Jun 13, 2017   SOURCE: PR NewsWire

CAST Drives Automotive IP Forward With New AVB/TSN Ethernet and SAE J2716 Sensor Bus Cores Plus CAN-FD Time-Stamping

WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., June 13, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Semiconductor intellectual property provider CAST, Inc. today announced three significant improvements to its automotive IP family:

    --  A new IEEE 802.1AS Hardware Protocol Stack Core works with any eMAC
        (Ethernet Media Access Controller) to enable easy development of
        time-aware nodes for standard AVB/TSN (Audio Video Bridging/Time
        Sensitive Networking) networks. This serves a variety of audio/visual
        and industrial applications, and is essential for the growing use of
        Ethernet to connect diverse automotive systems.
    --  A new, full-featured SENT/SAE J2716 Controller Core serves as a
        transmitter and/or receiver for the Single Edge Nibble Transmission
        protocol. It complies with the SAE J2716 standard and also the de-facto
        standard Short PWM Code (SPC) protocol, and can serve as a simpler,
        lower-cost alternative to the popular LIN bus for connections between
        automotive sensors and controllers.
    --  The CAN 2.0 & CAN FD Bus Controller Core now supports time-stamping
        compliant to the CiA 603 specification, which enables efficient hardware
        time-based synchronization for AUTOSAR (AUTomotive Open System
        ARchitecture) systems. This adds time-sensitive application support to
        one of the most field-proven, feature-rich, and transceiver-agnostic
        FPGA/ASIC CAN controller cores on the market.

"Working with multiple CAN FD customers every month has made us acutely aware of the special needs of automotive system designers," said Nikos Zervas, chief executive officer for CAST. "These engineers face a growing demand for more sophisticated electronics at all levels in the market, and we believe these additions to our automotive IP line will further help them succeed in the face of rising complexity and diminishing time to market and cost flexibility."

The CAN Controller and 802.1AS Stack cores are sourced from Fraunhofer IPMS. The SENT/J2716 Controller core was developed by CAST's USA engineering team. All are available now, with royalty-free licensing.

About CAST, Inc.

CAST develops, aggregates, and integrates digital IP cores and subsystems. The company's product line includes low-power, high-value processors, data compression, video and image codecs, peripherals, interfaces, and more; see details at www.cast-inc.com.

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