Daily Newsletter from embedded world 2012 - Wednesday, Feb 29


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Rohde & Schwarz: 4 GHz oscilloscope with 20 Gsample/s sampling rate  
The new 4 GHz high-performance oscilloscope from Rohde & Schwarz with its 20 Gsample/s sampling rate addresses a wide variety of applications. The R&S RTO1044 is ideal for analyzing fast signals and steep edges.

Microchip: 8-bit PIC MCUs with next-generation digital and analogue peripherals
Microchip announces a new family of 8-bit microcontrollers featuring next-generation analogue and digital peripherals, making them ideal for general-purpose applications, as well as battery charging, LED lighting, ballast-control, power-conversion and system-control applications. 

Freescale introduces embedded board solutions initiative
Freescale Semiconductor is working with its extensive ecosystem of board vendors to broaden availability of its processors based on Power Architecture and ARM technologies in standardized, off-the-shelf single board computing and system-on-module form factors.

SiLabs: flexible and developer friendly Precision32 MCU family
Silicon Laboratories introduces the Precision32 MCU family. Based on the ARM Cortex-M3 processor, the new Precision32 family includes 32 SiM3U1xx and SiM3C1xx MCU products with footprint-compatible USB and non-USB options.

SYSGO releases new PikeOS version 3.3   
SYSGO announces the new 3.3 release of its PikeOS, which extends SMP and Linux support to new multi-core architectures, along with new certifiable file system, certifiable IP stack, performance improvements, and many enhancements in tools.

Renesas: RL78 microcontrollers with built-in LCD controller
To enable the design of improved power-efficient systems that incorporate enhanced human-machine interfaces, Renesas developed the ultimate low-power RL78/L12 Group of MCUs. 

element14 and ST unveil ARM Cortex-M3 development kit at Embedded World
The STM32F2-based DEVKIT1207 evaluation kit  is a complete development environment for STM32F207IGT6 devices which enables engineers to easily and rapidly evaluate, prototype and test designs built around the STM32F207xx series microcontrollers.   

Infineon: XMC4500 Industrial microcontrollers and development tools now available
Infineon Technologies has launched its XMC4500 series, the company’s first 32-bit industrial microcontrollers using the Cortex M4 processor from ARM.

IAR Systems: extended technology platform with new product portfolio
IAR Systems launches an extended technology platform as an outcome of the strategic acquisition of Signum Systems. An immediate deliverable of the extended technology is a product portfolio of in-circuit debugging probes, targeted for simplified, seamless and more flexible development workflows.

Protecode: SPDX integration and improved productivity tools
Protecode announces expansion of its presence in Europe through a new German distributor, Embedded Tools. At Embedded World Protecode showcases its open source software management suite "4TM" which addresses license management at different stages of a software development process, implementing an end-to-end solution for a complete Open Source Software Adoption Process.

Display Solution: 7 inch LCD display for system integrators and B2B
Display Solution now offers the Pixel Qi 7-inch sunlight readable low-power LCD which is in production and available from stock. The Pixel Qi 7-inch 1024x600 display delivers full sunlight readability with excellent multi-media capability.

JTAGLive: CoreCommander tools support ARM, Cortex, X-Scale, PowerPC, TriCore
JTAGLive introductes a new series of debug tools for DSP and microprocessor systems utilising a variety of RISC and DSP cores. Using JTAGLive CoreCommander engineers can activate the On-Chip Debug modes of a range of popular cores to affect ‘kernel-centric’ testing.

Ecrin: multi core OPALE V2 family based on standards PICMG 1.3 or Extended ATX
The multi core OPALE V2 family based on standards PICMG 1.3 or Extended ATX form factors, offers flexibility to fit into many applications of OEM, system integrators and application providers in a variety of domains: building automation, facility management, rugged servers for harsh environments, high availability embedded servers for security apps, central data acquisition, recording studios, image-processing, system control.

Know-how (Webinars, Virtual Conferences)

Smart Metering Virtual Seminar
Smart Meters save energy and improve efficiency. The market for smart meters is projected to grow rapidly in the next couple of years. Our Virtual Seminar about Smart Metering provides you 4 free webinars presented by Silica, Texas Instruments, NXP and Freescale.

ARM® core-based solutions from Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments is producing more ARM-based solutions than any other manufacturer. In this Virtual Conference TI provides overview and outlook about its ARM-based Microprocessors, Microcontrollers and SoCs product range.

Industrial Computing & Communications
The 2012 version of our Virtual Conference Industrial Computing & Communications provides an update about latest trends, solutions and products to create reliable communications within industrial environments. Major topics are Chips & Solutions for Industrial Ethernet and Boards, Modules & Systems for Industrial Applications.

Critical embedded systems – standards, technologies, new products
Welcome to our free Virtual Seminar about critical embedded systems. The technical presentations for this Virtual Seminar have been recorded at Embedded Tech Trends conference, held earlier this year in Florida. Organized by VITA, Embedded Tech Trends is a new forum for the embedded open architecture computer industry.

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