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RapiTime 2.0 Improves The Timing Performance of Real-Time Embedded Software RapiTime Software Analysis Tool Gets Eclipsed General Software Selected by Top Avionics Companies for Specialized and Customized BIOS Designs SDC Systems To Exhibit New Embedded Technologies at UK Embedded Systems Show Kozio Hardware Diagnostics Software Available for MPC832X PowerPC's SDC Systems Announces Embedded BIOS® with StrongFrame™ SDC Expands Development Tool Offering with Rapita Technology ASIC and FPGA Design Acceleration Launched AAE - 07 SDC to Exhibit Graphical Interface Development Technology SDC Announces Kozio Diagnostics Package for AMCC’s nP3705 Packet Processor Kit
RapiTime 2.0 Improves The Timing Performance of Real-Time Embedded Software Rapita Systems Ltd, leaders in measurement based worst-case execution time analysis, announce the release of RapiTime 2.0 ; a comprehensive toolset for performance profiling and worst-case execution time analysis of real-time embedded software.
Within real-time computer systems, understanding, verifying, and improving software timing performance is a critical issue, especially in industries such as avionics, telecommunications, space, and automotive. RapiTime 2.0 is a powerful, Eclipse based tool that will help engineers address software timing challenges, enabling them to develop better systems. “RapiTime 2.0 enables a systematic and scientific approach to ensuring that time constraints are met,” said Stuart Parker of SDC Systems, Rapita's UK distributor. “It allows engineers to build timing correctness into their system, the result is a much reduced time to market combined with enhanced reliability.” Beyond providing an in-depth understanding of software timing behaviour, RapiTime 2.0 adds the capability to target optimisation effort precisely where it will have the maximum benefit. Using the advanced features of RapiTime 2.0, engineers can discover the extent to which different software components contribute to the worst-case (often very different from their contribution to the average case), identify worst-case hotspots, and select the best opportunities for source code optimisation. “RapiTime 2.0 also adds the capability to answer “what-if” questions about achievable performance gains; enabling the headroom for new functionality to be accurately assessed.” said Guiem Bernat, CEO of Rapita Systems, “Exploiting this advanced capability will allow engineers to leverage their efforts, obtaining disproportionately large reductions in overall execution times through optimisations targeted at a tiny proportion of the overall software. The result is an elimination of timing overruns, and the efficient creation of headroom for new functionality, without the need for costly and time-consuming hardware upgrades.” For further insight into how effective RapiTime is, engineers can download a copy of the RapiTime BAE Systems Experience Report from www.rapitasystems.com . About SDC Systems LtdSDC Systems Limited is a leading distributor of embedded development software, tools and hardware and a provider of professional services to the European embedded systems sector. Focused on innovative and leading-edge technology, SDC strives to provide ‘technology that makes a difference', technology that will accelerate the development process and/or improve the quality and functionality of the final product. With many years' experience and talented engineering support, SDC Systems work closely with their customers to provide an important source of embedded systems expertise and products. For more information please visit www.sdcsystems.com - or call Peter Heyes on +44 (0)1462 473953 About Rapita Systems Ltd. Rapita Systems Ltd is a specialist in the worst-case execution time analysis and performance profiling of real-time embedded systems for the avionics, telecommunications, space, and automotive electronics markets. Its innovative RapiTime product makes Rapita Systems the leader in measurement-based worst-case execution time (WCET) analysis solutions. For further details about the key information provided by RapiTime 2.0 download a copy of the RapiTime Brochure and White Paper from www.rapitasystems.com
RapiTime Software Analysis Tool Gets Eclipsed RapiTime 1.3 version to be demonstrated at UK Embedded System ShowRapita Systems have announced that their acclaimed software analysis tool RapiTime has undergone a number of significant updates, a key feature being that RapiTime is now integrated with the industry standard Eclipse IDE. Rapita's state-of-the-art RapiTime worst-case execution time analysis solution has enjoyed a great deal of success and recognition since its inception and the additional features are expected to broaden its appeal amongst embedded software developers.
