Synopsys, Inc. announced the new DesignWare® ARC® EM Software Development Platform to accelerate software development and debug of ARC EM processor-based system-on-chips (SoC) for a wide range of ultra-low power embedded applications such as IoT, sensor fusion, and voice applications. The ARC EM Software Development Platform includes an FPGA-based hardware board with commonly used peripherals and downloadable platform packages. The Development Platform is supported by Synopsys' MetaWare Development Tool Kit, which includes a compiler, debugger, and libraries optimized for maximum performance with minimal code size. In addition, the embARC Open Software Platform gives developers online access to device drivers, examples, and a suite of free and open-source software that enables them to speed software development for their ARC-based embedded systems. The ARC EM Software Development platform supports all ARC EM processor families and EM-based subsystems. To facilitate development of ARC processor-based designs, the platform includes several debug and trace interfaces as well as a range of on-board peripherals including motion sensors, flash memory, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi used in IoT edge devices. The ARC EM Software Development Platform provides extensibility using Arduino UNO revision 3 compatible shields, Digilent Pmod modules, and mikroBUS add-on boards. For greater flexibility, a memory-mapped External Bus Interface (EBI) is also available to control any memory-mapped peripherals located on an external custom board over a generic pin header. The DesignWare ARC EM Software Development Platform is available now from Trenz.