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Insyde® Software, a leading provider of UEFI BIOS and systems management software, today announced that its flagship firmware, InsydeH2O® , is enabling new 5G wireless base stations featuring the Intel ® Atom® P5900 system-on-chip processor.

One small step to a reliable file system

The Reliance Edge File System Essentials (FSE) is one of two API sets supported by Reliance Edge. It’s a minimalistic but reliable alternative to the POSIX-like option.
What are its benefits and how does it work? This feature summary should answer those questions.

Help! Why are my embedded devices failing?

When devices fail, the problems can be numerous. In conversations with the embedded OEMs we work with, a common issue affects almost every manufacturer – the cost of diagnosing and fixing the causes of field failure. This impacts time-to-market and pulls resources away from development, to be used instead for field diagnostics and post-mortem analysis. This issue is especially relevant for the following reasons:

iMX8M Nano uCOM: Perfect trade-off between cost and performance for multimedia applications

This Embedded Artists application processor module is optimized for industrial control and multimedia applications, and comes with up to 4x A53 and 1x M7 cores.

Y-Lock Pullforce – Reliable Board-to-Cable System with FFC made in Germany for Automotive Applications

Munich, June 2020 – Yamaichi Electronics designs, manufactures and distributes various automotive connectors for applications like e.g. infotainment, camera systems, car computing, antennas, TV, navigation, radar and lidar as well as battery management systems, etc. The automotive connectors are produced in ISO TS16949 certified manufacturing sites. The Y-Lock series is a board-to-cable system and available in 3 different versions. In the last years the renowned system has proven itself. It is successful in diverse automotive applications. The FFC (Flexible Flat Cables) suitable for the connector are produced in Yamaichi Electronics´ own factory in Germany.

Introducing the Arm Cortex-X Custom Program

Arm has just announced their 2020 Arm mobile IP, including the Arm Cortex-A78 CPU as the next step up in sustained performance on smartphones. But they do not stop here. They are mindful that Arm’s ever-expanding ecosystem are demanding more solutions and products based around their own specific needs and demands.

Insyde® Software Supports ASPEED’s AST2600 7 th Generation Server Management Processor

Insyde® Software, a leading provider of UEFI BIOS and systems management software, announced that its family of Supervyse® BMC firmware solutions now support the recently launched ASPEED AST2600 Server Management Processors.

Extension of the Push-Pull Connector Series

Yamaichi Electronics is continuously extending the Y-Circ P product portfolio. The latest versions are sockets with angled contact outputs. Different versions were designed. Sockets with exposed angled contacts and angled sockets with housings for improved signal shielding are available.

Introducing the QS Solder Down Computer On Module series

With only 27mm x 27mm the QS module family has very compact dimensions. They include a complete embedded System on Module with processor, PMIC, RAM and flash memory. Because of the very dense packaging on the top side, there are no components on the bottom side of the module, cut-outs on the base board are not required. The pin compatible family concept provides all important interfaces needed for embedded designs, e.g. USB, Gigabit-Ethernet, display and many serial interfaces.

Hands-on practical boundary scan webinars

Together with XJTAG we offer you a free hands-on online training. We have installed 15 dedicated stations in the XJTAG office and we have put in place a mechanism to give the attendees a remote access to the tools during the online workshop. We have also connected a relay board to our Demo Board in order to give the attendees the possibility to simulate some faults as it’s normally done with the jumpers.

How to automate unit tests execution combining LDRA software and Keil tools

In this video we show you how to prepare testcases in Microsoft Excel and automate unit tests execution with LDRA tool suite® & Keil MDK-ARM tools.

Free Arttest license for prototyping and functional testing of medical equipment

Are you working with MATLAB® Simulink® for fast prototyping and need to add functional test automation for you medical equipment to fight COVID-19? Logic Technology and Mindmotiv provide the functional safety testing tool Arttest at no cost!

Release of XJTAG 3.10

XJTAG®, a leader in JTAG boundary scan test solutions, announces the release of two new features that further enhance the ease-of-use of boundary scan tools. XJTAG 3.10 introduces an automated method for dealing with the situation when design updates occur on the board being tested, and a simple way to override the default settings of global variables used by XJEase Device Files.

Upcoming webinars

There are currently no options for face-to-face workshops and training. We can imagine you still want to stay up to date and brush up on your knowledge. Thanks to the current techniques, you can follow interesting training courses remotely from your home workplace. Check out the upcoming webinars here.

Logic and Arm-Keil supporting the fight against COVID-19

At Logic Technology, we want to support the companies in the Benelux that are working hard on innovations to fight COVID-19. Therefore, together with Arm-Keil, we sponsor a one-year term license of a Professional Integrated Development Environment (to the value of €3.300,-), for companies fighting the pandemic with new devices (e.g. respirators, medical equipment).

So, are you a developer working with C/C++ on any Cortex-M based MCU? Please contact us and briefly describe your product innovation to fight COVID-19.

Support when working from home

The COVID-19 pandemic is gripping the world. Companies are developing new ways of working, and for many people this means working from home. An improvised workplace, partner and children around and remote contact with colleagues and others; working from home requires concentration. We are here to support you! Logic Technology is fully operating and ready to help you with your embedded development challenges.

Release of Arm Keil MDK v5.29

Arm’s Development Solutions Group has announced the release of Arm Keil MDK v5.29. Arm Keil MDK is the most comprehensive software development solution for Arm-based microcontrollers and includes all components that you need to create, build, and debug embedded applications.

Logic is fully Arm-Keil Tools certified

Logic Technology has been Arm-Keil’s Authorized Distributor for the Benelux for many years, and in 2020 we have added a third member to our Arm-Keil Certified team, bringing the total to 3! So rest assured when you need help, our knowledge of tools is up to date and approved by Arm-Keil.

We are ready to answer your questions and support you in your projects. Please don't hesistate to contact us.

SFP28 High-Speed Connector for Data Networking Optical Transceiver Applications

Yamaichi Electronics offers the SFP28 host connector for a data transmission rate of 56 Gbps PAM-4 modulation per one channel.

Enhance your GUI design with Storyboard Lite

With the introduction of Crank Storyboard Lite hardware compatibility ranges from cortex-M up to cortex-A. We are happy to inform you about this new software.

The Crank UI design and development software Storyboard was created to be platform-agnostic so that development teams can create UIs optimized for hardware performance and tailored for user experiences. With the introduction of Crank Storyboard Lite, you can reduce resource requirements, maximize reusability and save on platform costs by excluding external memory controllers.

XJTAG Million Euro Product Giveaway

XJAnalyser is an intuitive standalone software program that gives engineers access to a set of powerful debugging tools. It provides a graphical view of JTAG chains, giving you complete control, on a pin-by-pin basis, of both pin state (either driven as an output or tristated as an input) and pin value (either high or low when driven), and it has the facility to run SVF and STAPL / JAM files.

Save many hours during R&D prototype bring-up and in production on the factory floor.

Optimal, cost-efficient handling of coding rule violations

LDRA, leader in standards compliance, automated software verification, software code analysis and test tools, maintains its commitment to the simplification and automation of the software development lifecycle with the introduction of TBexclude. Designed to complement TBvision’s user friendly reporting of coding rule violations, TBexclude offers a multi-tier coding violation exclusion capability enabling the suppression of rule violation reports at the project, team or individual user levels – perhaps in support of a MISRA deviation process.

Webinar: The practicalities of MISRA compliance

On March 19 our supplier LDRA offers a webinar which will discuss several key points raised by the MISRA compliance document.

There are many static analysis tools available to assess code compliance with MISRA guidelines. But the identification and rectification of violations flagged by a tool represents only one part of the compliance process. Step back from the analysis of violations and the need to address bigger questions about the process as a whole becomes obvious.

Mindmotiv GmbH and Logic Technology are proud to announce their partnership.

Thanks to Arttest, Functional Safety on the Model Level Has Never Been Faster, Easier, or More Powerful.

With Arttest, Mindmotiv provides a best-in-class solution for efficient model-based embedded software development, testing and quality assurance that fits perfectly in Logic Technology’s range of embedded software solutions. With Arttest, Logic is another step closer in its mission to empower the swift optimization of embedded product development. Logic Technology is going to establish Arttest as the quality standard embedded testing platform in the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg and Germany.

Keil changes license restart policy

Important information for Keil MDK users.

Effective from April 1st, 2020, it will not be possible to restart, or re-instate, an expired Support and Maintenance contract for licensed MDK software.
Previously Keil's policy has been that customers had the option to have a break in between Support and Maintenance periods at a certain cost factor.

Matrox® Keeps a Close Eye on the Factory Floor with Help from Intel® and Insyde®

Matrox Imaging leveraged Insyde's UEFI firmware solutions and expertise along with Intel's powerful and efficient Intel Core processors to deliver their latest machine vision controller to market. Learn how Matrox was able to take advantage of InsydeH2O to create a secure, full featured-platform while reducing their overall development time. Read the full case study.

Cost-efficient handling of Coding Rule Violations with TBexclude

Designed to complement LDRA's TBvision user friendly reporting of coding rule violations, TBexclude offers a multi-tier coding violation exclusion capability enabling the suppression of rule violation reports at the project, team or individual user levels – perhaps in support of a MISRA deviation process.

Ways to break into your existing product designs

What if you’ve already got products that don’t have attention-getting interfaces with mass-market prices? Thankfully, we’ve thought of that. We’ve got ways for you to consider adapting your existing designs, starting with;

LDRA launches industry-first FACE Conformance Tool Suites

LDRA Launches Industry-First Tool Suites for Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE) Conformance and Software Quality.

Boston, MA – September 16, 2019 – With the latest release of the LDRA tool suite, LDRA delivers industry-first FACE™ Conformance Tool Suites, enabling cost-effective development and verification of high-assurance, FACE-conformant software. These new software tool suites uniquely automate the process of evaluating software for conformance with each version of the released FACE standard (e.g., version 2.1.1 and 3.0), while at the same time enabling developers to improve the quality of their software through traceability, static and dynamic code analysis, and unit and system-level testing.

Ways to meet the relentless pressure to release products faster

Designers often use one set of tools (such as Adobe Photoshop) to craft the look and feel of a UI and another set for prototyping (like Adobe Experience Design). Developers then use a third toolset (often C/C++) to implement the final product. All of these changes in tools, process, and workflow suck up time and introduce errors. Thankfully, there are tools on the market that can help create a streamlined design development process.

