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Recent News from Lauterbach Lauterbach to Exhibit Software Debug Technology at National Electronics Week Lauterbach Announces Debug Support for New Micro’s Lauterbach to Present Latest Debug Tools at UK Medical Electronics Event Lauterbach To Prove Software Code Performance at UK Automotive Electronics EventLauterbach Leads The Way with High Speed Serial Trace Debug Technology Lauterbach Pioneers 'Long Term Trace' Debug Technology Lauterbach Extends Tools Support for Xilinx Zynq-7000 Extensible Processing Platform Lauterbach Sponsors UK Embedded Masterclass 2011
Lauterbach to Exhibit Software Debug Technology at National Electronics Week Software debug tool provider, Lauterbach have announced that they will be exhibiting at National Electronics Week (NEW), due to take place at the Birmingham NEC, 18th - 19th April.
"Our main focus will be on explaining how higher end tools such as those from Lauterbach can make better business sense," said Barry Lock, UK Manager of Lauterbach. "There are lower cost and less capable tools that engineers can use, but so often these prove to be a false economy. The more powerful tools will help to quickly locate bugs and bottlenecks in the code, helping to keep expensive development time down to a minimum and also ensuring optimum performance and reliability from the software. Debug tools can have a big influence on the commercial performance of a development project - this is what we'll be highlighting." German based Lauterbach had a turnover in excess of $90 million worldwide during 2011 and has seen its customer base grow year on year. Recognised for both engineering excellence and exceptional technical support, Lauterbach tools have become a favourite with many hi-tech engineers. Lauterbach tools support more than 3500 microprocessors and all known ARM Cores, covering products from over 75 silicon companies. The quality and capability of these tools enables engineering teams to develop robust code whilst minimising development time lost to debugging. An expert engineer will be available to discuss the latest developments in debugging technology, such as 'multi-core', 'high speed trace', 'long term trace' and energy profiling. There will also be demonstrations of their tools on live targets; enabling engineers to experience the power of hardware assisted debugging first hand. “Energy Profiling should be of interest to engineers working in the development of battery powered devices,” said Barry Lock. “Software performance can have a big impact on power usage and this tool helps extend battery life and reduce battery size. In a high volume product, this approach can save a lot of money.“ National Electronics Week describes itself as the UK’s only dedicated event for the electronics industry. Spanning sectors from design to final manufacture, this event offers engineers an ideal platform to source products and services related to electronics design and manufacturing. The 2012 NEW will form part of the UK’s largest manufacturing event running alongside another 7 industry events spanning more than 37,000 sqm of space and giving engineers the opportunity to see around 1,000 exhibiting companies. http://www.nationalelectronicsweek.co.uk
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Lauterbach Announces Debug Support for New Micro’s Debug tool specialist, Lauterbach continues to add support for many new processor and flash families. This year will see a new record with support added for over 350 new processor types and 300+ flash parts from 27 silicon vendors being added to the range of supported cores. This is part of the continued expansion of its range of debug tools and is being rewarded by continued impressive sales growth in China Asia and the USA
“One strength of Lauterbach, is the very wide range microprocessors that we support,” said Barry Lock, UK Manager. “Our customers need to know that they have the freedom to choose whichever microprocessor is best for their project, and that there will be effective tool support for the critical debug phase. This announcement reaffirms our commitment to provide tool support for the very latest devices whether its from ARM, Intel, MIPS, TI or any other silicon supplier.” Recently, Lauterbach has been acknowledged for pioneering new software debug technologies such as ‘long term trace ‘, ‘high speed trace’ and ‘power usage analysis’. Engineers will have the chance to explore these new technologies at Medelec, a UK medical electronics event at which Lauterbach will be presenting and exhibiting. Medelec takes place on the 29th November at Cambridge. www.medelec.co.uk “As microprocessors have become more complex, faster and more integrated, debug tool technology has needed to play an increasingly important role,” said Barry Lock. “At Medelec we’ll be demonstrating our tools, as well as presenting about ‘code quality‘. Code quality is clearly essential in medical systems, so we are expecting a very receptive audience.” German based Lauterbach had a turnover in excess of $90 million worldwide during 2010 and has seen its customer base grow year on year. Recognised for both engineering excellence and exceptional technical support, Lauterbach tools have become a favourite with many hi-tech engineers. Lauterbach tools support all the major families of embedded processor cores, covering products from 75 silicon companies. The quality and capability of these tools enable engineering teams to develop robust code whilst minimising development time lost to debugging. About Lauterbach Lauterbach Contact: Media Contact:
