IEC 62304

PX5 Announces Functional Safety Certification of the PX5 RTOS, Offering Developers a Faster Path to Certification, Reducing Product Liability, Improving Quality and Time to Market

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Thursday, April 4, 2024
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Developers can leverage this certification in conjunction with their application software certification to build a safety-certified device for the automotive, industrial, and medical industries.

Key Points: 
  • Developers can leverage this certification in conjunction with their application software certification to build a safety-certified device for the automotive, industrial, and medical industries.
  • For developers of both safety-critical and non-safety-critical devices, the certified RTOS offers a stable, reliable foundation built to industry best practices to support improved product reliability, security, quality, and time to market.
  • Developers using the PX5 RTOS can leverage the RTOS certification artifacts to save time and money during application certification.
  • “Our functional safety certification gives all embedded developers confidence in the safety, security and certifiability of their application code.

2023 in Review: Eclipse Software Defined Vehicle (SDV) Accelerates Automotive Tech Innovation through Open Source Collaboration

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Tuesday, February 27, 2024
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The year marked several noteworthy highlights, showcasing our unwavering commitment to innovation in the automotive tech landscape:

Key Points: 
  • The year marked several noteworthy highlights, showcasing our unwavering commitment to innovation in the automotive tech landscape:
    Inaugural Automotive Open Source Summit Success:
    In early June, Eclipse SDV successfully launched its first-ever Automotive Open Source Summit .
  • Geared towards automotive tech executives, thought leaders and senior managers, the summit showcased speakers from Eclipse automotive initiatives and beyond.
  • Discover opportunities to actively contribute to the global centre of gravity for software defined vehicle innovation and collaboration.
  • Later this year, the Eclipse Foundation will be hosting its inaugural event focused on automotive open source at the Open Code for Automotive conference, co-located with its newest global event for open source software, the Open Code Experience (OCX) , taking place on 22-24, October 2024 in Mainz, Germany.

The Eclipse Foundation Showcases Successful Open Source Industry Collaborations for 2023; Looks Ahead to Additional Growth in 2024

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Tuesday, February 20, 2024
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“While we’re thrilled with the growth of our industry collaborations in 2023, we’re always striving to exceed our own goals,” said Mike Milinkovich, executive director of the Eclipse Foundation.

Key Points: 
  • “While we’re thrilled with the growth of our industry collaborations in 2023, we’re always striving to exceed our own goals,” said Mike Milinkovich, executive director of the Eclipse Foundation.
  • Branding and marketing: The foundation develops and implements strategies to establish and promote distinctive identities for our open source projects and industry collaborations.
  • Specification development: The Eclipse Foundation helps our industry collaborations significantly reduce costs and streamline the effort to develop industry consensus specifications using the Eclipse Foundation Specification Process.
  • Get started collaborating at the Eclipse Foundation by joining an existing community or bringing your industry-changing collaboration to the foundation.

Parasoft Spotlights New MISRA AMD4 Coverage at Embedded World

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Wednesday, March 1, 2023
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MONROVIA, Calif. and NUREMBERG, Germany, March 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Parasoft, a global leader in automated software testing solutions, announces its participation in Embedded World 2023 on March 14-16. Compliance experts will be available to answer all questions and provide onsite live demonstrations of Parasoft test automation solutions for the embedded real-time safety- and security-critical industries.

Key Points: 
  • This spring, Parasoft C/C++test 2023.1 will provide complete support for the upcoming MISRA C 2012 Amendment 4.
  • +20% reduction in average time development teams spend fixing a single violation using Parasoft's CI/CD for embedded automated testing solutions enhanced with AI.
  • MONROVIA, Calif. and NUREMBERG, Germany, March 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Parasoft, a global leader in automated software testing solutions, announces its participation in Embedded World 2023 on March 14-16.
  • Compliance experts will be available to answer all questions and provide onsite live demonstrations of Parasoft test automation solutions for the embedded real-time safety- and security-critical industries.

Elevate Addiction Services Integrates Vivalink Platform for Real-Time Detox Monitoring in Inpatient Treatment

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Tuesday, January 10, 2023
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CAMPBELL, Calif., Jan. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Vivalink, a leading provider of digital healthcare solutions, announces its biometric data platform has been successfully integrated into Elevate Addiction Services' drug and alcohol in-patient detox treatment program. Vivalink's Biometrics Data Platform, along with its wearable blood pressure cuff and Sp02 sensors, are used to unobtrusively monitor patient vitals to promote improved sleep, reduce risk of negative outcomes, and improve the patient experience.

Key Points: 
  • Drug and alcohol rehabilitation center integrates Vivalink's biometrics data platform for continuous and episodic patient monitoring during in-patient detox treatment.
  • CAMPBELL, Calif., Jan. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Vivalink , a leading provider of digital healthcare solutions, announces its biometric data platform has been successfully integrated into Elevate Addiction Services ' drug and alcohol in-patient detox treatment program.
  • Elevate Addiction Services uses the Vivalink platform at its residential inpatient treatment centers in northern California, located in Santa Cruz County and South Lake Tahoe.
  • As part of its accredited drug and alcohol rehabilitation program, in-patient detox is a key first step for  Elevate Addiction Services' clients.

BlackBerry and Elektrobit Bolster Automotive Safety Roadmap with Support for Rust Programming Language

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Friday, January 6, 2023
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LAS VEGAS, Jan. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BlackBerry Limited (NYSE: BB; TSX: BB) and Elektrobit today announced they are collaborating on integration efforts to support the Rust programming language, empowering developers to build safe, reliable and efficient automotive software.

