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Cypress delivers robust wireless connec-
tivity to Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ IoT SBC
Cypress Semiconductor announced its Wi-Fi
and Bluetooth combo solution delivers robust
wireless connectivity to the new Raspberry Pi
3 Model B+ Internet of Things single board
computer. The Cypress CYW43455 single-chip
combo provides high-performance 802.11ac
Wi-Fi for faster Internet connections, advanced
coexistence algorithms for simultaneous Blue-
tooth and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) opera-
tions such as audio and video streaming, and
low-power BLE connections to smartphones,
sensors and Bluetooth Mesh networks.
QA Systems announce major new version
of Cantata unit test tool
QA Systems announced the upcoming release
of Cantata version 8.0. This is a major new
release of the Cantata unit and integration
testing framework for C and C++. This ver-
sion automates test maintenance, custom code
injection, and makes it easier to test across mul-
tiple embedded environments. A new Code
Change Analysis feature has been added to cut
test maintenance when C/C++ code is changed
after initial testing. This identifies code changes
which impact tests and gives detailed guidance
on suitable test updates.
HCC Embedded: MISRA-compliant
embedded cryptography suite and
manager
HCC Embedded has released its CryptoCore
embedded-cryptography suite to ensure that
IoT devices can be managed securely. All
CryptoCore software libraries are managed
through HCC’s Embedded Encryption Man-
ager (EEM), which provides a high-quality
standard interface to any hardware or soft-
ware cryptography implementation.
Farnell: element14 now stocking Rohde &
Schwarz RTC1000 and RTM3000 oscillo-
scopes
The Rohde & Schwarz RTC1000 oscilloscope
is ideal for a broad range of users from embed-
ded developers and service technicians to edu-
cators, who are looking for professional level
functionality at a great price. State-of-the-
art, high-performance technology, alongside
an extremely silent design for better results,
enables this multi-functional X-in-one prod-
uct to meet even the demanding requirements
of today’s customers.
Cadence: Sigrity PowerDC supports
open neutral file format for thermal
interoperability
Cadence Design Systems announced that
Cadence Sigrity PowerDC technology supports
Future Facilities’ new open neutral file format,
which solves the challenge of sharing design
models between different thermal simulation
toolsets. The PowerDC technology’s adoption of
the single, open-model file format streamlines
the thermal supply chain, promotes interopera-
bility and data exchange, and enables customers
to improve their thermal and electrical designs
while also accelerating their schedule.
IAR Systems acquires Secure Thingz
IAR Systems has entered into a share sale and
purchase agreement to acquire 100 percent
of the shares in Secure Thingz a provider of
advanced security solutions for embedded
systems in the Internet of Things. With the
acquisition, IAR Systems secures its position
as a frontrunner in offering solutions for
security in embedded systems.
Wind River to be acquired by TPG
Wind River announced that global alternative
asset firm TPG will acquire the company from
Intel. Wind River President, Jim Douglas, and
his existing executive management team will
lead the newly independent Wind River after
the transaction closes. For nearly 40 years,
Wind River has helped the world’s technology
leaders power generation after generation of
the safest, most secure devices in the world.
The company’s software runs the computing
systems of the most important modern infra-
structure, including manufacturing plants,
medical devices, aircraft, railway, automobiles,
and communications networks.
Phaedrus Systems: Tracealyzer 4 with
new user interface and stunning live
views
Percepio has announced a major update of
Tracealyzer, its tool for visual software trac-
ing of RTOS-based embedded systems and
IoT devices. Tracealyzer version 4 has been
redesigned from the bottom up, spanning
from much faster data processing to a fresh
modern user interface with live visualization.
It also sports a host of new features aimed
at empowering embedded developers and
enabling them to get their products to market
faster with fewer bugs.
Lynx: safe and secure hypervisor
foundation for ETAS Autosar Adaptive
Platform
Lynx Software Technologies and ETAS
announced that, together with Robert Bosch
GmbH, they are jointly working to provide
the safe and secure hypervisor foundation for
the ETAS RTA-VRTE platform software solu-
tion incorporating the AUTOSAR Adaptive
Platform standard. RTA-VRTE supports the
next generation of cross-domain and vehicle
computer ECUs being introduced in upcom-
ing vehicles.
LDRA extends commitment to safety and
security compliance
From its inception in 1975, LDRA has advo-
cated across all industries for the international
development, adoption and enforcement of
rigorous software standards that ensure the
safety and security of software-based elec-
tronics systems. LDRA has become a leader
in standards compliance, automated software
verification, software code analysis, and test
tools, across all industries—automotive, avi-
onics, rail, industrial safety, nuclear power,
medical, and defense.
Express Logic: X-Ware enables IoT on
Microsemi’s Mi-V RISC-V ISA
Express Logic’s industrial-grade X-Ware IoT
Platform—powered by ThreadX RTOS—pro-
vides turnkey support for Microsemi’s Mi-V
RISC-V instruction set architectures (ISAs).
RISC-V, a standard, open ISA under the gov-
ernance of the RISC-V Foundation, offers the
open source community portability as well as
the ability to test and improve cores more rap-
idly than they could using closed ISAs.
Sensirion: air quality sensor for battery-
driven applications
Sensirion now offers the ultra-lower power
gas sensor SGPC3. The SGPC3 makes indoor
air quality sensing available for mobile and
battery-driven applications. With an aver-
age supply current of less than 0.07 mA the
SGPC3 is able to provide indoor air quality
measurements with several years of battery
lifetime. Based on Sensirion’s SGP multi-pixel
platform the SGPC3 offers a complete gas
sensor system integrated into a very small 2.45
x 2.45 x 0.9 mm³ DFN package featuring I2C
interface and a fully calibrated and humidi-
ty-compensated air quality output signal.