The new RapiTime 1.3 version includes full Eclipse based RapiTime report visualisation, fast display of very large reports, integration with standard C Eclipse based source code editor and source code worst-case path colourisation, along with a number of other new features. Rapita's ambition for RapiTime version 1.3 was to enhance usability and also to make RapiTime more easily integrated into existing development environments. "The RapiTime Eclipse report plug-in makes integration of RapiTime with other tools very easy," said Dr. Guillem Bernat, CEO of Rapita Systems Ltd. "It also provides greater flexibility in presenting and manipulating timing data. We are confident the new RapiTime will be appreciated by engineers working to develop responsive and reliable code." Other features that contribute to the new RapiTime are customisable report tables, improved support for RTOS integration, support for logic analyser based tracing and improved display and handling of execution time profiles. In the UK, RapiTime is sold through European embedded systems tools specialist, SDC Systems, who will be exhibiting the Rapita toolset at the Embedded Systems Show. "The RapiTime product has been exciting for us," said Stuart Parker. "It's proven to be best in its class and the new features will certainly put it further ahead in its field. RapiTime is saving some of our customers a lot of development time and energy, and helping to create far more robust embedded software. It's proving to be a product that can really make a difference." SDC can be found on stand 520 and will also be exhibiting a range of embedded development products that include embedded Linux from MontaVista, embedded BIOS solutions from General Software and embedded GUI tools from Tilcon. About SDC SystemsSDC Systems Limited is a leading European distributor of embedded development software, tools and hardware. Focused on innovative and leading edge technology, SDC strives to provide "technology that makes a difference", technology that will positively impact the development process and the quality and functionality of the final product. With many years of experience and talented engineering support, SDC Systems work closely with their clients to provide an important source of embedded expertise and products. www.sdcsystems.com About Rapita Systems LtdRapita Systems Ltd. is a specialist in the worst-case execution time (WCET) analysis and simulation of real-time embedded systems for the avionics, automotive and telecommunications markets. Its innovative RapiTime product makes Rapita Systems the leader in measurement based on-target WCET analysis solutions. www.rapitasystems.com SDC Systems Contact:
General Software Selected by Top Avionics Companies for Specialized and Customized BIOS Designs General Software has been selected by top avionics companies Boeing, Thales Aviation, Panasonic Aviation, Astronautics and Raytheon to provide customized and specialized BIOS designs for a wide range of projects including security, in-flight entertainment, seat back LCDs and control panel displays, it was announced today.
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SDC Systems To Exhibit New Embedded Technologies at UK Embedded Systems Show Specialist distributor of embedded systems development tools, SDC Systems, will be demonstrating several new technologies at this year's Embedded Systems Show (ESS) to be held at the NEC in Birmingham on October 17th and 18th. Amongst these new technologies will be Gensoft's latest Embedded BIOS solution, Rapita's RapiTime software timing solutions and Tilcon's IDS for GUI/MMI development.
SDC Systems has established itself as a leading European supplier of innovative and powerful new embedded technologies that help engineers to shorten their development time. Its customers include some of Europe's major telecom, military and aerospace companies, and the company also plays an important role in such industry sectors as medical, automotive and point of sale. "We are pleased to be exhibiting at ESS this year; it's a very good forum for us to meet project teams and explain how our products can help them tackle the technical challenges of their next design" said Peter Heyes, European Sales Manager. "The new tools that we have added to our product line are very effective and well proven and they are already getting enthusiastic approval from our customers. We are looking forward to presenting these along with our existing products such as the ADI Xscale hardware, Kozio's kDiagnostics hardware verification and diagnostics tools and the Encirq DeviceSQL embedded data management solution." The Embedded Systems Show is the leading UK event for engineers that are working with computer technologies that are 'embedded' within devices such as mobile phones, car engine management systems, medical equipment, avionics and similar industries. In addition to an exhibition hall of worldwide vendors of these technologies, the event includes an informative technical conference. This is one of the largest forums for the embedded system design community to share technical knowledge and expertise. Technical sessions cover all of the key topics in system engineering and embedded software development with presentations by leading academics, industry consultants and professional tutors. "Although the Internet has played an important role in how this industry propagates its technology, there is still no substitute for an exhibition; as it enables engineers to find new products, technologies and vendors that don't show up using standard search criteria. In addition, it is easy to gain an immediate understanding of the technology and the costs to utilise it through face to face meetings" said Peter. "Some of this technology is complex and often its capabilities and benefits are not clear from a review of datasheets or web-based material. Whereas at ESS, engineers get the opportunity to meet with the vendor's engineer to discuss their particular requirements, see live demonstrations and maybe even get some initial training. The UK is a leader in a wide range of embedded applications and this event really does help UK engineers keep up to date with what is available worldwide when planning their next project." SDC Systems have recently announced the release of their Embedded BIOS with StrongFrame Technology, a new version of their Embedded BIOS product that specifically addresses the Embedded market for use in products such as kiosks, point of sale (POS) devices, medical equipment, gaming, test equipment, and avionics gear such as flight management systems and flight data recorders. This Embedded BIOS solution from General Software offers embedded engineers exceptional configuration flexibility, powerful deployment tools and deep compatibility with x86 industry standards, providing a fast, low risk approach to x86 based development. With the new release, General Software has sought to bring the many elements of their extensive BIOS support into a single framework, enabling engineers to easily configure the necessary libraries and functionality that they need for a new x86 board design. To register to attend the Embedded Systems Show, visit http://www.edaexhibitions.com For more information on the tools and products available from SDC visit http://www.sdcsystems.com About SDC SystemsSDC Systems Limited is a leading European distributor of embedded development software, tools and hardware. Focused on innovative and leading edge technology, SDC strives to provide "technology that makes a difference", technology that will positively impact the development process and the quality and functionality of the final product. With many years' experience and talented engineering support, SDC Systems work closely with their clients to provide an important source of embedded expertise and products. http://www.sdcsystems.com
