It is now practical to write software for real-time systems long before the actual computer hardware is sitting in a physical prototype. In today’s world it is rare to find electromechanical devices ...

Embedded software and electronics represent an increasing percentage of the engineering content of an automobile. By 2010, electronics are expected to comprise 40 percent of automotive material costs, ...

As a result of the Vistagy acquisition late last year, Siemens PLM, Plano, Tex. has announced updated versions of key model-based design software packages. As a result of the Vistagy acquisition late ...

Model-based design saves time and money by moving design tasks from the lab and field to the desktop. It provides a common design environment that links designs directly to requirements, allowing you ...

Integrated electronic control systems are proliferating in todays automobiles. Each model year sees the introduction of more advanced systems to meet consumer demand for vehicles that are not only ...

Atego's Vantage (Fig. 1) addresses the challenges in developing and building complex systems including variation trade-off analysis. It is especially helpful in redeploying common systems and software ...

The machine building industry has certainly changed: Extensive and sophisticated control programs contain the core know‐how and make today’s machines more flexible and productive. Although software ...

MILPITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced an update to its “Embedded Target for RH850 ...

While it’s been around since the 1990s, model-based definition (MBD), a technique for semantically documenting the information necessary to manufacture and inspect parts and assemblies produced via 3D ...

Today's aerospace companies must reduce development time and improve quality, while accommodating demands for greater system complexity from customers and the government. To meet these challenges, ...

A team of New Zealand-based software designers that brought digital 3D modeling to engineering geotechnics less than two years ago recently launched an upgrade to their software, which is now being ...