Key Points: 
  • As a memory-safe language, Rust provides a secure foundation for software to be built on and is quickly gaining momentum in the automotive industry, where mission-critical software is crucial.
  • Without these common issues which affect many other programming languages such as C and C++, Rust makes an ideal choice for safety-critical software.
  • Elektrobit worked closely with BlackBerry QNX on the Rust project, contributing code, ensuring code quality, handling project management and interaction with the Rust community.
  • For more information on how BlackBerry® QNX® can help with building the safe and secure vehicles of tomorrow, please visit: BlackBerry.QNX.com and follow @BlackBerry.

Vivalink Expands Biometrics Data Platform with a Portfolio of Remote Data Capture Devices and Wearable Technology

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Wednesday, November 16, 2022
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CAMPBELL, Calif., Nov. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vivalink, a leading provider of digital healthcare solutions, announces physiological data from a wide range of the world's leading wearable technology are available with the company's Biometrics Data Platform for clinical trials and healthcare. The Platform is the first real-world data platform that integrates medical sensors, edge networking, and cloud services for both continuous and episodic remote patient monitoring. Now, leading pulse oximeters, blood glucose monitors and sleep monitors by companies like Roche and Omron are available alongside the Platform to accelerate development and deployment of novel healthcare applications and research.

Key Points: 
  • "We always strive for continuous innovation, and by integrating the Biometrics Data Platform with many of the industry's leading wearables, we're improving health monitoring, research and development on a global scale," said Jiang Li, CEO of Vivalink.
  • "Ultimately, access to data-based insights provides researchers and physicians with better information to improve patient care and breakthrough therapies.
  • This integration allows our customers to rapidly implement remote patient monitoring applications using optimized fit-for-purpose wearables and devices in a cost-effective way."
  • Vivalink's wearable sensors and data platform have been adopted by over 200 commercial partners in over 40 countries worldwide.

Vivalink Releases Biometrics Data Platform 2.0, Increasing Remote Patient Monitoring Patient Adherence

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Wednesday, September 21, 2022
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CAMPBELL, Calif., Sept. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vivalink, a leading provider of digital healthcare solutions, has released an updated version of its Biometrics Data Platform with new features aimed at increasing patient adherence in Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM).

Key Points: 
  • CAMPBELL, Calif., Sept. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vivalink , a leading provider of digital healthcare solutions, has released an updated version of its Biometrics Data Platform with new features aimed at increasing patient adherence in Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM).
  • Vivalink's Biometrics Data Platform accelerates the implementation and time-to-market of remote patient monitoring for healthcare and clinical trials by combining a turn-key end-to-end solution consisting of a suite of wearable sensors, edge-to-cloud integration, and advanced data management and analytics both in real-time and retrospectively.
  • While the adoption of RPM has accelerated with the pandemic and is expected to grow exponentially, patient adherence remains a top challenge.
  • In a Decentralized Clinical Trial (DCT) survey by Vivalink , 69 percent of respondents indicated 'patient adherence' as the top concern.

Parasoft Showcases Innovative Solutions to Compliance Testing at Embedded World 2022

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Tuesday, May 31, 2022
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MONROVIA, Calif. and BERLIN, May 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Parasoft, a global leader in automated software testing for over 30 years, today announced it will be showcasing its innovative approach to compliance reporting and risk assessment and demonstrating its powerful capabilities in software test automation that encompass process standards compliance, code safety, and cybersecurity at Embedded World 2022, Hall 4, Booth 4-378 on June 21-23. Visitors will experience live demos and learn how to:

Key Points: 
  • MONROVIA, Calif. and BERLIN, May 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Parasoft , a global leader in automated software testing for over 30 years, today announced it will be showcasing its innovative approach to compliance reporting and risk assessment and demonstrating its powerful capabilities in software test automation that encompass process standards compliance, code safety, and cybersecurity at Embedded World 2022 , Hall 4, Booth 4-378 on June 21-23.
  • Visitors will experience live demos and learn how to:
    Accelerate software delivery with continuous testing.
  • "Embedded dev teams can deliver safe, secure, and reliable software faster by integrating automated static analysis, unit testing, and structural code coverage into their DevOps workflow."
  • Parasoft helps organizations continuously deliver quality software with its market-proven, integrated suite of automated software testing tools.

Khronos Releases Vulkan SC 1.0 Open Standard for Safety-Critical Accelerated Graphics and Compute

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Tuesday, March 1, 2022
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The Vulkan SC Conformance Test Suite is also freely available in open source, and multiple vendors have officially-conformant Vulkan SC 1.0 implementations.

Key Points: 
  • The Vulkan SC Conformance Test Suite is also freely available in open source, and multiple vendors have officially-conformant Vulkan SC 1.0 implementations.
  • The new Vulkan SC 1.0 specification leverages the proven Vulkan 1.2 API to meet these requirements while delivering state-of-the-art graphics and compute acceleration.
  • Conformant Implementations are running today on CoreAVI's VkCore SC graphics and compute drivers, and NVIDIA DRIVE and Jetson Platforms.
  • Khronos activities include 3D Commerce, ANARI, glTF, NNEF, OpenCL, OpenGL, OpenGL ES, OpenVG, OpenVX, OpenXR, SPIR-V, SYCL, Vulkan, and WebGL.