Archive : 18 September 2016 год

Innovasic is launching a Time Switching Network (TSN) Evaluation Kit based on its fido5000 REM Switch technology.

“REM switch technology is an Ethernet switch,” explained Tom Weingartner, Innovasic’s vice president of marketing. “It is used in the industrial market space to provide a level of determinism that TSN is trying to achieve now with standards and can be tailored to the performance of protocols such as PROFINET, EtherCAT and Ethernet/IP.”

“The kit provides a path to full TSN Ethernet that developers can now access,” continued Volker Goller, European manager for real-time Ethernet. “The updates to our kit allow users to continuously evaluate TSN and determine how best to add value to their future products and system architectures.”

The kit contains everything needed to evaluate the features of the emerging IEEE 802.1 TSN standards. The kit is pre-installed with TSN features, including 802.1AS and 802.1Qbv.

Commenting, Weingartner said: “The most important standard within TSN is 802.1AS. This is the standard for incorporating time into the networks. The next one we support is called 802.1Qbv. This allows users to schedule messages on the network. The reason you want to do that is – if you think about robotic systems or motion control systems – they need precise periodic information updates. By being able to schedule information to show up certain times, it provides for a robust and reliable delivery of that information.”

The kit also offers stream translation.

“It is something that allows users to schedule a standard Ethernet message so that you can turn it into a stream that can be used on a TSN network,” said Weingartner.

Evaluation of TSN is simplified by using the kit as a TSN gateway. Ethernet enabled devices can be plugged into the kit’s standard Ethernet port and the other two ports are plugged into a TSN network. The TSN gateway is then configured to send and receive TSN streams over the TSN network based messages to and from the standard Ethernet device. In this way, a standard Ethernet device can talk to any other TSN-enabled device on a TSN network.

As TSN standards evolve, new features will be made available as free downloads through Innovasic’s Developer Portal.

Author
Peggy Lee

Source:  www.newelectronics.co.uk

Everspin Technologies’ ST-MRAM technology will be available as an embedded memory through Globalfoundries. In a joint announcement, the companies said they are also preparing for volume production of standalone ST-MRAM memory for storage class applications.

“Our ongoing relationship with Globalfoundries has enabled this next step in bringing what we believe to be the most advanced commercially available ST-MRAM pMTJ products to the market. Now, customers can plan their next generation SOC and MCU based products with eMRAM from Globalfoundries.” said Everspin CEO Phillip LoPresti.

The embedded memory be offered initially on Globalfoundries’ 22FDX platform, which uses FD-SOI technology. However, the technology is said to be scalable beyond 22nm and is expected to be available on FinFET and future FDX platforms.

Designed for code storage and working memory applications, the power efficiency of FDX and eMRAM, coupled with the available RF connectivity IP, is said to make 22FDX suitable for battery powered IoT products and automotive MCUs.

“Customers are looking for a high performance non volatile memory solution that expands their product capabilities," said Gregg Bartlett, senior vice president of Globalfoundries’ CMOS Platforms Business Unit. “Our introduction of 22FDX eMRAM enables system designers with new capabilities, allowing them to build greater functionality into their MCUs and SoCs, while enhancing performance and power efficiency.”

Currently in development, 22FDX eMRAM is expected to be available for customer prototyping in 2017, with volume production in 2018.

Author
Graham Pitcher

Source:  www.newelectronics.co.uk