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iC5000 On-Chip Analyzer - Software configurable Development and Test Platform for Embedded Systems
Today iSYSTEM AG based in Schwabhausen announces their new generation of development and test tools for embedded software and hardware.
The platform called iC5000 On-Chip Analyzer is the consequent product enhancement of well proven iSYSTEM technolgy into one hardware platform. iC5000 is a single hardware and software platform that is changed by software updates into a multi-functional development and test tool to support various processors and controllers.
The hardware of the iC5000 consists of a base module including USB2.0 and ETH100 for connection to the PC. On top of the base module the debug/trace module and an optional I/O module is located.
The debug/trace module connects to different debug interfaces (JTAG, BDM, SWD, ETM, NEXUS..). For that various adapters are available.
The I/O module controls measurement and stimulation tests. With it analog and digital signals can be generated, monitored and traced.
At the moment there are software licenses to support following controllers: ARM7, ARM9, XScale, CortexM3, Freescale Coldfire V1, Coldfire V2/V3/V4, MC9(S)08 and MC9S12(X). Others will follow in 2010. By purchase of a trace license the platform is expanded from a simple debugger to very powerful test tool with up to 256MB trace memory.
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Unicoi Systems and DS2 Power Room-to-Room Streaming HD for Consumer Entertainment Devices
Fusion TCP/IPv4/IPv6 Embedded Networking Stack and DS2 Powerline Networking Devices Revolutionize Digital Home and Gaming Experience
Unicoi Systems has announced the implementation of Unicoi's Fusion TCP/IPv4/IPv6 in the next generation of digital home networking solutions from DS2. DS2's Powerline Communications products, running Fusion TCP/IPv4/IPv6 Dual Mode Stack, facilitate whole-home networking through existing home wiring.
Unicoi Systems' CEO Greg Coonley said, "Unicoi is enthusiastic about being part of a revolutionary breakthrough in the digital home and gaming experience. We are pleased that DS2 chose Fusion as the high-speed networking solution for DS2's UPA Plug tested powerline communications products. We look forward to working with DS2 to further improve data throughput for Powerline Communications' customers including D-Link, NETGEAR and Texas Instruments."
Eivind Christensen, Product Marketing Manager at DS2, said "Unicoi Systems has a long history of delivering quality embedded software. The Fusion product family is a very comprehensive suite of network connected software for a variety of embedded applications which is why we chose to run Unicoi's Fusion TCP/IPv4/IPv6 Dual Mode stack in our powerline communications chipsets for digital home networking applications."
DS2's 200 Mbps Powerline Communications chipsets, featuring Fusion TCP/IPv4/IPv6, deliver room-to-room HD streaming that allow consumers to instantly connect devices like computers, HDTV's and gaming consoles to each other over existing home wiring. By simply plugging the DS2 based powerline networking devices into any electrical outlet around the home, the wires in the walls network the devices together to deliver high-definition media streaming, online gaming and other next-generation digital home applications including networked security cameras, and audio and digital photo file sharing.
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Performance Enhancements Make Fusion Stack Unparalleled
Unicoi Systems has proudly announced release of their Fusion TCP/IPv4/IPv6 Dual Mode Stack version 8.6. This release was motivated by the drive to increase Unicoi’s performance lead over lagging, less adaptive solutions from 'Gold Rush Era' competitors. Now, the most trusted embedded TCP/IP stack in the industry is even faster.
"Despite the recession, Unicoi Systems is still experiencing growth due to demand for an inexpensive, highly portable TCP/IP stack that exceeds the performance limitations of larger, less portable solutions from entrenched real time OS vendors. In keeping with our overall product strategy of ultimately finding ourselves only competing with our own incumbent solutions for top seed performance benchmarks, Unicoi offers an alternative to single source options with outdated IP and bloated pricing models from the 1990s", says Greg Coonley, CEO of Unicoi Systems.
