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Blog Post:SEP 2.0

Colin Walls — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:00:13 GMT

When I first heard the term “Smart Energy”, I confess that I had no idea what it meant. For a while, a precise definition seemed to elude me, as people would talk about smart meters and the Smart Grid, but not actually say what smart energy was. It is now a little clearer. Smart Energy is really a catch-all term for a bunch of technology associated with energy efficiency primarily in a domestic

Blog Post:How to make use of Android on Linux IVI systems with Linux Containers

Kamran Shah — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:42:38 GMT

Andrew Patterson hosted a webinar that was very popular recently on the options for making use of Android in IVI systems. This includes porting Android to run directly on an SoC as the sole operating system, running Android in conjunction with another operating system such as Linux with use of a hypervisor, or making use of Android via a Linux Container. As a follow-up Ned, one of experts on Linux Containers,

Blog Post:Device Firmware Upgrade through USB

Colin Walls — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 18:43:01 GMT

One of the great things about software, compared with hardware, is the ease with which it may be changed and updated. The big downside of software is also the ease with which it can be changed. This ease can make software developers lazy, as they know that they can always fix things later. This is a sharp contrast to chip developers who are fearful of errors, as an ASIC respin is both time consuming

On-demand Web Seminar:Improve your embedded development process with advanced software insight and new capabilities in the latest release of Sourcery CodeBench

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 18:33:52 GMT

The latest release of Sourcery CodeBench includes powerful new capabilities and features, enabling increased insight into your software’s performance and behavior.

Blog Post:Reduce your embedded design compile times with Sourcery CodeBench

Anil Khanna — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 19:10:55 GMT

The latest 2013.05 release of Sourcery CodeBench has several new enhancements, one of which is the availability of the compile cache feature (currently available on Linux hosts). Some of you may already be familiar with the “ccache” utility that is available in the open-source community and can be used along with gcc. The Mentor Embedded team has made improvements upon this utility also making it available

Blog Post:Non-intrusive debug

Colin Walls — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 23:05:50 GMT

I recently posted about using printf() for debugging – or, rather, I suggested a few good alternatives, which make more sense to embedded developers. Most debugging/tracing technologies involve adding some code to the target system, which might make some developers uncomfortable. Surely the code being debugged is no longer the same as you plan to ship? Broadly speaking, this is really a manifestation

Blog Post:Advanced tracing support for ARM based chipsets: what this means for your embedded software development

Anil Khanna — Wed, 29 May 2013 19:17:06 GMT

Yesterday, we announced new versions of the Sourcery CodeBench and Sourcery Analyzer products. Significant new functionality has been added to these releases. In particular, the focus has been given to enhancing the embedded software debugging flow. In relation to this, Sourcery CodeBench now includes trace capability and supports analysis of both software trace (via Sourcery Analyzer technology) and

Blog Post:New software trace analysis capabilities in Sourcery CodeBench

Brad Dixon — Wed, 29 May 2013 15:56:55 GMT

Spring is here in the northern hemisphere and with it along comes a new release of Sourcery CodeBench! I’ve spent my past two posts sharing information about how Sourcery Analyzer can help you to understand complex software behavior and performance challenges. If you’ve not read those posts here they are: Add real world data to Linux trace without LTTng hacking Simple measurements of software

Technology Overview:Smart Energy In-Home Display Demo Running on Nucleus RTOS

Wed, 29 May 2013 15:02:00 GMT

This Smart Energy In-Home Display demo shows how the Nucleus RTOS and User Interface solution can be used to create a smart energy display device. Smart energy devices allow an end user to overview and manage their home energy use. The UI provides detailed analysis of just how much electricity is being using, on a room to room or per electrical item basis. The associated costs and accumulated monthly usage are also presented to the user.

News Article:Mentor Graphics Brings Seamless Software Trace, Debug, and Performance Analysis to Embedded Systems Development

Wed, 29 May 2013 13:00:00 GMT

WILSONVILLE, Ore., May 29, 2013—Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) today announced its newest version of the Mentor® Embedded Sourcery™ CodeBench embedded software development tool, integrated with the award-winning Sourcery Analyzer tool and Ashling Vitra-XD trace probe. Embedded developers now have the ability to more fully understand and optimize software functionality and performance by continuously observing their entire embedded system including hardware, firmware, operating system, and application layers.