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Altera: second-generation Nios
II Embedded Evaluation Kit
Altera announced availability of the sec-
ond-generation Nios II Embedded Evaluation
Kit (NEEK), which features Altera’s non-vol-
atile MAX 10 FPGA and Nios II soft-core
embedded processor. The MAX 10 NEEK is a
feature-rich platform that provides a fast and
simple way for embedded designers to expe-
rience the capabilities of a custom embedded
processor in a non-volatile FPGA. The MAX
10 NEEK was jointly developed by Altera and
its board partner, Terasic.
FTDI Chip: evaluation boards for
SuperSpeed USB-to-FIFO bridge ICs
To encourage the widespread utilisation of its
highly cost-effective and easy-to-implement
next generation USB interfacing technology,
FTDI Chip has unveiled a new family of eval-
uation/development modules. The company’s
FT600/1Q USB 3.0 SuperSpeed ICs, which are
already in full volume production, are forth-
with backed up by the UMFT60XX offering.
Wind River updates Real-Time
Virtualization offering
Wind River has announced a major update to
its real-time virtualization offering that allows
customers to further reduce cost and inno-
vate connected devices. The update includes
storage virtualization capabilities, enhanced
security capabilities, and expanded processor
support.
Altium: TASKING toolset for Infineon’s
TriCore/AURIX microcontrollers
Altium has announced a free embedded soft-
ware development toolset for Infineon’s Tri-
Core/AURIX product line as part of their
strategic partnership. This toolset was devel-
oped as part of a major update to the TASK-
ING compiler for TriCore/AURIX, which
adds a number of new features and enhance-
ments for advanced automotive application
development. The Lite Edition of the TASK-
ING VX-toolset for TriCore includes a one
year license and can be requested now on the
Infineon website or the TASKING website.
Phaedrus: Segger upgrade to
emFile file management system
eases RAM bottleneck
Segger has upgraded the emFile file manage-
ment system for embedded applications by
adding a block grouping feature to reduce
the amount of RAM needed for block man-
agement of NAND flash memory. NAND can
now be used for gigabytes of data with even
with smaller microcontrollers.
SEGGER: new block grouping
feature for file system
The new block grouping feature for SEGGER’s
emFile file system reduces RAM requirements
for block management and thus allows using
even very large NAND flashes with smaller
microcontrollers. Block grouping means that
the driver treats multiple blocks as a sin-
gle block to considerably reduce the mem-
ory used for administrating the NAND flash
memory. When using external NAND mem-
ory with microcontrollers, RAM limitation is
usually the bottleneck.
R&S expands trigger and decoder
option for RTO and RTE oscilloscopes
Rohde & Schwarz has again expanded its
range of trigger and decoder options for the
R&S RTO and R&S RTE. With the R&S RTx-
K50, the oscilloscopes help users debug serial
protocols that employ Manchester or NRZ
coding. The option can be used with a vari-
ety of standardized buses such as PROFIBUS,
DALI or MVB as well as with proprietary
serial protocols such as are typically found in
industrial environments and in the aerospace
& defense sector.
GrammaTech: new CodeSonar
release designed for the IoT era
GrammaTech announced availability of
CodeSonar 4.1, the latest version of the com-
pany’s software analysis tool for C/C++, Java,
and binaries. Built to deliver unmatched depth
of analysis, the latest version of CodeSonar
includes new distributed analysis capabilities,
deeper tainted data analysis, and binary anal-
ysis support for x64 processors.
Mouser stocks TI’s C2000 Delfino
Microcontroller LaunchPad Kit
Mouser Electronics is now stocking the C2000
Delfino F28377S LaunchPad evaluation kit
from Texas Instruments. This new TI Launch-
Pad is an easy-to-use, rapid-prototyping kit
for TI’s C2000 Delfino F2837xS portfolio of
microcontrollers and offers 200 MHz of 32-bit
floating-point performance, newly integrated
accelerators, as well as high-integrity analog
and control peripherals.
SYSGO: PikeOS hypervisor technology
captures automotive market
After Continental also Magna now relies on
SYSGO’s Hypervisor PikeOS to consolidate
complex applications in automotive elec-
tronics. The new technology will initially be
used in Magna’s 360-degree view system Sur-
roundVue and integrates camera system and
vehicle information system on the same hard-
ware. The new platform creates the basis for
further joint customer projects. Production is
expected to begin at the end of 2015.
Renesas: Synergy- Embedded
development at the API
The Renesas Synergy Platform is a unique
hardware and software platform that enables
engineers to start development at the API
(Application Programming Interface). It inte-
grates commercial-grade software that is qual-
ified warranted and supported by Renesas
with a new family of microcontrollers and an
ecosystem of tools and support options into
one scalable and secure platform.
WITTENSTEIN: RTOS for systems
considering safety, that don’t
require certification
WITTENSTEIN high integrity systems
announce the launch of their latest RTOS
product, SafeRTOS CORE; an RTOS for
embedded systems where safety needs to be
considered, or designed-in for future consid-
eration. It is ideal for projects where full safety
certification/ documentation is not required,
or at least not required at the start of a long
safety development life cycle.
Vector Software: integration
with AdaCore’s CodePeer
3.0 static analysis tool
Vector Software announced an integration
of the VectorCAST test automation platform
with CodePeer 3.0 - AdaCore’s advanced
static code analysis tool for Ada, including
version 2012.
GrammaTech: CodeSonar achieves
ISO 26262, IEC 61508, and
EN 50128 certification
GrammaTech announced that their static
analysis product CodeSonar has been certi-
fied for use in the development of safety-criti-
cal software according to several international
standards: ISO 26262, IEC 61508, and EN
50128. These three standards were designed
to define the functional safety of electronics
throughout their lifecycle within automotive
systems, medical devices, and railway applica-
tions, respectively.
Rohde & Schwarz: analyze broadband
and pulsed signals up to 85 GHz
The new R&S FSW85 high-end signal and
spectrum analyzer is the only instrument on
the market to cover the frequency range from
2 Hz to 85 GHz in a single sweep. This makes
it possible for users to test baseband and RF
with a single analyzer. Since no external har-
monic mixers are required, the R&S FSW85
