August 2004


Combining the Power of Rhapsody® Model-Driven Development, UML and Cosmic Software to Streamline the Development of 8 & 16 Bit Applications

Studies have shown that software is now the main bottleneck for most embedded systems projects. According to Embedded Market Forecasters, 56% of all embedded designs are behind schedule, and software development is responsible for 80% of these design delays. This is true for all size designs including 8 & 16 bit microcontroller applications. UML-based Model-Driven Development (MDD) tools like Rhapsody® combined with Cosmic Software offer the best solution to this problem by speeding up development, testing, debugging and documentation of embedded designs.

We invite you to join us for this online seminar where we will demonstrate how combining MDD, UML and Cosmic can enhance your productivity, providing similar benefits as were realized when you moved from assembler to the C Language.

You will learn how:

  • To use a model-based environment to rapidly produce code for the Cosmic compiler while maintaining the flexibility to make modifications at either the code or model level while the two always stay synchronized.
  • To validate behavior and functionality at the design level on your host before going to the target, enabling you to find and correct errors earlier in your process and shorten your development time.
  • To easily integrate with your Cosmic development tools, allowing you to work with the design environment necessary for your 8 or 16 bit target (Freescale/Motorola, Infineon, Melexis, or STMicroelectronics)
  • To automatically produce a complete documentation package from the model which is always up-to-date with the design.
  • To reduce your development time and costs by utilizing an integrated development solution combining Rhapsody and Cosmic Software tools.

Rhapsody is the industry’s leading UML 2.0 based Model-Driven Development environment for systems and software engineering, and uniquely extends UML 2.0 to allow C developers, who are used to working with files and functions, to feel comfortable with UML. Couple this with Rhapsody's unique ability to let you work the way you want, whether on the code or on the model, and you have for the first time a powerful graphical tool for the C Developer.

Cosmic Software is a leading producer of software development tools and services for embedded systems such as: automobile transmissions, anti-lock brakes, air bag controllers, washing machines, microwaves, pacemakers, mobile phones, fiber optic switches, heavy construction equipment, avionics, robotics and many more. Cosmic Software product portfolio includes C-language cross-compilers, assemblers, processor simulators, hardware debuggers, a MISRA style and syntax checker, and an easy-to-use integrated development environment (IDEA). The compiler product line features ANSI/ISO C-language conformance with microcontroller-specific features and libraries, optimizing code generation, relocatable macro assembler, linker, programming utilities and standard debugging formats.

Who Should Attend:

Engineering Managers, Software Engineers, Software Quality and Test.

When:August 4, 2004, 1:00 PM EDT

View recorded on-line presentation here.