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Popular development tools from IAR Systems support complete Atmel | SMART MCU and MPU portfolio

Uppsala, Sweden—November 13, 2014—IAR Systems®, the world-leading provider of development tools for embedded systems, and Atmel® Corporation, a global leader in microcontroller (MCU) and touch technology solutions, today announced the two companies have extended their partnership to include over 1,400 new example projects in IAR Systems’ development tools to support Atmel’s entire portfolio of world-class MCUs and MPUs (microprocessors).

Designers using Atmel AVR and Atmel | SMART MCUs and MPUs can now leverage IAR Embedded Workbench®, the leading C/C++ compiler and debugger toolchain, with new example projects to bring their products faster to market. … Read More → "Popular development tools from IAR Systems support complete Atmel | SMART MCU and MPU portfolio"

Xilinx Announces Industry’s First Low Latency 25G Ethernet IP for FPGAs to Address Throughput Challenges in Data Center Applications

SAN JOSE, Calif.Nov. 12, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) today announced the industry’s first low latency 25G Ethernet IP for FPGAs to address throughput challenges in data center applications. The low latency 25G Ethernet MAC and PCS LogiCORE™ IP solution helps to reduce data center CapEx by providing a migration path from 10G to 25G links and delivers a drastic increase in performance by more than doubling the front panel bandwidth between top of rack switches and servers (10G to 25G). … Read More → "Xilinx Announces Industry’s First Low Latency 25G Ethernet IP for FPGAs to Address Throughput Challenges in Data Center Applications"

XP Power plug top power supplies comply with latest level VI energy efficiency standard

XP Power today announced what it believes to be one of the first 5 Watt plug top power supplies to comply with the new Energy Star level VI energy efficiency standard. A requirement for all such external power supplies in use from February 2016, the VEL05 and VER05 series meet the standard’s no load input power requirement of  <0.1 Watt. Introduced in February 2014 the Energy Star level VI standard aims to significantly lower the amount of power consumed when the end application is turned off or is no longer connected.

The VEL05 series have a … Read More → "XP Power plug top power supplies comply with latest level VI energy efficiency standard"

Innodisk Expands Embedded Peripheral Series with Communication Modules, for IoT and Embedded Applications

November 14, 2014, Taipei, Taiwan – Innodisk, the service driven flash provider, announces the newest additions to its Embedded Peripheral line of expansion modules for embedded systems. Both using an mPCIe interface, the EMPL-G201 adds up to 2 Gigabit Ethernet ports and the EMP2-X401 adds either 4 or 8 serial ports independently selectable by software to communicate in either RS232, RS422 or RS485 mode. These modules allow system designers to easily expand Ethernet or serial connectivity of embedded systems for IoT and Industrial applications.

“The new communication-oriented Embedded Peripheral Modules are the next step in our E.P. line of expansion modules … Read More → "Innodisk Expands Embedded Peripheral Series with Communication Modules, for IoT and Embedded Applications"

Plunify’s InTime Design Optimization Software Supports Altera FPGAs and SoCs

LOS ALTOS, CALIF. –– November 12, 2014 –– Plunify®Pte.Ltd., provider of groundbreaking field programmable gate array (FPGA) software, today announced its InTime™ design optimization software provides support for Altera’s FPGAs and systems on chip (SoCs).

Plunify’s InTime software harnesses computing resources and machine learning to rapidly generate optimized strategies for solving design problems.

“We are pleased to have Plunify … Read More → "Plunify’s InTime Design Optimization Software Supports Altera FPGAs and SoCs"

Open Source Implementation Available for Multicore Association Task Management API

El Dorado Hills, Calif. – Nov. 4, 2014 – The Multicore Association, a global non-profit organization that develops standards to speed time-to-market for products with multicore processor implementations, has announced that one of its members, Siemens AG, has made available an open source implementation of its Multicore Task Management Application Program Interface (MTAPI) specification. The MTAPI specification supports the coordination of tasks on embedded parallel systems.

To fully utilize multicore processors or systems-on-chip (SoCs), a programmer must develop software that splits a program into tasks that can be executed concurrently on different processor cores. … Read More → "Open Source Implementation Available for Multicore Association Task Management API"

Renesas Electronics Europe Presents its Sense it! – Smart Analog Solution Kit for Process Automation

Düsseldorf, 12 November 2014 – Renesas Electronics Europe, a premier provider of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced the availability of its “Sense it! – Smart Analog Solution Kit”, a complete evaluation platform for the Smart Analog IC101 (“SAIC101”) device. The new kit includes all the hardware, software components and demonstration programs sensor system manufacturers need to start development on their smart industrial sensors.

Renesas’ new “Sense it! – Smart Analog Solution Kit” facilitates the design of intelligent sensors for process instrumentation applications demanding high accuracy and performance, including temperature, pressure, or flow … Read More → "Renesas Electronics Europe Presents its Sense it! – Smart Analog Solution Kit for Process Automation"

Tektronix Releases First Test Solution for MIPI M-PHY® Specification v3.1

BEAVERTON, Ore., November 11, 2014 – Tektronix, Inc., the world’s leading manufacturer of oscilloscopes, today announced the first physical layer transmitter characterization and debug solution for the MIPI M-PHY® v3.1 specification recently approved by the MIPI® Alliance. The new Tektronix solution includes support for MIPI M-PHY High Speed Gears 1, 2 and 3, PWM Mode (G0-G7), and SYS Mode and offers the industry’s lowest noise solution for MIPI M-PHY measurements when used with Tektronix MSO/DPO 70000DXRead More → "Tektronix Releases First Test Solution for MIPI M-PHY® Specification v3.1"

Altium and element14 Partner to Distribute New PCB Design Tool CircuitStudio

Sydney, Australia – November 12, 2014 – Altium Limited, a global leader in Electronic Design Automation, native 3D PCB design systems (Altium Designer) and embedded software development toolkits (TASKING), today announced a partnership with element14 to distribute CircuitStudio, a new easy-to-use PCB Design tool based on Altium technology. CircuitStudio will be available in early 2015 and sold through the element14 Design Center.

The partnership between Altium and element14 realizes the vision of making modern … Read More → "Altium and element14 Partner to Distribute New PCB Design Tool CircuitStudio"

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