There is a growing trend that designers now require more integrated connectivity, such as USB instead of serial UART, Ethernet and CAN. Also, applications software is more complex and demands more software design resources than ever before. Incomplete, production-ready software takes more time to develop and integrate. Additionally, there are multiple sources for hardware, software, and tools. As a result of all this, an average of 60% of a team’s resources are spent on software resulting in embedded developers facing increased pressure to do more with less while enhancing application performance and connectivity, reducing cost and speeding time to market.