Design

Powered by the 300MHz Vortex86SX DM&P CPU, the new, ultra low power ICOP-6157 from Datasound Laboratories features three LAN ports on a board measuring just 90mm x 96mm.

Extreme Engineering Solutions (X-ES) has introduced XPedite5330, a new 3U CompactPCI single-board computer based on Freescale Semiconductor’s MPC8572E PowerQUICC III processor. In addition to the MPC 8572E dual-core processor, XPedite5330 provides a PMC/XMC site along with Gigabit Ethernet and the traditional PCI bus. To provide a system designer with multiple hardware options, XPedite5330 is available in a full range of convection- or conduc...

Sundance DSP Inc., the supplier and manufacturer of advanced digital signal processing (DSP) and reconfigurable computing platforms, advanced IP cores, libraries and tools today announced that its PARS (Parallel Application from Rapid Simulation) software development environment was named winner of the Software Design category at the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s (IET) Innovation Awards 2008.

SynaptiCAD is now the US and Canadian distributor for HDL Works EDA tools: Ease, HDL Companion, and IO Checker. These tools provide alternative graphical approaches for VHDL and Verilog code design which also complement SynaptiCAD's timing diagram editors and graphical simulation tools. EASE provides a state machine bubble editor, truth table designer, and block diagram design environment for generating VHDL and Verilog code. HDL Companion scans ...

Anders Electronics has announced a joint venture with Tilcon Software, a leading provider of graphical user interface (GUI) software development environments for embedded devices.

Green Hills Software has announced that it has signed a partnership agreement with 3S-Smart Software Solutions, makers of CoDeSys, the leading IEC 61131-3 programming system for creating controller applications. 3S will integrate CoDeSys SP, the run-time environment for CoDeSys applications, with the Green Hills Platform for Industrial Safety.

Microchip announces higher performance for its most popular low-cost PICkit™ development platform. The PICkit 3 Debug Express kit includes PICkit 3 debugger and programmer probe, 44-pin demo board populated with a PIC18F45K20 MCU, free MPLAB® IDE and free version of the MPLAB C Compiler for PIC18 MCUs. All this is supported by easy-to-understand lessons and tutorials, and a host of other software utilities, examples with source code and full ...

congatec AG presents conga-QA, the first computer module based on the new Qseven form factor. The conga-QA is fitted with the latest Intel® Atom™ Z5xx range of processors and the Intel® US15W system controller hub.

Applications based on the latest Intel® Atom™ processors offer high performance with minimal power consumption and are thus optimal for use on the go. Especially in cars, the symbol of mobility in our age, numerous applications are possible. congatec AG, in cooperation with Intel, Xilinx and Wind River, has developed a new starter kit to demonstrate the successful implementation of modern PC technology in demanding in-vehicle applications. Wi...

Green Hills Software, Inc. has announced a major upgrade of its Platform for Secure Wireless Devices. Built on the secure foundation of the INTEGRITY® RTOS, this Platform now includes the latest 802.11A/B/G wireless drivers from Atheros Communications in addition to the commercial-grade Devicescape® security supplicants. All products are integrated and validated on off-the-shelf hardware reference platforms, accelerating customers’ developme...