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August 2015
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Cover Story:
Developing software for XMC
microcontrollers with greater efficiency
6
Infineon has significantly improved
its DAVE embedded develop-
ment environment: Version 4 of
DAVE focuses on improvement of
data models, methodology, and
user-friendliness in order to allow
much quicker software develop-
ment for XMC microcontrollers.
Open source vs. proprietary:
an embedded hardware issue
10
Fewer things ignite more passion in software
geeks than the debate of open source versus
proprietary code, but when going to market
with an embedded system, sometimes you
don’t get a choice.
Analyzing long signal sequences
with the oscilloscope
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This article highlights a history and seg-
mented memory option for an oscillo-
scope which enables to analyze long signal
sequences with long observation periods.
COM Express: reliable and robust
solutions with latest Intel CPUs
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COM Express is the leading form factor
in the area of modular embedded PC
solutions, covering performance classes
from simple single-core designs to
high-performance multi-core solutions.
This article reviews the factors that
need to be considered in implementing
reliable and robust systems.
Yellow Pages 2015
The Embedded Companies Directory
31
This year’s edition of our Embedded
Companies Directory is split into
2 sections.
The first part provides you with
short company profiles, including
a QR code which leads you to the
full company profile (including
overview about products & services,
contact information, product
news,… ) on the ECE portal.
The second part of the Yellow
Pages is a reference list showing in
which product categories the com-
panies are active.
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YELLOW PAGES 2015
The European Embedded Companies Directory
Cover Story
Developing software forXMC
microcontrollerswithgreaterefficiency
TheXMC4000 familymarksacornerstone inmicrocontrollerdesign for real-time
criticalsystems. It is the resultof Infineon’sworld-leadingmicrocontrollerknow-how
nowcoupledwithall thebenefitsof theARM
®
Cortex™-M4. Featuring Infineon’s
powerfulperipheralset,configurable tospecificapplication requirements,XMC4000
is theultimatechoice for today’s industrialcontrolsolutions. It isdesigned to tackle
the imminentchallengesof improvingenergyeciency,supportingadvanced
communicationprotocolsand reducing time-to-market.Striving forenergyeciency,
itgreatlybenefits from Infineon’swell-knownsetofconfigurableperipherals, fast
embedded Flash technology,highqualitystandards, longproduct life timesand
theability toprovidehigh temperature rangesofup to125°C,backedby Infineon’s
backgroundasa leadingsupplier inautomotive.
Development toolscomplement theproduct familyandprovidecomprehensive
support. Inaddition to Infineon’s freeDAVE™3developmentenvironment,a full
rangeof tools isavailable includingcompilers,debuggers,softwareanalysisand Flash
programming tools,anextensive rangeofsoftwaresolutionsandconsultingservices
by reputableproviders.
XMC4000 – Tackle Your Industrial
Design Challenges
DAVE™3
FreeCodeGenerationTool
HexagonDevelopmentKit
Onemicrocontrollerplatform.
Countlesssolutions.XMC.
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Viewpoint
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Tools & Software
Developing software for XMC
microcontrollers with greater efficiency
6
Open source vs. proprietary:
an embedded hardware issue
10
What the development kit revolution
means to design engineers
14
The Yocto Project - your custom
embedded Linux distribution
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Oscilloscopes
Oscilloscope triggering:
the old way and the new way
20
Analyzing long signal sequences
with the oscilloscope
23
Boards & Modules
COM Express: reliable and robust
solutions with latest Intel CPUs
26
Yellow Pages
31
Product News
47
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