Software

Analog Devices has released a Linux operating system based on Raspberry Pi OS for use with Raspberry Pis. Called Kuiper Linux, it incorporates Linux device drivers for ADI products, and supports other hardware including Digilent Zedboard, TerASIC DE10-Nano and Digilent Cora “The reasoning behind creating this distribution is to minimise the barriers to integrating ADI hardware devices into a Linux-based system,” according to the company. “When starting ...

Digi-Key Electronics and Truphone, a connectivity and SIM software specialist, are hosting a webinar to showcase eSIM technology and how it can help IoT devices connect more quickly and efficiently. The free virtual webinar, entitled ‘Why is Cellular connectivity so important to IoT?‘, will be held on Wednesday 8 December at 5pm GMT (11 am CST). Areas covered in the ...

Digi-Key Electronics is partnering with Seeed Studio and Machinechat for what it describes as the industry’s first private LoRaWAN-in-a-Box solutions for affordable and secure IoT. It’s aimed at IoT developers and engineers, and it combines Seeed’s Studio SenseCAP gateways and sensors with the Machinechat JEDI Pro Seeed Studio Edition software. The aim is to quickly deploy commercial IoT LoRa projects in ...

IAR Systems has added support for NXP’s new S32K3 automotive microcontrollers to Embedded Workbench for Arm. “IAR Embedded Workbench for Arm and is used by many large automotive part suppliers,” said IAR automotive director Kiyofumi Uemura. “Thanks to our collaboration with NXP, we have been supporting the S32K1 family since its launch in 2017.” S32K3 MCUs are designed for body electronics, battery ...

NXP has started production of its S32K3 automotive MCU family, built around Arm Cortex-M7 cores, and launched real-time software (called ‘Real-Time Drivers’) alongside it to support S32K3 and all S32 automotive processors featuring Arm Cortex-M or Cortex-R52 cores – so existing S32K1/S32G families too. Intended for body control, S32K3 family includes single, dual and lockstep M7 core configurations supporting ASIL B/D ...

Programmierbare Logik & Systeme (PLS) is covering NXP’s new S32K3 automotive MCU family trace and debug in the latest version of its Universal Debug Engine (UDE). S32K3 MCUs are based on the Arm’s Cortex-M7 core in single, dual and lock-step configurations for ISO 26262 functional safety applications up to ASIL D. Devices are offered in a range of flash memory sizes and ...

Congatec and RTOS company Sysgo have teamed up to provide Arm and x86 platforms tailored for functional safety and cybersecurity requirements. “This cooperation makes great sense for both partners, now that the latest platforms from NXP and Intel make it possible to develop functional safety-critical systems without additional hardware,” said Congatec marketing director Christian Eder. First implementations, certifiable in appropriate ...

Segger has eliminated periodic tick interrupts in an RTOS, replacing the typically 1ms system tick with a single-shot hardware timer that generates interrupts when, and only when, necessary, it said. Dubbing the technique ‘cycle-resolution timing’, “scheduling of all time-based events, such as time-outs, delays and periodic timers, can now be specified in microseconds or CPU cycles”. It “replaces ad-hoc, target-specific techniques for ...

Industrial control language Codesys will now run on Kontron’s Raspberry Pi compute module-based Pi-Tron CM3+ PCB computer (pictured). “The integrated development environment Codesys for programmable logic controllers according to the IEC 61131-3 standards is hardware-independent software for application development in industrial automation,” according to Kontron. “Thanks to its open interfaces and security features, Codesys has distinguished itself as an industry ...

Infineon has announced software support the ‘Matter’ smart home protocol. “Many smart home products use Infineon’s Airoc Wi-Fi, Airoc Bluetooth, and PSoC 6 microcontroller products,” according to the company. “In this regard, support for Matter in Infineon’s ModusToolbox software and tools is an important milestone for the adoption of the emerging standard.” Matter came out of the Zigbee Alliance as it rebranded ...