Ways to meet the relentless pressure to market faster

If you’re building a one-off product, code reuse doesn’t matter. That being said, you almost never use good code only once. Initial releases invariably get updated with new features and bug fixes, one product can lead to a family of products, and reliable code from older projects is often implemented into new incarnations. So if you’re writing code with a plan to throw it away, you’re doing it wrong.

Critical consumer expectations; value for money

If the best products provide an excellent user experience, the best-selling products also provide excellent value for the money. With so many forces attempting to get a share of the consumer wallet, you need to build products that are “worth it”, and that usually means a bill of materials that’s as low as you can manage.

New NXP iMX8M COM Board for ARM Quad-Core

This new Embedded Artists' iMX8M COM Board provides a quick and easy solution for implementing a high-performance ARM quad/dual-core Cortex-A53 / Cortex-M4F based design. The Cortex-A53 / Cortex-M4F heterogeneous architecture enables the system to run an OS like Linux on the quad/dual-core Cortex-A53 and a Real-Time OS (RTOS) on the Cortex-M4F.

Critical consumer expectations that open wallets

Create products with both functionality and design in mind.

In the good old days when function trumped form, consumers had to live with difficult-to-use products like the much-maligned VHS recorder. Today, consumer preference for a product is increasingly determined by the quality of the user experience.

Effective software development for safety-related markets

Many products for such markets as household appliances, automotive, industrial and healthcare have regulatory requirements to be certified against functional safety (FuSa) standards. For example, IEC 61508 for electrical systems, ISO 26262 for the automotive industry, IEC62304 for medical systems, and EN 50128 for railway applications.

Within the standards, there are multiple safety integrity levels (SIL) that specify formal methods to be used during development for verifying that the application code, software components and toolchains are safe for the intended use.

Insyde Software Delivers UEFI BIOS and BMC Firmware for New Western Digital® Ultrastar® Servers

High-Performance Hybrid Storage Server and Rugged Portal Server Powered by InsydeH2O® UEFI BIOS and Supervyse® Systems Management

TAIPEI, TAIWAN, June 11, 2019 – Insyde® Software, a leading provider of UEFI BIOS and systems management software, today announced that Western Digital is shipping InsydeH2O® UEFI BIOS and Supervyse® BMC firmware on the recently launched Ultrastar® Serv60+8 hybrid storage server and InsydeH2O on the Ultrastar® Serv24-A rugged portable server.

Insyde® Software Speeds BIOS Development for New Platforms

Integrated Development Environment Leverages Intel’s Platform Configuration Technology

COMPUTEX - TAIPEI, TAIWAN – May 28, 2019 – Insyde® Software, a leading provider of UEFI BIOS and systems management software, today announced the addition of Intel’s PCT (Platform Configuration Tool) technology into H2OIDE™, Insyde’s UEFI BIOS integrated development environment, which will allow their customers to dramatically speed up BIOS development for new platforms.

Insyde® Software Supports AWS™ CloudHSM™ for Secure Cloud-Based Firmware Signing

BIOS and BMC Firmware Now Support Amazon Web Services’ Managed Cloud Solution, an Alternative to Physical Hardware Security Modules

COMPUTEX - TAIPEI, TAIWAN – May 28, 2019 – Insyde® Software, a leading provider of UEFI BIOS and systems management software, announced today that its flagship UEFI firmware, InsydeH2O® and its robust systems management solution Supervyse® now support AWS CloudHSM as an alternative to physical HSMs for BIOS and BMC firmware certificate signing.

New Wi-Fi / Bluetooth M.2 Modules

Our M.2 modules, co-developed by Embedded Artists and Murata, have been released

If you are looking for a flexible and reliable Wi-Fi / Bluetooth solution for your product our M.2 modules could be a perfect alternative. We have a family of M.2 modules; all based on Murata connectivity modules, which in turn are based on different Cypress chipsets.

Insyde® Software Speeds AMD Embedded Platform Development with BlinkBoot® Boot Loader

Secure UEFI Boot Loader Now Available for AMD Ryzen V1000 and AMD EPYC 3000 Embedded Platforms
Collaboration with AMD Ensures Fully Validated Solution

Logic Technology enriches GUI development with Crank Storyboard Suite

Panningen - November 29, 2018 – Today Logic Technology announces his partnership with Crank Software. Crank Software is an established innovator in embedded user interface solutions and their best-in-class Crank Storyboard Suite fits perfectly in Logic Technology’s range of embedded software solutions. With Storyboard Suite, Logic is another step closer in its mission to empower the swift optimization of embedded product development. Logic Technology is going to establish Crank Storyboard Suite as the quality standard embedded UI development tool in the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg and Germany.

XJTAG announces v3.8 for smarter and faster test development

CAMBRIDGE, UK, November 8, 2018 — XJTAG®, a world leading supplier of JTAG boundary-scan hardware and software solutions, and high-quality technical support, announces significant updates with XJTAG v3.8.
Waveform Viewer is now available in XJDeveloper, enhancing the user experience; the layout viewer is entirely replaced, and test coverage analysis algorithms have been improved.
This latest version offers smarter debugging, a smoother programming experience, and better test coverage analysis. There is more control over how data is viewed, as details behind logic block operation and recorded pin data are more easily visible. The key enhancements in XJTAG v3.8 are:

In Connected Systems, the Software Development Lifecycle lasts a Lifetime

Until recently, the software development lifecycle generally ended at product release. Connectivity, however, has extended that development lifecycle to the lifetime of the product or as long as it’s in the field. Unlike isolated systems, the software requirements for products such as connected cars can change at any time, whenever changes occur in the product’s connected environment or a new security vulnerability is discovered.
Each newly discovered vulnerability implies a changed or new requirement that requires an immediate response. Revised code must then undergo static analysis and all impacted unit and integration tests need to be re-run (regression tested).

Subor Z+ Hybrid Gaming Computer Powered by InsydeH2O®

TAIPEI, TAIWAN, October 30, 2018 – Insyde® Software, a leading provider of UEFI BIOS and systems management solutions, announced today that its flagship UEFI firmware product, InsydeH2O® is now shipping on Zhongshan Subor’s new gaming console & PC hybrid, the Subor Z+, which features a semi-custom high-performance AMD system-on-chip.
With a sleek, low profile design the Subor Z+ achieves its high gaming performance from a new 3GHz AMD Ryzen™ CPU, AMD Radeon™ Vega Graphics and a 256-bit GDDR5 interface all packaged on a single chip with 8GB of GDDR5 memory. Gamers will be able to switch between a Microsoft® Windows® 10 PC mode for general PC use and a console mode featuring a gaming-focused GUI to optimize that experience.

emSBC-Neon with ST STM32F469NI

Attractively priced Single Board Computer with ARM Cortex-M4

Do you have growing requirements in the areas of real-time capabilities and energy efficiency?
The emSBC-Neon with ST's MCU STM32F469NI addresses these requirements and offers a long-term availability of up to 15 years.

J-Testr RF a new test solution for the Internet of Things

Interlaken, Switzerland – November 5 2018, Eiger Design GmbH, an innovative supplier of functional circuit test (FCT) solutions to the electronics test market, today announced the launch of a new test solution for todays integrated RF devices (e.g. Bluetooth, LORA, WIFI) and other RF applications including ISM 433MHz.

Connecting MDK-Middleware to the Cloud

The Internet of Things (IoT) describes connected end-note devices that collect, process and exchange data. An IoT client is a software interface which runs in the IoT end-note device and establishes the connection to a cloud service. Arm adopted cloud connectors for Keil MDK-Middleware using the reliable networking stack for communication with the cloud service. This application note describes how to use the IoT clients from MDK-Packs to connect an IoT device to a cloud service provider. Read more to open the application note..

How to install and setup ARM Keil MDK

This video shows how to download and install ARM Keil MDK. It explains how to run example projects using the built-in simulator and real target hardware. Learn how to gain access to the MDK-Middleware and watch how to debug the applications using the µVision debugger and its dedicated debug windows.

Use STM32CubeMX with Arm Keil MDK

This video shows how to get started quickly with Arm Keil MDK and the STM32L4 Nucleo board. It explains how to use STM32CubeMX to setup pins and clocks and how the integration with MDK helps to get to a working application fast.

LDRA - ISO 9001 / SGS TÜV-SAAR / TÜV SUD Certifications

The TÜV and ISO certificates each say something a little different about LDRA and its products. ISO 9001 certification demonstrates LDRA’s ability to consistently meet and exceed customer expectations. And TÜV approval of software test tools suggests something more specific about the capabilities of the products, and their capacity to meet the exacting demands of the world’s predominant functional safety standards.
You can read more about, and download, the certifications on this webpage.

New Series Y-Con® RJ45 Jack-7x with Magnetics, Light Pipes and Tab-up

Munich, August 2018 – A new reflow-capable RJ45 jack is available in the industrial Y-Con® RJ45 series. The socket for 100 Mbit/s basically consists of a base body with 90° orientation of the connector to the solder pins, along with the "Tab-up" tab orientation. The individual types vary in features to ensure that the right product can be selected to meet customer needs.

Release Notes Dezyne version 2.8.x

On the 3rd of July 2018 Dezyne Eclipse plugin/GUI 2.8.0 is released. We’ve also released a new version of the Dezyne command line called Dzn.
A recap of the most important fixes and improvements;

Datalight Announces New Version of FlashFX Tera

Enhances Long-Term Reliability of NOR Flash; Extends MLC NAND Flash Support for Automotive and IIOT Markets
Bothell, WA – July 6, 2018 – Datalight Inc., the industry leader in comprehensive flash memory drivers and reliable file systems for Automotive and the Industrial Internet of Things markets, has released the latest version of its market-leading FlashFX Tera product. This release introduces enhancements for NOR device long-term reliability features as well as refinements to validation tests for multi-level cell (MLC) NAND flash and enhanced support for i.MX family of processors from NXP.

FlashFX Tera 4.2 Enhances Long-Term Reliability of NOR Flash

Extends MLC NAND Flash Support for Automotive and IIOT Markets
Bothell, WA – July 6, 2018 – Datalight Inc., the industry leader in comprehensive flash memory drivers and reliable file systems for Automotive and the Industrial Internet of Things markets, has released the latest version of its market-leading FlashFX Tera product. This release introduces enhancements for NOR device long-term reliability features as well as refinements to validation tests for multi-level cell (MLC) NAND flash and enhanced support for i.MX family of processors from NXP.

