Design West Summit – 26-29 March 2012

• Analyzing, Debugging, and Agile Development:  Software and hardware methodologies that rely on agile development, static analysis, model-driven tools and other techniques to maximize system performance while avoiding costly and time-wasting mistakes.

• Best Practices; Managing, Process and Quality: From concept to production-worthy code and systems,  “best practices” information for engineering project management, maintaining quality and avoiding common s/w and h/w mistakes.

• Challenges and Solutions in Embedded Design: Experts describe myriad successful outcomes to embedded design’s most difficult problems. An emphasis on case studies and real world examples.

• Connectivity and Networking: Understanding and implementing wired and wireless Internet,  “cloud”,  local interface and network connections to and within embedded systems.

• Design, Test, Prototype and System Integration:  Time to market: a whole-system approach to software and hardware, focusing on modeling, simulation (including virtual), testing  and software/hardware system integration and test.

• FPGAs in Embedded Systems: FPGAs with intelligent peripherals, multicore processors, DSPs and on-the-fly reconfiguration can replace entire PCBs. Here’s what you need to know about the latest instantiations, programming, IP and coexistence with other CPUs.

• Hardware, Architectures, and I/O:  Hardware-centric approaches to small form factors, HMI displays, multicore, popular CPUs and microcontrollers,  reference design examples, more.

• Linux, Android and Open Source:  Evaluating, understanding and using embedded Linux, the Android platform, and other popular open-source software.

• Low-Power Design: It’s all about balancing low power, performance and cost – from processor selection and low-power modes, system design, tips and tricks, and writing efficient software.

• Microcontrollers and SoCs in Embedded Designs:  Understanding, selecting, designing, programming, and using MCUs and SoCs in embedded. Sessions vary from coding the latest ARM (and other) processors to designing the entire system with I/O and sensors.

• New Directions in Software, Processes and Tools:  Changes are coming to modern languages like C, C++, Java and others, and common IDEs like Eclipse and other tool suites keep evolving to meet new requirements. Tune in to stay plugged into what’s new.

• Programming, Languages and Techniques:  This track offers insights that will help you write code that’s more reliable, maintainable, efficient and/or portable using the most popular languages for developing embedded systems.

• RTOS and Real Time:  Fundamental real-time concepts, selecting and understanding an RTOS, developing and verifying real-time systems.

• Security and Safety Come to Embedded:  Examining security and malicious attack mitigation for connected embedded systems; and aspects of developing, testing and deploying for life- and safety-critical systems.

If you plan to only access the expositions, the pass (Expo Pass) is free and you only need to register. For details about the other pass see table below. Super Early rates are available until the 18th of December 2011. All pass includes an 10.1″ Android tablet.