1 December 2009


Introduction

Highlights of this issue include new product releases from Cypress Semiconductor, SAE International, CSR and IAR Systems; design features on online platform for rapid evaluation of embedded microcontroller-based projects and ADRES processor architecture; embedded systems-related design ideas; schedule of the LCTES 2010 and the SYSTOR 2010 conferences; and research studies on embedded picoprojectors.

 

IP elements for new PSoC 3 devices
Cypress Semiconductor has announced the availability of over 30 IP (intellectual property) elements for its new PSoC 3 programmable system-on-chip architectures. The embedded design resources include example projects, application notes and solution overviews, all of which enable engineers to quickly implement designs using the new PSoC Creator IDE (integrated development environment).
Cypress Semiconductor


New standard enables Ethernet for critical embedded systems
SAE International's AS-2 Embedded Computing Systems Committee is developing a new standard to establish Ethernet as a high-bandwidth network protocol for time, mission, and safety-critical systems. SAE AS6802 TTEthernet (time-triggered Ethernet) describes a set of services to meet the requirements of reliable, hard real-time data delivery in advanced integrated systems.
SAE International

GPS location processor with built-in CPU
CSR has introduced the SiRFstarIV GSD4e GPS location processor. Building upon the SiRFstarIV architecture’s micro-power capabilities, the processor adds a built-in CPU and SiRFGeoRecov technology, which are optimised to ensure continuous location awareness in new digital cameras, portable game consoles, wearable platforms and other consumer devices, without loading the host processor.
CSR

Development tools for ARM Cortex-R4 processor
IAR Systems has announced wide support for ARM Cortex-R4 processor in version 5.40 of IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM. IAR Embedded Workbench is a set of development tools for embedded applications.
IAR Systems

 

Online tools compile and download code for Cortex M3 MCUs
ARM and NXP have announced a collaboration that will provide designers with an online platform for rapid evaluation of embedded microcontroller-based projects. The first core that the “mbed” system supports is the Cortex M3 and, specifically, NXP’s LPC1768 microcontroller implementation.

Multi-core, multithreaded processor supports “green radio”
Under the banner of “green radio”, the IMEC research centre located in Leuven (Belgium) has announced that the IP (intellectual property) for its secondgeneration ADRES processor architecture is available for licensing. ADRES stands for “architecture for dynamically reconfigurable embedded systems”; it now supports multithreading, and achieves twice the performance and energy efficiency of the first-generation design.
 

Power-management chip for latest embedded processors
Wolfson Microelectronics has introduced a new series of configurable power-management devices, the first being the WM8320 for use in portable multimedia and other handheld, batterypowered products. At an earlier stage in the development of its product line, Wolfson combined its audio-codec technology with power management in chips such as its WM8350.

EDN.COMMENT: Find your niche in the cell-phone-design ecosystem
In a discussion meeting at the SAME (Sophia Antipolis MicroElectronics) Forum that took place near Nice (France) in September, a number of major semiconductor suppliers to the mobile-phone sector outlined the rapidly evolving, collaborative design environment in which they find themselves operating.
 

LCTES 2010, 12-16 April 2010, at Stockholm, Sweden
LCTES provides a link between the programming languages and embedded systems engineering communities. Researchers and developers in these areas are addressing many similar problems, but with different backgrounds and approaches. LCTES is intended to expose researchers and developers from either area to relevant work and interesting problems in the other area and provide a forum where they can interact.


SYSTOR 2010, 24-26, May 2010, at Haifa, Israel
The IBM Haifa Research Lab and the IBM Systems and Technology Group Lab, in collaboration with Caesarea Rothschild Institute (CRI) at the University of Haifa are organizing SYSTOR 2010, a successor to the SYSTOR conference and workshops on systems and storage held at the IBM Haifa Research Lab. The goal of the conference is to promote systems research and foster stronger ties between the Israeli and worldwide systems research communities and industry.
 

Embedded Picoprojectors Ready to Break Out Worldwide
Projector technology has been miniaturizing to the point that a complete projector module can fit into 5cc or less. At the same time, personal devices are providing more entertainment but are limited by screen size. As a result, many companies are developing projectors to embed in a range of products, from cellphones to computers.
 

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