Blinkboot® UEFI Boot Loader helps Enable more Secure Intel IoT Devices

New White Paper! Brought to you by Insyde Software and the Intel IoT Solutions Alliance.

Tips & Tricks for Embedded GUI Design

How to create Displays with Seamless Graphics and User-Experience?

For you to win over your users’ hearts with your next embedded GUI display, outstanding graphics and a seamless user-experience is key! So how do you do create it? We give you some tips and tricks that give you a good start.

MDK supports Microchip SAML10/L11 devices

The new SAM L10 and SAM L11 microcontroller families from Microchip are based on the Arm® Cortex®-M23 core, with the SAM L11 featuring Arm TrustZone® technology for microcontrollers, a programmable environment that provides hardware isolation between certified libraries, IP and application code.

MDK v5.26 pre-release fully supports these devices with device family packs that include example applications for SAML10 and SAML11 Xplained Pro Evaluation Kits.

Push-Pull Circular Connectors with Overmoulded Bent Relief

Munich, June 2018 – The push-pull circular connector series Y-Circ® P from Yamaichi Electronics is available with overmoulded bent relief. Upon request, the cable outlet in connection with a cable assembly for the Y-Circ® P can be equipped with an overmoulded bent relief. This prevents unwanted unscrewing of the connector without the need for gluing. The proven bent relief design increases its flexibility in comparison with standard bent reliefs.

Increasing the power of Verification

Dezyne 2.8.0, "Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose"

As the complexity of software systems under development rapidly increases, Dezyne is being used to tackle ever more challenging verification and validation problems. To keep pace with the demand for more powerful verification, Verum has completed the integration of a completely new, game changing verification engine into Dezyne. Based on mCRL2 technology from the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), the new engine already outperforms its predecessor and provides a platform for verifying larger, more complex problems in the future, including functional verification.

Insyde® Software Powers Up Atos® BullSequana X1000 Supercomputer

Germany’s Fastest Supercomputer Leverages InsydeH2O® UEFI Firmware

Insyde® Software, a leading provider of UEFI BIOS and systems management software, is proud to announce that its flagship UEFI firmware, InsydeH2O®, is shipping on the newly launched Atos® BullSequana X1000 line of supercomputers featuring the Intel® Xeon® and Intel Xeon Scalable family of processors.

The BullSequana X1000, a 12-Petaflop machine (able to execute more than 12 million billion operations per second) will be Germany’s fastest supercomputer and one the most powerful computers in the world. Among other activities, the BullSequana X100 will be used in research for the Human Brain Project, which has as its goal to improve the understanding of the processes in the human brain through simulation.

The ‘Swiss Knife’ for testing PCBA’s

J-Testr+GTI, smart Test Solution follows Prototype to Production

By introducing the J-Testr+GTI, Eiger Design GmbH adds more functionality to its compact J-Testr Functional Test Platform. The prototype Exchangeable Unit allows testing of prototypes without customization, this ensures engineers can validate their design on arrival of a prototype from manufacturing without any delay.

Niko: iOS Design on Embedded Hardware in Three Days

Niko took the chance to test the possibilities of realizing their stunning GUI design on an embedded platform in our live UI workshop by TouchGFX at Embedded World. An offer given by Logic Technology who took the initiative of setting up the live UI workshop and approached Niko for participating. A challenging story of designing, coding and testing in a live setting on Embedded World.

Meet Chris: The Co-driver for Your Car

“As long as something is called a technology, it’s simply not ready for the user”, … once claimed. Although this isn’t necessarily a bad thing, it’s a good thing we have companies like German Autolabs who do their utmost best to pave the road towards more accessible and user-friendly technological advancements.

In the summer of 2018 they’ll launch the world’s first digital assistant for drivers. Patrick Weissert, CPO of German Autolabs, calls it: “a new way of interacting with your car.” Well, we like to refer to the device by its actual name: Chris. Now let’s get acquainted!

Reliance Edge Failsafe File System Availabe for Green Hills Assurance INTEGRITY Operating System

Green Hills Software, the worldwide leader in high assurance operating systems, and Datalight Inc., the leading developer of power failsafe file systems and flash memory drivers for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), are excited to announce the immediate availability of the Datalight Reliance Edge™ file system for Green Hills safe and secure INTEGRITY® real-time operating system (RTOS).

Keil MDK for Avnet IoT Starter Kit

Avnet has selected Keil MDK as the software development solution for the AT&T IoT Starter Kit. This new IoT starter kit enables power-efficient LTE-M cellular connectivity and the user-friendly MDK Microcontroller Development Kit helps to speed-up the overall development process.

USB 3.1 Connectors from Yamaichi Electronics

Yamaichi Electronics is expanding its already extensive portfolio of USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 products with the new USB series 3.1. A standard line of types A and C are offered, both in plug and socket variants. Cable assemblies in various variants and combinations are also available. The 9-pin version A is initially available in the TH variant. It is upwards compatible with older USB versions.

Why your future success depends on your software strategy

More than ever, society is dreaming of an utopian future where “Smart” technologies such as AI, IOT, Big Data and Autonomous Vehicles improve quality of life for the majority of the world’s populace. How to win the race to achieve dominance in "Smart" products and services?

Why Model Driven Software Engineering is the Future of Software Development

A small team of software engineers used model driven software engineering techniques to develop a large complex software system that is both reliable and robust, and in doing so achieved a productivity 2.5 times higher than the industry average for conventional software development. Using Verum’s software specification, design and verification tools, in five years (an average of) four engineers realized the entire control and application software for the Liteq 500, a lithographic, advanced packaging production system for semiconductors from Kulicke & Soffa. Read More..

Datalight to Speak at Embedded World on Improving Linux Boot Time and Reliability Testing Strategies

Thom Denholm, Technical Product Manager for Datalight, has been invited to speak at the upcoming Embedded World conference in Nuremberg, Germany. Mr. Denholm will present two technical sessions covering techniques for improving boot times on Linux and techniques for designing more robust reliability testing. Read more..

DEMO: Do More and Consume Less with TouchGFX on STM32L4+

TouchGFX now supports ST’s new generation of STM32L4, giving you a whole new dimension of ‘do more, consume less’ for your GUI development.

The new STM32L4+ device is a new generation of the STM32L4 series that stretches performance to 150DMIPS (233 ULPMark-CP) at 120MHz, and it supports TouchGFX. STM32L4+ is an ideal fit for developing fitness bands, smart watches, small medical equipment, smart meters, and smart industrial sensors, as it allows for sophisticated functions and instant responses with minimal downtime for battery charging. Read more..

Added Security and Connectivity to Data Management on the Edge

eXtremeDB was developed to provide professional developers with the tools they need to meet, or exceed, the demands of the industry and v.8.0 lives up to that goal. One of the many new features eXtremeDB v.8.0 offers our customers to provide an IoT advantage is the way that the system supports “storage containers” on edge devices, improving connectivity with servers. The current generation of IoT networks tend to use IPv6, which is not optimized to manage massive data transmissions when bandwidth is limited (LoRaWAN data rates range from 0.3 kbps to 50 kbps). This can become a problem when an edge device only has intermittent contact with the servers and needs to deliver large packets of data. Read more...

Insyde® Software Helps Power Amazon Web Services’ Groundbreaking Deep Learning Camera

AWS DeepLens™ Delivers Machine Learning Innovation Leveraging InsydeH2O®

TAIPEI, TAIWAN – Insyde® Software, a leading provider of UEFI BIOS and systems management software, announced today that its flagship UEFI firmware, InsydeH2O®, is enabling the recently launched AWS DeepLens, the world’s first deep learning enabled video camera for developers. Read more..

Live ‘Idea to GUI Prototype’ Workshop at Embedded World 2018

Experience the magic it is to see an idea come to life, at our live ‘Idea to Prototype’ workshop at Embedded World in Nürnberg this February. Our Designer, User Experience Expert, and TouchGFX Developer team up with customers at the trade fair to get their hands dirty and take an idea to the prototype stage in an intense workshop session.

Systech Europe and XJTAG offer enhanced testing

Cambridge, UK and Düsseldorf, Germany, November 8, 2017 — XJTAG®, a world leading supplier of boundary scan technology and Systech Europe, a leading European provider of electronic test solutions, today announced the availability of an integrated solution using XJTAG boundary scan and Takaya’s flying probe system.

Datalight Speaks at Embedded World on Improving Linux Boot Time and Reliability Testing Strategies

BOTHELL, Wash., – October 26, 2017 – Datalight Inc., leading developer of software for Internet of Things devices, announced today that Thom Denholm, Technical Product Manager for Datalight, has been invited to speak at the upcoming Embedded World conference in Nuremberg, Germany, to be held February 27 - March 1, 2018. Mr. Denholm will present two technical sessions covering techniques for improving boot times on Linux and for designing more robust reliability testing.

LDRA clears manufacturers’ path to IEC 62304 compliance

LDRA has announced LDRA tool suite for Medical Devices, a variant of its leading LDRA tool suite specifically tailored to help companies achieve IEC 62304 compliance and faster development of safety- and security-critical medical device applications. The LDRA tool suite for Medical Devices automates software quality analysis and testing while providing a traceable, auditable workflow from requirements through deployment for Class II and Class III medical devices.

Embedded Artists iMX RT1052 OEM board and Developer's Kit has been released

This board is equipped with NXP's Crossover Processor i.MX RT1052. It is a Cortex-M7 based processor capable at running up to 600 MHz. It is suitable for a wide range of industrial applications. See video..

TouchGFX Is the First Professional GUI Framework Supporting the New NXP i.MX RT Series

Aarhus N / Denmark – October 25, 2017 - Draupner Graphics A/S announced today the release of the new TouchGFX support for the NXP i.MX RT series. The TouchGFX Framework v4.8.0 now includes a WYSIWYG graphical designer for embedded user interfaces. A breakthrough technology that allows a graphically designed UI to download straight to embedded MCU target boards. TouchGFX thereby gives users the power to create a UI prototype quickly and debug in real-time using the NXP i.MX RT1050 evaluation kit. Watch the video of the webinar..

