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AVR32 Studio - Version 2.5.0 has been released

Thursday, 04 March 2010 21:23

AVR32 Studio is an integrated development environment (IDE) for developing AVR32 applications AVR32 is a fairly new 32bit microcontroller core developed by Atmel. Design goals were high integration, low power consumption and a modern 32bit instruction set. Fortunately, Atmel decided to implement an AVR32 backend for the GCC compiler collection and to base the AVR32Studio IDE on Eclipse. AVR32 Studio is a free Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for AVR32 that enables you to write, build, deploy and debug your C/C++ and assembler code so that high-quality development software is for free for Linux. A new version of AVR32 Studio has been released. This version includes a large number of bug fixes, enhancements and other improvements has been made available, e.g.:

When a file is excluded from compilation it is not clear in any of the project viewers that this is the case;
If no other tools were connected when AVR32 Studio was started for the first time the simulator will be marked as the default target. This was unfortunate as it could cause some confusion. A default target must now be manually specified;
The default number format in the variables, expression and register views is now hexadecimal instead of natural;
When using the generate listing file feature ("*.lss") the processor did not handle paths with space characters. This has been fixed.

See the new and noteworthy document for descriptions of the various new features and known issues for this version.

Spectrum - Driver revision 2.07 build 3769

Thursday, 04 March 2010 13:49

M3i.21xx, 4 models of the M3i.21xx series are designed for the fast and high quality data acquisition. Each of the input channels has its own monolithic A/D converter and its own programmable input amplifier. One/two channels up to 1Gs/s A PC instrumentation board, be it PCI, PCI-X, PCI Express, PXI or CompactPCI, transforms a standard PC to a universal powerful instrument. Compared to a stand-alone solution there are several advantages like best flexibility, data is rapidly available for calculation, a wide range of available software solutions, software programmable hardware settings for ease of use and highest performance, easy combination of different hardware possible and so on! Setting up a mixed mode system or stimulus-response test benches is no problem combining the wide range of multi channel A/D, D/A and Digital I/O cards with the internal card synchronisation. In contrast to stand-alone instruments which only have one fixed function, the modular instruments can turn into any kind of virtual instrument using the latest PC processing technology. Spectrum is a manufacturer for fast PCI, PXI, CompactPCI instruments. Used as ADC, DAC, transient recorder, data acquisition, signal generator, ARB, digital I/O, pattern generator, DAQ, oscilloscope. A new version of driver for GNU/Linux has been released. In this new version:

Support of M3i.21xx series completed;
Support of M2i and M3i series firmware version V5 (ABA mode enhanced timestamps);
Demo card handling reworked: allows to access single demo cards out of multiple ones by handle;
Demo cards now also generate ABA and timestamp data correctly;
New registers: SPC_AVAILABADIVIDER_MIN, SPC_AVAILABADIVIDER_MAX, SPC_AVAILABADIVIDER_STEP to read out ABA divider details;
Bug-Fix: FIFO mode replay and buffer underrun returned wrong error message ERR_VALUE some times;
Bug-Fix: rewriting of register SPC_TIMESTAMP_CMD before start initiate a false data transfer.

EMC2 - Version 2.3.5 has been released

Wednesday, 03 March 2010 14:33

EMC-EMC2 a software that implements real-time control, but the Enhanced Machine Controller is a lot more than just another CNC mill program; it can control machine tools, robots, or other automated devices EMC-EMC2 (Enhanced Machine Control - version 2) is a software that implements real-time control, but the Enhanced Machine Controller is a lot more than just another CNC machine (Computer Numerical Control) mill program; it can control machine tools, robots, or other automated devices. Changes since 2.3.4-1 of EMC2 are:

Fix jog increments for mini;
Interpreter: detect gouging in last corner before turning off cutter comp;
Interpreter: fix another case of a skipped full-circle arc;
Task: fix toolchange at quill-up and g30 positions (SF#2941688);
Stepconf: fix direction of 2nd and 3rd parports;
Configs: add smithy 516 sample configuration;
Axis: mitigate a memory leak each time a program is loaded or reloaded.

The complete list of changes is available in the file emc2_2.3.5.release-notes.txt in the archive.

GNUSim8085 - New version is out

Tuesday, 02 March 2010 14:01

GNUSim8085 is a full-featured simulator, assembler and debugger for the Intel 8085 microprocessor in GNU/Linux with a GNOME-based GUI: the GUI tooking is GTK+. It contains an inline debugger. You have to write assembly code, and you can view the listing and simulate that. A new release (version 1.3.6) of the GNUSim8085 simulator has been released. This new version includes lots of bug fixes, new features and improvements, e.g.:

The UI is now internationalized. Translations for Arabic, Asturian, Catalan, Esperanto, French, German, Gujarati, Italian, Kannada and Spanish languages now in place;
Show/Hide debugging sidepane to adjust horizontal editor screen space;
Print your assembly programs and contents of assembly lising window right from GNUSim8085 application;
Fixed a syntax highlighting for labels with underscore in symbol;
The assembler messages pane moved to the right to offer increased vertical editor screen space;
Cleared up icon clutter from the user workspace.

For a complete list of changes refer to ChangeLog file in the archive. Note: the project management is moved from sourceforge.net

to launchpad.net. The work of migrating bugs from sourceforge.net to launchpad.net is in progress. Going forward all project communication will happen only via the launchpad infrastructure.

Moxa - Recently updated

Monday, 01 March 2010 20:59

DA-662 an embedded computers with 16 software-selectable RS-232/422/485 serial ports (but non only), making them suitable for a variety of industrial applications MOXA focuses on creating data networking products that provide system integrators and end-users with reliable and cost-effective serial-to-Ethernet, industrial Ethernet, and serial-to-PC solutions. MOXA's product lines include multiport serial boards (rs-232, rs-422/485) connectivity products, serial-to ethernet device servers, industrial Ethernet switches for Industrial Automation Field, video over IP servers, and front-end embedded computers. Moxa has released the first version of the firmware source code for the following products (Industrial Computing - Embedded Computers):

DA-660: a RISC-based 19-inch rackmount data acquisition computers with 8 or 16 serial ports, dual LANs;
DA-661-LX: a RISC-based 19-inch rackmount data acquisition computers with 16 serial ports, dual LANs, PCMCIA, CompactFlash and USB;
DA-662-LX: a RISC-based 19-inch rackmount data acquisition computer with 16 serial ports, quad LANs, PCMCIA, CompactFlash and USB.

It was released, also, the first release of the source code of the firmware for the model DA-663-LX. All source code released is for the following operating system(s); Linux 2.4.x (RISC) and Linux 2.6.x (RISC).

GSC - Update driver

Sunday, 28 February 2010 22:57

PMC SIO4BXR a four channel serial interface card which provides high speed, full-duplex, multi-protocol serial capability for PMC applications with Rear I/O . The SIO4BXR combines two multi-protocol Dual Universal Serial Controllers (USC®), 8 external FIFOs, and multi-protocol transceivers to provide four fully independent asynchronous or synchronous serial channels GSC aka General Standards Corporation specializes in the development of high performance PMC, PCI and VME products. PMC boards include serial I/O, FPDP interface, optically isolated digital I/O, Sigma-Delta A/Ds, 16-bit 200KHz A/D and 400KHz D/A, and 8-96 Mbyte Flash memory. A new series of releases has been implemented. A complete list below.

Linux device driver for the SIO4/SIO4A/SIO4B/SIO4BX/SIO4BXR family of boards. Version 1.32.1;
Linux device driver for the SIO4B-SYNC and SIO4BX-SYNC family of boards. Version 1.32.1. This is for -SYNC boards only.

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