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Renesas Electronics Introduces the RX113 Group of 32-Bit Microcontrollers for Healthcare Equipment, Home Appliances and Industrial Equipment with Capacitive Touch Sensing

Düsseldorf, 1 December 2014 – Renesas Electronics, a premier provider of advanced semiconductor solutions, is expanding the use of touch key in healthcare, building automation and home appliance applications with the new RX113 Group of microcontrollers (MCUs). Part of the RX100 Series, the new MCUs offer a single-chip solution … Read More → "Renesas Electronics Introduces the RX113 Group of 32-Bit Microcontrollers for Healthcare Equipment, Home Appliances and Industrial Equipment with Capacitive Touch Sensing"

Enhanced COTS Subsystem from Aitech Integrates High Performance with Exceptional Ruggedization

Chatsworth, Calif. December 2014 – Aitech Defense Systems Inc., a pioneer in true embedded and mission critical computing technologies for environmentally-demanding, mission-critical applications, has released the enhanced A191, a rugged, compact COTS HPEC (High Performance Embedded Computer).

The new, fully integrated subsystem combines a multi-core CPU to efficiently process overhead functions with an advanced GPGPU that focuses on executing heavy-duty system requirements. This integrated design delivers performance of nearly an order of … Read More → "Enhanced COTS Subsystem from Aitech Integrates High Performance with Exceptional Ruggedization"

Mentor Graphics Launches FloEFD Product with Sliding Mesh, Water Film and Enhanced Radiation Capabilities

WILSONVILLE, Ore., December 1, 2014 —Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) today announced the latest release of its award-winning FloEFD™ upfront and concurrent computational fluid dynamics (CFD) product. This new release provides advanced capabilities and functionality which enables designers and analysts to create more realistic operating environments and models for improved simulation accuracy.  New features include a sliding mesh model for rotating equipment such as pumps, fans, and blowers; water film simulation to calculate surface condensation and icing film thickness; together with radiation and lighting enhancements. These new capabilities … Read More → "Mentor Graphics Launches FloEFD Product with Sliding Mesh, Water Film and Enhanced Radiation Capabilities"

Keysight Technologies Selected by Bosch to Equip New AE InnoLab with Electronic Test and Measurement Equipment

SANTA ROSA, Calif., Nov. 25, 2014 – Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) today announced that it was selected by Robert Bosch GmbH to equip the new AE InnoLab in Reutlingen, Germany. This brings expert knowledge, agile minds and optimal working conditions together in a laboratory setting equipped with unique technology capabilities.

The Bosch AE InnoLab grand opening was held on Nov. 21, 2014 and hosted by Klaus Meder, president, Automotive Electronics (AE), Robert Bosch GmbH, and Sigi Gross, vice president and general manager, Keysight’s Electronic Test Division. Together they underlined the importance of collaboration for real innovation to address new technology … Read More → "Keysight Technologies Selected by Bosch to Equip New AE InnoLab with Electronic Test and Measurement Equipment"

Semtech Expands AEC-Q100 Protection Platform with RClamp® 0531TQ; New 5V TVS Protection Device Safeguards High-Speed Automotive Interfaces

CAMARILLO, Calif., November 26, 2014 — Semtech Corp. (Nasdaq: SMTC), a leading supplier of analog and mixed-signal semiconductors, today announced the RClamp0531TQ, a high-performance, ultra-low capacitance transient voltage suppression (TVS) device.  

The single-line, automotive-qualified RClamp0531TQ offers unparalleled low-clamping voltage performance, an essential requirement for safeguarding the sensitive electronics common in today’s automotive infotainment and telematics systems.

Built on Semtech’s highly differentiated process technologies that achieve the industry’s lowest clamping voltages, the … Read More → "Semtech Expands AEC-Q100 Protection Platform with RClamp® 0531TQ; New 5V TVS Protection Device Safeguards High-Speed Automotive Interfaces"

STMicroelectronics Introduces gapDRIVE™ with On-Chip Galvanic Isolation: the New State-of-the-Art in Smart, Integrated Gate Drivers

Geneva, November 26, 2014 – The STGAP1S advanced single-channel gate driver, launched today by STMicroelectronics, integrates galvanic isolation with analog and logic circuitry in the same chip to help simplify driver design while ensuring high noise immunity for safe and reliable power control.

STGAP1S is the first in ST’s new generation of gapDRIVE™ gate drivers, which combine proprietary bipolar-CMOS-DMOS (BCD) process technology with innovations that enable an isolation layer to be grown on-chip to allow even greater system integration. Up to 1500V can be present on the … Read More → "STMicroelectronics Introduces gapDRIVE™ with On-Chip Galvanic Isolation: the New State-of-the-Art in Smart, Integrated Gate Drivers"

Symtavision extends collaboration with Lauterbach to significantly improve tool integration with TRACE32®

Hoehenkirchen and Braunschweig, Germany – 25th November 2014.  Symtavision, the global leader in timing analysis solutions for planning, optimizing and verifying embedded real-time systems, have extended their collaboration with Lauterbach. A significantly improved integration between SymTA/S and TraceAnalyzer timing design tools and Lauterbach’s TRACE32® suite of modular microprocessor development tools has been announced. The improved integration will better ensure the safety and reliability of automotive real-time software at the same time as speeding development and reducing costs.

The existing workflow, which enables real-time traces from TRACE32 to be imported and analyzed using Symtavision’s SymTA/S and … Read More → "Symtavision extends collaboration with Lauterbach to significantly improve tool integration with TRACE32®"

PLS and LieberLieber Software cooperate on UML test and target accesses

Lauta (Germany) / Vienna (Austria), November 25, 2014 – In the first week of December, at the Embedded Software Engineering Congress 2014 in Sindelfingen, Germany, LieberLieber Software and PLS Programmierbare Logik & Systeme will present their continuous tool chain for the testing and debugging of embedded software on the model level. Using this new comprehensive solution, developers using Enterprise Architect (EA) to develop model-based embedded software will also be able to test and debug their work directly in the model. Among other benefits, this saves a lot of time when generating … Read More → "PLS and LieberLieber Software cooperate on UML test and target accesses"

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