Renesas Electronics has completed the acquisition of Oakland, California-based software developer Pictorus, adding a cloud-based behavioral modeling platform to its Renesas 365 environment. The acquisition expands Renesas 365, which is claimed to unify electronics system development, from discovery through lifecycle management, by enabling engineers to visually design, simulate, and validate system behavior. The platform supports model-based design, allowing block diagrams created in a web browser to be converted into executable embedded software generated in Rust, with C/C++ and Python interoperability. Renesas said the addition targets faster development cycles and digital continuity from system modeling to software implementation to device deployment, particularly for automotive, robotics, and industrial equipment applications. Leigh Gawne, VP of R&D and Digital Industries, Software & Digitalization at Renesas, said, “Incorporating Pictorus’ capabilities advances system design on Renesas 365 by combining current architectural modeling capabilities with behavioral modeling and simulation.” He added that the technology supports “rapid virtual prototyping and code generation.”