
	Dedicated Systems e-Gazette: Volume11, Issue 05 published on Apr 20, 2010
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	Industry News (Market)
	Green Hills Software Otis Elevators Incorporate Green Hills Software MULTI Raises the Bar for Embedded Software Performance and Reliability... Green Hills Software, Inc., the largest independent vendor of embedded software solutions, has announced that Otis Elevator Company, the world’s largest company in the manufacture, installation, and service of elevators, escalators, and moving walkways, is using Green Hills Software’s MULTI® integrated development environment (IDE) in its elevator and escalator control systems. Key criteria for Otis’ choice of Green Hills Software were the Green Hills compiler’s generation of the fastest and smallest code, the productivity enabled by the MULTI integrated development environment, and Green Hills Software’s flexible business model. Otis has deployed the Green Hills MULTI for processors in its elevators and escalators. “Our project had an ambitious software development schedule, and M...	Full version Date: March 18 2010

	Tools
	PragmaDev PragmaDev introduces ASN.1 support and static code generation in its model driven development tool. PragmaDev launches RTDS V4.1, introducing more than 40 new features making it the most complete model driven development tool dedicated to real time ... Real Time Developer Studio offers three levels of modeling: informal, semi-formal, and fully formal. While informal modeling is mainly used for documentation, the most advanced level of modeling allows simulation, prototyping, verification, full code generation, debug on target, and test of the model. Among the main new features are: - ASN.1 data types are supported in SDL models, - Code without any dynamic memory allocation can be generated, - Built-in C scheduler is available for code generated out of SDL Z.100 systems, - Code coverage is available when simulating SDL systems, - New symbol for informal comments in dynamic MSC trace of an SDL-RT system, - TTCN-3 automatic test suite generation out of an exhaustive simulation done with IF tools, - Observers can be described grap...	Full version Date: March 18 2010

	Pebble Bay Pebble Bay Takes The Lead in USB Driver Development Pebble Bay have recently announced the successful completion of a number of projects relating to the development of USB drivers for a diverse range o... UK based embedded systems experts, Pebble Bay have recently announced the successful completion of a number of projects relating to the development of USB drivers for a diverse range of systems. Implemented on a range of RTOSes and hardware platforms, Pebble Bay was able to deliver solutions that delivered high performance and high reliability. Pebble Bay is a team of professional embedded systems engineers that work with hi-tech companies around the world, helping in the development of board support packages, device drivers, and a broad range of foundation software, such as protocol stacks, required to build realtime and non-realtime systems. "USB and USB driver development is certainly an area where we have developed a lot of expertise," said John Efstathiades Technical Director...	Full version Date: March 18 2010

	Lauterbach "Transfer the Contents of a DVD in 4 seconds!" At "UK Embedded Masterclass 2010" Lauterbach will be explaining how the recent advances in debug technology work and how they can improve the quality... Some new microprocessor debugging technologies can transfer data at a rate that would transfer the entire contents of a DVD in 4 seconds. At the other end of the spectrum some debug technologies can run a continuous trace for several days. At the upcoming Embedded Masterclass, German software tools company Lauterbach will be explaining how the recent advances in debug technology work and how they can improve the quality and delivery time of microprocessor based embedded systems. The Embedded Masterclass takes place near Cambridge 6th May and in Reading 11th May. This event is free to engineers and technical managers. www.embedded-masterclass.com "We work with clients on about 100 new developments each year," said Barry Lock, UK Manager of Lauterbach. "So often, the progress and succ...	Full version Date: March 17 2010

	RTOS
	Green Hills Software Green Hills Software Supports Freescale P2020 Multicore Processor Advanced Multicore Operating Systems and Development Tools... Green Hills Software, Inc., the largest independent vendor of embedded software solutions, has announced a comprehensive software development and run-time management solution for embedded products based on the multicore Freescale QorIQ™ P2020 and P2010 communications processors. Components of the Green Hills Software development toolkit include the INTEGRITY® RTOS and INTEGRITY Secure Virtualization (ISV), optimizing C/C++ compilers for Power Architecture® technology, MULTI® integrated development environment (IDE), and high-speed hardware probes. “Embedded systems designers seeking to maximize the performance-per-watt benefits of multicore technology will be drawn to the combination of the P2020 platform and software solutions from Green Hills,” commented Ravi Swaminathan, director of...	Full version Date: March 15 2010

