a techfocus media publication :: November 8, 2005 :: volume I, no. 06
| a techfocus media publication :: November 8, 2005 :: volume I, no. 06 |
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RTOS Roundup This week, Wind River announced their version of a fall fashion lineup for device software and tools. First down the runway, Whitney is looking wild this season in the latest commercial-grade Linux. Whitney’s embedded design is royalty free thanks to Linux’s open-source roots, but she’s happy to have a fully-tested, qualified and supported version from a commercial vendor. Next up, Desiree is decked out in the latest version of VxWorks. Her embedded system design demands reliable response time with no excuses, so she picked a commercial, hard-RTOS to handle her interrupts. Next, turn your attention to Penelope, whose productivity is really being boosted by… With all the new things going on in embedded device software and support, we thought now would be a good time to pour the RTOS chaos out on a big table, sort out the pieces, and see how the whole thing fits together (or doesn’t) for the average system designer. After all, confusion abounds in the RTOS realm. With hard- and soft-RTOS, device software, embedded OS, open-source, commercial, commercial open-source, commercial-grade open-source, royalty-free… there is a confluence of ambiguous labels and categorizations constantly conspiring to confuse us as we seek to select the best OS for our embedded system. [more]
Chillin’ with QuickLogic Soft sourceless music flows through the dim-lit scene. The faint smell of incense lingers. The embedded system designer sitting back on the recliner is a relaxed subject, miles from the high-stress world of project schedules and power budgets. The white-robed researcher speaks softly through the microphone, pausing just long enough for the subject’s responses to her word-associations to be heard. “Fire”… “hot”, “Pillow”… “soft”, “Schedule”… “late”, “Water”… “clear”, “Budget”… “over”, “FPGA”… “hot”, “Batteries”… “ASIC”, “Walk”… “run”, “Expensive”… “FPGA”, … Deep in the system designer’s psyche, the traditional truths of FPGA are fused with non-volatile, metal-to-metal connections. FPGAs are expensive. FPGAs consume too much power. FPGAs and battery-powered consumer devices are complete non-starters. [more]
The Case for Hardware/Software Co-Verification Because development boards are readily available, many FPGA designers make the mistake of relying on them as their primary embedded processor debug and verification environment. Can you get the job done that way? Well, yes you can, but then you can also dig a trench with a teaspoon – if you have enough time. Large devices allow you to stuff a whole system into the FPGA, but debugging these complex systems with limited visibility – and a one-day turnaround for synthesis plus place and route – can consume weeks of your precious time. [more] |
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LATEST NEWS November 8, 2005 AccelChip DSP Synthesis with IP-Explorer Technology to Be Demonstrated at SDR Forum IPFlex Starts Taking Orders for DAPDNA(R) Ethernet Platform Products Airbee Wireless Announces ZigBee(TM) Platform Compliance InterNiche Extends Specialist TCP/IP Device Networking Leadership with NicheStack 3.0 LogicBlaze Joins Eclipse Foundation LG Electronics Demonstrates First Handset Powered by SavaJe Technologies' Java-based Open OS November 7, 2005 QuickLogic Introduces PolarPro FPGA Architecture to Tackle Power Sensitive Applications AdaCore Announces Support for Wind River's VxWorks 6 IMlogic Launches First Embedded Solution for Instant Messaging Management and Security Sybase Extends Functionality of Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Atmel's New Rad-Hard SPARC Processor Improves Speed Versus Power Consumption Ratio by Eight Socle Licenses ARM Processor for Mobile and Consumer Devices November 3, 2005 November 2, 2005 |
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