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Product category: Design and Development Hardware
News Release from: Elektrobit Austria | Subject: Decomsys::Node
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 30 September 2005

Speedy route to FlexRay evaluation

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A new evaluation platform allows speedy development of FlexRay applications based on the Renesas Technology M32C microcontroller.

A new evaluation platform for Renesas Technology's FlexRay implementations is now available Based on the M32C MCU series by Renesas, the board enables the user not only to evaluate FlexRay, but also to gain valuable experience with FlexRay applications

The Decomsys::Node comes with basic system software including a FlexRay driver to evaluate basic features of FlexRay using the Renesas implementation of the Bosch E-Ray IP.

Three small demo programs facilitate the handling of FlexRay in standard situations.

These demos are supplied in source code and can be modified according to requirements.

The versatile FlexRay driver Decomsys::Commstack is supplied as an object code module.

Using Decomsys::Designer, it is also possible to change the given bus configuration.

An upgrade path to series production operating systems as well as full design and configuration tool support facilitates more advanced applications.

On-chip debugging of communication and application software is also conveniently possible.

At the core of the Decomsys::Node is the Renesas M32C/85 MCU running at 24MHz and an onboard Altera Cyclone II FPGA which houses the Bosch E-Ray FlexRay controller.

The board is equipped with 2Mbyte RAM and 2Mbyte Flash as well as two FlexRay channels, two high-speed CAN interfaces, one LIN interface, one RS232 interface, 24 digital I/Os, eight analogue inputs and two analogue outputs.

Low-cost hardware debugging options are available.

Accepted as a leading edge supplier to the automotive industry, Renesas Technology is committed to provide and support complete FlexRay system solutions, such as integrated FlexRay controllers, bus drivers and development platforms in order to give customers most flexibility to build and test their applications.

"FlexRay is a very advanced automotive communication system".

"The Decomsys::Node eases the start with this new technology, giving the developer everything he needs in order to experiment with a FlexRay network, to modify the demos, and to learn how to handle FlexRay in standard situations", says Dietmar Millinger, CTO of Decomsys.

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