Dedicated Systems e-Spotlight: Vol 10, Issue 10s published on March 12, 2009
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SYSGO AG
SYSGO celebrates 10th anniversary of ELinOST Industrial Grade Linux with new 5.0 major release
Embedded World - Nuremberg, March 3, 2009
SYSGO, leading supplier of software solutions for the world´s most demanding safety and security applications, announces the release of ELinOS 5.0, the most widely used ...
The new version 5.0 of ELinOS, the product of choice for embedded Linux developers for 10 years, offers a new set of functionality that makes SYSGO´s historically popular product even more user friendly and feature rich while retaining the robustness and industrial quality that built its reputation.
Linux is an attractive option for many types of embedded applications. Its flexibility and broad range of functionality, APIs and drivers are compelling reasons to consider Linux. However, many traps and difficulties lurk for embedded Linux novices, non-experts, or developers who have no time to sort out the proliferation of new components continuously being added to the sprawling Linux ecosystem. ELinOS is the embedded Linux environment that solves these problems, offering custo...
Date : Mar 03, 2009
SPOTLIGHT SELECTION
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Industry News (Market)
Adacore
BAE Systems UK signs corporate-wide contract with AdaCore
Leading defense and aerospace company adopts AdaCore´s GNAT Pro development environment...
AMSTERDAM and NEW YORK, March 11, 2009 - Avionics 2009 - AdaCore has announced a corporate-wide, unlimited-usage licensing agreement with BAE Systems UK, providing every BAE Systems developer in the UK with access to AdaCore´s GNAT Pro Ada development environment. This contract potentially applies to all Ada projects at BAE Systems UK facilities. Existing projects can freely migrate to GNAT Pro, and new Ada projects can select GNAT Pro, with no additional costs to BAE Systems UK.
More than 600 current developers will benefit under this new contract. Developers now have access to GNAT Pro on 15 major native and cross development platforms that are in use across BAE Systems UK.
BAE Systems UK has a long history of successful use of the Ada programming language. Curren...
Date: Mar 12, 2009
SYSGO AG
SYSGO´s PikeOS selected for ESA project with SciSys and Astrium
SYSGO, leading supplier of software solutions for the world´s most demanding safety and security applications, has been chosen by ESA (European Space Agency) to participate to a project called "Securely Partitioning...
Avionics 2009 - Amsterdam, March 11, 2009
SYSGO, leading supplier of software solutions for the world´s most demanding safety and security applications, has been chosen by ESA (European Space Agency) to participate to a project called "Securely Partitioning Spacecraft Computing Resources". SYSGO is part of a consortium lead by SciSys, a leading supplier of solutions to the Space sector, and EADS Astrium, the well-known company gathering the space activities of the EADS Group.
The goal of the Securely Partitioning Spacecraft Computing Resources project is to substantially contribute to the technological foundation for Earth observation, telecom and navigation missions as well as new ESA initiatives in the dual-use, civilian and defense sectors. The project will explore an ...
Date: Mar 11, 2009
Enea
Enea Appoints New President and CEO
Per Åkerberg, today COO of Enea, is appointed President and CEO of Enea, starting March 27 2009....
Enea® has since May 2008 had board member Åsa Landén Ericsson as acting President and CEO. The board, after having screened external as well as internal candidates, appoints Per Åkerberg, currently Enea´s Chief Operating Officer, as new President and CEO.
"Per Åkerberg has in his role as COO acted as Enea´s global sales director. He has strongly contributed to Enea´s expansion on the global telecom market the last few years", said Åsa Landén Ericsson in her role as a representative of the Enea board. "Per has a thorough knowledge of the company as well as our market, and the board is convinced that he will continue to successfully grow Enea."
Per Åkerberg, born 1966, started at Enea in 2004 as President of the subsidiary Enea Embedded Technology and sinc...
Date: Mar 10, 2009
Embedded Masterclass
UK Embedded Masterclass to Include MISRA C++ Workshop
MISRA C++ workshop will enable delegates to understand the key features of MISRA C++, the rationale behind it, and why and when should we use it;
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The organisers of Embedded Masterclass, an event that brings together developers of hi-tech systems with vendors of tools and software for the development of microprocessor based systems, have announced that this year´s event will include a MISRA C++ workshop. This year´s event is to be held at Bar Hill near Cambridge on May 7th, and Falfield near Bristol on May 12th http://www.embedded-masterclass.com
IBM will lead a workshop that will provide an introduction to the MISRA C++ standard, its rationale, and experiences on applying it to a legacy application and to auto-generated code from UML.
"Many people will know that IBM have taken over several key technology companies that operate in this field, so they ...
Date: Mar 10, 2009
Systems
N.A.T. GmbH
N.A.T. NATIVE-STARTER-PLUS: Use ALL benefits of the open MicroTCA standard
N.A.T. paves the way to migrate from other standards to MicroTCA without changing drivers or applications. NATIVE-STARTER-PLUS is your entry point to showcase new innovations to your end customers in shortest time. Enjoy...
N.A.T., expert for high-performance network interfaces and industrial computers, at "embedded world" 2009 will show a complete portfolio of products to be more innovative with MicroTCA. This is complemented by products to easily migrate from other standards to MicroTCA without changing any driver or application.
The NATIVE product family offers a range of preinstalled AC/DC MicroTCA systems (5U, 2U, 1U, 19 inch and box solution). All of them allow the free selection and mixture of AMC boards from different vendors.
The new NATIVE-STARTER-PLUS is a turnkey MicroTCA system for evaluation and development. It is ready-to-run with preinstalled Ubuntu Linux OS and remote management and maintenance software NATView. The CPU board NAMC-T7400 is a 2.16 GHz Core2Duo T7400 processor...
Date: Mar 09, 2009
BVM Ltd
Half-size SBC packs a full size punch
The powerful new HS-771 SBC from BVM is a half size (185 x 122mm) PCI card form factor unit that is ideal for embedded applications where physical space is at a premium....
The powerful new HS-771 SBC from BVM is a half size (185 x 122mm) PCI card form factor unit that is ideal for embedded applications where physical space is at a premium. Despite its compact size, the SBC supports Socket P pin-out processors such as the Intel Core 2 Duo Mobile Penryn or Core 2 Extreme with a FSB up to 1066 MHz addressing up to 4GB of RAM. The Mobile GM45 Express chipset provides excellent flexibility and performance for developers of embedded applications such as network appliances, gaming platforms and industrial automation equipment, with outstanding graphics, memory and I/O bandwidth, asset management capabilities, storage speed and reliability.
The integrated Mobile Intel Graphics Accelerator 4500MHD and Intel Clear Video Technology with graphics core speeds up...
Date: Mar 06, 2009
Tools
Adacore
AdaCore launches GNAT Pro Traceability Analysis Package
New product and services solution provides customized source-to-object code traceability analysis...
AMSTERDAM and NEW YORK, March 11, 2009 - Avionics 2009 - AdaCore, leading provider of Ada tools and support, today announced the availability of the GNAT Pro Traceability Analysis Package. This product and services solution comprises an Ada language feature analysis, including test cases and GNAT Pro switch recommendations that can help developers demonstrate compliance of safety-critical software with the DO-178B avionics standard. Depending on the application´s criticality level, DO-178B demands varying depths of analysis for showing coverage of the requirements by the software. In general, it is sufficient to demonstrate coverage based on the source code. However, at the highest level (DO-178B, Level A), if the compiler generates object code not directly traceable to source code, ...
Date: Mar 12, 2009
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