Microsemi: transient voltage suppression
diodes protect aircraft electrical systems
Microsemi announced two new plastic large area
device transient voltage suppression diode prod-
ucts that protect aircraft electrical systems from
damaging transient lightning strikes. The new
6.5kW and 7.5kW devices are the latest addition
to Microsemi’s innovative PLAD TVS product
portfolio and feature 50 percent smaller footprints
than the company’s current 15kW and 30kW
solutions. The new TVS diodes are offered in
voltages ranging from 10 to 48V and comply
with industry-standard RTCA DO-160 require-
ction in aircrafts.
TRINAMIC expands stepper motor driver
line with new 4A device
TRINAMIC Motion Control expanded the
company’s existing product line of micro-
stepping motor drives with a new IC that sup-
ports motor drive currents up to 4A. The new
TMC2660 integrates both a pre-driver for real-
time calculation of motor coil current values,
and power MOSFETS for amplification of coil
outputs to directly drive an external motor.
Packaged in a single multi-chip module, the
integrated driver/amplifier achieves the lowest
power dissipation currently available for a 4A
ams: LIN slave companion IC supports
automotive ISO26262
ams announced the AS8530 miniature
power/transceiver IC to support LIN slave ap-
plications, which complies with the ISO26262
functional safety standard. The AS8530 is a
power management and communication device
that includes a LIN 2.1 transceiver, a 50mA
LDO to supply a local micro and a reset gen-
erator in an 8-pin SOIC 8 package. As a differ-
entiator, the AS8530 offers a series of system
management functions through a shared pin
serial interface, all within the same small, 8-
LDRA: tool suite qualified to IEC 61508,
ISO 26262 and EN 50128
LDRA has been awarded TÜV SÜD certifica-
tion. The TÜV SÜD certificate verifies that
the LDRA tool suite is qualified to be used in
safety-related software development according
to IEC 61508 (industrial safety), ISO 26262
(automotive), and EN 50128 (rail) applications.
TÜV SÜD test results showed that the LDRA
tool suite fulfills the requirements for support
tools according to these international industry
standards. The certification gives customers
an additional level of assurance that the LDRA
tool suite will enable their software to comply
with IEC 61508, ISO 26262, and EN 50128.
SCIOPTA: safety RTOS for Xilinx Zynq-7000
SCIOPTA has ported the safety certified
SCIOPTA Real-Time Operating Systems to
the Xilinx Zynq-7000 All Programmable Sys-
tem-on-Chip. The SCIOPTA ZYNQ-7000
RTOS is written in highly optimized assembler
and specifically tuned for the Cortex-A9 CPUs
included in ZYNQ-7000. This results in a very
high performance and a low memory footprint.
SCIOPTA ZYNQ-7000 is certified according
to IEC61508 SIL3, EN 50128 SIL3/4 and ISO
PLS: UDE now available with own debug
perspective for new Eclipse 4.x platforms
PLS Programmierbare Logik & Systeme pro-
vides developers with the Universal Debug
Engine (UDE) version 4.0.8 an own debug
perspective for the current Eclipse 4.x platforms
(4.2 Juno, 4.3 Kepler) at no extra cost. The
completely new developed plug-in uncom-
promisingly relies on the new API of Eclipse
4.x and thus enables an even better integration
in the development environment. Unlike other
standard market solutions, the easy to install
tool — that is offered as an installation packet
and with Eclipse’s own mechanisms for plug-
ins — has the additional advantage that the
complete functionality of the UDE as cross-
fully retained.
IAR: Experiment! kits for creative, easy
and low-cost evaluation
IAR Systems launches its new Experiment!
starter kits. The kits are aimed at creative eval-
uation for a low price. Developers can use the
Experiment! kits to evaluate the embedded
development tool chain IAR EmbeddedWork-
bench and the included microcontroller, as
well as design, start develop, integrate and test
R&S: „Value Instruments“ for users from
medium-sized companies
Rohde & Schwarz has grouped products from
its basic range of precise, reliable and cost-ef-
fective instruments under the Value Instru-
ments label. In addition to spectrum analyzers
and oscilloscopes, the Value Instruments port-
folio includes EMC pre-compliance products
as well as power supplies fromRohde & Schwarz
ents subsidiary.
PRQA achieves ISO 9001:2008
certification
PRQA | Programming Research announces
that its Quality Management System has been
approved by Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance
and has achieved certifications in ISO
9001:2008 and TickIT Guide Issue 5.5. The
Quality Management System is applicable to
sales, development, testing, installation and
support of static analysis software. This inter-
national standard is one of the most widely
adopted and is published by the International
Standards Organization. It ensures that or-
ganizations are striving to meet and exceed
customers’ requirements and satisfaction
ovement.
ITTIA: DB SQL flexibility extends to
multi-core systems
ITTIA DB SQL addresses the challenge of in-
creasing data volume on multi-core systems;
and by expanding its commitment to help
manufacturers of embedded devices, ITTIA
helps them to manage and connect data – re-
gardless of size – as well as to leverage the per-
formance of multi-core systems. In order for
manufacturers of embedded devices to process
and analyze all the data generated on a multi-
core system, complex queries often need to be
designed. By taking advantage of multi-core,
ITTIA DB SQL allows application tasks on
separate processor cores to concurrently access
MathWorks: release 2013b of MATLAB
and Simulink
MathWorks announced Release 2013b of its
MATLAB and Simulink product families.
R2013b delivers new analysis, design, code
generation and implementation and other fea-
tures in MATLAB and Simulink, two new
Polyspace products, as well as updates to 79
other products. Highlights include MATLAB
data types for mixed-type tabular data, and
ordered and unordered categorical data and
revamped MATLAB Compiler app and auto-
matic download at install time of version-
Compiler Runtime.
Agilent: new portable logic analyzers
speed timing capture
Agilent Technologies introduced its 16850 Se-
ries portable logic analyzers. The instruments
offer the industry’s fastest timing capture with
deep memory for quickly debugging digital
systems. The 16850 Series also offers the in-
dustry’s only portable logic analyzer with both
single-ended and differential probing options
to help designers get their high-speed digital
.
Wibu-Systems achieves Microsoft Gold
OEM competency
Wibu-Systems has attained once more a Gold
OEM competency, demonstrating a “best-in-
class” ability and commitment to meet Mi-
crosoft customers’ evolving needs in today’s
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