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Solution enables VMM code re-use in OVM
4 March 2009, ASIC Design Services
Mentor Graphics has made available an open-source SystemVerilog solution for users adopting the open verification methodology (OVM). The solution enables the easy and flexible re-use of legacy verification ...

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Altera releases Quartus II v8.1
4 March 2009, EBV Electrolink
Altera has unveiled Quartus II software version 8.1, which aims to speed development times by automating traditionally time-consuming features. The design partition planner, introduced in the previous ...

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PI Expert v7.1 released
4 March 2009, MB Silicon Systems
Power Integrations has introduced a new version of its popular power supply design software, PI Expert. The software now supports the LinkSwitch-CV and LinkSwitch-II families of primary-side-control switcher ...

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Free RTOS eases embedded design
4 March 2009, EBV Electrolink
The increasing complexity of industrial applications and expanding functionality of semiconductors are driving embedded developers toward solutions that combine proven hardware and software platforms. ...

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Development kit for 8-bit FOC motor control
4 March 2009, Infineon Technologies
The XC800 family from Infineon includes what are said to be the industry’s first 8-bit microcontrollers with powerful field-oriented control (FOC) for complex and efficient motor control applications. ...

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Motor control development tools
4 March 2009
Microchip has expanded its support for motor control applications based on the dsPIC digital signal controller (DSC). The dsPICDEM MCLV development board is a new low-voltage brushless DC (BLDC) motor ...

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Development kit for memory tokens
4 March 2009
Datakey Electronics has released a new development kit for its award-winning line of NFX Managed-Memory Tokens. The development kit supports the latest release of the NFX family of tokens and includes ...

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Free DSP library for 32-bit MCUs
18 February 2009, Altron Arrow
STMicroelectronics has developed a DSP library for its ARM Cortex-M3-based STM32 microcontrollers, allowing developers to take full advantage of the STM32 to host signal processing and control functions ...

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FPGA-based embedded development platform
4 February 2009
Xilinx has developed the Virtex-5 FXT FPGA ML510 embedded development platform for developing high-performance embedded systems driven by dual processors. Built around the Virtex-5 FXT FPGA platform with ...

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New version of QNX Neutrino RTOS
4 February 2009, Xpitec
QNX has announced the availability of release 6.4.0, the latest version of the QNX Neutrino RTOS and QNX Momentics tool suite. The first major product developed under QNX’s hybrid software model, this ...

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In-circuit debugger for PICs
4 February 2009
New from Microchip is the MPLAB ICD 3, a cost-effective, high-speed development tool that supports in-circuit programming and debugging of Microchip’s Flash-based 8-bit PIC microcontrollers (MCUs), and ...

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Mentor supports new Xilinx FPGAs
21 January 2009, ASIC Design Services
Mentor Graphics has announced that its suite of advanced synthesis products now supports Virtex-5 TXT field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), the newest platform from Xilinx optimised for ultra high-bandwidth ...

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Online tool simplifies sensor design
26 November 2008, Future Electronics
National Semiconductor has introduced a sensor signal-path design tool that aims to allow engineers to quickly move from concept to simulation to prototyping of common sensor solutions used in medical, ...

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Microprocessor development tool
26 November 2008
The PropStick USB is a development tool for Parallax’s Propeller chip which provides access to all 32 I/O pins on a 0,1” pin spacing format. It features a built-in P8X32A-M44 Propeller chip, 32 KB EEPROM, ...

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Reference platform for NXP's ARM7
26 November 2008, EBV Electrolink
The idea for EBV’s ChameleonARM platform was created when NXP introduced the 32-bit ARM7 single-chip LPC23xx family with its rich set of on-chip interfaces for applications requiring various types of ...

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Microchip eases embedded Ethernet design
26 November 2008, Tempe Technologies
Microchip has announced the expansion of its Ethernet software and support for embedded systems designers, including the addition of secure sockets layer (SSL) encryption to its free TCP/IP stack and ...

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Capacitive touch demo board
26 November 2008
Microchip has developed the PICDEM Touch Sense 2 demo board to complement its mTouch capacitive touch product offering. The board comes with the updated, royalty-free mTouch sensing solution software ...

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RDK alternative to PCIe analyser
12 November 2008
The PEX 8624, PEX 8632, and PEX 8648 Gen 2 switch hardware reference design kits (RDKs) from PLX Technology are used to help engineers bring up PCI Express (PCIe) designs quickly. They can also be configured ...

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Integrated RF and PCB design flow
12 November 2008, Osiris Technical Systems
AWR and Mentor Graphics have announced AWR Connected for Mentor Graphics. This new synergy of design flow between AWR and Mentor obsoletes file translation between Mentor’s Expedition Enterprise design ...

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ST releases free motor control algorithms
12 November 2008
STMicroelectronics has extended its library of functions supporting vector control of electric motors using the 32-bit STM32 microcontroller (MCU), with new turnkey algorithms supporting single-shunt ...

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