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IAR Systems shortens build times in
Embedded Workbench for ARM
IAR Systems updates its leading development
tools for ARM with new device support as
well as new functionality. Version 7.40 of IAR
Embedded Workbench for ARM introduces
support for ARM Cortex-M7 microcontrol-
lers from STMicroelectronics and Atmel. In
addition, the tools now feature parallel build
for shorter build times, as well as an integra-
tion of IAR Systems’ new tool C-STAT for
powerful static code analysis.
Mouser: turn any PC into a powerful
engineering test device
Mouser Electronics is now stocking the Ana-
log Discovery USB Oscilloscope from Digi-
lent. is USB oscilloscope is a powerful and
portable multi-function test and measure-
ment tool that turns any PC into a powerful
engineering test device.
e Analog Discov-
ery lets developers build and test analog and
digital circuits in virtually any environment,
in or out of the lab. is exible tool combines
the functions of several types of test equip-
ment, allowing developers to easily build and
test digital and analog circuits in an easy and
cost-e ective manner.
Keysight: solution for testing of
802.11ah-based IoT devices
Keysight Technologies announced that its
N7617B Signal Studio for 802.11 WLAN so -
ware is the industry’s rst exible 802.11ah
signal creation solution and supports a vari-
ety of Keysight vector signal generators. Sig-
nal Studio provides exible, standard-based
waveforms, perfect for testing 802.11ah-
enabled Internet-of- ings devices.
AdaCore releases GNAT Pro 7.3
Ada Development Environment
AdaCore released GNAT Pro 7.3, the latest
version of the company’s Ada Development
Environment. GNAT Pro 7.3 incorporates
performance improvements, new functional-
ity, and many other enhancements. It is part
of the annual cycle of a major release for the
company’s products, and Q1 2015 will also
see new versions of the CodePeer deep static
analysis tool for Ada and the SPARK Pro
veri cation environment for high-integrity
so ware, as well as the launch of the QGen
model-based development and veri cation
tool for Simulink and State ow models.
PragmaDev starts on-line survey on
software modelling and their usage.
PragmaDev starts its 2015 on-line survey on
so ware modeling technologies and their
usage on its web site.
is survey is open to
anyone interested by the topic and all partic-
ipants get a chance to win an iPad mini. e
last few years the number of modeling tech-
nologies has dramatically increased, vertically
to address di erent aspects of the develop-
ment process (requirements, architecture,
speci cation, design, test), as well as horizon-
tally to address di erent domains (telecom,
automotive, avionic).
MicroSys: RTOS with enhanced
focus on ARM architecture
Microware OS-9 is known for decades for
hard real time performance, highest reliabil-
ity, adaptability and scalability, supporting the
wide range of embedded CPU architectures,
from 68k in the beginning to high end plat-
forms, like multi core ARM, Freescales Power
Architecture, i.MX platforms and x86 and
compatible CPUs. OS-9 for ARM is a complete
solution for real-time applications using ARM
architecture based development hardware.
Rutronik: Detect it! solution
kit from Renesas
e Detect it! solution kit from Renesas Elec-
tronics Europe, based on the new RL78/I1D
microcontroller group, is designed for detec-
tor applications and provides ready to use
demonstrators for the most typical detectors
used in security and re protection systems.
e Detect it! solution kit is available at dis-
tributor Rutronik as of now.
e RL78/I1D
microcontroller group o ers a comprehensive
set of analogue features.
Telit adds ARM compiler to
App Zone offering
Telit Wireless Solutions announced the avail-
ability of the ARM Compiler as an optional
addition to the Telit AppZone, the integrated
development environment for its popular
GE910, HE910, UE910, UE866 and UL865
cellular modules. By agreement with ARM,
Telit can now o er the ARM Compiler as
an option for optimal performance and size
management. For professional grade, real-
time functionality, the optional ARM Com-
piler enables you to take full advantage of the
module’s embedded processing capabilities.
Lauterbach: integration of TRACE32
with Timing-Architects tool suite
Timing- Architects Embedded Systems and
Lauterbach announced the integration of
Lauterbach TRACE32 with the Timing-Ar-
chitects Tool Suite.
e integration allows
the import of hardware traces of single- and
multi-core applications recorded byTRACE32
into the TA Inspector.
Rogue Wave Software partners with TZ to
help develop more secure software code
Rogue Wave So ware and TZ Consulting
announce they will partner to provide solu-
tions that allow companies across the German
region to safely use open source code in their
so ware development processes.
Digi-Key expands Mentor Graphics’ EDA
tools portfolio with new features
Digi-Key announced an expanded suite of the
recently released professional-level Mentor
Graphics EDA/CAD tools. Premium versions
of both the Designer Schematic and Designer
Layout tools are now available, featuring
unlimited connections. In addition, Import
from xDX Designer and PADS Layout for ref-
erence designs, as well as import from third
party schematic capture and layout tools has
been added.
R&S: simultaneous time domain and
spectrum analysis up to 1 GHz
Rohde & Schwarz has added the R&S RTM-
K18 spectrum analysis and spectrogram
option to its R&S RTM oscilloscope family,
making the R&S RTM the only oscilloscope
in its class that can analyze the time domain
while simultaneously analyzing the spectrum,
logic and serial protocol. Interactions such as
those that occur in electronic devices with RF
components are quickly analyzed in a single
measurement.
iSYSTEM: software debugging, tracing
and testing within one single IDE
iSYSTEM released a new version of iSYSTEM
test API and test case editor testIDEA. In 2009,
more determined than a simple functional
testing tool for so ware developers, testIDEA
today is a comprehensive and exible tool
for the so ware test of single and multi-core
embedded systems. iSYSTEM’ s So ware and
Blue Box Technology stand for fast and easy
single and multi-core processor hardware
access via any kind of debug interface.
Infineon: new version of DAVE
Development Platform for XMC MCUs
At Embedded World, In neon Technol-
ogies announced the new version of its
development platform DAVE, the “Digital
Application Virtual Engineer” for its 32-bit
microcontroller families XMC1000 and
XMC4000.In neon has equipped the virtual
DAVE engineer such that the development
time for embedded systems on the basis of
the XMC microcontrollers is further reduced
thanks to e cient, component-based so -
ware development.
