Design

LDRA, the provider of automated software development, source code analysis and testing tools for a wide variety of market sectors, will launch TBreq version 2.0 at Embedded World 2008 (Hall 10, Stand 320). TBreq automates the manual, time consuming process of requirements traceability and verification, while also facilitating defect tracking and resolution, activities that represent 50% to 70% of project costs and are critical to successful soft...

Kanda.com have released their popular AVRISP software for free download. This AVR microcontroller programming software supports all Windows OS and released AVR microcontrollers. It also includes plugins for AVRStudio development environment.

Geensys has launched Reqtify 3.1, a new and improved version of its flagship tool for the automated management of embedded hardware and software requirements capture, traceability and impact analysis throughout the development lifecycle. The new release includes significant new, user-requested features and usability enhancements, third-party interface additions and improvements, and a new RIF import/export gateway.

STMicroelectronics today announced the DTV150, a new cost-saving hardware platform. The DTV150 provides demodulation, MPEG-2 high-definition (HD) and standard-definition (SD) decoding, full HD video processing, high quality audio, and the video switching functions, for integrated digital TV (iDTV) sets worldwide. This highly-integrated solution is built around ST’s new STi1010 single-chip iDTV processor, which provides the capability to use the...

Green Hills Software has announced that its product suite is now available for the Renesas SH726x series of SuperH microcontrollers. Included in Green Hills Software’s product family are the MULTI integrated development environment, TimeMachine tool suite, Green Hills compilers, DoubleCheck static analysis tools, velOSity royalty-free real-time operating system, and Green Hills Probes.

Artisan Software Tools will preview the upcoming Version 7.0 of Artisan Studio, its all-in-one standards-based development tool suite, at Embedded World 2008 (Hall 10, Stand 408). Artisan Studio version 7.0 will have a new and improved user interface, its new C# code generation capability and enhanced team working extensions along with a Mathworks® Simulink integration.

National Instruments has announced that the LabVIEW Tools Network, an online portal that delivers the industry’s largest source of add-ons and connectivity products for NI LabVIEW, has expanded by more than 100 new tools developed by NI and third-party vendors in 2007. With the latest additions to the network, engineers and scientists can now access more than 400 products for use with LabVIEW such as a toolkit that displays user interfaces in a...

Tensilica has announced that it has added an optional full-speed, non-intrusive instruction trace capability to all of its Diamond Standard and Xtensa configurable processor cores. Tensilica's TRAX-PC processor trace capture macrocell is Nexus 5001 compatible and ideal for debugging complex, challenging real-time applications such as engine and motor control. Software control and use of the on-chip TRAX hardware is fully integrated into Tensilica...

Tanner EDA is to add Tiburon Design Automation’s Verilog-A module to its T-Spice simulation tool for analogue design, creating a new package that will be called HiPer Simulation. The Verilog-A module, which is fully compatible with the Verilog-AMS Language Reference Manual Version 2.2, enables designers to develop analogue models for components or complete circuits blocks over 10 times faster than creating C-based models.

Infolytica Corporation has announced a new release of MagNet 2D and MagNet 3D, the company's flagship low-frequency electromagnetic field simulation software. Several features have been updated in this new release, improving both the accuracy of the simulation results and efficiency of the user.