austriamicrosystems AG (SWX: AMS), a leading global designer and manufacturer of high-performance analog integrated circuits (ICs), announced today the offering of a free software development kit (SDK) for its magnetic rotary encoder IC family.

Delivering on its strategy to provide customers with industry-leading products, performance excellence and first-class support,
austriamicrosystems is offering the easy-to-use SDK to help users develop customized software quickly and easily for applications developed with austriamicrosystems' family of magnetic rotary encoder ICs. The SDK enables customers to create powerful demonstrators as well as application software tailored to their production test and product configuration requirements, within the shortest possible timeframe.

"We know how important it is to provide good customer support," said Josef Janisch, Product Manager for magnetic rotary encoder products at austriamicrosystems. "That is why we decided to provide a free software development kit to help our customers speed up their development cycles. This powerful tool will enable them to visualize the functions of their AS5000-based magnetic rotary encoder ICs in a very simple way and thus develop application software within the shortest time. Now, the design engineer has no need to worry about protocols and communication between the product and his development environment. That is all handled by the tools we provide." 

The SDK is based on a Dynamic Link Library (DLL) that can be embedded in many software platforms, including Microsoft™ Visual Studio (C#, C/C++, Visual Basic), Borland C++ Builder or LabView. A number of application examples and help files make the SDK very user friendly.

The software development kit supports the entire austriamicrosystems magnetic encoder IC family. These ICs, which contactlessly sense rotary positions via a small rotating magnet, are ideally suited to harsh environments since they are impervious to wear. This makes them ideal for automotive, industrial and many consumer applications. The family includes the AS5035, an 8-bit resolution device with an incremental output, 10-bit devices with digital and analog outputs (the AS5040 and AS5043 respectively), and the AS5045, a 12-bit device with an absolute digital output.    

The software development kit can be downloaded for free from the austriamicrosystems website www.austriamicrosystems.com/03products/20_rotary_encoders.htm Magnetic Encoder demoboards and IC samples can be conveniently ordered from austriamicrosystems' online shop ICdirect https://shop.austriamicrosystems.com

About austriamicrosystems
austriamicrosystems is a leading designer and manufacturer of high performance analog ICs, combining almost 25 years of analog design capabilities and system know-how with its own state-of-the-art manufacturing and test facilities. austriamicrosystems leverages its expertise in low power and high accuracy to provide industry-leading customized and standard analog products. Operating worldwide with more than 850 employees, austriamicrosystems focuses on the areas of power management, sensors & sensor interfaces, portable audio and car access in its markets Communications, Industry & Medical and Automotive, complemented by its Full Service Foundry activities. austriamicrosystems is listed on the SWX Swiss Exchange in Zurich (ticker symbol: AMS).