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PLS: UDE available for Cortex-M7
core-based STM32F7 series MCU
PLS Programmierbare Logik & Systeme
presents Version 4.5 of its Universal Debug
Engine (UDE). The UDE 4.5 provides devel-
opers with an optimized testing and debug-
ging environment for the first Cortex-M7
core-based MCU of STMicroelectronics new
STM32F7 series.The STM32F7 series MCUs
not only feature a Cortex-M7 core that can
be operated at frequencies up to 216 MHz,
but also up to 1 Mbyte embedded Flash, 320
Kbytes SRAM and high-performance periph-
eral units (graphic accelerator, Ethernet, USB
and audio interfaces, etc.).
Rogue Wave Software releases 2015
Open Source Support Report
Rogue Wave Software released their 2015
Open Source Support Report, solidifying
the company as a leader in the open source
software community and providing informa-
tion on OSS package use that could only be
gathered from their own database. Taking
data from over 8,000 OSS packages, surveys,
experiences, and experts from across different
industries, this report brings a new level of
visibility into OSS support reporting that has
been lacking until now.
Renesas: Synergy Embedded hardware/
software platform targets HMI
Renesas Electronics announced availability of
the first products in the company’s new Rene-
sas Synergy Platform, a qualified, easy-to-use
platform designed to accelerate time to mar-
ket, reduce total cost of ownership and remove
many of the obstacles engineers face when
designing Internet of Things and other embed-
ded applications. The platform’s first products
include the S7G2 and S3A7 microcontrol-
ler groups, which target connected human
machine interface and power-efficient con-
trol applications used in industrial, healthcare,
home appliance and metering products. Devel-
opment kits featuring the two MCU groups,
software development tools, and the Renesas
Synergy Software Package (SSP) are available
now from the Renesas Synergy Gallery.
SEGGER: emSecure offers two
schemes for signature generation
With emSecure-ECDSA, SEGGER is adding a
new powerful product to its digital signature
suite. The emSecure software package now
offers two different schemes for the generation
and verification of digital signatures – RSA and
ECDSA. This widens customer options when
using emSecure to protect against firmware
hacking and hardware cloning. emSecure is a
software solution to authenticate digital assets.
SEGGER: J-Link keeps important functions
alive while debugging Cortex-M devices
SEGGER has introduced a major new feature
for its J-Link debug probe, which enables an
embedded system based on a Cortex-M3, M4
or M7 core to maintain essential functional-
ity while being debugged. This is particularly
important when hardware such as a motor
has to keep running, or to keep communica-
tion links connected.
Phaedrus Systems: Segger launches
new IoT Security middleware
Phaedrus Systems is now supplying new
software from Segger that provides tools
for creating the Secure Internet of Things.
The software includes Cyclic Redundancy
Checking (emLib CRC), an IPv6 TCP/IP
stack (embOS/IP) with Secure Sockets Layer
(emSSL) and a digital signature suite (emSe-
cure-ECDSA). They are joined by a new data
compression tool (emCompress) and a tool
for digitally signing and verifying documents
(emSecure Sign and Verify).
AdaCore and Altran to sponsor High
Integrity Software Engineering Conference
AdaCore and Altran have announced their
sponsorship of High Integrity Software
2015, a conference taking place in Bristol
on 5 November 2015. The conference seeks
to explore the challenges that arise from our
increasing dependence on safety-critical soft-
ware with some of the field’s leading experts
and to present practical experience and
emerging technologies that will help engi-
neers to address these challenges.
MathWorks introduces WLAN System
Toolbox for MATLAB
MathWorks introduced WLAN System Tool-
box, providing standard-compliant functions
for the design, simulation, analysis, and test-
ing of wireless LAN communications systems.
WLAN System Toolbox expands capabilities of
MATLAB for wireless development by provid-
ing configurable physical layer waveforms for
IEEE 802.11ac and 802.11b/a/g/n standards.
The system toolbox provides reference designs
to enable exploration of baseband specifica-
tions, and demodulate and recover signals.
ADLINK: new release of SEMA
Intelligent Middleware
ADLINK announced availability of the latest
version of its remote management middle-
ware tool, SEMA 3.0, which is able to mon-
itor and collect system performance and
status information from distributed devices
in a timely, flexible and precise manner. New
functionality offered in SEMA 3.0 enhances
the already comprehensive feature set of the
existing, proven SEMA solution. Improved
reporting and monitoring functions show
detailed information about distributed device
CPU, system memory and network interface.
Green Hills: product and services
portfolio supports TI Sitara AM57x
Green Hills Software has announced early
support of its industrial safety and secu-
rity products featuring the safety-certified
INTEGRITY real-time operating system for
the new Sitara AM57x family of processors
from Texas Instruments. The Green Hills
product and services portfolio also includes
software development tools, cryptographic
security products and safety services that
when combined, enable device manufacturers
to create and deploy secure and safe products
for industrial control, factory communication,
and smart grid technologies.
Microchip enables cost-efficient CI+
based Pay TV in automotive infotainment
Microchip announced that system designers
using the de-facto industry standard, MOST
technology, in their automotive infotainment
networks can now leverage Microchip’s broad
product portfolio of MOST networking prod-
ucts to quickly bring cost-efficient CI+-based
Pay TV to their cars. The MOST Coopera-
tion recently released its latest MOST Stream
Transmission Specification, which includes
support for the MOST CI+ Interim License
Agreement issued by CI Plus LLP.
Rigol: options for oscillo-
scopes free of charge
Rigol Technologies extend the capability of
their Mid Range Oscilloscope Series MSO/
DS2000A and offer all options for free when
customers buy a new oscilloscope.The options
included are Decoding Serial Buses RS232/
UART, I2C, SPI and CAN, as well as Memory
extension up to 56 Mpts and Advanced Trig-
ger RUNT, Duration, Nth Edge, Time Out
etc. These extensions are also available for the
installed base of instruments in the field.
Langer: near-field probe with
high resolution up to 10 GHz
The SX probe heads’ high measurement res-
olution allows the developer to pinpoint RF
sources of between 1 GHz and 10 GHz on
densely packed printed circuit boards or
on IC pins. The handy compact pin shape
of the EMC near-field probes from Langer
EMV-Technik GmbH provides the developer
with convenient working conditions on the
respective PCB.
