SymTA/S 3.0 and TraceAnalyzer 3.0 are system-level tools for model-based design and trace-based verification. Are targeted for automotive, aerospace, automation and other performance- and safety-critical systems. Reliable for dimensioning, optimization, regression-testing, and verification of controllers and networks, focusing on load, task and message latencies, system schedulability, end-to-end timing, data consistency and other properties that ensure system correctness. Deliver support for model- and trace-based timing analysis. Can merge controller or network traces into existing SymTA/S models. Can start from traces and change the system configuration virtually to predict performance impact of additional tasks or messages, different scheduling strategies or faster hardware. Can iterate designs multiple times. SymTA/S 3.0 enhances distribution analysis and provides direct CAN-ID support with both hexadecimal and decimal visualization, in addition to assigning priority values for CAN bus configuration. Report generator provides a difference report between two system revisions. AUTOSAR XML import function supports shared variables. Communication overhead analysis capability provides support for multi-core controllers. TraceAnalyzer 3.0 provides support for Vector Informatik’s FlexRay trace/log file format and CAN multi-channel support for its CANoe ASC trace/log file import interface. A report generator has also been added.

Symtavision, www.symtavision.com

Coolit v. 11 and CoolitPCB v. 7 computational fluid dynamics tools include volume visualization using color fog. When combined with sectional view planes, fog helps analyze complex spatial distributions. A second tool is automatic flow visualization and animation. Based on streamrods and streamribbons, the one-click option automatically distributes injectors throughout the solution field and injects particles that show flow direction, velocity, swirl, and local value of a scalar variable, such as temperature, at the particle’s location. Coolit v.11 has improved CAD models import capability. CoolitPCB v.7 adds new components to its library, such as triangular prisms and inclined baffles.

Daat Research Corp., www.daat.com

Five PCB design productivity applications (apps) for the Cadence OrCAD Capture Marketplace include:

System Planner design environment, for upfront planning and partitioning of electronics systems, enables engineers to optimize form, fit and function of single and multi-board systems, maximizing design reuse and eliminating the need to reenter initial planning data into the design tools during detailed design.