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Gleichmann Electronics Research presents SEmulator Interface Box for its Hpe®_midiv2 board |
SEmulator technology simplifies and accelerates design of ARM Cortex-M3 based ASICs or FPGAs:
Hagenberg, Austria, February 06, 2009 - Gleichmann Electronics Research, one of the leading manufacturers of premium ASIC/FPGA development platforms and tools, presents for the first time its "SEmulator Interface Box" at embedded world 2009 in Hall 9, Booth 235.
The innovative SEmulator technology enables a seamless transition between simulation and emulation. For little extra cost, emulation platforms like Gleichmann Electronics Research Hpe®_midiv2, now also supporting ARM Cortex-M3 developments, can be converted into a hardware accelerator to support simulation of complex ASICs or FPGAs. |
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Gleichmann Electronics Research development platforms distinguish themselves by enabling data rates of up to 10 Gbit/s between the emulation hardware
and a host PC through an optional PCI Express link. Thus significantly speeding up simulation times of common RTL simulators such as Mentor Graphics’ ModelSim
or Aldec’s Active HDL. More importantly, real hardware is used early in the development process and real hardware interfaces to other systems can be
implemented. Even hardware without a simulation model can be included in the simulation (hardware-in-the-loop).
Hpe (Hardware prototyping & emulation) systems are modular and highly configurable. A baseboard with the most commonly used interfaces is mounted with
either an FPGA or processor module that can be further customized with a variety of child boards. EXM32 elastomeric connectors that were specifically
developed for board stacking, connect the boards together.
All components are connected through EXM32 connectors that were specifically developed for board stacking. Among other benefits these single piece
connectors generate cost only, ifan optional extension is really used. Customers can reuse the system building blocks like modules and childboards in their
end product and save development time and cost. Also the child board system can be used to generate a variety of products with only little extra effort.
As a rule Hpe systems also support tools related to embedded software development. For instance, Hpe®_midiv2 for ARM Cortex-M3 developments include the
JTAG and Trace ports required for JTAG debuggers and Trace Port Analyzers such as RealView® ICE/Trace, thus enabling software and hardware
development in parallel.
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