Noteworthy performance gains in TCP transmit and receive are the results of many man-months of effort by Unicoi’s highly experienced engineering team. Fusion TCP/IPv4/IPv6 8.6 boasts TCP transmit performance that averages 25% higher than previous versions with peaks in excess of 40%, depending on the transmit buffer size. On average, the TCP receive performance is improved by 20% over Fusion TCP/IPv4/IPv6 version 8.5 with peaks at over 30%, depending on the size of the receive buffer size.
To run faster, the Fusion stack has to run smarter, which is why several new features are part of version 8.6. A new socket option is provided for tuning TCP performance by allowing the TCP ACK strategy to adapt to the saturation of the socket receive buffer. Also, a new set of driver API functions allow developers to create a pool of reusable message buffers for receiving packets from the network. Additional changes in the core stack allow drivers to pass packets received from the network to the stack where the actual packet data is contained in a buffer allocated from a different memory space than the Fusion stack's own heap.
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SCIOPTA's IEC61508 SIL3 Safety Real-Time Operating System for ARM is certified by TUV
SCIOPTA Systems AG has announced the immediate availability of the SCIOPTA Real-Time Operating System certified to IEC61508/EN50128 by TUV Munich for the ARM7/9 and XScale Microprocessors to be used in safety related systems up to SIL3.
The SCIOPTA ARM IEC61508-P3 Safety Kernel is written in highly optimized assembler and specifically tuned for the ARM microprocessors. This results in a very high performance and a low memory footprint
The SCIOPTA ARM IEC61508-P3 Safety Kernel has been developed according to: risk level SIL3 (IEC61508-3) and SIL3/4 (EN50128). It has been tested by TUV according to: IEC 61508-1, IEC 61508-3, IEC61508-4 and EN 50128.
The SCIOPTA ARM IEC61508-P3 delivery contains the Certificate, the Certfication Report of Functional Safety and the Safety Manual, which provides guidance on how to safely use SCIOPTA.
SCIOPTA is royalty free and is certified to be used with the IAR ARM C Compiler, IAR ARM Assembler and IAR ARM Linker
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New Low-Cost bundles for ARM 7/9/Cortex and Freescale Coldfire
iSYSTEM has introduced new low-cost bundles for development on ARM 7, ARM 9, ARM Cortex, and Freescale Coldfire microcontrollers. The new bundle kits consist of the high speed iC3000HS emulator, along with the appropriate iCARD, to give a low priced high specification debug system. The bundle allows developers to reduce their development start up costs whilst still equiping themselves with the best fully featured development tools.
The new bundles are available at a substantial discount off the list price for the individual parts, and will be available until June 2009.
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Unicoi Systems has announced the release of a new Fusion SIP version
ATLANTA, GEORGIA - January 28, 2009 - Unicoi Systems is proud to announce the release of Fusion SIP version 5.0 for secure VoIP telephony. With this release, Fusion SIP now supports SIP over TCP/IP and secure SIP or SIPS.
SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) is one of the signaling protocols most commonly used in VoIP telecommunications. SIPS is the security-enhanced implementation of SIP. Fusion SIPS provides secure SIP for telecommunications by allowing an IP telephone to encrypt all data transmissions between a SIP Proxy and the phone. Encrypting SIP transmissions is vital as more and more users move from POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service) to the Internet alternative, VoIP.
Of particular interest to developers, this release of Fusion SIP was tested against the Protos test suite and passed all 4000+ cases. The Protos test suite focuses on the parsing of INVITE messages and verifies that the device can correctly parse the many different permutations of invalid SIP header fields.
"Unicoi Systems sees the future demand for VoIP and secure VoIP, which is why our engineering department is producing the products today to prepare phone developers for the demands of tomorrow. Although SIP 5.0 immediately benefits businesses and government agencies developing VoIP solutions on Unicoi's Fusion Networking Suite and Fusion VoIP Phone Reference Designs, high-volume consumer applications now have a low-cost alternative for secure VoIP telecommunications." said Greg Coonley, Unicoi's Chief Executive Officer.
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