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PragmaDev lauches new version
of its modeling and testing tool
PragmaDev launches PragmaDev Studio a
new generation of its modeling and testing
tools. As a marker this major version comes
with new logos for the company and for the
different products. The new tool set Prag-
maDev Studio V5.0 is backward compatible
with the former PragmaDev Real Time Devel-
oper Studio V4.6 product.
Lynx Software joins Internet of
Things Security Foundation
Lynx Software Technologies has joined the
recently launched Internet of Things Security
Foundation (IoTSF) to support its vision of
delivering a safe Internet of Things environ-
ment for all. The IoTSF is a non-profit, tech-
nology neutral body, which will take a system
wide, holistic perspective on IoT security best
practice. It is not a standards body but intends
to work collaboratively with existing stan-
dards and other consortia “by default”.
Wind River introduces Wind River Linux 8
Wind River introduced the latest version of
Wind River Linux. Wind River Linux 8 brings
together the flexibility and interoperability of
open source along with improved user experi-
ence and scalability for addressing the oppor-
tunities and challenges of IoT. The company
also introduced new features for Wind River
Open Virtualization.
WITTENSTEIN: SafeRTOS to support
Power Architecture cores
WITTENSTEIN high integrity systems has
extended its Safety Critical Real Time Oper-
ating System, SafeRTOS, to include support
for Power Architecture cores, for use in Med-
ical and Industrial applications. SafeRTOS
enables dual and multicore Power Architec-
ture software designers to create seamless,
mixed safety criticality designs quickly and
efficiently. Due to its small size and its safety
critical credentials, SafeRTOS is ideally suited
for use on the primary core.
LDRA: tool suite features advanced
code checker for CERT C compliance
LDRA announced that its TBsecure mod-
ule within the LDRA tool suite provides the
industry’s most comprehensive automated
support for the Carnegie Mellon Software
Engineering Institute CERT C Secure Cod-
ing Standard. With checks for more than 200
CERT C rules, TBsecure helps developers
identify more software safety and security vul-
nerabilities than any other static analysis tool
available today.
PRQA: MKTM set to achieve EN
50128 certification using QA·C
QA∙C with MISRA C compliance module and
the EN 50128 safety manual for the rail indus-
try will be used by MKTM, an independent
supplier of signal and safety product solu-
tions for the railway industry. Until recently
software development has not been MKTM’s
main focus but given their expertise in engi-
neering for transportation networks they are
expanding their portfolio.
Rohde & Schwarz: end-to-end tester
for V2X applications of tomorrow
The V2X end-to-end tester for vehicle-to-ve-
hicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure
(V2I) applications is based on the fully auto-
mated R&S TS-ITS100 RF conformance test
system from Rohde & Schwarz. The RF con-
formance test system is augmented by the
Vector CANoe application and communica-
tions test system, which monitors radiocom-
munications and internal vehicle buses and
even simulates some of them.
TI collaborates with Microsoft
to speed IoT development
Texas Instruments announced three low-cost
evaluation kits based on its embedded pro-
cessors supporting Microsoft Azure Certi-
fied for Internet of Things. As one of the first
semiconductor vendors with certified wireless
microcontroller and processor-based evalua-
tion kits ready to work with the Microsoft
Azure IoT Suite, TI is uniquely positioned to
help developers begin IoT application devel-
opment within minutes.
Conrad expands its range of VOLTCRAFT
digital storage oscilloscopes
Conrad Business Supplies has added two
new professional entry-level products to its
in-house designed family of DSO-1000D
VOLTCRAFT digital storage oscilloscopes.
The DSO-1104D and DSO-1074D are four
channel instruments and are ideally suited for
users seeking affordable devices for visualis-
ing electrical magnitudes and signals.
Mouser updates their Medical
Applications Site
Mouser Electronics announced new enhance-
ments to their Medical Applications site, one
of Mouser’s Applications & Technologies sites.
Mouser’s updated application site provides
developers with the resources they need to
learn about the latest advances in medical
technology, and the newest products available
from Mouser Electronics for selecting and
building medical technology systems.
SEGGER: new version of TCP/IP stack
supports IPv6 protocol suite
SEGGER announces the availability of an
enhanced version of its TCP/IP stack with sup-
port for the IPv6 protocol suite. The new fea-
tures expand embOS/IP’s capabilities to meet
the requirements of the Internet of Things
and to cope with the exponential growth of
connected devices. Because embOS/IP is now
a dual-mode stack, existing users can easily
enhance their product with IPv6 whilst main-
taining full compatibility with their existing
IPv4 source code and protocols.
Renesas: CANopen protocol stack for
latest Renesas’ 32-bit RX231 MCUs
Renesas Electronics Europe announced the
availability of a highly efficient CANopen pro-
tocol stack for Renesas’ smart 32-bit RX231
MCUs. Renesas ported the widely used and
popular CANopen software stack in coopera-
tion with its business partner port. The Rene-
sas RX231 series offers a family of devices with
large on-chip SRAM of up to 64 KB and up to
512 kB of on-chip flash, paired with one Con-
troller Area Network (CAN) interface, which
is fully compliant with the CAN 2.0B and the
ISO11898-1 (standard and extended frames)
standards, and is therefore well-suited to
industrial and consumer applications requir-
ing CAN interfaces.
Freescale runs Thread and Bluetooth
Smart from a single Wireless MCU
Freescale Semiconductor introduces the new
Kinetis KW41Z – the industry’s first multi-
mode radio MCU to support concurrent
operation of IEEE 802.15.4 Thread and Blue-
tooth Smart/BLE connectivity while hosting
associated applications. The Kinetis KW41Z
MCU platform provides a comprehensive
solution for applications and connectivity in
a single package. An expansion of Freescale’s
Kinetis KW40Z family of wireless MCUs, the
new KW41Z MCU features extended mem-
ory – up to 512K Flash and 128K RAM –
allowing multiple networking stacks to run
on a single device and enabling true multipro-
tocol designs.
ARM offers free access to
Cortex-M0 processor IP
ARM is making it far easier to design, proto-
type and produce SoC components by offer-
ing free pre-commercialization use of ARM
Cortex-M0 processor IP and low-cost FPGA
prototyping. The package will enable the
design, simulation and testing of new SoCs
using a pre-configured Cortex-M0 processor
without incurring the capital costs typically
associated with up-front licensing.
