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ROHM: DC/DC converter works up to ten
years on a single coin battery
ROHM’s BD70522GUL is an ultra-low-
power DC/DC converter with integrated
MOSFETs, which meets the requirements
of the IoT market for a long battery life of
up to ten years with a single coin battery
due to its low power consumption of only
180nA. In recent years, the number of bat-
tery-powered devices such as smartphones
and wearables for IoT has risen sharply.
This increases the demand for smaller com-
ponents that not only offer greater design
flexibility and more space for integrating
new features, but also extend battery life by
reducing power consumption.
IAR Systems and Data I/O collaborate on
modern workflows
IAR Systems and Data I/O will be collaborat-
ing to deliver an integrated, modern workflow
that will help developers and manufactur-
ing professionals to make the transition of
microcontroller firmware from development
to manufacturing more efficient and improve
quality for embedded designs. Up to now, the
two companies have been part of separate
stages of their customers’ respective design
and manufacturing processes.
TI: robust, noise-immune capacitive-
sensing MCUs with CapTIvate technology
Bringing capacitive-sensing capabilities to
cost-sensitive applications, Texas Instru-
ments announced an expansion of its
MSP430 microcontroller family with Cap-
TIvate technology. Developers can use the
new MSP430FR2512 and MSP430FR2522
MCUs with integrated capacitive touch to
add as many as 16 buttons as well as prox-
imity sensing capability to industrial sys-
tems, home automation systems, appliances,
power tools, home entertainment, personal
audio applications and more.
congatec accelerates real-time hypervisor
adoption for the embedded market
congatec has acquired Real-Time Systems
(RTS), a leading provider of hypervisor soft-
ware for real-time applications in the embed-
ded market. RTS will become a wholly owned
subsidiary of congatec. The company will con-
tinue to operate independently, doing busi-
ness as it always has, providing its software
to run on any x86 hardware, but now with
worldwide sales and technical support teams
ready to support the product. Real-Time Sys-
tems’ customers are OEMs frommarkets such
as robotics, automation, mechanical engi-
neering, medical technology or test and mea-
surement systems.
Rohde & Schwarz: moveable over-the-air
test chamber for 5G antennas and
transceivers
The new R&S ATS1000 antenna test chamber
from Rohde & Schwarz allows developers and
production engineers to perform over-the-air
(OTA) measurements for 5G on their antenna
modules, transceivers, chipsets and wireless
devices. Antenna and transceiver measure-
ments are possible in the frequency range
from 18 GHz to 87 GHz. The system therefore
supports all millimeter-wave frequency bands
currently considered for 5G. The compact test
chamber makes it possible to measure mobile
devices in the far field.
LieberLieber Software: HIMA meets
tough standards with LemonTree
HIMA has used of Enterprise Architect since
2012. It was during a training course that
HIMA became aware of LemonTree and rec-
ognized the great potential it holds for the
versioning of EA models. Before long, a joint
effort had been mounted to develop specific
enhancements to LemonTree in order to sat-
isfy HIMA’s stringent requirements on “smart
safety”.
Luxoft: LuxTrace accelerates trace timing
analysis by 10x in the automotive sector
Luxoft has launched LuxTrace, a new and
improved web-based version of TraceAnalyzer
4.0, a timing analysis tool for visualizing sys-
tem timing in terms of the constituent ECUs,
controllers, processors, buses and networks,
which processes large traces up to ten times
faster than the previous version.
Keysight receives certification for eCall
test emulator software
Keysight Technologies announced that the
Keysight E6951A public safety answering
point (PSAP) emulator has been certified by
NavCert. The E6951A is part of Keysight’s
E6950A eCall Conformance Test Solution.
The certification was awarded Dec.18, 2017.
AAEON to continue support of AMD
Geode boards through 2021
AAEON is working with AMD to ensure that
the CPU manufacturer’s popular Geode prod-
uct line remains in service for many years to
come. AAEON produces motherboards in a
range of form factors that run on the LX800
processor. These boards take advantage of the
processor’s design features to deliver high-
speed, low-power computing with excellent
graphics capabilities, and they’re ideal for
rugged, thin devices and industrial automa-
tion applications.
