Design

Atmel has announced the availability of the SAM3U-EK Evaluation Kit for rapid application development on the industry’s first ARM Cortex -M3 based Flash microcontroller with high-speed 480 Mbps USB + Phy. In addition to a plug-and-play socket for the high-speed USB device it features a high speed SDIO/SDCard/MMC slot, two UART connectors, a ZigBee radio header, two analog inputs, audio in- and outputs and a JTAG-ICE debug port. For applicat...

Renesas has announced the development of its SiP Top-Down Design Environment to boost efficiency when developing system in package (SiP) products combining multiple chips, such as system on chip (SoC) devices, MCUs, and memories, in a single package. It uses a top-down design approach in which key characteristics, such as design quality and heat dispersion, are verified during the initial design stage.

Strategic Test has announced a Freescale i.MX25 processor-based System on Module (SOM) and Development Kit. Called the TX-STAR, it measures just 67.6 x 26 x 3.5 mm (2.6” x 1” x 0.09”) and contains a 400 MHz i.MX25 processor coupled with 64 MB SDRAM, 128 MB NAND flash memory and a 200-pin SODIMM connector. The TX-STAR is targeted at embedded applications where an operating temperature range from -45 to +85 degrees C, low price, small size a...

The Wordsworth Division of Steatite, a Microsoft Gold Partner, has enhanced its wide range of embedded systems with the introduction of new products that utilise the latest Intel ATOM processors. The new products include Single Board Computers (SBCs), Embedded Systems, and Panel PCs.

GOEPEL has announced the development of a special model library for ARM Cortex-M3 architecture processors to support the emulation technology VarioTAP. The libraries, described as VarioTAP models, are structured modularly as intelligent IP and enable a complete fusion of Boundary Scan test and JTAG emulation. Employing this technology, embedded or external Flash can be in-system programmed via the native processor function. Furthermore, VarioTAP ...

Orange Tree Technologies today announced availability of the latest generation of its Zest Series programmable interconnect modules. In a compact 75mm x 50mm form factor the ZestET1 provides a dedicated hardware TCP/IP Offload engine (TOE) and a companion FPGA for universal Ethernet interfacing. Delivering over 200MBytes/s sustained data rates and 6µsec latency, the ZestET1 provides Gigabit Ethernet performance for real-time applications wi...

Green Hills Software, Inc. today announced the integration of the Green Hills Platform for Secure Networking with Freescale VortiQa software for networking equipment. Customers using this combined offering can accelerate product development and optimize application performance of multicore-based designs. The combined offerings are being introduced across the four VortiQa software product lines that Freescale announced today for service provider e...

Adeneo, a Texas Instruments Developer Network member with facilities in Europe and the U.S. has been selected by TI to participate in their Elite Design House Program, a group of independent design services companies offering system design, development, prototyping and manufacturing services to customers worldwide with strong hardware and software design expertise using TI analog and embedded processing technology.

Pulsic has announced that it has been granted a US Patent for a routing innovation incorporated in its physical chip design software. This patent, titled “Automatic routing nets according to current density rules”, protects unique technology incorporated in Pulsic’s UniRoute automated router.

Synopsys has announced that ST-Ericsson has adopted Synopsys’ MVSIM low power dynamic verification solution for its STw8500 system-on-chip (SoC) platform for the mobile phone market. ST-Ericsson selected MVSIM for its proven ability to comprehensively verify low power techniques, including standby and built-in automated low power assertions, which enable the early detection of bugs. The tool’s extensive support for the IEEE 1801 [Unified Powe...