Kozio Hardware Diagnostics Software Available for MPC832X PowerPC's Kozio, the leading provider of automated hardware diagnostics ideally suited for board bring-up, manufacturing test and power on self test, today announced support for custom product designs using Freescale's MPC832x series of PowerPC processors, including the e300 core as well as the QUICC Engine™ technology. With Kozio diagnostics, those using this series of Freescale processors in a variety of applications, including industrial quality control, will be able to speed product development and reduce time to market significantly. Through its partnership with Freescale, Kozio is able to provide proven, turnkey hardware diagnostics, including its kDiagnostics™, kManufacturing™, and kPOST™ products in just two to ten days. Kozio’s unique diagnostics tools offer testing and validation support for on-chip memory management units (MMUs), PCI controller, all DMA channels, local bus, and DDR-1/DDR-2 SDRAM memory controllers. In addition, Kozio provides built-in drivers and test suites for peripheral controllers such as Ethernet, USB, I2C, TDM, UART, and others. “Our first client to use our diagnostics software for the Freescale MPC8323 PowerPC processor is a leading manufacturer of mobile broadband infrastructure equipment,” said Al Arendt, director of sales at Kozio. “We're pleased to bring these turnkey diagnostic suites to our clients, to help them reduce designs costs and deliver reliable products faster. This is part of our effort to attend to growing needs in a variety of industries, by horizontally expanding our CPU and peripheral controller coverage, and vertically expanding our product features.” He adds that Kozio diagnostic software is a unique tool that can help internal design and quality control teams work more effectively than ever. “Kozio’s software comes with its own boot loader, which performs all necessary CPU, bus, and memory configurations, allowing you to run diagnostics with no other software present,” Arendt said. “In addition, this platform provides an easy-to-use tool for loading other applications into SDRAM, Flash, DSPs, or FPGAs, helping designers accelerate the board bring-up process.” Kozio's diagnostic software now supports the MPC8321, MPC8321E, MPC8323, and MPC8323E processors from Freescale. An evaluation version of kDiagnostics for the MPC832xE MDS reference platform is available immediately. The evaluation software allows Freescale processor purchasers to test the software, and then purchase a full version for their custom platform after getting a feel for the many benefits the product has to offer. About Freescale's MPC832x Processor Series Kozio Products www.kozio.com are distributed by SDC in the UK and Europe. SDC Systems Limited is a leading European distributor of embedded development software, tools and hardware. Focused on innovative and leading edge technology, SDC strives to provide "technology that makes a difference", technology that will positively impact the development process and the quality and functionality of the final product. With many years' experience and talented engineering support, SDC Systems work closely with their clients to provide an important source of embedded expertise and products. http://www.sdcsystems.com
SDC Systems Announces Embedded BIOS® with StrongFrame™ Technology SDC Systems have announced the release of General Software's Embedded BIOS® with StrongFrame™ Technology, a new version of their Embedded BIOS product that is used extensively in products such as kiosks, point of sale (POS) devices, medical equipment, gaming systems, test equipment, and avionics products including flight management systems and flight data recorders. Embedded BIOS® with StrongFrame™ Technology from General Software offers embedded engineers exceptional configuration flexibility, powerful deployment tools and excellent compatibility with x86 industry standards, providing a fast, low risk approach to x86 based development. With the new release, General Software has sought to bring the many elements of the extensive BIOS support into a structured framework, enabling engineers to easily and efficiently configure the necessary libraries and functionality that they need for a new x86 board design. Over the coming months General Software will introduce pre-configured versions of EBSF that will address the needs of specific industry applications, such as software security in gaming systems, to further reduce the time needed to get a new product design to market. "It's an exciting step forward," said Stuart Parker of SDC Systems. "The new StrongFrame technology will help engineers get the full benefit of the extensive Embedded BIOS libraries that have been developed over the years. Whether it's a short boot up time, tight software security or custom self-test that is required, engineers will be able configure exactly what they need much more easily than before. BIOS developers can produce working prototypes in days, and finish deployments in weeks, thanks to the new core's configuration management that uses intuitive descriptive methods and procedures to build the BIOS image rather than assembly language directives that have been the standard approach to-date." While assembly code is still used for fine detailed control over the configuration, objects like ACPI, MP, and PCI tables are automatically constructed, as are Setup screens and their fields, based on descriptions of the target entered by the developer. With much less assembly code to control, OEM customers can achieve results much earlier in the development process while at the same time reduce the amount of BIOS code that must be adapted manually. Being able to develop at the functional module level rather than at code level for individual components, it greatly simplifies and shortens the system validation stage of the project. SDC Systems has been supplying and supporting General Software's BIOS products for several years and its customers include some of Europe's major x86 board developers. "The Embedded BIOS product is one of our most successful product lines," said Stuart. "It's proven to be a well constructed and equally well supported product, enabling it to make a real difference to our customers developing x86 based products. We've seen several repeat orders for new projects, which demonstrates our customers' confidence in Embedded BIOS and in us as their supplier." More information on Embedded BIOS® with StrongFrame™ Technology is available on SDC's website www.sdcsystems.com . SDC Systems is able to provide consultancy and engineering services to assist in BIOS development issues as required.
