Embedded World 2007
01 February 2007
Nuremberg: At this year’s Embedded World programmable logic was to the fore with flexible, embedded systems solutions for diverse application areas, on display.
In hall 12, stand 511, Xilinx (www.xilinx.com), is launching the latest Virtex-5 platform, the company’s 65nm FPGAs, built with ExpressFabric and ASMBL architecture and using a low-power, triple oxide process. The SXT devices are the first DSPoptimised devices to integrate low-power serial connectivity. It expands the company’s XtremeDSP range adding reduced power capabilities and memory-intensive performance for wireless communications, multimedia, video imaging and defence applications.
Also in hall 12, stand 356, Altera (www.altera.com) is showing the configurable Nios II 32bit RISC processor and the SOPC Builder system design tool, which can be used to create custom microcontrollers for industrial and extended automotive temperature range use. The microcontrollers include hardware feature sets that can be tailored to match system requirements and avoid the risk of obsolescence that can afflict ASSP solutions, claims the company.
A large IP library supports the company’s embedded tools with pre-defined and scaleable IP functions for automotive graphics, audio processing, driver assistance and car networking. Once verified with an FPGA, the custom microcontroller can be migrated to a HardCopy II Structured ASIC which is a less expensive route to volume production.
Development platforms for LCD graphics, dual-view displays, central gateways for car networking, and a MOST reference design for audio transport are available from the company.
For industrial applications, the company’s booth will show support for many IE protocols from a single, FPGA-based platform as well as SnakeBytes, the single board reference design with client-specific I/Os, like Stratix II, for example. There will also be a flexible development platform to develop processor/FPGA hybrid systems and IEEE 1588 development board and Bluetooth add-on modules
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