High Quality Graphics Using Only Internal Memory

TouchGFX allows you to have high quality graphics on your devices without using external SD-RAM.

Users expect smartphone look and feel, not acknowledging the constraints of limited resources on microcontroller setups. The user expectations require 16-bit color depth normally pushing one to use external SD-RAM for two framebuffers. This requirement for external memory increases the complexity and cost of the hardware development and production cost. We experience a hard push from high volume product manufactures towards saving of external RAM, accepting only a minor UI performance limitation.

Popular microcontrollers from ST targeting GUI applications contain enough internal memory to hold one framebuffer + TouchGFX stack + RTOS. Read the full article (click title)..

Electronics Test Development gets faster with XJTAG Boundary Scan v3.6

Cambridge, UK, September 28, 2017 — XJTAG®, a world leading supplier of boundary scan technology has launched a major update to its flagship software, XJDeveloper. XJTAG v3.6 includes several new productivity and automation-focused enhancements, allowing engineers to setup tests for even the most complex boards in significantly less time.

Software Design Challenges for Heterogenic SOC’s

Modern embedded systems often have a wide variety in workloads and tasks to perform. These tasks vary from sophisticated HMI’s, visualizing graphics or HR video and processor intensive data-analysis to the real time monitoring of multiple sensors and control of actuators such as servo-engines. How to bring these together on one heterogenic SOC?

Datalight Releases NitroBoot 2.0

Lite, Pro and Automotive editions make implementation easy and effective for a variety of designs

BOTHELL, Wash., - September 27, 2017 - Datalight Inc., the leader of the most reliable file systems and comprehensive flash memory drivers for the Industrial Internet of Things has released NitroBoot 2.0. NitroBoot, the fastest boot solution for embedded devices, has been shipped in more than 13 million devices.

Datalight to Share Power Interruption Testing Expertise at ESE Kongress

BOTHELL, Wash., – September 25, 2017 – Datalight Inc., the leading developer of power fail-safe file systems and flash memory drivers for embedded devices has been invited to present a session at Embedded Software Engineering Kongress 2017 that will train engineers in techniques to help reduce warranty costs. Technical Product Manager Thom Denholm, a frequent presenter at industry conferences, will share methods for testing reliability at the conference, held December 4-8, 2017 in Sindelfingen, Germany.

Innovation in Testing demonstrations at Productronica 2017

Eiger Design GmbH is pleased to announce that, with our channel partner Logic Technologies, we will be demonstrating the J-Testr range of innovative functional circuit test solutions at the Productronica 2017 in Munich Germany at hall A1, stand 251. Our engineering team will be on hand to explain how Eiger Design GmbH is creating "Innovation in Testing" by providing both 'off the shelf' and tailored solutions to match both your test specifications and budget.

TouchGFX UI support for Renesas Synergy S7

TouchGFX UI applications fit perfectly with Renesas’ Synergy ARM Cortex-M microcontrollers. As a result, we are increasing our engagement with Renesas. With Europe as our starting point, Renesas Synergy and TouchGFX is now moving into the global market.

FLYER E-Bikes: FIT with TouchGFX

FLYER is a world leading Swiss e-bike manufacturer. With the groundbreaking range of FLYER e-bikes under its wings, the company is a pioneer within today’s e-bike market. In the development of one of their latest bikes, they used TouchGFX to develop their high-end display, D1. Read the full article (click title)..

Secure IIoT applications need secure application code

IIRA? Or RAMI 4.0? Both Demand High Quality Software

Mark Richardson, working for LDRA, an expert in the development of real-time embedded software, is presenting a paper on Secure IIoT Applications and why they need Secure Application Code at the SC2 conference in Eindhoven, October 2, 2017.

Dediprog introduces a new programming solution at Productronica 2017

At one of the world's leading trade fair for electronics development and production- Productronica, Dediprog will release the latest programming solution for UFS & eMMC on the trade show; also, on our stand, we will demonstrate the universal type automated programming system, DP1000, and the repacking machine, DP900.

LDRA Provides Only Commercially Available Object Code Verification for Avionics Industry's Upgrade to Newest PowerPC chips

LDRA tool suite® Now Supports All PowerPC Assembler Family Platforms for Avionics and Other Safety-Critical Environments

Wirral, U.K. – 20 July2017 – LDRA, the leader in standards compliance, automated software verification,softwarecode analysis, and test tools, has updated the LDRA tool suite for the PowerPC assembler language to support all 32- and 64-bit PowerPC chips used in safety-critical environments such as communication terminals, commercial and military avionics, unmanned air vehicles, and missile and space flight applications. Such support enables LDRA customers, including those who have been using the LDRA tool suite for many years on traditional avionics platforms, to move to the latest versions of PowerPC chips and compilers, and confidently perform Object Code Verification (OCV) required for DO-178B/C compliance.

CFP8 – First Connector in the World for 400Gbps Ethernet

Munich, July 2017 - Yamaichi Electronics has developed a new connector for the recent CFP8 specification for 400 Gbps applications. It is compliant with the CFP MSA Multi-Source Agreement. This CFP8 connector is one of the few connectors on the world market able to achieve the transmission rate of 400 Gbps. The final CFP8 specification was officially released from CFP MSA in March 2017.

Insyde® Software Delivers BIOS and Systems Management Firmware for New Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors

InsydeH2O® UEFI BIOS and Supervyse® Systems Management Solutions Validated and Optimized for Intel’s Next Generation of Server Platforms

WESTBOROUGH, MA and TAIPEI, TAIWAN – July 11, 2017 – Insyde® Software, a leading provider of UEFI BIOS and systems management software, announced today that its BIOS and BMC firmware solutions offer full support for Intel’s latest Intel® Xeon® Skylake-SP processor-based platforms, previously codenamed “Purley.”

Your favorite ARM development tool – now on Linux

Atollic today released TrueSTUDIO 8.0.0, a stable version running on Linux host PCs. Atollic is a well-known company, its product TrueSTUDIO has during its eight years in the market established a position as one of the top 3 most commonly used development tools for ARM Cortex-M development. TrueSTUDIO stands out in the top 3 list by embracing open standards, by using a flexible business model and by now also being available on Linux host OS.

Insyde® Software Supports AMD’s Newly Launched Epyc™ Server Processor for Data Centers and High-Performance Computing

InsydeH2O® UEFI BIOS and Supervyse® Systems Management Solutions Optimized and Validated on AMD Zen-core Server Platforms

WESTBOROUGH, MA and TAIPEI, TAIWAN – June 20, 2017 – Insyde® Software, a leading provider of UEFI BIOS and systems management software, announced today its support for AMD’s “Epyc” server processer targeted at the modern data center and other dual-socket server markets.

Datalight Introduces NitroBoot – Fast Boot for Linux and Android

NitroBoot delivers the "instant-on" experience customers demand, with unmatched time to application-ready

BOTHELL, Wash. – June 15, 2017 – Datalight is excited to announce the release of NitroBoot, a software solution for improving boot times on Linux-based embedded systems. As OEMs have continued to move to Linux and Android, more are experiencing user frustration due to slow boot times. NitroBoot is unmatched in providing fast boot times for feature-rich Linux systems that can experience slow startup times.

Insyde® Software’s Newest BMC Firmware Version Jointly Developed with Intel® Corporation

Multi-Year Collaboration Results in the Industry’s Most Secure Systems Management Solution
Advanced Technology Support, Hardened Security and Comprehensive Validation Among the Key Benefits

COMPUTEX - TAIPEI, TAIWAN – May 30, 2017 – Insyde® Software, a leading provider of UEFI BIOS and systems management software, announced today that its Supervyse 3 family of systems management software was the result of a 3+ year joint development effort with Intel Corporation’s Data Center Group.

The collaboration with Intel included all facets of the product’s development lifecycle from architecture & design, firmware development, user-interface implementation and validation/testing.

Closing the Gap between Developers and Designers

The familiar and easy-to-use interface of the TouchGFX Designer allows designers to improve ideas and make fast changes. As the code is generated directly for the developer to pick up exactly where the designer left off, this process practically eliminates the gap between designers and developers – a gap which is often filled with hand-over documents, frustrations, and misunderstandings.

TouchGFX 4.8.0 - Adding New Features and TouchGFX Designer

TouchGFX 4.8.0 has been optimized with our new GUI builder, TouchGFX Designer, along with useful enhancements that help you create innovative GUI applications with stunning graphics fast and easy.

Datalight Releases FlashFX Tera 4.1

New Release Brings Industrial Grade Flash Memory Management Software to Industrial Internet of Things Devices; Expands Support for Cost- and Space-Efficient SPI Interface

Bothell, WA – March 28, 2017 – Datalight Inc., the developer of the most reliable file systems and comprehensive flash memory drivers for the Industrial Internet of Things, has released the latest version of its market-leading FlashFX Tera product. This release introduces support for FreeRTOS, the popular operating system for micro-controller-based IoT devices, and the most recent versions of Linux. Designers of resource-constrained devices will also benefit from enhanced support for SPI NAND and SPI NOR.

LDRA Debuts Embedded Industry’s First Comprehensive Requirements-Through-Verification Solution for Safe and Secure Automotive Applications

Wirral, U.K. – 13 March 2017 – LDRA, the leader in standards compliance, automated software verification, software code analysis, and test tools, today announced a new variant of its leading LDRA tool suite® specifically tuned for automotive software quality development, verification, and ISO 26262 compliance. The LDRA tool suite for Automotive helps embedded software developers achieve ISO 26262 compliance more cost effectively by enabling traceability, automated software quality analysis, and testing throughout the software lifecycle.

Extended MDK editions and ULINKplus

At Embedded World 2017 in Nuremberg, ARM announced new editions of the popular Keil MDK Microcontroller Development Kit and extensions to the ULINK Debug Adapter Series.

Test Your Ideas with a UI Prototype

Prototyping is a great way to test the look and feel of your project. It also provides you with a proof-of-concept that clearly demonstrates the quality of graphics and animations TouchGFX enables.

With a TouchGFX prototype, we help move your concept quickly to the next stage with a TouchGFX based prototype application that impresses your customers and persuade decision makers.

The Importance of Integrating User Experience into your GUI Development

Embedded technology is rapidly evolving and so are user demands. Today, it is almost expected that companies offer products that share the look, feel, and functionality of smart devices. It is almost a standard. Because of this, companies will need to raise the bar in the future to offer products that appeal to their users. This means including the latest tech trends that make products more advanced and valuable while still being easy to use.

