Curtiss-Wright’s Defense Solutions division today announced that it is collaborating with Green Hills Software to support the RTCA/DO-178C certified multi-core INTEGRITY-178 tuMP (Time-Variant Unified Multi Processing) real-time operating system (RTOS) on its safety certifiable COTS single board computers (SBC). The first Curtiss-Wright product to support Green Hills Software’s safety certified multi-core RTOS is the recently […]
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RTOS for ARM-based SOCs supports EtherCAT Master protocol
Mentor Graphics Corp. today announced EtherCAT Master protocol support for the Mentor Embedded Nucleus® real-time operating system (RTOS)targeting high-performance, next-generation industrial automation devices. The Nucleus RTOS combined with the KPA EtherCAT Master stack provides a fully integrated reference software solution that streamlines development time and cost for device developers. Designed to meet the rigorous timing […]
HDK targets wearable market with RTOS, Bluetooth, GNSS support
MediaTek today announced the availability of the LinkIt™ 2523 Hardware Development Kit (HDK) for developers looking to create advanced wearable products. Based on the MediaTek MT2523G chipset, the HDK – produced by Silicon Application Corp (SAC) – offers dual-mode Bluetooth, comprehensive GNSS standards support and industry leading performance in terms of time-to-first-fix, accuracy and power consumption. […]
Debugger toolchain targets hi-rel embedded applications
IAR Systems announces support for the new ARM Cortex-M0 VA108x0 microcontrollers (MCUs) from VORAGO Technologies. Developers can now take advantage of the highly optimizing build tools and comprehensive debugging capabilities in IAR Embedded Workbench® to leverage the full potential of the VORAGO MCUs. The complete C/C++ compiler and debugger toolchain IAR Embedded Workbench supports new […]
ARMv8-A support enables Nucleus RTOS to leverage processing benefits of 64-bit SoCs
Mentor Graphics Corporation today announced the Nucleus real-time operating system (RTOS) support for the 64-bit ARMv8-A architecture. This architecture support enables the Nucleus RTOS to leverage the benefits of 64-bit processing for a full range of 64-bit SoCs. The Nucleus RTOS also enables the ARMv8-A aarch32 (32-bit) execution mode that allows users to run legacy 32-bit code on […]
Silicon Labs Acquires RTOS Company Micrium
Silicon Labs (NASDAQ: SLAB) today announced the acquisition of Micrium, a leading supplier of real-time operating system (RTOS) software for the Internet of Things (IoT). This strategic acquisition helps simplify IoT design for all developers by combining a leading, commercial-grade embedded RTOS with Silicon Labs’ IoT expertise and solutions. Micrium’s RTOS and software tools will […]
Teardown: Inside a cable modem
The device which brings cable TV and high-speed internet into homes has a simple design but sports a couple of tricky secrets. Lee Teschler Executive Editor If you’ve got broadband internet from a cable company, it comes into your house through a cable modem. Estimates are that some $8.6 billion-worth of cable modems will be […]
Free tool provides a live view of RTOS events to facilitate embedded system design
Micrium Inc. and SEGGER Microcontroller GmbH & Co. today announced SystemView support for Micrium’s µC/OS-II® and µC/OS-III® real-time operating system (RTOS) kernels. The tool offers real-time recording and visualization that exposes the true run-time behavior of a µC/OS-II or µC/OS-III RTOS-based application. SystemView allows a developer using either kernel to ensure a system performs as designed, by tracking down inefficiencies and showing unintended interactions and resource conflicts. Micrium and SEGGER collaborated to tailor SystemView for use with the µC/OS-II and µC/OS-III kernels. Using SystemView, developers can analyze which interrupts, […]
Enhanced embedded development environment supports 8/32-bit MCUs, multiprotocol/multiband wireless SoCs
Silicon Labs has released a major update of its award-winning Simplicity Studio software development tools. The new Simplicity Studio release represents a significant redesign of the software infrastructure, making the tools faster to download and easier to install and use. A more intuitive user interface improves the overall developer experience. As the industry’s most comprehensive software tool […]
SoM gangs dual 1GHz ARM Cortex-A7 core with 200 MHz Cortex-M4 coprocessor
Variscite extends its highly successfully i.MX-based System-on-Module portfolio with the introduction of the VAR-SOM-MX7, based on the NXP i.MX 7 application processor family. This highly flexible SoM carries a dual 1GHz ARM Cortex[TM]-A7 core, alongside real-time 200MHz Cortex[TM]-M4 coprocessor. The SoM’s optimized multicore architecture allows Variscite’s customers to easily design embedded products that require real-time processing, as well […]