit RISC processor), on-chip ROM and RAM memories, system support functions, and a Flash Interface Unit (FIU...

ARM announced today at the Embedded Systems Conference in San Jose the launch of the ARM® CoreSight System Trace Macrocell and Trace Memory Controller providing software and system on chip (SoC) developers a cost effective, industry-standard debug and optimization SoC platform solution.

IAR Systems today announced that IAR Embedded Workbench is now available for STMicroelectronics STM8 microcontrollers. Support for the STM8 family extends the support already available for the ARM® Cortex-M3 based STM32 range of microcontrollers. The consistent tool chain for STM8 and STM32 microcontrollers allows developers to use the same reliable and powerful tools for developing embedded software across both architectures.

AdaCore, a leading supplier of Ada development tools and support services, today announced the first major release of its GNAT Pro High-Integrity Edition for MILS. The High-Integrity Edition for MILS (Multiple Independent Levels of Security) product is a specialised security application development environment supporting the creation and security certification of applications at the high end for EALs (Evaluation Assurance Levels) 5 through 7, as ...

IAR Systems today announced it has added support for the ARM Cortex-M4 processor to IAR Embedded Workbench. Building on the support already offered to other ARM Cortex processors, this latest release of IAR Embedded Workbench also adds software performance for the signal processing capabilities found in the ARM Cortex-M4 processor.

LDRA, the leading provider of automated software verification, source code analysis, and test tools, has released Java support for the LDRA tool suite. Thanks to the maturation of embedded Java technology, many systems now include a Java component whether to manage the user interface, provide network management capabilities, or simply leverage the application development advantages of the language. LDRA’s Java support enables developers to exte...

IAR Systems today announced an innovative technology specifically designed to enable software developers to reduce power consumption in embedded systems. With a rapidly increasing demand for low-power solutions in embedded systems, IAR Systems' new technology signifies a great leap in embedded software development, and advances the product leadership of the company. The technology will start with new functionality in our world-leading product IAR...

Texas Instruments just announced Linux kernel support for its TMS320C64x™ digital signal processors (DSPs) and multicore system-on-chips (SoCs) targeted for applications such as communications and mission critical infrastructure, medical diagnostics, and high-performance test and measurement. As customers move towards open source as a key element of their products, application developers can benefit from the availability of Linux on TI&rsqu...

Designed to enable easy and efficient development and validation of real-time appliances based on the smallest x86 solutions, Kontron introduced the Intel Atom Processor-based COM Express compatible Kontron nanoETXexpress Starterkit for the latest VxWorks platform. This special starter kit is pre-configured with the Kontron nanoETXexpress-SP Computer-on-Module, featuring the Intel Atom Z530 (1.6GHz) processor, and is validated by the Wind River P...