To achieve such innovative user-friendly products, we find it essential to include user experience designers in the development process. Lucky for us, we are able to do just that.

Software Archaeology in Practice; Recovering lost behaviour from legacy code

A presentation at Embedded World 2017 – by Robert C. Howe, CEO Verum Software Tools BV.
Reengineering legacy software is risky, undesirable but nevertheless occasionally unavoidable. The core challenge is to efficiently and effectively uncover the behaviour of a legacy system. At Embedded World 2017, Verum will present a paper entitled “Software Archaeology: Recovering lost behaviour from legacy code”. We will explain how the behaviour of entire legacy (sub) systems can be systematically rediscovered and captured in verifiably complete and correct Dezyne models, which then provide a basis for further reengineering. We will also be demonstrating this technique at our stand. Facing challenges with your legacy code base? Read more about our presentation..

Reliance Edge 2.0 Improves Performance and Flexibility

New Release introduces discards in the commercial version, and additional support for Linux in the GPLv2 version

BOTHELL, Wash. – January 30, 2017 – Datalight Inc., the leading developer of file systems and flash memory drivers for the Industrial Internet of Things, released Reliance Edge 2.0 this month. This release delivers improved performance for flash-based devices with the introduction of discards in the commercial version, and gives more flexibility with the addition of support for Linux as a host environment.

TouchGFX at EW2017: Watch This!

Meet the TouchGFX team and see their latest tools and lots of innovative embedded TouchGFX applications on a number of high performance microcontrollers:

TouchGFX Designer: Drag, Drop, Create
Wearables: Settle for Nothing Less Than High-End
STM32H7x3 and TouchGFX Bring UIs on MCUs to the Next Level
And much more…

What's new in MDK

ARM® Keil® MDK is the industry-leading standard software development solution for ARM Cortex® microcontrollers. In the latest release, MDK v5.22 several significant features are added that are summarized with useful information in this news article.

Updated Keil Device Family Packs for Atmel, NXP, and ST

For MDK Version 5 additional software components and support for microcontroller devices is provided by Software Packs. DFP (Device Family Pack) indicates that a Software Pack contains support for microcontroller devices. The Software Packs have been updated with latest software and device support.

Keil MCB54110 Evaluation Board for NXP LCP54000 series

ARM today announced the availability of the Keil MCB54110 Evaluation Board for the NXP LPC54000 microcontroller series that is based on the high-performance ARM® Cortex®-M4 core, with optional Cortex-M0+ co-processor for efficient software partitioning.

Reliance Nitro Improves Support for Linux, VxWorks with 4.2 Release

BOTHELL, Wash. – December 21, 2016 – In January, Datalight will release Reliance Nitro 4.2, the latest version of its fault-tolerant embedded file system for a variety of operating systems.
This new release includes support for a range of Linux kernels, from 2.6.31 through kernel 4.9. Datalight is committed to supporting Long-term Support (LTS) kernel versions and validates each product release with these kernel versions.

TouchGFX 4.7.0

TouchGFX is all about utilizing resources to the max while giving you freedom to create anything. TouchGFX 4.7.0 makes it easier for you to do just that! Optimized performance and brand new features help you create innovative and unique products with a high-end look and feel.

Eldes: Secure Control for Safe Households with TouchGFX

Eldes is a respected global manufacturer of home security and automation solutions. With an innovative and user-centric approach, the company creates revolutionizing products that set new standards for home security systems worldwide. In 2015, Eldes began development of what would be the first touch based wireless and battery driven control pad on the market.

The Dezyne Developer Challenge

We invite you to take part on Verum's Dezyne Challenge 2016. Everyone who completes the Challenge will receive a Raspberry PI 3B as thanks for participating. Two lucky winners will each receive a 3D Printer for their efforts. The Dezyne Challenge runs from the 1st of December 2016 – 31st January 2017. It requires participants to develop a small, illustrative example of the use of Dezyne and to provide Verum with ideas on how Dezyne could be made easier and more fun to use. The submitter of the best example will win a 3D Printer. The participant who provides us with the most ideas on how to make Dezyne better will also be rewarded with a 3D Printer.

OneBreath: Advancing Health Care with TouchGFX

OneBreath is an international medical device company with a mission to advance healthcare in emerging countries. The company aims to deliver high precision, high reliability mechanical ventilation at an affordable cost. In their development of a ventilator intended for use in ICUs, emergency rooms, and ambulances, we teamed up with OneBreath and their development partner, Nuvation, to help create their touch-based UI application.

Video: TouchGFX Designer version 3

The third version of TouchGFX is soon ready to be released. The new version includes custom container, image picker and image management, and lots of other cool features. Watch the video of TouchGFX Designer Beta 3.

Excessive Flash Wear Caused by Popular Music Application

By Thom Denholm, Datalight Inc.
An interesting article in Ars Technica reported and then confirmed a major bug in the desktop version of Spotify. This application has been writing tens to hundreds of gigabytes per hour to user’s hard drives, which can greatly reduce the life of SSDs. One solution is better caching, or flexibility of the file system, and we go over those details in the white paper linked below.

Richland Technologies And LDRA Collaborate To Standardize Embedded Software Verification Across Industries

DECEMBER 6, 2016 --- Lawrenceville, GA and Wirral, U.K. --- Richland Technologies (RTL), a worldwide leader in embedded computing solutions for safety-critical systems, and LDRA, the leader in standards compliance, automated software verification, source code analysis and test tools, today announced a close working relationship resulting in standard methodologies across multiple industries. The cooperative relationship leverages LDRA’s software verification tool suite for requirements traceability, static analysis, unit-testing, and structural coverage analysis to enable high assurance embedded software for safety- and security-critical systems.

LDRA Integration with ARM DS-5 Development Studio Provides First Ever “Road to Certification” Solution

Ability to Test Applications Before Target Hardware is Available Reduces Design Time, Lowers Development Cost for Safety- and Security-Critical Applications

Wirral, U.K. – October 25, 2016 –LDRA, the leader in standards compliance, automated software verification, source code analysis and test tools, today announced further integration of the industry-leading LDRA tool suite® with ARM® DS-5 Development Studio (DS-5). The integrated LDRA and ARM Fixed Virtual Platform (FVP) “Road to Certification” solution enables embedded systems designers to test applications before target hardware is available, significantly reducing design time and development cost of systems for safety- and security-critical markets, such as automotive, medical devices, and industrial controls.

Logic Technology awarded for “Most Forward Thinking Distributor 2016” by ARM

Panningen - October 12, 2016 - Logic Technology receives the 2016 ARM innovation award for “Most Forward Thinking Distributor” by reaching beyond traditional markets.

LDRA and Konatus Partner with Embraer to Accelerate Launch of New E2 Jet Aircraft Family

Wirral, U.K. – 4 October 2016 –LDRA, the leader in standards compliance, automated software verification, source code analysis and test tools, and Konatus, LDRA’s engineering partner in Brazil, today unveiled the details of the flight system control safety testing methodology that contributed to the launch of Embraer’s next-generation E2 jet aircraft months ahead of schedule.

XJTAG Delivers Fast ISP Flash Configuration for ARM-Based FPGA SoCs

Cambridge, England, October 4, 2016 — XJTAG®, a world leading supplier of boundary scan technology, announces extended capability to its high-speed In-System Programming (ISP) technology, XJFlash. For the first time, this brings the benefits of XJFlash to memory devices connected to the processor sub-system of dual ARM-Cortex-A9 based FPGAs.

New UFS/eMMC Solutions: Fully Support UFS chips from Toshiba, Samsung, and Hynix

Other than eMMC, which has been widely used in the storage application, the demand of UFS (Universal Flash Storage) is increasing gradually, and UFS has been adopted in various applications. Therefore, DediProg has developed programmers for UFS and eMMC. We are offering three kinds of UFS/eMMC programming solutions, which can fully support the UFS chips from Toshiba, Samsung, and Hynix.

Reliance Edge File System Pre-Ported to ARM mbed OS

Power Failsafe File System Brings Improved Data Integrity for IoT Designs without Sacrificing Performance

BOTHELL, Wash., – September 28, 2016 – Datalight Inc., the leading developer of file systems and flash memory drivers for the Industrial Internet of Things, announced today that its Reliance EdgeTM power failsafe file system is now available pre-ported to ARM® mbed™.

TouchGFX expands market reach through Logic Technology

Draupner Graphics appoints Logic Technology as distributor for the successful TouchGFX GUI framework in Central Europe.

Aarhus N / Denmark – September 29, 2016 – Today, Draupner Graphics announced that it has appointed Logic Technology as distributor for its advanced TouchGFX Graphical User Interface framework. Logic Technology will help to further establish TouchGFX as the industry standard in Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg, Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Insyde® Software Readies New Version of BlinkBoot® UEFI Boot Loader for the Next-Generation Intel® Atom™ Platform for the Internet-of-Things

Insyde Software and Intel Jointly Publish White Paper on the Benefits of FSP-based BlinkBoot

INTEL DEVELOPER FORUM – SAN FRANCISCO, CA – August 16, 2016– Insyde® Software, a leading provider of UEFI BIOS and systems management software, announced today that its new version of BlinkBoot® UEFI Boot Loader now supports the Intel® Atom™ “Apollo Lake” platform. Intel unveiled this new low-cost System-on-Chip (SOC) platform during the Intel Developer Forum in Shenzhen, China earlier this year.

Insyde® Software implements the DMTF Redfish™ standard

DEVELOPER FORUM – SAN FRANCISCO, CA – August 16, 2016 – Insyde® Software, a leading provider of UEFI BIOS and systems management software, has demonstrated the Supervyse® systems manageability products that implement the DMTF Redfish™ open industry standard specification at the Intel Developer Forum in San Fransisco.

Developers who build devices that run Android must pass the Android Compatibility Test Suite (CTS) in order to claim full compatibility. As application complexity and storage capacity has increased, Google has recently revised the CTS to include new requirements, such as a larger path structure and support for the fallocate() file system command. Datalight implemented a design that enables Reliance Nitro to support the command for Linux- and Android-based devices.

File Systems in IoT: Best Practices for Dealing with the 500 Zettabyte Deluge

This webinar recording shows you the benefits of using a file system in your IoT edge device and learn about off-the-shelf solutions that can streamline your development and testing. Suggestions for tying reliability into the application are also examined, providing attendees with the knowledge that will result in superior embedded product design tailored for Internet of Things.