SDC Expands Embedded System Development Tool Offering with Rapita Systems' Technology European distributors of software and tools for high tech development engineers, SDC, have announced a distribution agreement with software timing analysis and simulation experts Rapita Systems. SDC will now be supplying Rapita's state-of-the-art RapiTime worst-case execution time analysis solutions and their equally advanced VirtualTime "software-in-the-loop" simulation technology which accurately models the detailed interactions and timing behaviour of complex RTOS-based systems such as Electronic Control Units, mobile phones and radio base stations.
"For engineers developing complex real-time software, these are very powerful tools and we are very pleased to be including these in our portfolio,” said Stuart Parker, Managing Director of SDC. "At SDC, our objective is always to supply embedded engineers with technologies that make a difference. The RapiTime and VirtualTime products will enable engineers to accelerate development and enhance systems performance, we feel confident that our customers will be excited to learn about these particular products." SDC's product offering includes reference design hardware for both CPU's and FPGA's, real-time operating systems, debug tools, embedded data management technology, BIOS solutions and graphical user interface development tools. SDC currently supply some the leading companies in Europe that are involved in the development of hi-tech products and SDC are recognised worldwide for their knowledge and experience in the field of embedded systems development. Rapita Systems Ltd is a specialist in the worst-case execution time analysis and simulation of real-time embedded systems for the Avionics, Telecommunications, Space and Automotive markets. Its innovative RapiTime product makes Rapita Systems the leader in measurement-based worst-case execution time (WCET) analysis solutions. RapiTime provides a practical WCET analysis solution that works for complex embedded software running on the latest generation of advanced microprocessors. Rapita Systems' simulation technology is similarly state-of-the-art. VirtualTime "software-in-the-loop" simulation accurately models the detailed interactions and timing behaviour of complex RTOS-based systems such as Electronic Control Units, mobile phones and radio base stations. "We are very pleased to be working with SDC," said Guillem Bernat, CEO at Rapita Systems. "Our focus is on developing the core technology and bringing state of the art products to market. We are looking to work with key industry specialists as channel partners in the various geographic regions, so to have a partner such as SDC helping us to take this technology to a wider audience is an important step forward. SDC have a lot of expertise in the area of code analysis and simulation and also a strong understanding of the European embedded marketplace, so we feel very confident that we have chosen the right partner in this respect". RapiTime is an analysis tool that provides a unique solution to the problem of determining worst-case execution times (WCET) for software components running on advanced microprocessors. Its key features include accurately determining the worst-case execution time, identifying code on the worst-case path, analysis of worst-case hotspots, code coverage analysis and execution time profiling. There is also a RapiTime evaluation kit available to help engineers who wish to assess this technology before committing to using it as part of their software development process. The Evaluation Kit is based on the phy-CORE MPC555 development board with MPC555 Single Board Computer module and includes 128Kbyte SRAM, 512Kbyte Flash, 2x CAN interfaces, 2x RS-232 interfaces and a BDM interface. VirtualTime is a tool-set for building accurate simulations of complex multiprocessor real-time systems. VirtualTime addresses a key problem in the cost-effective development of reliable telecommunications systems: the need to verify designs, identifying and fixing unexpected timing and performance issues as early as possible in the development life-cycle. More about the Rapita products...
