Mar 18, 2003 
With the latest release of the AnadigmDesigner�2 EDA software for field programmable analog arrays (FPAAs), these circuit types join a growing list of analog functions for which Anadigm� is automating the design and implementation process.
Widely used but difficult to implement with discretes, dividers and gain-polarity stages are being provided by Anadigm� as Configurable Analog Modules (CAMs) that can be customized and then implemented within a FPAA device by a simple drag-and-drop process in AnadigmDesigner�2 EDA software. As part of the same release, the AnadigmFilter tool has now been enhanced to automate the design and implementation of both low-pass and high-pass Bessel filters.
�At Anadigm� we�re committed to adding more functions on a regular basis to our CAM library as well as new features to our EDA tool suite,� said Suhel Dhanani, senior product marketing manager at Anadigm�. �These latest additions allow more functions to be integrated within an FPAA and expand the range of applications in which FPAAs can be used.�
The new AnadigmDesigner�2 capabilities were added in response to feedback from Anadigm� FPAA customers, which include manufacturers of a wide range of industrial, automotive, medical, automatic test equipment, instrumentation, and communication products.
Each new CAM has a wide range of applications. Designers who need to implement automatic gain control circuits or ratioing functions can utilize the divider CAM. The automated Bessel filter can be used to implement complex filters with linear phase characteristics. The gain-polarity stage is used in functions such as base comparators.
With the release of these new functions, Anadigm� has abstracted more than 20 analog functions into drag-and-droppable CAMs that reduce the design and implementation time for analog circuits from months to a matter of minutes. With the Bessel filter option, designers now have a choice of five approximations in AnadigmFilter, including Butterworth, Chebyshev, Inverse Chebyshev, and Elliptic.
AnadigmDesigner�2 is the first EDA product on the market to allow designers to develop their designs using FPAAs that can be reconfigured by the microcontroller in real time to change the function they perform within a system or to adapt on the fly to maintain precision despite system degradation and aging. Typical applications for FPAAs designed with AnadigmDesigner�2 include signal conditioning, closed loop control, and data acquisition.
A trial copy of AnadigmDesigner�2 is available for free download at:
http://www.anadigm.com/Down_05_a.asp. A complete evaluation kit with a development board, entry-level software and updated documentation is now available for $499.
About Anadigm�
Anadigm� combines the three most powerful design trends from the digital world (design automation, field programmable ICs, real-time updating) into a platform for analog design, greatly reducing cost of ownership for analog signal conditioning and processing functions across many market segments. Founded in January 2000 as a venture-backed technology spinoff from Motorola, the company maintains U.S. headquarters in Campbell, Calif., and European headquarters in Crewe, U.K. For further information, visit Anadigm� on the Web at http://www.anadigm.com.
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