New-Tech Europe Magazine | June 2016

application samples that can be easily adapted to the ARIS Board. A three-part hands-on training course provides for a perfect start on the development of individual solutions with the Arrow ARIS Board and the Renesas Synergy™ platform. In next to no time, the users learn to utilize all tools required for developing individual applications in the field of embedded and IoT systems. In the first instance it is explained and shown how the development environment is used. In a step-by-step programme, the training course includes the creation of a new project, the selection of the correct Board Support Package (BSP), and the implementation both of the modules required and of the user code. The BSPs provided are specifically tailored to boards that are supported on the Renesas Synergy™ platform. The use of this service makes complex programming in register entries and pin configurations dispensable. Symbolic links that are already predefined are used instead, making the generation of the user code considerably easier. The hands- on training programme includes examples that are implemented by means of a BSP specially designed for the Arrow ARIS Board, thus demonstrating the easy and fast utilization of ARIS. In addition to the use of the GPIO pin for controlling the on-board LEDs it is furthermore shown how USB communication can be established and how the Arrow ARIS Board can be established as a Wi-Fi access point. Together with Renesas Electronics and their Synergy™ platform, Arrow Electronics therefore offers a perfect solution for exploring and mastering the world of IoT.

Fig. 1 – Block diagram of the ARIS Board

software development environment makes it possible for the developer to significantly reduce the time-to- market. This also ensures a significant reduction in the total operating costs throughout the entire service life of the product. What makes the Renesas Synergy™ platform so unique? In contrast to other development environments, all elements of the Renesas Synergy™platformhave been freshly developed from scratch and specially tailored to match embedded design applications. This provides for unprecedented scalability and compatibility, resulting in maximum re-usability of user codes and thus

saving a great deal of development time. In future, the platform will be extended; new technologies will be employed, and new features will be permanently implemented, in order to launch embedded design applications more quickly and efficiently on the market. The integrated developed environment (IDE) implemented in this platform is Renesas Eclipse Embedded Studio, known as e² Studio. On the basis of Open Source IDE Eclipse, this solution offers a high level of flexibility and creativity. You can download and install the complete Renesas Synergy™ platform free of charge from the Renesas Synergy Gallery. In addition to the software required, this site also provides

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