Lauterbach to Present Latest Debug Tools at UK Medical Electronics Event Lauterbach, a world leader in software debug tools, has announced that it will be presenting and exhibiting at MEDELEC 2011, a UK event for engineers working in the medical sector. MEDELEC 2011 will take place on the 29th November in Cambridge. www.medelec.co.uk
MEDELEC is an event that focuses specifically on the increasingly important role that electronic components and embedded systems are playing in the design, development and manufacture of medical devices. "Having the right debug tools is a critical factor in the software development of medical devices," said Barry Lock, UK Manager, Lauterbach. "We will be demonstrating how our Trace technology can assist engineers in ensuring code quality and code performance, and how we can help in achieving the necessary medical industry approvals." German based Lauterbach had a turnover in excess of $90 million worldwide during 2010 and has seen its customer base grow year on year. Recognised for both engineering excellence and exceptional technical support, Lauterbach tools have become a favourite with many hi-tech engineers. Lauterbach tools support more than 3500 microprocessors and all known ARM Cores, covering products from over 75 silicon companies. The quality and capability of these tools enable engineering teams to develop robust code whilst minimising development time lost to debugging. “For any engineers that are looking at new projects or simply wanting to keep up with the technology, then I think this will be a very useful event,” said Barry Lock. “Certainly, it always a good idea to fully explore the hardware and debugging options as thoroughly as possible, as these factors often have a major impact on development time and performance. This event will be a chance to chat with engineers that have hands on experience and a lot of real-world industry knowledge.” Lauterbach will be available to discuss leading edge debug technology such as their ‘Long Term’ trace and ’High Speed’ trace, technologies that help engineers fully understand system behavior in high-speed and complex embedded systems. About LauterbachLauterbach is the world’s largest producer of hardware-assisted debug tools. Its engineering team has more than 30 years experience in making world-class debuggers and emulators. The company attaches great importance to very high technical standards and only the latest development methods are used. This sound technical know-how has a high priority in the sales, support and training departments contributing to the technical expertise that is highly regarded by their customers across the world. www.lauterbach.com About MEDELEC 2011 – www.medelec.co.uk Lauterbach Contact: Media Contact:
Lauterbach To Prove Software Code Performance at UK Automotive Electronics Event World leading debug tool specialist Lauterbach has announced that it will be exhibiting at aae2011, a major automotive electronics event, to be held on the 27th September at the Heritage Motor Centre and Museum. http://www.aae-show.com
Now in its fourth year, Advanced Automotive Electronics (aae) is the UK industry's leading conference focused on automotive electronics system design and development. This event attracts engineers from across Europe, providing an important opportunity for them to learn about the very latest technologies, tools and innovations that are emerging in the automotive space. "Electronic and embedded computer systems are now a very major component of car design, said Barry Lock, UK Manager, Lauterbach. "Our tools help engineers prove that the code they write is bug free and performs at its optimum level. With the ever-increasing complexity, speed and intelligence of these systems, knowing that the code will be reliable is a major challenge. Powerful tools, such as our 'Trace' technology, are required to collect and analyse data from the system, ensuring code quality. We will be talking about these tools and how they work, and we will be demonstrating this technology at the conference." German based Lauterbach had a turnover in excess of $90 million worldwide during 2010 and has seen its customer base grow year on year. Recognised for both engineering excellence and exceptional technical support, Lauterbach tools have become a favourite with many hi-tech engineers. Lauterbach tools support more than 3500 microprocessors and all known ARM Cores, covering products from over 75 silicon companies. The quality and capability of these tools enable engineering teams to develop robust code whilst minimising development time lost to debugging. “At this event we will also be discussing how our Trace tools can assist engineers in achieving Safety specifications such as ISO26262,” said Barry Lock. “We will discuss how our ‘Long Term’ Trace technology can capture minutes or even hours of code operation and analyse system software performance from start-up to switch off, in order to predict real-world behaviour.” Despite the contraction in motor manufacturing in the UK, the development of electronics and automotive technology remains a success story within the UK engineering sector. From engine management systems to airbag control systems and from braking and traction control to electric car design, the UK employs a large and talented workforce in this sector. Furthermore, the UK is considered the home of motor racing technology.
