Development Tools Help Meet or Beat Deadlines

Nov. 11, 2002
Development tools that empower programmers and designers with the ability to meet or beat deadlines, while improving reliability, are definitely worth noting.

Generate Code Using UML 2.0

Development tools that empower programmers and designers with the ability to meet or beat deadlines, while improving reliability, are definitely worth noting. Telelogic's Tau Generation 2 is one of the new UML 2.0-based products that generate C or C++ source code from UML models.

UML tools have a proven track record in large system designs. They're equally applicable to small and medium embedded system designs. The new UML 2.0 standard features significant enhancements that improve real-time embedded design and code-generation support.

Generation 2 consists of Tau/Architect, Tau/Developer, and Tau/Tester. Tau/Developer is a superset of Tau/Architect, a model-driven visual UML development environment. Tau/Developer adds C and C++ code-generation capabilities. Tau/Tester, released earlier this year, adds real-time testing capabilities that are critical to most embedded systems.

Tau Generation 2 is integrated with Telelogic's Doors requirement and change-management suite. Tau/Architect pricing starts at $8000, while Tau/Developer begins at $11,900.

Kit Simplifies LIN Network Development

The local interconnect network (LIN) has found a home in vehicles, robots, and a host of process control environments. It's often used in conjunction with a controller area network (CAN). Cypress Micro-systems' new LIN Development Kit highlights the LIN support in its 8-bit PSoC CY8C25x/26x reconfigurable microcontroller. The LIN kit costs $199 and the CY8C25x/26x runs $2.80, both in OEM quantities.

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