Datalight Long-Term Partnership with Leading Automotive Tier 1 Supplier Creates a Differentiated Driving Experience

The leader in automotive infotainment systems is working to make driving safer, cleaner, more economical, and more enjoyable for drivers around the world. Information plays an increasingly important role for drivers, and the reduction of fuel consumption and emissions are integral to these systems. Services like navigation, telematics, driver assistance and entertainment are evolving into fully networked systems. Read the story why this global automotive systems supplier keeps coming back to Datalight.

MDK-Professional supports heterogeneous systems

ARM today released DS-MDK, the software development solution for heterogeneous systems that combine an ARM® Cortex®-A based computer system and a Cortex-M microcontroller. DS-MDK is part of the MDK-Professional edition and provides support for the NXP i.MX6 and i.MX7 series. CMSIS-Pack technology is used for device support, which provides Software Packs for device awareness, software frameworks, board support, and example projects.

Getting Your Python Code to Run Faster Using Intel® VTune™ Amplifier

In the latest version of Intel® VTune™ Amplifier XE 2017 (currently available free in the Intel® Parallel Studio XE Beta program), we now have the ability to analyze Python* scripts and find exactly where time is being spent in an application. In this article, we show how to use this new Intel VTune Amplifier Python functionality.

Which Linux Flash File System is Best for Your Device?

By Thom Denholm
Raw flash memory, that is, memory that isn’t part of a package (like SD, eMMC, SSD, and the like) requires software to manage it. On Linux, this software is the Memory Technology Device (MTD) layer, with a flash file system above that to handle wear-leveling, bad block management, and all regular file system duties. There are several options for Linux, but some of them present advantages.

Utilizing a file system which controls the secure erase and trim commands

Secure operations are designed to remove the data from the physical device immediately, and this security is a necessary component of an increasing number of embedded designs. Utilizing a file system which controls the Secure Erase and Trim commands is required for the best performance of a secure delete operation. Take a deeper look at flash data security, and learn about secure NAND erase methods in our whitepaper.

Putting Developers in Control with New FreeRTOS Version 9

By Aaron Campbell
As a partner of FreeRTOS in designing quality open source software for IoT, Datalight is excited for the recent release of FreeRTOS version 9.0.0. FreeRTOS V9 adds several features and improvements to the real-time operating system. Most significantly, FreeRTOS now supports completely statically allocated systems, giving developers precise control over the RAM footprint and even the memory locations of specific RTOS components (such as each individual task’s stack).

Yamaichi Electronics CFP2 transmits 56Gbps per Channel

Munich, June 2016 – Yamaichi Electronics is a market leader for CFP high-speed connectors for hot-pluggable optical transceiver form factors to enable 100Gbps applications. As a result Yamaichi Electronics has developed a new CFP2 56Gbps host and plug connector system. It is mainly used for Analogue Coherent Optics Modules or CFP2 modules requiring reliable high-speed performance. This connector system is able to support applications using 25Gbps x 10 channels or 50Gbps x 4 channels etc.

Insyde® Software Rolls Out New Systems Management Solutions

COMPUTEX - TAIPEI, TAIWAN – May 31, 2016 – Insyde® Software, a leading provider of UEFI BIOS and systems management software, announced today that it is delivering critical new features and component solutions to its Supervyse® product family that improve platform manageability, security and reliability for enterprise, data center and cloud computing server manufacturers worldwide.

FlashFX Tera Release: Updated Support for Freescale i.MX6, Linux

Bothell, WA – May 25, 2016 – Datalight Inc., the developer of the most reliable file systems and flash memory drivers for the Industrial Internet of Things, has released the latest version of its market-leading FlashFX Tera product. This release provides updated support for Freescale i.MX6 processors, Linux kernels up through 4.1 and an expanded set of NAND Technology Modules (NTMs) to support a wider range of NAND parts.

Accurately measure True RMS of signals up to 300KHz, even with JTAG tools!

Even in an ever increasing digital world, functional testers will always be required to measure analogue voltages and currents. Often these measurements are simply DC, and easily measured, but AC signals also need measurement in many applications, especially when audio is involved (e.g. set-top box, voice systems, etc).
The industry standard way to measure these signals is with a True RMS type measurement, but why?

Intel System Studio 2016 Update 3 is now available

Intel® System Studio 2016 helps system and embedded developers to deliver great products on Intel® architecture-based platforms. This comprehensive suite includes advanced tools and technologies to help speed delivery of energy-efficient, high-performance, smart, connected devices across wide-ranging system and embedded platforms. Intel System Studio 2016 Update 3 packages are now ready for download.

Datalight Driver Available for Microsoft Windows 7 & 8.1

Bothell, WA – May 5, 2016 – Today, Datalight released a new version of Reliance Nitro Windows Driver (RNWD), a set of installable drivers which make data from devices using its acclaimed Reliance Nitro file systems exchangeable with computers running 32-bit and 64-bit Windows 7 and Windows 8.1. Early tests have shown this release to be compatible with Windows 10 also, but full support is planned for later this year.

ARM Introduces MDK-Plus Edition

ARM® Keil® MDK Version 5.20 is the industry-leading standard software development solution for ARM Cortex® microcontrollers. For Cortex-M devices, the new MDK-Plus edition adds comprehensive middleware for applications that require File System, Graphics, TCP/IP Networking, or USB Device interfaces.

Automating product development - from design through to manufacture and test

Electronic Specifier, May 2016, Increasing design automation requires an appreciation for the challenges incurred and complexities involved at every stage of product development. EDA tools targeting complete product design offer many benefits, including the ability to increase functionality through extensions and plug-ins. Robert Huxel, Technical Marketing Manager, Altium and Philip Ling, Technical Marketing Manager, XJTAG explain.

Responding to Increased Software Security Requirements, LDRA Delivers Most Comprehensive MISRA Coding Standards Compliance

Wirral, UK. – April 27, 2016 – With increased connectivity of applications and devices,OEMS in the automotive,aerospace, defense, medical, industrial automation, energy, and rail transportation sectors are demanding new assurance that software has been developed to the highest security standards. To help customers guard against new risks and create safe and secure code, LDRA has integrated comprehensive support of the new security-focused rules announced today by MISRA into LDRA’s MISRA coding standards compliance offerings. With this immediate availability, LDRA continues to lead the industry in standards compliance, automated software verification, source code analysis, and test tools.

Myth Busting for Iot Devices - The File System

By Thom Denholm, Datalight.
Recently, William Lamie published a mythbusting piece that examined the use of an RTOS in IoT devices on Electronic Design. His insightful comments apply to most device designs complex enough to use a microprocessor. Which, these days, is pretty much all of them. We’ve run into a lot of the same myths around one crucial component of the RTOS – the file system.

The HDMI Connector Family from Yamaichi Electronics

Yamaichi Electronics presents its portfolio of HDMI interfaces. The HDMI interface (High Definition Multimedia Interface) is a well-known product on the market. Developed first in 2004, it has already moved up to specification 2.0a and is available in a total of five different versions/types.

Important Changes for Keil MDK-ARM Users !

In May 2016, ARM Ltd. will release MDK v.5.20. With this release, the ARM MDK-Standard edition will be replaced by its successor: MDK-Plus edition. MDK-Plus extends the features of MDK-Standard by including the following middleware components of the Professional edition; IPv4 Networking, US Device, Flash File System and GUI Library. To ease the transition and let you profit from these extra middleware components, we are giving you the opportunity to upgrade to MDK-Plus at no extra cost until May 2nd, 2016.

Yes, you can develop embedded software using agile methodology

By Ken Whitaker, March 29, 2016 on embedded.com.
With the development of embedded hardware, careful attention is given to the design and creation of highly detailed specifications that can be used to source board components. This is usually followed by a phased delivery set of milestones including: prototype, implementation, test supplier qualification and final release to production. This regimen offers the advantage of ensuring quality and functional requirements being met by the time manufacturing. Taking a waterfall approach to hardware development can minimize any risk of downstream issues once hardware goes into volume production.

March 02, 2016 // By Philip Ling
Implementing a Design for Test approach when designing PCBs at the schematic capture stage can now be significantly assisted using an innovative and free software extension that adds design verification to Altium Designer.

3 Intel® Software Updates available

Your Development tools just got better with 3 software updates.

ARM DS-5 version 5.24 Development Studio supports Functional Safety with LDRA’s MISRA Compliance Tools

ARM has integrated the industry-leading MISRA (Motor Industry Software Reliability Association) conformance tools into the ARM® DS-5 Development Studio tool suite. The addition of a MISRA-checking capability to its TÜV-certified ARM Compiler and safety qualification kit makes DS-5 the ideal software development platform for ARM-based products in use in safety-critical markets such as automotive, healthcare and industrial automation.

Yamaichi Electronics extends its M12 and Push-Pull Connector Series with CAT6A Versions

Munich, February 2016 – Yamaichi Electronics is expanding its M12 and push-pull connector series with a CAT6A version in each series. Yamaichi Electronics in Europe continues to work on building out its M12 product series Y-Circ® M and the push-pull circular connector series Y-Circ® P.

New eXtremeDB 7.0 DBMS release at Embedded World 2016; Adding Powerful Features for IoT

Federal Way, WA — February 1, 2015 — McObject® announced it has released eXtremeDB® 7.0, an upgrade to its embedded database management system (DBMS) product family for the Internet of Things (IoT). eXtremeDB was an early IoT enabling technology, and its usage has grown with today’s explosion in smart, connected electronics. Version 7 extends this track record, enabling devices and servers within the IoT to function more efficiently, securely and autonomously, while giving developers and architects more flexibility in building the technology that comprises this vast network.

The definition of a data breach is “a security incident in which sensitive, protected or confidential data is copied, transmitted, viewed, stolen or used by an individual unauthorized to do so.” ˡ Avoiding this means controlling network traffic, access to the device and applications, and protecting the data in storage.

The fail-safe transactional embedded file system for FreeRTOS - Embedded World 2016

“Reliance Edge™ is Datalight's portable, MISRA compliant and fail safe transactional file system. It protects critical data from corruption, even when power failures occur.” A showcase by FreeRTOS.

