Design

Fujitsu Microelectronics has announced the expansion of its graphics controllers family with the MB86298 'Ruby' – a highly integrated high-end graphics processing unit (GPU) specified for OpenGL ES 2.0 targeting embedded automotive and industrial display systems.

AVX has developed a new component modeling and simulation software that can save cost, time to market and reduce potential quality issues. Designated AVX Component Simulator, the software enables designers to view all basic characteristics and parameters for Accu-P, Accu-L, Thin Film Low Pass Filters, Couplers, 3dB Splitters, Hi-CV SMT, LICC, LGA and IDC products. The simulation software features multiple parameter graphing options including Smit...

Atmel has announced an Ultra Wideband Evaluation Kit for rapid, low-cost development of UWB applications built around the AT91CAP9 ARM926EJ-S-based Customizable Microcontroller. The UWB Media Access Controller (MAC) is implemented, together with any application-specific logic, in the FPGA that emulates the CAP Metal Programmable (MP) Block. The UWB Physical Access Layer (PHY) is implemented in transmission and reception extension boards that plug...

Hiteg has announced a Windows CE/Linux hardware/software development kit for Samsung's ARM9-based S3C2440 microprocessor. The AT2440EVB-II dev kit features the workhorse S3C2440 processor clocked to 533MHz, and targets embedded development training applications, industrial control equipment, and consumer electronics devices such as PDAs and PNDs (personal navigation devices).

The new Evaluation Board EVBPS2XA7X from Mitsubishi Electric is specifically developed for design engineers using the 1200V DIPIPM Version 4 (DIPIPMTM: Dual In-Line Package Integrated Power Module) as the Evaluation Board provides users with an image of the system interface.

Arrow’s European Reference Board team, in partnership with hardware and software specialist Everex, has created a new development platform that will speed the design, prototyping and testing of high-performance, multimedia embedded systems based on the latest ARM processor technology.

Phaedrus Systems is now shipping the J-Link ARM Pro, a high performance JTAG emulator for a wide range of ARM architectures. Based on the successful SEGGER J-Link emulator, the J-Link ARM Pro has an Ethernet interface, allowing complete electrical isolation between host and target and remote operation, additional memory for increased firmware downloads and two additional LEDs to act as hardware status indicators.

Innovasic Semiconductor has announced Module Evaluation Kits for a family of modules based on the real-time architecture embedded in the fido1100 Communication Controller. A kit contains an Embedded Control Module (ECM), a Real-Time Ethernet module (RTE), or a Dual Real-Time Ethernet module (DRTE) along with a baseboard, software development environment, reference design, and all the cables required to evaluate the module right out of the box. ...

Altium has announced another new daughter board for its desktop NanoBoard reconfigurable hardware development platform. This latest plug-in daughter board targets features Altera’s low-cost Cyclone III EP3C40 FPGA in a 780 BGA package. The daughter board includes a range of on-board memories for application use and a 1-Wire memory device used to store board identification and related information.

DDC-I, a leading supplier of software and professional services for safety-critical applications, and LDRA today announced that they are collaborating to deliver an integrated safety-critical software platform that combines DDC-I’s Deos real-time operating system (RTOS) with the LDRA tool suite. The integrated solution will help developers get to market faster with optimized, hardened software that meets the most demanding safety-critical requi...