LDRA Tool Suite Supports Integration with the Analog Devices VisualDSP++ Software Development Environment

Wirral, United Kingdom, June 27, 2009 --(PR.com)-- LDRA, the leading provider of automated software verification, source code analysis, and test tools, has integrated the LDRA tool suite with the Analog Devices VisualDSP++ (VDSP++) software development environment. The LDRA tool suite provides automated software testing and verification across all stages of software development. VDSP++ creates a software development environment for engineers working with Analog’s embedded processors. This offering enables seamless testing of user code at both the unit and system levels, coupled with enhanced error detection to speed up the overall software development process.

Integration of the LDRA tool suite and the Analog Devices VDSP++ software combines their respective strengths. The LDRA tool suite supports the instrumentation of user code, test harness creation and processes target responses, and VDSP++ compiles and captures target results. The method of results capture is defined early in the process and is implemented in the instrumentation technique and harness code to accommodate the requirements and limitations of the target whether it is actual hardware or the VDSP++ simulator.

“Without question, Analog Devices is a leading global manufacturer of high-performance integrated circuits used in analog and digital signal processing applications,” noted Ian Hennell, LDRA Operations Director. “With our concern for developing quality software and easing the development process, we are extremely pleased to announce the integration of the VDSP++ environment and the LDRA tool suite.”

Thanks to compatibility with the ADI Integrated Development and Debugging Environment, remote access is possible with the VDSP++ environment. Using this integration method the LDRA tool suite is able to capture and use the specific environment settings defined within VDSP++ project files (*.dpj and *.dpg) in the creation of source code analysis sets. In so doing, the tool suite is able to ensure that the analysis, build and execution settings that are applied match the project settings, which in turn enables the use of the original project files to build the code as tested.

The LDRA tool suite is able to distinguish between the differing files that form a VDSP++ project, ignoring the source files that do not need to be analyzed. When the program executes, the LDRA tool suite can drill down to the captured results and then use these results for unit tests and structural coverage analysis. In this manner the LDRA tool is able to support the analysis needed to demonstrate structural coverage analysis up to and including DO-178B Level A.

This integration covers all devices supported by VDSP++. Although initially written and tested to support version 4.5 of VDSP++, the LDRA tool suite integration will be tested with v5.0 and also v3.5 (supporting the ADSP-21xx). Further updates and developments to the support using Analog Devices VisualDSP++ are planned in the future.

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About the LDRA tool suite

The LDRA tool suite has been derived from many ground-breaking testing techniques developed by LDRA. The LDRA tool suite assists with the eight primary tasks: traceability verification, design, code and quality review, unit testing, target testing, test verification and test management. Focus on these key areas is required to achieve a company’s software development and maintenance goals. The LDRA tool suite can be used by an entire project team—developers, QA managers, test engineers, project managers and maintenance/support engineers—to automate the software development lifecycle. Through the deployment of the LDRA tool suite, companies are able to deliver well-constructed, documented and tested software, and benefit from significant time, cost and operational savings. For more information on the LDRA tool suite, please visit: www.ldra.com.

About LDRA

For more than thirty years, LDRA has developed and driven the market for software that automates code analysis and software testing of safety-critical, mission-critical and business-critical applications. The LDRA tool suite is widely used in the aerospace, space and defence technology, nuclear energy and automotive industries. Through the use of the LDRA tool suite, companies ensure that their systems are built in accordance to prescribed industry standards and are durable and reliable in use. The LDRA tool suite is available for a number of programming languages over a wide range of host and target platforms. Boasting a worldwide presence, LDRA is headquartered in the UK with subsidiaries in the United States and an extensive distributor network. For more information on the LDRA tool suite, please visit: www.ldra.com.

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Mark James
LDRA, Portside, Monks Ferry, Wirral, CH41 5LH, UK
Email: mark.james@ldra.com