SoCrates, a development board based on Altera ARM-based SoC (System on a Chip) solutions has been launched by EBV Elektronik. The distributor says it has devised the solution to aid engineers who can find the complexity of integrating microcontrollers and FPGAs challenging. It says the board simplifies this process and opens it up to a wider engineering base. Altera SoC’s incorporate powerful ARM technology for applications that need very fast data processing. Besides the typical FPGA solutions, the SoC is proving of great interest for applications that use FPGAs and microcontrollers on two separate chips. EBV has designed a board with the specific need of customers in mind. Harald Friedrich, Vertical Segment Director EMEA for FPGAs at EBV, explained: “We really want to show them how easy it is to produce such a design. We have experienced the same in the past: when customers try a design with a complex…