Lauterbach Leads The Way with High Speed Serial Trace Debug Technology Lauterbach, a world leader in software debug tools, has announced that it has been working with microprocessor developers in the field of 'High Speed Serial' trace technology for several years; a serial transmission technology that could transmit the entire contents of a DVD in 3 seconds, making it ideal for the collecting of data for the debugging and development of very high speed embedded systems and systems requiring mission critical analysis.
"The trace interface, over which the processors deliver the detailed information on the operation of their inner processes, has struggled to keep up with the growing flood of information as processors have become more complex and faster," said Barry Lock, Manager of Lauterbach UK. "For many developers of embedded systems it would be unthinkable to undertake a development without this important information, so a lot of effort has been made to increase the data throughput of the trace interface." For many years the increase in clock frequency and a greater bus-width at the trace port were an effective way of increasing data volumes. However, these measures have their price. Not only does a wider trace port take up highly coveted package pins, but also, poor signal quality at higher clock frequencies requires compensation on all signals from the trace bus. In recent times, ARM has implemented this technology with its High Speed Serial Trace Port (HSSTP). This was quickly followed by AMCC with the Titan, Freescale with the QorIQ processors P4040 and P4080 and Marvell with the SETM3. "At Lauterbach we have taken the lead in the design of the hardware interface for serial trace," said Barry Lock. "A universal preprocessor was developed on the basis of the Aurora protocol. Only the firmware and software have to be changed to record any of the alternative protocols. This means that our system is already prepared for further variants of serial trace protocols. This will be exciting news for engineers working at the leading edge of microprocessor based systems." The “Preprocessor HSSTP” is designed for a maximum of four high-speed channels. The following transmission rates are supported: The trace data is provided via a custom connector system from Samtec (ERF8, 40 pins). For transmission, ARM-HSSTP uses the Xilinx Aurora Protocol. The parallel trace data is 8b / 10b coded and serialized on the ARM core. Differential GBit transceivers send the data flow by cable to the “Preprocessor The large volume of trace data obviously requires a correspondingly large trace memory. This is available from the Lauterbach's 'PowerTrace II' with a memory extension of up to 4 GBytes. About Lauterbach Lauterbach Pioneers 'Long Term Trace' Debug Technology Long Term Trace Offers Recording and Direct Analysis Lauterbach has announced that it has been pushing the barriers of debug technology with important developments in 'Long Term Trace' technology. Long Term Trace provides the ability to collect massive amounts of code performance information from a running embedded system, in order for the user to detect and analyse the most unpredictable and transient of bugs. Demand for long-term trace debugging is being driven by market sectors such as automotive, medical and aerospace, where microprocessor based systems are becoming increasingly complex and in need of more rigorous testing to comply with safety and performance criteria.
