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Online power system design tool
18 May 2016, Power Electronics / Power Management
Vicor introduced its new Power System Designer online design tool, giving system designers flexibility to architect and optimise end-to-end power systems leveraging the company’s power component design ...

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SDK for home automation
20 April 2016, EBV Electrolink
NXP Semiconductors’ new software developmentkit (SDK) for Kinetis microcontrollers (MCUs) offers support for home automation applications using Apple HomeKit technology. Leveraging the performance and ...

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Sys-Parameter library for RF simulation
20 April 2016, Test & Measurement
Analog Devices announced the release of an extensive RF amplifier library of Sys-Parameter models for Keysight Technologies’ Genesys RF simulation and synthesis software. Analog Devices is one the first ...

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Optimising PDNs can save design real estate and board layers
20 April 2016, EDA Technologies
DC analysis of a power delivery network (PDN), commonly referred to as IR drop, DC power integrity or PI-DC, answers some fundamental questions that every digital (or analog) designer should ask and answer: ...

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Secure development platform for Cortex-M
20 April 2016, Computer/Embedded Technology
Express Logic, provider of the ThreadX real-time operating system (RTOS), has introduced its X-Ware secure platform for ARM Cortex-M processors. The platform delivers a fully integrated set of X-Ware ...

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Free DFT tool for XJTAG and Altium users
23 March 2016, ASIC Design Services
XJTAG used the occasion of Embedded World 2016 in Nuremberg, Germany to launch the XJTAG DFT Assistant for Altium Designer. The free software extension significantly increases the DFT (Design for Test) ...

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Microchip’s IDE launches into the cloud
23 March 2016
Microchip Technology has launched a new cloud-based Integrated Development Environment (IDE), MPLAB Xpress. This online development platform is the easiest way to get started with PIC microcontrollers ...

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PCB design intelligence avoids last-minute mistakes
23 March 2016, EDA Technologies, Editor's Choice
PCB designers today are dealing with an array of new challenges, including greater electronic and mechanical design complexity, tighter constraints and rules, and the need to stay on top of a fast-changing ...

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Universal input reference design
23 March 2016
Industrial automation engineers can achieve highly accurate measurements for their system designs with the MAXREFDES67# analog front end (AFE) universal input Micro PLC reference design from Maxim Integrated ...

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Sys-Parameter library for RF simulation
23 March 2016, Test & Measurement
Analog Devices announced the release of an extensive RF amplifier library of Sys-Parameter models for Keysight Technologies’ Genesys RF simulation and synthesis software. Analog Devices is one the first ...

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C compilers on monthly subscription
24 February 2016, Tempe Technologies
Microchip announced a flexible, low-cost, renewable monthly subscription licence for the PRO editions of its MPLAB XC line of C compilers. The MPLAB XC8, XC16 and XC32 compilers offer reduced complexity ...

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Dev kits for ultra-low-power MCUs
24 February 2016
Ambiq Micro has released a duo of evaluation kits to enable engineers to assess the capabilities and low-power performance of the Apollo sub-threshold microcontroller: the ‘Apollo EVB’ evaluation board ...

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Secure virtualisation for 64-bit processors
24 February 2016
Green Hills Software announced the availability of its safe and secure Integrity Multivisor virtualisation solution for 64-bit ARM and 64-bit Intel architectures. Based on the Integrity real-time operating ...

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Live signal view added to XJTAG boundary scan
27 January 2016, ASIC Design Services, Test & Measurement
XJTAG, a world leading supplier of boundary scan technology, announced the release of Version 3.4 of its development system, which introduces major improvements in the visibility into complex systems ...

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Xilinx software simplifies wireless design
27 January 2016, Telecoms, Datacoms, Wireless, IoT
Xilinx announced the 2015.3 release of System Generator for DSP, a high-level tool for designing high-performance DSP systems using Xilinx ‘All Programmable’ devices. With System Generator, algorithm ...

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Expanded PCB layout platform from Mentor Graphics
25 November 2015, ASIC Design Services
Mentor Graphics released three new options for its popular PADS printed circuit board (PCB) layout software, priced for users that are part of a small to mid-sized company, or members of an isolated team ...

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IDE for concurrent wireless and MCU design
25 November 2015, NuVision Electronics
Silicon Labs introduced the latest generation of Simplicity Studio, the company’s integrated development environment (IDE) for concurrent microcontroller (MCU) and RF design. This software release inherits ...

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RTOS update focuses on connectivity
25 November 2015, ASIC Design Services, Telecoms, Datacoms, Wireless, IoT
The latest release of Mentor Graphics’ Embedded Nucleus real-time operating system (RTOS) targets high-performance, next-generation applications for connected embedded devices. The process model for ARM ...

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Reference design for voice-enabled ZigBee remote controls
25 November 2015, NuVision Electronics, Telecoms, Datacoms, Wireless, IoT
Silicon Labs has released a cost-effective solution for voice-enabled ZigBee remote controls. This comprehensive reference design solution significantly reduces the need for costly external hardware by ...

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Breakout boards for USB development
25 November 2015, MB Silicon Systems, Electrocomp, Telecoms, Datacoms, Wireless, IoT
FTDI Chip has added to the support it can offer to engineers using its X-Chip series by introducing an array of new breakout boards. Through these compact, low-profile boards, the bridging of USB 2.0 ...

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