Psoc® designer™ 5.0 accelerates embedded development
Cypress has combined the PSoC Express™ visual
embedded system design tool, with PSoC Designer
software. Users can now start projects in a drag-and-drop
visual designmode (system-level view) and then move
to code-based design in C language (chip-level view) to
refine and customise their projects, all from within a
single tool. The new PSoC Designer 5.0 tool also includes
the more powerful version 9.61 of the HI-TECH C® PRO
compiler for PSoC. The new compiler includes a new lite
mode that designers can use free of charge without any
of the time or code-size limits usually associated with
free compilers. Download PSoC Designer 5.0 free
of charge at www.my-ftm.com/080929.
lower power and cost version of MPc8641d released
Freescale Semiconductor’s MPC8640D is a lower-cost,
lower-power version of the MPC8641D dual-core
processor. The MPC8640D enables the utility of high-performance
e600 Power Architecture® cores and
AltiVec® 128-bit vector processing at lower price points
and power requirements. The MPC8640D processor runs
at 1.0/1.25GHz per core while consuming up to 27% less
power than its MPC8641D predecessor. The device is
available in single- and dual-core versions and is ideal for
networking, telecom, pervasive computing, aerospace
and defence applications.
low-voltage CML family from Micrel
Micrel has added an ultra-low voltage Current-Mode
Logic (CML) product family to its portfolio of interface
products. The initial seven products in the family are
1.2/1.8V CML output devices with a core power supply of
2.5V that can interface directly to devices powered by a
1.2/1.8V supply. They also include a 1:2 fanout buffer,
differential line driver/receiver, 2:1 multiplexer, and a 2x2
crosspoint switch, which operates at up to 3.2GHz. In
addition, the SY54016R, SY54017R, and SY54023R parts
offer Micrel’s Fail Safe Input (FSI) circuitry. Targeted
applications include clock and data distribution, hot-swap
applications, rack-based equipment and automatic
test equipment.
SolarMagic™ technology maximises solar-energy production
National Semiconductor’s SolarMagic™ technology is
designed to increase the overall energy output of solar
electric power generating systems. SolarMagic™
technology extracts the maximum power efficiency of
each photovoltaic panel, even when some panels in the
array are compromised by shading, debris or inherent
panel-to-panel mismatch. The SolarMagic per-panel
electronics solution maximises power output of multi-panel
installations.
Octal UARTS accelerate time to market
Exar has released two highly-integrated, low
voltage/power eight-channel UARTs. The XR16M598
(16-Byte FIFO) and XR16M698 (32-Byte FIFO) integrate
an array of advanced features. Innovative developments
such as programmable TX/RX trigger levels, automatic
RS-485 half-duplex direction control, and Infrared mode
(IrDA 1.0) enable system designers to accelerate their
time to market.
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