	UK Embedded Masterclass May 6th & 11th Technology Workshops Prove a Big Success With Embedded Engineers Embedded Masterclass half-day technology workshops bookings are on track to be double that of last year... Organisers of the Embedded Masterclass, a major UK embedded systems engineering event, have announced that bookings for their half-day technology workshops are on track to be double that of last year. This year's workshops cover such topics as Embedded Linux, Device Driver Development, Advance Debugging, SMP Development and Time Triggered Systems. In addition to the workshops the event hosts a vendor exhibition and an agenda of free technical presentations. The Embedded Masterclass takes place near Cambridge 6th May and in Reading 11th May. This event is free to engineers and technical managers. www.embedded-masterclass.com "The response has been amazing," said Richard Blackburn, the Organiser. "We started the workshops as a bit of an add-on, but now the majority of the engineers vi...	Full version Date: March 11 2010

	Boards
	Elma Bustronic Corp. Elma Bustronic announces VPX test backplane The Elma Bustronic 2-slot test backplane is designed to the latest VITA 46 specifications. The backplane allows the user to power up and test their ... Elma Bustronic Corporation, an industry leading designer and manufacturer of high performance backplanes, now offers a 2-slot test backplane for VPX board developers and integrators. The Elma Bustronic 2-slot test backplane is designed to the latest VITA 46 specifications. The backplane allows the user to power up and test their J1 fabric connections as they would be interconnected in the target application. Signals can be passed from one slot to the next via high speed interconnecting cables, via signals introduced through the J1 fabric connector, or accessed on the J1 fabric connector using the test backplane’s SMA and SATA cable headers. The test backplane accepts 6U cards with the 3U size supported by use of a shelf divider. For convenience in attaching probes, the slot pitch...	Full version Date: March 09 2010

	Systems
	Green Hills software Bombardier Selects Green Hills Platform for Industrial Safety for INTEGRITY RTOS Simplifies Maintenance, Improves Space Utilization and Aids Certification Process... Nuremberg, Germany – 2nd March, 2010 – Embedded World 2010, Hall 10 Booth 10-319 — Bombardier, the global leader in rail technology, is partnering with Green Hills Software to develop the safety platform for its next-generation Train Control Management System (TCMS) that will simplify maintenance and aid the certification process. The TCMS will use the Green Hills Platform for Industrial Safety, which incorporates the IEC 61508 SIL3 safety-certified INTEGRITY® real-time operating system (RTOS) and the MULTI® integrated development environment (IDE). Green Hills Software will also develop and conduct the CENELEC EN 50128 safety certification for a board support package for Bombardier’s system. Bombardier is the world’s largest supplier of passenger and freight rail transportation system...	Full version Date: March 03 2010

	Green Hills Software IS2T & Green Hills Software Announce Optimized Java Support for INTEGRITY Real-Time Operating System IS2T® S.A. and Green Hills Software, Inc. have teamed up to provide IS2T’s Hard Real-Time MicroJvm® virtual machines... Nuremberg, Germany – 2nd March, 2010 – Embedded World 2010, Hall 10 Booth 10-319 – IS2T® S.A. and Green Hills Software, Inc. have teamed up to provide IS2T’s Hard Real-Time MicroJvm® virtual machines for embedded systems integrated for use with the industry’s most reliable real-time operating system, the Green Hills safe and secure INTEGRITY® RTOS. IS2T’s Java platforms offer embedded application developers a small memory footprint, high-speed Java engine with optimized software library bundles and Hard Real-Time Java (HRTJ) capabilities. Total memory requirements for a typical J2ME Java platform based on MicroJvm and running on the INTEGRITY operating system is approximately 80KBytes of program memory. Software developers for a wide range of embedded systems can now take advantage o...	Full version Date: March 03 2010