New ProgMaster Programmer Series Integrated with LCD and Keypad

Dediprog releases new ProgMaster Series with integrated LCD and keypad. The LCD and keypad function was previously detached from the programmer as optional item. Now, we have integrated LCD Keypad with the programmer, which helps user to realize "ease of use", improve production efficiency and save space. This configuration enables a fully and truly standalone function without connecting to a computer.

New 2016 features for the J-Testr Functional Test System

The J-Testr is a configurable, easy-to-setup & use test system, either for R&D hardware verification or manufacturing test of circuit boards. It replaces large and costly ATE and PXI-based systems, by reducing costs, (compact) size and the ability to easy re-use the system for different target boards.

Yamaichi's Industrial Display Port Connectors

Munich, January 2016 - The Display Port interface is the next consistent development of connectors that permit higher transmission rates for devices like high-resolution displays. In the consumer market segment, this interface has already become established as standard for the loss-free transmission of high-resolution video and sound. Its primary application is to connect screens and televisions to computers, DVD players and similar devices.

Datalight Releases Reliance Nitro 4.0, Boosting Power Failsafe Performance for Windows CE & Wind River VxWorks

BOTHELL, Wash. – January 6, 2015 – Today Datalight released Reliance Nitro™ 4.0, the latest version of its fault-tolerant embedded file system for Wind River VxWorks and Microsoft Embedded Compact (Windows CE) operating systems. This new version adds power failsafe write caching, enabling even better performance while maintaining the high level of data integrity demanded by market-leading OEMs.

Cost Effective Functional Test Solutions with ATEasy

Test engineers are looking for more time efficient & cost effective functional test solutions for modern electronics. To achieve this, many are exploring the use of low cost equipment and/or alternative test strategies, such as eliminating ICT/Flying-probe test and instead, using simpler test methods including AOI and functional test work-flows. True time and cost savings however, do not come from just using low cost equipment or eliminating tests, there are many considerations to realize a cost effective test solution.

Tools and Tips for Building Better Code, Better with Intel®

Get a roadmap to increase your application’s performance by using the correct tool at each phase of performance tuning, plus lots more. Logic Technology is an authorized Intel Software Reseller with in-depth knowledge on Intel’s System Studio Integrated Development Environment which includes many tools and features that help you to be more productive and get better performance.

Smart meters are critical components for water utilities

A recent study on smart metering by ABI Research, shows that smart water meters and data analytics are more critical components for water utilities. Not only long battery life and signal propagation to reach meters that are often underground are critical. A reliable file-system that protects captured data from unexpected loss due to power failure or other system interruption is needed to make sure smart water meters remain active for years, capturing and reporting data.

Myth Busting video: Caches are unreliable

Perhaps the most widely held belief about write caching is that it makes a system unreliable. Something along the lines of "Data written to a cache instead of to the media will be lost on an unexpected power interruption, leaving the system in a damaged state and rendering data useless." There are a variety of options busting this myth.

BOTHELL, Wash., – November 24, 2015 – Datalight Inc., leading developer of file systems and flash memory drivers for the Industrial Internet of Things, today announced that its Reliance EdgeTM power failsafe file system is now available pre-ported to Micrium µC/OS-II® and µC/OS-III® real time operating system (RTOS) kernels.

Ka-Ro launches Secure Computer-on-Module

Aachen, 24 November 2015 - Ka-Ro announces an upcoming addition to its TXCOM family. The new TX6UL Computer-on-Module Development Kit is available now. Freescale’s new energyefficient processor features a single ARM Cortex-A7 core delivering speeds up to 528 MHz with low-power operation and industrial temperature ranges. Ka-Ro’s new module integrates 256MB DDR3 RAM and 128MB SLC NAND, alternatively the TX6UL can be equipped with 4GB eMMC. On their latest low-cost module Ka-Ro has extended the connectivity options to include a camera interface and 8 UARTs.

Intel® Software Update Available

Intel® System Debugger 2016, version: U1545

XJTAG Introduces Live Signal View with Improved Multi-Core Support and Increased Productivity

Cambridge, UK, November 19, 2015 — XJTAG, a world leading supplier of boundary scan technology, announces the release of Version 3.4 of its Development System, which introduces major improvements in the visibility into complex systems during all phases of electronic product development and manufacture.

Yamaichi's Industrial RJ45 in CAT6A with IP20 Lock

The new model in the Y-Con® line of industrial RJ45 connectors from Yamaichi Electronics provides a special IP20 locking for the CAT6A version of the series. This CAT6A version is called Y-ConProfix. The plug and jack are both available. The stainless steel locking mechanism can easily be assembled to the Y-ConProfix without the use of tools.

LDRA Chosen as Express Logic’s Preferred Partner for Functional Safety

LDRA tool suite® verifies ThreadX™ compliance for Automotive ISO 26262 and Rail Transportation EN 50128 industry standards

LDRA Extends TÜV Certification of Compliance Tools, Further Solidifying Leadership Role in Safety and Security Markets

Santa Clara, CA, and Wirral, U.K. – 10 November 2015 –LDRA, the leader in standards compliance, automated software verification, source code analysis and test tools, has been awarded TÜV certification for all major safety-critical standards, further securing LDRA’s leadership in the software compliance and certification space. The TÜV certification assures LDRA customers and partners that the LDRA tools fulfil the requirements for support tools and are qualified to be used in safety-related software development. The TÜV certification confirms LDRA’s compliance with industrial safety (IEC 61508), automotive (ISO 26262), and rail transportation (EN 50128) for the LDRA tool suite®, LDRAunit®, LDRAcover®, and LDRArules® and adds compliance for medical devices (IEC 62304) and nuclear (IEC 60880) for these LDRA products.

PLS UDE available for STMicroelectronics Cortex-M7 core-based STM32F7 series MCU

PLS Programmierbare Logik & Systeme presents Version 4.5 of its Universal Debug Engine (UDE). The UDE 4.5 provides developers with an optimized testing and debugging environment for the first Cortex-M7 core-based MCU of STMicroelectronics new STM32F7 series.

How to use emtrion's hardware as PLC?

The question to ask is, are there any reason why you are not using emtrion's hardware as PLC. Not really. On the one hand it's dependent on the use case and its requirements such as real-time, certification etc. and the other hand on the effort needed to transform it to a PLC. It is possible to transform an emtrion hardware into a PLC in less than one work day.

MDK supports ARM Cortex-M0 DesignStart

ARM® recently announced the ARM Cortex®-M0 DesignStart™ which provides fast and easy access to industry leading ARM IP. The offer includes a free-of-charge Cortex-M0 processor as a downloadable package to enable chip designers to create proof-of-concept systems and a fast track $40K license to use the Cortex-M0 in production devices.

Myth Busting: SSDs are Faster than SDs – or Are They?

At the request of a customer in the banking machines segment, Datalight recently completed an investigation of some performance differences they were seeing between SD and SSD on their embedded target. The findings left us scratching our head a bit. On the surface, SSDs and SDs have some things in common (beyond having S and D in their names) but many differences as well.

How to choose File Systems, go Big or rely on Small?

The embedded systems market is extraordinarily diverse. Virtually any electronic device that is not a desktop computer or an enterprise data center behemoth is under the “embedded system” umbrella. With such variation in form factor, use case, price point and processing need it should come as no surprise that data storage needs differ as well.

DATALIGHT and AIRBUS DEFENCE & SPACE stream video from International Space Station

Panningen – October 26th 2015 - Logic Technology is proud to announce that Airbus Defence and Space, Europe’s leading defence and space company, has selected Datalight products for use in civil spaceflight equipment. Sven Rakers, Project manager COL DMS Enhancements, Airbus Defence and Space GmbH is describing the challenges and experiences that convinced him to choose for the Datalight solution.

Renew your Keil license and save money!

Santa comes early this year and he brings gifts for all loyal Keil customers who have licenses with maintenance that has long since expired! Now is your chance to upgrade to the latest version of MDK for your microcontroller(s) and restart your maintenance without paying any penalties.

Free of Charge Multicore debugger for ARM Cortex based SoC’s

This ULINKpro D is the debug probe for DS-5 that supports download and debug of code on a wide selection of devices*, and is even capable of collecting processor trace from the Embedded Trace Buffer (ETB).
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LDRA Tool Suite Features Industry’s Most Advanced Code Checker for CERT C Compliance

The TBsecure module within the LDRA tool suite provides the industry’s most comprehensive automated support for the CERT C Secure Coding Standard. With checks for more than 200 CERT C rules, TBsecure helps developers identify more software safety and security vulnerabilities than any other static analysis tool available today. TBsecure specifically addresses the security concerns in the increasingly complex and growing Internet of Things (IoT) market.

With this release, Topic Products improved the way logic can be moved between CPU and FPGA by adding C/C++ support. The 1.2 release of Dyplo introduces an automatic task infrastructure for C/C++. This allows C/C++ files to be directly imported and automatically converted to VHDL. Direct of your C/C++ code for the FPGA allows you to have one common code base for both CPU and FPGA.

New! Intel® Parallel Studio XE 2016

Your software needs to run faster. It performs tasks that need to get done sooner, not later including big data analytics, image analysis, time-critical financial analysis, and simulations. Intel® Parallel Studio XE 2016 is a software development suite that helps boost application performance.

By Ken Whitaker, Vice President Engineering, Datalight
How do you choose between different storage technologies for your embedded project? And what impact do other system components (operating system, device driver, and even applications) have on the end user experience?

DS-5 v5.22 brings Streamline support for Android trace events, updated C++ libraries in ARM Compiler 6.02, as well as documentation to make System on Chip (SoC) bring-up quicker and easier. We’ve also added a range of new example code and support for multiple DS-5 installations.

Keil MDK supports new Cortex-M7 Devices

ARM today announced complete device support in Keil MDK Version 5 for the new ARM Cortex-M7 based devices from Atmel and STMicroelectronics. MDK Version 5 is the most comprehensive software development solution for Cortex-M processor based microcontrollers. MDK includes IDE, C/C++ compiler, debugger, Software Pack management, and CMSIS software components. The MDK Professional Edition also includes the MDK-Professional Middleware with software components for TCP/IP networking, USB Host and Device, File System, and Graphical User Interfaces.

Datalight Reliance Edge version 1.0 has been officially released

This means first release of the commercial kit and MISRA C:2012 Design Assurance Package. The commercial kit includes many new tools and tests which were not previously available.