ASIC and FPGA Design Acceleration Tools to be Launched At Advanced Automotive Electronics Event At the forthcoming AAE-07, automotive electronics event, SDC Systems will be announcing the UK launch of a range of ASIC and FPGA Design Acceleration Tools. The AAE-2007 (Advanced Automotive Electronics Show)is to be held at the Heritage Motor Centre in Gaydon on January 31st and SDC Systems will be exhibiting a range of leading edge embedded development tools and software. An important new technology to feature on SDC's stand will be the powerful ASIC and FPGA development tools from Austrian company GE-Research, a member of the MSC group. Consisting of hardware development platforms and SEmulation, a powerful FPGA design simulation and emulation tool, SDC are anticipating considerable interest around this technology. "We have been looking for a development platform for FPGA’s for a while and we are delighted to have found GE-Research and their development platforms and SEmulation technology, as it fits with our key objective of identifying and promoting new and highly productive tools to the UK market," said Stuart Parker, Managing Director of SDC Systems. "The SEmulation technology will be of great benefit to designers building increasingly large and complex FPGAs that do not have the budget for a fully featured emulator but are faced with the need to undertake extensive simulation before committing the design to full production. SEmulation will increase design security and decrease development time without any additional hardware cost. The UK has a very active ASIC and FPGA development community, we feel sure this technology will be of great interest to this part of the embedded engineering sector." SDC claim that one such FPGA development platform, the Hpe_midi, is the most flexible FPGA and ASIC development system available on the market today. The FPGA is contained on a removable module with different FPGA modules available and more in development. Currently SDC offer modules with ALTERA StratixII ™ and StratixIII™ will follow shortly. AAE-2007 is the follow up to the very successful AAE-2006. Last years event has been held in high regard for its excellent conference, high quality For more information on AAE-07 visit www.aae-show.co.uk SDC Systems will also be exhibiting a broad range of embedded software tools and hardware solutions such as their Encirq embedded data management solution, their Kozio hardware verification test suite, their ADI Xscale wifi hardware platforms and their FSM Labs realtime Linux operating system.
SDC Systems to Exhibit Graphical Interface Development Technology at Advanced Automotive Electronics Show SDC Systems will be exhibiting a new and innovative graphical interface development technology at AAE-2007 (Advanced Automotive Electronics Show), to be held at the Heritage Motor Centre in Gaydon on January 31st. The Tilcon Interface Development Suite is one of SDC's latest products and enables engineers to develop powerful graphical user interfaces (GUI's) for embedded systems such as telematic systems, man machine interfaces, consumer devices and medical systems. "This is a very exciting product for us," said Stuart Parker, Managing Director of SDC. "For engineers looking to develop realtime or deeply embedded systems, the Tilcon Interface Developer Suite(IDS) will be a very attractive solution. It is now a mature and proven product that runs on a broad range of operating systems, providing a very high quality graphical solution that will add considerable value to an embedded system." The Tilcon IDS is a multi-platform user interface technology (GUI and HMI builder) that delivers robust, highly interactive user interfaces for real-time and embedded applications. The Tilcon solution is based on a scalable graphics kernel that manages all aspects of the display and user interaction as a service to distributed API clients and works directly with the native RTOS (such as VxWorks) and core graphics library (such as WindML, Win32, Photon and upcoming OpenGL ES). The Tilcon IDS also takes full advantage of the hardware platforms (such as SH4, PPC, ARM, XScale and X86) in order to enhance performance speed. "The Tilcon IDS is an out-of-the-box solution," said Stuart. "It will save many man-hours of writing low level graphical C/C++ code, providing reduced development costs, faster time to market and almost certainly a more refined solution. With its proven performance within telematic systems, the AAE Show seemed the ideal place for us to launch it!". AAE-2007 is the follow up to the very successful AAE-2006. Last years event has been held in high regard for its excellent conference, high quality visitors, broad range of exhibitors and overall management. Key to the success and attraction of this event is the fact that electronics now form the backbone of many systems which result in safer, more efficient, economical and environmentally-friendly modes of transport. With an ever-increasing range of leading-edge technologies emerging into the automotive market this is one of the most exciting and dynamic manufacturing sectors in the world. In fact, global industry analysts are already estimating that by 2010 a massive 40% of the content of a mid-sized care could be accounted for by electronics. The AAE events have become the leading UK conference and exhibition to address this growing part of the technology sector. More about the Tilcon Graphical User Interface (GUI) Development Tool SDC Announces Kozio Diagnostics Package for AMCC’s nP3705 Packet Processor Kit More about SDC's Hardware Verification and Validation products...
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