Vector Software, the leading provider of software test tools for embedded systems, today announced it once again extended its tool support for the Renesas High-Performance Embedded Workshop (HEW) development environment. The VectorCAST/C++ unit and integration test tool is now able to execute tests automatically on simulators for M32C, R32C and M32R chips. This support comes in addition to support for M16C/R8C and SuperH (SH) chips published earlier this year.

The integrations to M32C and R32C leverage the capabilities of HEW through the HEW Target Server, an API published by Renesas. The M32R integration was done using the TRACE32 Simulator, a free product from Lauterbach, which is similar to the board debugger of the same name. All of these integrations offer a superior degree of test automation and user feedback during execution. Customized board support is also possible for all these chips.

“As a Renesas Gold Partner, we take great pride in expanding our offering for users of the HEW Development Environment” says Bill McCaffrey, Director of Marketing at Vector Software. “These requests for additional Renesas support were made by Asia-Pacific clients. The latest additions to VectorCAST/C++ will enable Vector Software to better serve HEW users in automotive markets and beyond”.

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Vector Software, the leading provider of software test tools for embedded systems, today announced extended support for the Renesas High-Performance Embedded Workshop (HEW) development environment. This newest integration enables users to unit test their code and measure code coverage automatically on M16C/R8C and SuperH (SH) simulators

VectorCAST/C++ leverages the capabilities of HEW through the

HEW Target Server, an API published by Renesas. HEW enables a superior degree of test automation and user feedback during execution. It also opens the door for many other possible integrations including: additional chips (such as M32C, R32C, and H8), highly automated board support, and integration with third-party debuggers (such as Lauterbach TRACE32 and others). M16C/R8C and SH architectures were originally released by Mitsubishi Semiconductors and Hitachi Semiconductors, respectively.

“We are proud to bring the benefits of highly automated unit and integration test to Renesas HEW users” says Bill McCaffrey, Director of Marketing at Vector Software. “This integration was already road-tested by a beta client in Asia, and the feedback we received was extremely positive. This development effort will enable us to better serve the vast community of HEW users in Automotive, Electronics and beyond”.

About Vector Software:
Vector Software, Inc. is the leading independent provider of automated software testing tools for developers of safety critical embedded applications. Vector Software’s VectorCAST line of products, automate and manage the complex tasks associated with unit, integration, and system level testing. The VectorCAST tools support the C, C++, and Ada programming languages.

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Vector Software, the leading provider of software test tools for embedded systems, today announced support for the Agile methodology’s Test Driven Development (TDD) and Continuous Integration (CI). This new functionality available in VectorCAST v5.1 extends the traditional unit and integration test capabilities currently used in Waterfall or V-Model software development methodologies.

To date, the VectorCAST tool suite has been used by embedded developers to test individual C/C++ modules (unit testing) or groups of modules that make up a functional area of the application (integration testing). This pure unit testing approach allows the developer to ensure that the low-level requirements attributed to a unit are implemented correctly, while at the same time verifying the completeness of the testing via code coverage analysis. Since the code has already been written at this point, one concern is that the unit tests will simply test what the code was written to do, rather than what the code is required to do.

TDD aims to solve this problem by moving test case development earlier in the process to a point after the initial design is completed, but before the code is written. “This ‘test first’ approach is becoming very popular for the development of embedded and non-embedded applications” said Bill McCaffrey, Director of Marketing at Vector Software.

Unlike most of the available unit testing framework tools used in TDD (Wikipedia lists 38 of them) which require the unit tests and the associated test harness to be constructed manually, VectorCAST/C++ creates the test harness automatically and provides a simple to use GUI to define input data and expected results for a particular test. With v5.1, VectorCAST/C++ has been extended to build the test harness before the application source code is written. This automation lends itself not only to a test first approach, but also to a continuous integration approach with the automated regression test tool VectorCAST/Manage. Manage allows development teams to integrate and test their work automatically and re-execute entire test suites, on-target, on a daily basis, and/or multiple times per day.