	Green Hills Software Green Hills INTEGRITY RTOS Receives CENELEC EN 50128 SWSIL 4 Certification Helps Customers Accelerate Product Deployment While Enabling Higher System Reliability... NUREMBERG, GERMANY – 2nd March, 2010 – Embedded World 2010, Hall 10 Booth 10-319 — Green Hills Software, Inc., the largest independent vendor of embedded software solutions, today announced that its Platform for Industrial Safety has expanded its safety certification support by achieving a SWSIL 4 certification for its INTEGRITY® RTOS (real-time operating system) against the stringent CENELEC EN 50128 standard, which targets software for railway control and protection systems. Certified by both TÜV and Exida, INTEGRITY has received the highest assurance level possible against this safety standard for an individual software component, such as an operating system. The certified INTEGRITY operating system forms the core of the Green Hills Platform for Industrial Safety, a comprehensive solu...	Full version Date: March 03 2010

	Pentek, Inc. Pentek Introduces High-Speed, Real-Time Recording Instrument for Extremely Wide Bandwidth Signals •Real-time, Sustained Aggregate Recording Rate of 1 Gigasample/sec •Digitizes Two Analog Inputs at 500 Megasamples/sec •4 Terabytes of RAID Storag... NUREMBERG, GERMANY, Embedded World Conference–March 2, 2010–Pentek’s new Model RTS 2711 Real-Time Data Recording Instrument is a ready-to-run, PC-based recorder which includes a complete PC workstation running Windows XP, housed in a rack-mount 4U chassis. It’s extremely high-speed architecture allows simultaneous digitizing and recording of two signals at sampling rates of 500 Megasamples/sec. Since the system handles input signal frequencies up to 750 MHz, it is well suited for development and field testing in a broad range of wideband signal applications including UAVs, telemetry, communication and radar. The RTS 2711 is the fastest and widest bandwidth recording instrument ever offered by Pentek, doubling the aggregate recording rate and quadrupling the attainable bandwidth of previou...	Full version Date: March 03 2010

	Lauterbach Lauterbach To Demonstrate Multi-core Debugging at Embedded Masterclass Lauterbach will be running live demonstrations of debug and trace capability on both an eight core Mips system running in SMP mode and also trace and... Debugging technology company Lauterbach will be running live demonstrations of debug and trace capability on both an eight core Mips system running in SMP mode and also trace and code analysis on a PIC32 processor at this year's UK Embedded Masterclass event. The Embedded Masterclass takes place near Cambridge 6th May and in Reading 11th May. This event is free to engineers and technical managers. www.embedded-masterclass.com "For engineers looking to develop fast systems, Multi-Core and SMP systems are an attractive option," said Barry Lock, UK Manager for Lauterbach. "We have been working with some of the world's leading developers in this field and we will be demonstrating our latest multi-core debug technology at the Embedded Masterclass event. Also on the stand we will be dem...	Full version Date: March 01 2010

	Embest Info&Tech Co., LTD. Embest SBC6020 AT91SAM9G20 Single Board Computer Embest introduced a compact Single Board Computer based on 400MHz Atmel AT91SAM9G20 ARM926EJ-STM Microcontroller capable of supporting Linux 2.6.30 o... Embest SBC6020 Single Board Computer is based on the Atmel AT91SAM9G20 microprocessor which contains an ARM9 core with built-in Ethernet MAC and seven Serial ports, targeted for high performance embedded industrial applications with high constraints on power consumption. Embest SBC6020 Single Board Computer exposes all features of the AT91SAM9G20 microprocessor and supports many standard interfaces and peripheral devices including USB Host/Device, Ethernet, CAN, SPI, Serial ports, CF card slot, ADC, JTAG, GPIO, Mini-PCI interface and more over. The Mini-PCI interface has integrated SDIO, SPI, UART and USB signals. Customer can attach 3G module, GPS module, GPRS/GSM module, WiFi/Bluetooth module and other Mini-PCI devices to this interface. The board is capable of supporting Linux ...	Full version Date: March 01 2010

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