(EFL) Enlightenment Foundation Libraries on SBC-SAMA5D36

Products for consumer market, industrial control systems and other embedded devices often require a touch screen display to offer both, visual feedback to the user, as well as an input method to interact with the system. In order to achieve a nicely designed and responsive user interface, developers can either write their own graphical library providing widgets like drop-down menus and buttons or take ready to use libraries like Qt or EFL.

Panningen / The Netherlands – June 25th, 2015 – Logic Technology introduces the J-Testr from Swiss-based Eiger Design GmbH to the Benelux, German, Swiss and Austrian markets. The J-Testr is a highly compact ‘all-in-one’ universal & modular Functional Test System for hardware systems. The J-Testr provides a complete mechanical, power, thermal, and stimulation environment to the users’ Unit Under Test (UUT).

Aachen, 26th May 2015 - Ka-Ro electronics today announces the TXA5 Computer-on-Module, extending Ka-Ro’s TX family of CoMs to include a new ARM Cortex A5-based CoM for cost-sensitive industrial applications as well as devices requiring low-power or battery operation.

Insyde® Software Expands Application Development Expertise

COMPUTEX - TAIPEI, TAIWAN – JUNE 4, 2015 – Insyde® Software, a leading provider of Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) BIOS and Android™ system-level software, today announced an expansion of its Application Development personnel, investment, product offerings and strategies, resulting in expanded market opportunities and enhancements to its existing BIOS and systems management businesses.

MDK-ARM Version 5.15 Product Update

The MDK-ARM Version 5.15 product update replaces components of your current Tool Set with the latest versions.

New Circular Connector with Push-Pull Locking Y-Circ® P

Munich, May 2015 - Yamaichi Electronics is expanding the Y-Circ P series with a new back wall-mounted socket. After the successful introduction of the new circular connector series Y-Circ^® P with push-pull interlocking, the product range will now be successively expanded.

Panningen / The Netherlands - May 19th, 2015 – Today the Logic Academy has released the Logic Academy days 2015. The Logic Academy days 2015 are educational events for professional embedded hard- and software developers, system architects and test-, validation and certification engineers. In one day, Logic Technology and selected partners present a variety of parallel full-day technical workshops and seminars in a single location.

Datalight Releases Open Source Version of Reliance Edge, a Tiny, Power Fail-safe File System for FreeRTOS

New Product Provides Decision-quality Data for Internet of Things Edge Devices
BOTHELL, WA – May 5, 2015 – Today Datalight released a preview version of Reliance Edge™, a power fail-safe file system for FreeRTOS which allows developers building Internet of Things (IoT) devices to reliably store and quickly access data. Reliance Edge is the only file system designed to capture and preserve decision-quality data with the deterministic behavior required by today’s autonomous systems. It is a configurable transactional file system specifically for systems where power loss may occur.

Top reasons why the embedded industry standardize on ARM processors, the GNU compiler and the Eclipse IDE

By Magnus Unemyr, April 2015
It is currently a very strong trend in the embedded industry to standardize on ARM Cortex devices, the GNU gcc compiler (with its accompanying gdb debugger), and the Eclipse IDE. I call the ARM, GNU and ECLIPSE combo “AGE”.

What are the driving factors for this strong trend? And what are the benefits for embedded developers to jump on the ARM Cortex, GNU gcc/gdb and Eclipse train? In my opinion, there are many benefits that provide embedded developers with great advantages.

Datalight Reliance Nitro Transaction Explorer

By Thom Denholm, April 2015
One of the key differentiators for Datalight’s Reliance Nitro file system is the runtime flexibility. Not only does this file system provide more reliability options than any other file system on the market, they can all be changed on the fly through a simple API. To demonstrate just how easy this was, we created an intern project to do just that.

New Video; JTAG testing with XJTAG Boundary Scan

Find out how JTAG boundary scan tools from XJTAG can help you test, debug and program complex digital circuit boards. Works with devices such as BGA, FPGA, DDR, DSP, Flash, SPI, I2C or processors.

XJTAG goes dynamic in latest release

Cambridge, UK, April 2015 — XJTAG, a world leading supplier of boundary scan technology, today announced the release of the latest update to its software suite. The focus of this release is on increasing the flexibility of JTAG chain control to make it easier for engineers to access the full JTAG capabilities of their boards and so achieve maximum test coverage.

How STM32 developers can speed-up development with a mouse-click

By Magnus Unemyr, April 14th 2015.
Computers today are fast, and I suspect yours is no exception. However, embedded projects tend to be larger and larger, now often comprising hundreds of C/C++ source code files. With the new STM32 F7 (the Cortex-M7 based STM32 family with 512KB or 1MB of Flash) for example, you have a lot of memory to fill with code. The same goes for the smaller STM32F3 and STM32F4 families too for that matter. And so, also with the most powerful PC’s, compilation time can be lengthy, which adds to development time if you develop incrementally with a lot of re-compilations of your application.

New Yamaichi SMARC Module Test Adapter

April 2015, Yamaichi Electronics has developed a new test adapter for the SMARC computer-on-module standard. It realises the perfect alignment of the contacts and allows for 100% contacting reliablity. Due to the use of spring probe pins very high contact cycles can be reached.

Double your PC performance with much less power!

Nowadays, anticipating the ever increasing demands of data processing, your standard PC computational capabilities are often not enough. When extending the computational power of your PC using faster and more cores processors and/or graphical processor units, you typically also increase the power consumption of your PC dramatically. FPGA based acceleration platforms are a much better choice for this. The power-per-GigaFlop is orders of magnitude lower, and the accelerator implementation is much more optimized to meet the algorithm processing structure.

What happens if you combine your PC with an FPGA? We did the test!

Keil MDK-Middleware 6.3.0 Software Pack Update

The Keil MDK-ARM Professional Middleware 6.3.0 Software Pack contains several corrections and enhancements such as USB Device MSC media ownership control to enable file access for an embedded application while connected via USB. File System I/O retargeting is now part of the software component Compiler to provide more flexibility. Keil::MDK-Middleware 6.3.0 requires ARM::CMSIS 4.3.0 and Keil::ARM_Compiler 1.0.0.

TOPIC Embedded Products is part of the TOPIC Embedded Systems consisting of a team of 150 highly skilled engineers. Building on 18 years of experience in design services, project execution and product development, TOPIC is respected for its extensive knowledge of embedded hardware, -software and FPGA’s.

TOPIC embedded product Dyplo patent granted!

Dyplo is as of 23rd February 2015 a patented solution. This is the first ever patent granted to Topic. Rieny Rijnen, founder of Topic and CEO is well proud of this achievement: “This is the first important step for Topic in a roadmap vision we are working towards. By having proven the uniqueness of Dyplo, we differentiate ourselves as a highly innovative company always aiming to accelerate our customers developments. I am furthermore very proud of the inventors of the patent: Dirk van den Heuvel and René Zenden.”

New Tools and Compilers in Intel System Studio 2015

Intel® System Studio 2015 Ultimate Edition provides a comprehensive JTAG-based debug solution with OS awareness. If you want to learn more about Intel® System Debugger OS awareness please consult the product announcements and developer tutorials.

emtrion features Real-time Linux out of the box

Available NOW!
emtrion’s DIMM-AM335x Debian developer kit now features Real-time kernel packages based on mainline version 3.14.

PLS - UDE 4.4 simplifies testing and debugging highly complex heterogeneous multicore SoCs

The UDE 4.4 features significantly enhanced debugging procedures for complex system-on-chips (SoCs) with heterogeneous controller cores, optimized data visualization in system-level debugging as well as dedicated support of a wide range of state-of-the-art 32-bit multicore SoCs of different manufacturers.

Reliance Nitro 3.2.4 for Linux / Android

New Feature: Mount option added to enable previous file append behavior

Safety Support Opens up Automotive, Health and Industrial Markets for ARM Cortex-R5 Processor

Cambridge, U.K., Jan. 22, 2015 - ARM has delivered a comprehensive safety document set for the ARM® Cortex®-R5 processor to drive its adoption in safety-critical applications. This is a vital step toward the cost-effective deployment of more technically advanced systems across multiple sectors including automotive, health and industrial. The Cortex-R5 is the first in a range of ARM processors to come with a safety document set that semiconductor companies can use to demonstrate compliance with new functional safety standards.

Yamaichi Electronics - Industrial Y-Con RJ45 Jack in CAT. 6A

January 2015 - A new highlight component for industrial RJ45 connectivity is the Y-ConJack-6* series. This new category 6A (Cat 6A) jack enhances the Y-ConRJ45 product range from Yamaichi Electronics.

Yamaichi Electronics - Y-ConProfix RJ45 Plug in CAT. 6A

January 2015 - Our new product member within the enhanced Y-ConRJ45 series is called Y-ConProfixPlug. One of Yamaichi Electronics´ goals during the development was to create a RJ45 connector which is able to transmit 10G Base-T, easy to handle and fulfils the stringent Category 6A according to the ISO/ IEC 11801 standard.

Insyde® Software to Exhibit at Embedded World 2015, Nuremberg, Germany, February 24-26

Insyde® Software will demonstrate how leading embedded and IoT systems makers are taking advantage of InsydeH2O®, Insyde’s flagship UEFI firmware solution, to deliver innovative and powerful intelligent, connected systems to the market. In addition to providing platform readiness for the latest x86 embedded and IoT platforms from Intel® and AMD, InsydeH2O® brings high reliability, security, advanced firmware features, and dedicated engineering support. Insyde will also show its innovative boot loader solutions for IoTG devices and how developers can take advantage of Insyde’s tools set to speed up development and debug throughout the entire embedded product development cycle. Insyde® Software will co-exhibit with Logic Technology.

Datalight to Exhibit at Embedded World 2015, Nuremburg, Germany, February 24-26

Bothell, WA, – January 5th 2015 – Visit us in Nuremburg, Germany for Embedded World 2015. Once again we will be exhibiting with our partner, Logic Technology in booth 4-108. Come see a side by side comparison of the astounding performance improvements we have achieved with FlashFXe, software accelerator for Reliance Nitro. We will also showcase a new Android application to easily determine your optimal Reliance Nitro configuration. And of course, we’re happy to answer any questions you might have about any Datalight products or technologies (and we just might let you in on a new product that’s in the works! Shhh)