IAR Systems announced that its leading development solutions for Arm now provide support for the Ensemble and Crescendo families of AI-enabled, power-efficient microcontrollers (MCUs) and fusion processors from Alif Semiconductor. The renowned development toolchain IAR Embedded Workbench for Arm brings high performance and strong code optimizations capabilities to companies choosing Ensemble or Crescendo devices. Alif […]
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Cloud service connects with new Arduino Pro Portenta X8 computers
Foundries.io will partner with Arduino to deliver secure, embedded Linux IoT and Edge solutions for the enterprise with the Arduino Pro Portenta X8. Arduino is an open source electronics company that manufactures open hardware development boards used by millions of developers around the world. It will use FoundriesFactory in its enterprise product to help customers […]
IP core modules facilitate reuse of SoC, MCU, FPGA and ASIC functions
The Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems IPMS offers ready-made, platform-independent IP core modules. With IP modules, developers can quickly adopt complete functional areas in standard products such as SoCs, microcontrollers, FPGAs and ASICs. This allows a significant reduction of development times and costs. With EMSA5, Fraunhofer IPMS offers a processor core based on the open […]
element14 launches Raspberry Pi music- or audio-themed design challenge
In celebration of Pi Day, element14.com, an Avnet community, launched the Raspberry Pi Pi-Fest Design Challenge. This design challenge will put Raspberry Pi Pico at the center stage as community members will use the device, coupled with any other Raspberry Pi products of their choice, to create a music or audio-themed project. Fifty sponsored challengers will […]
Compiler/debugger supports 64-bit RISC-V cores
IAR Systems proudly presented support for 64-bit RISC-V cores in the professional development toolchain IAR Embedded Workbench for RISC-V. With this extended core support, IAR Systems continues to be at the forefront of providing professional development solutions for RISC-V. IAR Embedded Workbench for RISC-V is a complete C/C++ compiler and debugger toolchain with everything embedded […]
C/C++ development environment works with RISC-V MCUs
SEGGER announces its partnership with HPMicro Semiconductor Inc. The partnership focuses on making SEGGER’s top-rated, multi-platform IDE Embedded Studio available, free of charge, to all HPMicro’s customers using HPM6000 series RISC-V microcontrollers, boosting the RISC-V ecosystem. Embedded Studio includes all the tools and features expected for streamlined, professional embedded development in C and C++. It comes […]
MCU application software meets IEC61508 safety standard
Renesas Electronics Corporation announced the availability of industry-leading functional safety solutions that meet the IEC61508 standard for both its RA and RX Families of microcontrollers. Renesas now offers IEC 61508 SIL3 certified self-test software for both Arm Cortex-M23 and -M33-based MCUs. Renesas also announced the IEC 61508 SIL3 certified PROFIsafe Application Software for RX MCUs. Renesas […]
Saving energy with MCU power management
MCU low-power features such as built-in energy harvesting help optimize applications where long battery life is important. Masamitsu Muratani, Renesas The spectacular growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) is driving the need for devices that are smarter, faster, and can last for long periods on small and inexpensive batteries. To meet such requirements, Renesas […]
Development board includes cellular wireless com module with eSIM for global data connectivity
MikroElektronika has launched NB IoT 4 Click, a compact add-on board for IoT applications such as smart metering, intelligent wearables, security and asset tracking, home appliances, environmental monitoring, and more. The new Click board includes a cellular wireless communications module with integrated digital SIM (eSIM) delivering global data connectivity even in regions without the latest communications […]
IoT development tools work on ultra-low power PSoC 6 MCUs
Infineon Technologies AG is collaborating with SensiML for building intelligent Internet of Things (IoT) endpoints. Together they offer developers an easy and seamless process to capture data from Infineon XENSIV sensors, train Machine Learning (ML) models, and deploy real-time inferencing models directly on ultra-low-power PSoC 6 microcontrollers (MCUs). This can be completed by using the SensiML […]