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Vector Software Announces Release 6.4 of VectorCAST

December 1, 2015

Providence, RI – 12/1/2015 – – Vector Software, the world’s leading provider of innovative software solutions for robust embedded software quality, announced today the release of VectorCAST™ version 6.4, the most advanced test automation platform for C/C++ and Ada development.  VectorCAST 6.4 includes a host of new features and enhancements in data aggregation, reporting, usability, and tool integration.  Major new features include:

Infineon XMC4000 speeds up Functional Safety development of industrial applications

December 1, 2015

Munich and Nuremberg, Germany – November 25, 2015 – Further advancing the development of Functional Safety industrial applications Infineon Technologies AG (FSE: IFX / OTCQX: IFNNY) today announced the availability of the Safety Package for the XMC4000 family of 32-bit microcontrollers. The XMC4000 Safety Package helps to develop TÜV-certified automation systems that conform with Safety Integrity Levels SIL2 and SIL3. In addition, with the XMC4000 Safety Package Infineon helps to cut development time for the functional safety software … Read More → "Infineon XMC4000 speeds up Functional Safety development of industrial applications"

Teledyne LeCroy Expands Automated Test Capabilities for Oscilloscopes with Support for HDMI v2.0 and Embedded DisplayPort

December 1, 2015

Chestnut Ridge, NY, December 1, 2015 — Teledyne LeCroy today announced the addition of QPHY-HDMI2 and QPHY-eDP, expanding its automated transmitter test solutions for display standards to include HDMI Version 2.0, and Embedded DisplayPort

The QPHY-HDMI2 software option for the WaveMaster/SDA/DDA 8 Zi series of oscilloscopes provides a concise set of validation/verification and debug tools written in accordance with version 2.0 of the High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) electrical test specification. HDMI test modes cover amplitude, timing, and jitter parameters. In addition to standard eye pattern and jitter tests for HDMI 2.0, … Read More → "Teledyne LeCroy Expands Automated Test Capabilities for Oscilloscopes with Support for HDMI v2.0 and Embedded DisplayPort"

Lowest Power RS-485 Transceiver from Exar Includes Low Voltage Interface and Features <3uA Standby Current

December 1, 2015

Fremont, CA – December 1, 2015 – Exar Corporation (NYSE: EXAR), a leading supplier of analog mixed-signal products serving the industrial, high-end consumer and infrastructure markets, announces the XR33202, a half-duplex, 20Mbps RS-485 (TIA/EIA-485) transceiver optimized to operate over a wide 3V to 5.5V supply voltage range.  The transceiver includes an adjustable low voltage logic interface and features the industry’s lowest standby current of 3uA (max), 0.05uA (typ). The device’s wide operating voltage range, flexible logic interface, and low standby current make it ideal for battery-powered and … Read More → "Lowest Power RS-485 Transceiver from Exar Includes Low Voltage Interface and Features <3uA Standby Current"

Cadence Unveils Virtuoso Advanced-Node Platform for 10nm Processes

December 1, 2015

SAN JOSE, Calif., December 1, 2015?Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS) today announced the delivery of the new Virtuoso® Advanced-Node Platform that is enabled for all advanced 10nm FinFET designs. This next-generation custom design platform delivers up to 5X improvement in designer productivity and also provides initial support for emerging 7nm technologies.

To address the challenges that come with advanced-node FinFET designs, innovative capabilities in the Cadence® Virtuoso Advanced-Node Platform allow designers to better manage complexity and process effects. The key capabilities include:

? Multi-patterning and color-aware layout: Supports more than four multi-patterned layers for design decomposition, … Read More → "Cadence Unveils Virtuoso Advanced-Node Platform for 10nm Processes"

RFEL announces the Correlator AX for real time, multiple Unique Pattern detection across thousands of data streams

November 30, 2015

Newport, Isle of Wight, UK – 30 November 2015 – RFEL has announced its new multi-channel, multi-rate correlator IP (Intellectual Property).  The high performance Correlator AX™ core offers high sensitivity Unique Pattern (UP) detection from multiple, interleaved data streams with differing sample rates.  The Correlator AX provides the ability to simultaneously analyse thousands of input channels obtained from different carriers in real time using advanced parallel processing.  It can search for up to two Unique Patterns (UPs) on each channel and provides reliable identification with a low False Alarm Rate.  The Correlator AX … Read More → "RFEL announces the Correlator AX for real time, multiple Unique Pattern detection across thousands of data streams"

Renesas Electronics Europe and SEVENSTAX Announce Solution that Supports Secure Web Access Using Standard Internet Protocols over a PROFINET Communication

November 30, 2015

Düsseldorf, November 24, 2015 – Renesas Electronics Europe, a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, and SEVENSTAX, one of the leading specialists for embedded Internet protocol stacks and applications, today announced the availability of a secure connectivity solution for industrial automation applications that supports secure web access using standard internet protocols over a PROFINET communication.

A demo of the solution will be showcased during the SPS IPC Drives fair in Nuremberg (24-26 Nov) at the Renesas stand 445 in Hall 6.

The secure connectivity solution is based on: Renesas’ PROFINET … Read More → "Renesas Electronics Europe and SEVENSTAX Announce Solution that Supports Secure Web Access Using Standard Internet Protocols over a PROFINET Communication"

IAR Systems enhances 8051 tools with highly requested static code analysis

November 30, 2015

Uppsala, Sweden—November 30, 2015—IAR Systems® is proud to announce that the latest version of the complete C/C++ compiler and debugger toolchain IAR Embedded Workbench® for 8051 supports the add-on tool C-STAT®. This strong enhancement gives 8051 developers access to powerful static analysis completely integrated within the daily development workflow.

C-STAT features innovative static analysis that can detect defects, bugs, and security vulnerabilities as defined by CERT C/C++ and the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE), as well as help keeping code compliant to coding standards like MISRA C:2004, MISRA … Read More → "IAR Systems enhances 8051 tools with highly requested static code analysis"

San’an IC Selects the Mentor Graphics Calibre Platform for Verification of Advanced GaAs Wireless ICs

November 30, 2015

WILSONVILLE, Ore., Nov. 30, 2015—Mentor Graphics Corp. (NASDAQ: MENT) today announced that Xiamen San’an Integrated Circuit Co. Ltd. (San’an IC) has selected the Calibre® nmDRC™ and Calibre nmLVS™ products as its golden signoff physical verification solution for gallium arsenide (GaAs) ICs used in mobile and other wireless applications. As part of its foundry offering, San’an IC will provide the Calibre design rule decks to its customers to help them ensure their designs are error-free and meet all foundry requirements before submitting them to San’ … Read More → "San’an IC Selects the Mentor Graphics Calibre Platform for Verification of Advanced GaAs Wireless ICs"

5W AutoResonant Wireless Power Transmitter Offers Foreign Object Detection & Completes LTC’s Wireless Charging Solution

November 30, 2015

MILPITAS, CA – November 30, 2015 – Linear Technology Corporation introduces the LTC4125, a wireless power transmitter, complementing our wireless receiver ICs for the wireless charging market. The LTC4125 is a simple, high performance monolithic full bridge resonant driver, capable of delivering up to 5W of power wirelessly to a companion receiver. It functions as the transmit circuit component in a complete wireless power transfer system comprised … Read More → "5W AutoResonant Wireless Power Transmitter Offers Foreign Object Detection & Completes LTC’s Wireless Charging Solution"

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