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2008/09

   

This is the telos I2C newsletter for September 2008. To read it online, in case your e-mail reader has problems with html-mails or the layout of this text is damaged please go to http://www.telos.info/?id=852.

I2C Studio Update

Version 4.0 of I2C Studio has been released.

Please visit our download page http://www.telos.info/?id=46.

 

Changes

I2C Studio

General

  • full Microsoft Vista (32-bit and 64-bit) support
  • IRD composer (GUI to create IRD files)
  • IRD to C# compiler
  • added Tracii 400 support
  • new user manual

Tracer

  • "Find" dialog has been rewritten completely to allow more complex search criterions
  • automatic A/D restart
  • new "Go to Message" dialog
  • "Message View": absolute time can be configured: short, complete, relative format

I2C API/Scheduler

C++

  • Visual Studio 2008 support


.NET

  • IRD compiler
  • search in tracer data rewritten
  • A/D data are stored on the disk
  • new library offering a type-safe interface to all IRD files from telos (one .NET class per IRD file)

Labview

  • I2cConfig.vi: added support to configure SCL/SDA termination, level thresholds, I2C Vcc supply
  • I2cFindBoards.vi: find I2C boards automatically

 

More ICs featured by IRD

Analog Devices

AD7414, AD7415, AD7416, AD7417, AD7418

Freescale

MMA7455L

Jedec

No. 21-C Page 4.7

Linear Technology

LTC4151

Maxim

MAX16805, MAX16806, DS28CM00

National Semiconductors

LM73, LM76, LM77, LM86, LM87, LM89, LM92, LM99, LM95213, LM95214, LM95221, LM95231, LM95233, LM95234, LM95235, LM95241, LM95245

NXP

PCA9530, PCA9531, PCA9532, PCA9533, PCA9550, PCA9551, PCA9552, PCA9540B, PCA9542A, PCA9543A, PCA9543C, PCA9544A, PCA9545*, PCA9546A, PCA9547, PCA9548A, PCA9549, PCA9502, PCA9505, PCA9506, PCA9698, PCA9534, PCA9535, PCA9536, PCA9537, PCA9538, PCA9539

Texas Instruments

TMP106, TMP105, TMP421, TMP422, TMP423, TCA6424, TCA6408, TCA6507, AMC6821

IRD

IRD (I2C Register Description) stands for a technology which introduces an entirely new level of device access.

Instead of working with addresses, offsets and byte values the user is provided with a comprehensive view of device registers which are given by the names used in the data sheets.

Mapping between such names and the physical locations within a device are done automatically by I2C Studio.

The mapping is device-dependent. It gets described by IRD files.

Since its introduction with I2C Studio 2.0 IRD has been used with great success in a lot of development projects world-wide.

IRD Composer

I2C Studio 4.0.0 comes with more than 100 ready-to-use IRD files. These files cover the most important I2C and SMBus devices on the market.

Sometimes during development projects IRD files for not supported devices are needed. In the previous versions of I2C Studio the customers had the possibility to write IRD files, which are based on XML, using a simple text editor. While this is a good solution for engineers with a lot of experience, it is not always the best solution for beginners.

Starting with I2C Studio 4.0.0 it is also possible to create IRD files using a dialog of I2C Studio.

Find

Very often during the development of new products errors occur only sporadically. Therefore it is necessary to capture the traffic on the I2C bus for hours or even for days. After the error has occurred, the engineer has to find the I2C commands which caused the problems.

I2C Studio 4.0.0 makes it possible to specify very complex search criterions. It is possible to search for I2C addresses, transfer directions, data bytes, timings, errors etc. The single search criterions can be combined using logic operations like "AND" or "OR".


I2C Studio for Tracii 400

Tracii 400 is now supported by I2C Studio, the best I2C software package available on the market. Check this page for details.


I2C Negative Tester - I2C Master and Slave Test Device

For I2C experts we have launched the I2C Negative Tester helping you to verify your I2C device is compliant to the I2C specification.

 

 


IRD Development

It is understood that telos offers custom development of IRD definition files. This comes in handy if you have a standard IC or ASIC which is not currently supported but which you would like to operate using IRD.

Development costs differ depending on the complexity of the chip. Here are some examples:

ADM1021A: 300 EUR
LM99: 300 EUR
ADM1029: 1200 EUR
PCA9505/9506: 300 EUR

Nevertheless, you can of course implement the IRD definitions files on your own.


Special Offer: Limited Full License Offer for Subscribers

For all subscribers of our newsletter we have a special:

Add the promotion code 'FULL08' to your order and all the Tracii XLs and Tracii XL 2.0 boards your are ordering until October 31st come with a license to use all features including Tracer mode and Analog view. This license automatically expires after about 10 hours of continuous operation. Extensive software restarts may shorten this period.


Significant Price Cuts

Our I2C products are sucessfully on the market for more than a decade. The sold quantities allowed us to cut the prices significantly.

Product Old Now
Connii 195 115
Connii MM 2.0 250 200
Tracii XL 880 750
Tracii XL 2.0 1100 895
Tracii XL Option: Analog Tracer 1250 895
Tracii XL 2.0 Option: Analog Tracer 1250 895
Tracii XL Option: Digital Tracer 1495 895
Tracii XL 2.0 Option: Digital Tracer 1495 895
Tracii 400 855 600
Tracii 400 Labiew 285 130
Tracii Spy 435 335
Tracii Work 230 130
VGA Cable for Vesa DDC Access 75 45

All prices in Euro.

Why not taking advantage of various considerable price cuts now?

Contact

telos EDV Systementwicklung GmbH

Schlueterstrasse 16

20146 Hamburg

Germany

Sales

+49 40 450173 60

sales@remove-this.telos.info 

Support

+49 40 450173 61

support@remove-this.telos.info

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