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Microsemi and TRINAMIC Create SmartFusion Dual Motor Control Kit

Ken Cheung — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:48:42 +0000

Microsemi and TRINAMIC teamed together on the SmartFusion Dual Motor Control Kit. The motor control kit features the Microsemi SmartFusion evaluation kit and TRINAMIC motor control daughter board kit. The bundles solution also includes stepper motor with 1.8 degree step angle, brushless DC motor with Hall sensors, portable desktop power supply (24V/1A) with international plugs, and example designs. The solution enables designers to lower product-development costs and bring products to market quickly. The SmartFusion Dual Motor Control Kit is available for now. The motor control kit is priced at $549.

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Mentor Graphics Releases HyperLynx v8.2 Tool Suite

Ken Cheung — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:41:20 +0000

Mentor Graphics rolled out HyperLynx release 8.2. HyperLynx is a suite of analysis tools for optimizing printed circuit board (PCB) designs. New features include 3D full-wave field solving, and integrated thermal/power co-simulation analysis capabilities. Specialized 3D modeling is required for analysis of multi-GHz SERDES channel interconnects (such as PCIe-Gen 3). The Mentor HyperLynx v8.2 tool suite will ship in volume next month.

Real Intent Releases Meridian Clock Domain Crossing v4.0

Ken Cheung — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:30:56 +0000

Real Intent rolled out version four of their Meridian Clock Domain Crossing (CDC) verification software. The CDC verification tool can be used to achieve complete CDC sign-off for large and complex SoC designs from RTL to gate. The latest version includes improvements that make it the only software solution that enables complete CDC sign-off for over 100M gate SoC designs. Meridian CDC v4.0 is available now.

Ace Thought Multi-threaded Software Video Decoder Suite for ARM Cortex-A Processors

Ken Cheung — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:21:08 +0000

Ace Thought Technologies announced a multi-threaded software video decoder suite for ARM Cortex-A series of application processors. The multi-threaded video decoding suite enables high quality video solutions with HD resolution on Android smart-phones and tablets and on Apple iPhone and iPad devices. The scalable design of video decoder supports single, dual and quad-core application processors in a single library. Ace Thought Technologies’ video decoder suite is now available for licensing.

Infolytica MotorSolve v2.6 Electric Machine Design Software

Ken Cheung — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:39:42 +0000

Infolytica launched version 2.6 of their MotorSolve electric machine design software. MotorSolve v2.6 features synchronous reluctance motor templates and improved loss predictions. Engineers can use the new synchronous reluctance templates to design motors without permanent magnets. MotorSolve v2.6 is available now for PC. It supports Microsoft Windows XP, Vista and 7.

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Mentor Graphics Veloce Protocol Transactors

Ken Cheung — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:09:43 +0000

Mentor Graphics introduced a set of protocol transactors for use with the Veloce hardware emulation platform. The Veloce transactors help engineers to stress-test a DUT that includes one or more protocol interfaces on the SoC at orders of magnitude faster than simulation. The protocol transactors can be used with both transaction-based acceleration and traditional In-Circuit (ICE) modes of operation. The Veloce transactors is available now for deployment.

Mentor Graphics, Mecel Team on AUTOSAR 4.x Solution

Ken Cheung — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:41:10 +0000

Mentor Graphics and Mecel have teamed together to develop the first complete AUTOSAR 4.x solution for the automotive marketplace. Their solution for the design, configuration, generation, and implementation of an AUTOSAR Basic Software (BSW) solution supports versions 4.0.2 and 4.0.3. Both Mentor Graphics and Mecel will sell the tools. Support for the tools will be provided by both companies to their respective customer bases. The products will be available this month.

iDigi Telehealth Application Kit Connects Medical Devices to the Cloud

Ken Cheung — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:55:34 +0000

The iDigi Telehealth Application Kit, from Digi International, is a development kit that helps developers create cloud-connected medical devices. The kit makes it easy to create cloud-connected medical devices to improve quality of care. Through the iDigi Device Cloud, doctor’s can easily access and analyze patient data, set up alarms and alerts and store information. The iDigi Telehealth Application Kit will be available in January 2012 for $499.

Cobham Technical Services Debuts Opera v15 Electromagnetics Simulator

Ken Cheung — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:45:09 +0000

Cobham Technical Services rolled out version 15 of their Opera electromagnetics simulator for design engineers. Opera v15 includes three-dimensional mechanical stress analysis, which extends the tool’s multiphysics capability to provide a single-step solution for complex design problems. Opera version 15 also supports the rapid creation of models of coils. It does this by providing a dynamic pictorial representation of the model under construction, to guide the engineer as design data is entered.

Data Translation LV-Link 3.0 Virtual Instruments Library

Ken Cheung — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:28:31 +0000

Data Translation rolled out version three of their LV-Link virtual instruments library. LV-Link 3.0 VI library enables National Instruments LabVIEW programmers to access the data acquisition features of DT-Open Layers-compliant USB and PCI devices. The software helps engineers to quickly and easily measure and control analog I/O, digital I/O, quadrature decoders, and counter/timer signals, and stream data at full-speed. LV-Link 3.0 is provided free and can be downloaded now.