Extended test platform portfolio for ADI’s Automotive Audio Bus
Mentor’s second-generation A²B Analyzer platform incorporates all the functions of its predecessor, while adding new features to support the latest AD242x family of transceivers from Analog Devices, including node simulation tools, A²B network configuration, and support for Slave-to-Slave node communication. The Automotive A²B Analyzer System now includes a comprehensive Software Development Kit (SDK) with thoroughly documented APIs to enable users to implement a broad range of custom test applications.
In addition to introducing the next-generation A²B Analyzer System, Mentor has announced new support for the Audio Stream Input/Output (ASIO) driver, a popular technology from Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH. With this driver, the Mentor A²B Analyzer hardware is presented as a virtual sound card to popular audio processing client applications such as AudioMulch, Audacity and Reaper, thereby enabling direct access to high fidelity individual audio streams over USB. ASIO driver support is available as an optional add-on to the A²B Analyzer software, and is compatible with both generations of Mentor’s A²B Analyzer platforms. Mentor Automotive has also announced plans to soon launch an automotive-grade A²B network monitor product engineered to help customers passively observe A²B bus traffic in a spy mode.
The Mentor Automotive division of Mentor has a track record of supplying automotive-grade electrical and electronic systems over decades. Currently engaged with 17 of the world’s top 20 carmakers, the company is a supplier of automotive networking solutions, and the number one supplier of automotive Linux. Mentor provides hardware and design tools in the areas of automotive connectivity, electrification, autonomous drive and vehicle architecture.
Mentor Automotive; www.mentor.com
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