Design

As being more and more involved in embedded system integration with complete software and hardware development solutions for Linux Embedded platforms, Adeneo Embedded will attend to the ELC-E 2009 in Grenoble (France). Gregory Clement, the company's Linux Embedded Guru in Europe, will deliver a presentation on How We Got a 3D Application Booting in 5 Seconds Under Linux.

Adeneo Embedded announced today a Microsoft Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R2 training course in Milano, Italy from October 19th -22nd 2009. This event is a unique opportunity for software system designers to develop an application based on Windows Embedded CE, using the industry leading Atmel AT91SAM9 solution.

Microchip has announced the opening of registration for its Embedded Designer’s Forum (EDF), a worldwide series of technical learning events focused on innovative technologies that will help designers stay ahead in today’s competitive environment. The forums will run from October 2009 through February 2010 at 120 locations across the world, with 51 forums located in Europe and 6 forums across UK and Ireland running in November and December.

PRQA | Programming Research has been announced as a preferred supplier by Mentor Graphics. Following a competitive tool evaluation in 2008, Mentor Graphics Automotive Network Design selected PRQA’s QA∙C toolset based on its MISRA compliance and PRQA’s technical training. Mentor Graphics’ Automotive Networking Business Unit, located in Hungary, Budapest, used PRQA’s QA∙C in the development of Volcano; an in-vehicle network d...

Synopsys has announced that Ubixum has used Synopsys’ Galaxy Custom Designer implementation solution to successfully design its latest advanced image sensor chip. The chip has been verified to be product-ready with first silicon. Custom Designer is a modern-era custom implementation solution that delivers superior ease-of-use and leverages Synopsys’ Galaxy Implementation Platform to provide a unified solution for custom and digital designs. T...

NGX Technologies Bangalore, has launched a very low-cost and feature rich ARM7 evaluation/educational board. The product is named 'BlueBoard-lpc2148' and is based on the popular LPC214X series of ARM7 microcontrollers from NXP semiconductors. BlueBoard is an open-source initiative at realizing cost effective prototyping and solutions.

The 2009 Freescale Rochester Technology Symposium (FRTS), scheduled for Thursday, November 5th at the Rochester Institute of Technology's College of Integrated Manufacturing Systems facility, will bring together more than 200 customer design engineers, engineering professors and students, third-party tools partners, and executive managers for a one-day, multi-track training seminar on Freescale technologies and system design. The Symposium will ...

As software design and debugging represents the majority of development cost and time for many applications, efficient design tools play a critical role in managing project cost and deadlines. To simplify development while accelerating identification, analysis and resolution, Texas Instruments has announced the availability of Code Composer Studio v4, a major upgrade to its industry-leading integrated development environment (IDE) based on the Ec...

National Instruments has announced NI-XNET CAN and FlexRay embedded network interfaces, which help engineers working in industries such as automotive and aerospace quickly prototype, simulate and test next-generation FlexRay and controller area network (CAN) devices and networks. The NI-XNET embedded networks platform consists of 14 new high-performance PCI- and PXI-based interfaces for FlexRay and CAN and a new, universal API for rapid applicati...

The tool RiskCAT provides support for applying ISO 26262. RiskCAT 26262 allows to determine the ASIL (“Automotive Safety Integrity Level“) and indicates for every possible measure of ISO 26262 the degree of obligation (“recommended“, “highly recommended“, etc.).