"One example is to imagine an engine management system. This level of code coverage enables engineers to analyze the software from a cold start, then up to temperature, through acceleration and deceleration and then to braking," said Barry Lock, Manager of Lauterbach UK. "We are now able to capture code over much longer periods. This is a very important break-through for those developing complex or safety critical code." Working with some key customers, Lauterbach have spent several years developing this technology. The data from the chips on board trace port is part processed and compressed, by the tool which acts as a 4GByte FIFO buffer before streaming the data over Gigabit Ethernet to the host and a fast hard drive for later storage and analysis. At this time, this capability is available for the ARM Cortex A8/A9 and the PowerPC Nexus and is being expanded to other processor families. "We have recently been working with the long-term trace technology in the UK and have found it to be most impressive," said Barry. "For safety critical systems, it will enable an engineer to exercise their code like never before. It's clear that for medical systems, automotive and safety control systems, long-term trace technology will not only accelerate the debugging and code test phase but will also ensure a higher level of code integrity, greatly reducing the risk of recalls or system failure." For Long-Term Trace applications, the Lauterbach tools and software require a host PC with minimum spec of a dual core processor with 64-bit operating system and a fast access hard drive. Lauterbach is the world’s largest producer of hardware-assisted debug tools, having a turnover in excess of $90 million worldwide during 2010 and seeing its customer base grow year on year. Recognised for both engineering excellence and exceptional technical support, Lauterbach tools have become a favourite with many hi-tech engineers. Lauterbach tools support more than 50 different processor families and all ARM Cores, covering products from over 75 silicon companies. The quality and capability of these tools enable engineering teams to develop robust code whilst minimising development time lost to debugging. About LauterbachLauterbach is the world’s largest producer of hardware-assisted debug tools. Its engineering team has more than 30 years experience in making world-class debuggers and emulators. The company attaches great importance to very high technical standards and only the latest development methods are used. This sound technical know-how has a high priority in the sales, support and training departments contributing to the technical expertise that is highly regarded by their customers across the world. www.lauterbach.com Lauterbach Contact: Barry Lock, UK Manager E-mail: barry.lock(at)lauterbach.co.uk Tel: +44 (0) 1256 333 690
Lauterbach Extends Tools Support for Xilinx Zynq-7000 Extensible Processing Platform TRACE32® PowerTools for Xilinx Zynq-7000 Extensible Processing Platform Lauterbach, the leading manufacturer of hardware assisted microprocessor development tools, has launched support for the new Xilinx Zynq-7000 Extensible Processing Platform that integrates a complete ARM® Cortex™-A9 MPCore™ processor-based system with 28nm low-power programmable logic.
While Lauterbach’s TRACE32® tool has been supporting the ARM® Cortex™-A9 core for some time, the latest enhancement adds the Zynq-7000 family devices to the list of validated target devices. Therefore TRACE32® supports all processor cores, including the PowerPC and MicroBlaze processors that are used with Xilinx programmable logic. In multi-core designs any combination of these cores can be debugged concurrently using a single debug interface. “Lauterbach’s support of the Zynq-7000 family with the TRACE32® hardware assisted debugging and trace tool allows customers to preserve their design/debug environment while, at the same time, explore the capabilities of the Extensible Processing Platform,” said Norbert Weiss, Sales and Marketing Manager at Lauterbach GmbH. “Our work with Xilinx builds on years of collaboration between the two companies on FPGA-based embedded systems development solutions.” TRACE32® supports all hardware debug features of the Cortex™-A9 MPCore™ processing system and flash programming. An off-chip and on-chip real-time program trace with sophisticated trace filters and triggers is available. If off-chip trace is used, it does not use any FPGA resources but stores the trace data in up to 4GB of external high-speed memory. Unlike other tools, the TRACE32® debugger has been developed specifically to meet the needs of embedded debugging. Being the product of more than 30 years of embedded debugging experience, the TRACE32® has accumulated a rich feature set that is common to the TRACE32® debugger for over 60 supported processor families. “Xilinx is very excited to have early support for the Zynq-7000 Extensible Processing Platform from the Lauterbach development tools,” said Mark Jensen, Director of Processing Partnership at Xilinx. “This will enable Xilinx’s customers in Europe and across the globe to benefit from a well established development environment and enable them to get started very quickly with their designs targeting Zynq-7000 devices.” About LauterbachLauterbach is the world’s largest producer of hardware-assisted debug tools. Its engineering team has more than 30 years experience in making world-class debuggers and emulators. The company attaches great importance to very high technical standards and only the latest development methods are used. This sound technical know-how has a high priority in the sales, support and training departments contributing to the technical expertise that is highly regarded by their customers across the world. www.lauterbach.com
Lauterbach Contact: Barry Lock, UK Manager E-mail: barry.lock(at)lauterbach.co.uk Tel: +44 (0) 1256 333 690
Lauterbach Sponsors UK Embedded Masterclass 2011 Lauterbach, the world’s largest producer of hardware-assisted debug tools, has announced that it is to be the leading sponsor of this year’s Embedded Masterclass which is to be held on 24th May in Cambridge and 7th June in Stratford-Upon-Avon. www.embedded-masterclass.com In recent years the Embedded Masterclass has become an important event for engineers working with embedded systems and embedded devices. The term 'embedded' refers to the fact that most modern systems and devices have a microprocessor 'embedded' within them. The Embedded Masterclass exhibition, workshops and seminars look to introduce the very latest tools and technologies in this field.
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