About Vector Software:
Vector Software, Inc. is the leading independent provider of automated software testing tools for developers of safety-critical embedded applications. Vector Software’s VectorCAST line of products, automate and manage the complex tasks associated with unit, integration, and system level testing. The VectorCAST tools support the C, C++, and Ada programming languages.

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Vector Software, the leading provider of software test tools for embedded systems, today announced support for the Agile methodology’s Test Driven Development (TDD) and Continuous Integration (CI). This new functionality available in VectorCAST v5.1 extends the traditional unit and integration test capabilities currently used in Waterfall or V-Model software development methodologies.

To date, the VectorCAST tool suite has been used by embedded developers to test individual C/C++ modules (unit testing) or groups of modules that make up a functional area of the application (integration testing). This pure unit testing approach allows the developer to ensure that the low-level requirements attributed to a unit are implemented correctly, while at the same time verifying the completeness of the testing via code coverage analysis. Since the code has already been written at this point, one concern is that the unit tests will simply test what the code was written to do, rather than what the code is required to do.

TDD aims to solve this problem by moving test case development earlier in the process to a point after the initial design is completed, but before the code is written. “This ‘test first’ approach is becoming very popular for the development of embedded and non-embedded applications” said Bill McCaffrey, Director of Marketing at Vector Software.

Unlike most of the available unit testing framework tools used in TDD (Wikipedia lists 38 of them) which require the unit tests and the associated test harness to be constructed manually, VectorCAST/C++ creates the test harness automatically and provides a simple to use GUI to define input data and expected results for a particular test. With v5.1, VectorCAST/C++ has been extended to build the test harness before the application source code is written. This automation lends itself not only to a test first approach, but also to a continuous integration approach with the automated regression test tool VectorCAST/Manage. Manage allows development teams to integrate and test their work automatically and re-execute entire test suites, on-target, on a daily basis, and/or multiple times per day.

About Vector Software
Vector Software, Inc. is the leading independent provider of automated software testing tools for developers of safety-critical embedded applications. Vector Software’s VectorCAST line of products, automate and manage the complex tasks associated with unit, integration, and system level testing. The VectorCAST tools support the C, C++, and Ada programming languages.

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Vector Software, the leading provider of software test tools for embedded systems, today announced support for the Cosmic STM8 compiler. Previous versions of VectorCAST had already supported the Cosmic compiler for HCS12. Test execution is provided through the Cosmic ZAP Simulator, as well as through the ST Visual Develop (STVD), an STMicroelectronics product.

VectorCAST/C++ enables programs written for the STM8 target to be validated with unit and integration tests, including code coverage, in the ZAP and STVD simulator environments. Test execution can be done entirely automatically, or the user can control the execution of the program via the debugger. As with all other VectorCAST target integrations, this one also enables users to run test cases in regression mode from the command line. The STM8 family of processors was released in 2008 by STMicroelectronics, and is heavily used in the automotive industry.

“This latest integration of VectorCAST with the Cosmic STM8, one of the newest targets in the industry, demonstrates our level of commitment to providing state-of-the-art the embedded test tools to the automotive industry”, says Bill McCaffrey, Director of Marketing at Vector Software. “Thanks to our partnership with Cosmic Software, we were able to quickly respond to requests for support of their latest compiler. We would like to extend our thanks to our partners at Cosmic”.

About Cosmic Software:
Cosmic Software is a leading provider of Embedded System Development Tools for designers working in a variety of industries including: automotive, medical, telecom, industrial and consumer electronics. With 25 years of embedded innovation, it is one of the leading creators of Integrated Development Environment (IDEA), optimizing C Cross Compilers, Assemblers, Simulation, Real-time Debuggers, and programming support utilities of the industry.

About Vector Software:
Vector Software, Inc. is the leading independent provider of automated software testing tools for developers of safety critical embedded applications. Vector Software’s VectorCAST line of products, automate and manage the complex tasks associated with unit, integration, and system level testing. The VectorCAST tools support the C, C++, and Ada programming languages.

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