Makers and hobbyists enjoy design environments that can automatically identify and bring up hardware when it is connected to a host computer (for example: Arm mbed & Arduino). For professional engineers, this level of assistance may at first seem unnecessary, but in fact it can significantly improve the evaluation and design process and yield really tangible technical and commercial benefits.
Answering this call and just launched, Strata Developer Studio is the electronic industry’s first professional evaluation and design environment that identifies the evaluation board or reference design and, using this cloud-connected development platform automatically downloads the latest software revision and all documentation and collateral associated with the device under test. Strata powers the board up and puts it in a safe operating mode while the GUI is displayed showing all pertinent parameters and options for the engineer to begin their evaluation. This allows engineers to evaluate hardware faster and can simplify the entire design process.
We’ve come a long way since a datasheet and a bag of samples was the common extent of the design support provided by device manufacturers for professional engineers. In the fast-moving and commercially competitive world of electronic products and systems, progress in the support provided has been vital given that design teams are under more pressure to deliver differentiated products to market quickly. In addition, it is increasingly the case that those teams are smaller and comprise electronic engineering generalists as opposed to many specialists. That makes the ‘helping hand’ of an integrated plug-and-play, auto-configuring platform such as Strata targeted specifically at professional design engineers, even more valuable.
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