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CANopen driver for Microchip dsPICs
1 July 2015
Designed for target systems with or without operation systems, Port’s CANopen driver packages provide all necessary functions for initialisation of the hardware, controlling the CAN controller, message ...

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New design software for Altera FPGAs and SoCs
1 July 2015, EBV Electrolink, Programmable Logic
Altera unveiled its Spectra-Q engine, a new technology at the heart of the company’s proven Quartus II software, to improve design productivity and time-to-market for next-generation programmable devices. It ...

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Altium updates enterprise data management solution
1 July 2015, EDA Technologies
Altium has released a major update to its enterprise PCB design data management solution, Altium Vault. This new update includes a number of new features to improve the automation and management of design ...

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Altium updates high-speed PCB design tool
10 June 2015, EDA Technologies
Altium has released the newest version of its flagship PCB design tool, Altium Designer 15.1. Included in this release are a number of new features to improve design efficiency with expansions to productivity, ...

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Expanded PCB layout platform from Mentor Graphics
10 June 2015, ASIC Design Services
Mentor Graphics announced the delivery of three new PADS family products priced to address the advancing needs of the independent engineer. Typical users will include those that are part of a small to ...

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Cloud-based power supply design software
10 June 2015, MB Silicon Systems
The power supply design tool PI Expert Suite from Power Integrations is now accessible as a cloud-based app via http://ac-dc.power.com/design-support/pi-expert-suite. Whereas users previously downloaded ...

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Design tool for DC link capacitors
10 June 2015, Passive Components
To support online design of DC link circuits using EPCOS film capacitors, TDK has developed the FilmCap Service Life Calculation Tool, with a database containing roughly 250 models from the B3267* and ...

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Distributed RTOS with fine-grain space partitioning
20 May 2015
Altreonic has developed a software tool called VirtuosoNext which provides fine-grain task level space partitioning. This allows protection of individual tasks from each other, i.e. preventing one task ...

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New software makes development on Xilinx chips more accessible
20 May 2015
Xilinx unveiled the SDSoC Development Environment for its All Programmable range of SoCs (systems-on-chip) and MPSoCs (multiprocessing SoCs). The third member of the Xilinx SDx family of development environments, ...

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Development toolchain for 32-bit FTDI micros
20 May 2015, Dizzy Enterprises
MikroElektronika has released a new set of compilers and development boards for the 32-bit microcontrollers from FTDI Chip’s FT90x range. The solution comprises mikroC, mikroBasic and mikroPascal compilers, ...

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Software for designing HMIs
29 April 2015, MB Silicon Systems
Bringing more comprehensive support to its Embedded Video Engine (EVE) product offering, FTDI Chip is introducing freely downloadable EVE Screen Designer. Suitable for use with Windows operating systems ...

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Development kit for connected industrial drives
29 April 2015, Altron Arrow
Allowing developers to differentiate and optimise motor control industrial system design, the AM437x IDK from Texas Instruments aids in the evaluation of the multi-protocol, industrial communication and ...

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STM32 platform bolstered by free development tools
8 April 2015
In an effort to break down the barriers to adoption of its STM32 platform of 32-bit microcontrollers (MCU), STMicroelectronics and partners have been hard at work integrating support into some of the ...

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Demo boards for detector applications
8 April 2015, Hi-Q Electronics
The ‘Detect it!’ solution kit from Renesas Electronics is designed for detector applications and provides ready-to-use demonstrators for the most typical detectors used in security and fire protection ...

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Development board for digital power control
8 April 2015, EBV Electrolink, Power Electronics / Power Management
Texas Instruments is aiming to simplify digital power control design with its new, low-cost Digital Power BoosterPack, a plug-in daughtercard for the C2000 Piccolo TMS320F28069M LaunchPad development ...

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Prototyping board for interfacing data converters with FPGAs
8 April 2015, Altron Arrow, Computer/Embedded Technology
Analog Devices unveiled a rapid prototyping kit that simplifies wide-dynamic-range GSps data converter-to-FPGA connectivity. Digital and analog designers can use the AD-FMCDAQ2-EBZ to quickly prototype ...

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Mentor Graphics recruits HyperLynx allies
18 March 2015, ASIC Design Services
To boost adoption of its HyperLynx tool suite for high-speed design and verification, Mentor Graphics has established the HyperLynx Alliance to increase its cooperation with key industry partners in integrating ...

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Update to Altium Designer 15 incoming
18 March 2015, EDA Technologies
Altium has announced an incremental update to its PCB design software. Altium Designer 15.1 will introduce several new features for improved design productivity, documentation outputs and high-speed design ...

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Code generating plug-in extended to 16-bit PICs
18 March 2015
An update has been released to support Microchip’s 16-bit PIC microcontrollers (MCU) in the MPLAB Code Configurator Plug-In. Based on the popularity of this code development tool for 8-bit products, the ...

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Capacitor simulation software
18 March 2015, Altron Arrow, Passive Components
AVX has released a new version of its SpiCalci simulation software, an engineering tool that calculates performance characteristics and parameters for switch mode power supply (SMPS) capacitors. Featuring ...

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