uC/OS-II, uC/TCP-IP and uC/Probe Now Support Blackfin
WESTON, Fla.--(Business Wire)--
As part of its commitment to supporting all major microprocessor
platforms, Micrium, a leading provider of high quality embedded
software components, today announced that its uC/OS-II(TM) real time
operating system (RTOS) and uC/TCP-IP(TM) network stack have been
ported to Analog Devices' Blackfin family of microprocessors. The
company's uC/Probe(TM) monitoring tool is also fully compatible with
Blackfin processors.
"Micrium components now support nearly 50 architectures, including
ARM, Cortex, PowerPC, ColdFire, Blackfin and others. Supporting the
Blackfin platform is a major addition to our portfolio, and it
demonstrates the growing adoption of our products across the embedded
marketplace," stated Jean Labrosse, president and CEO of Micrium. "The
Blackfin processors' performance - up to 600 MHz - and architecture,
with its rich instruction set, make uC/OS-II a great candidate for
mixed control and signal processing applications."
Analog Devices' Blackfin embodies a new breed of 16/32-bit
embedded processor with the industry's highest performance and power
efficiency for applications where a convergence of capabilities --
multi-format audio, video, voice and image processing; multi-mode
baseband and packet processing; and real-time security and control
processing -- are critical. It is this powerful combination of
software flexibility and scalability that has gained Blackfin
widespread adoption in convergent applications such as digital home
entertainment, networked and streaming media, automotive telematics
and infotainment, and digital radio and mobile TV.
"Embedded developers value Micrium's uC/OS-II real time operating
system for its small memory footprint, availability of source code for
advanced development and royalty free licensing for product
deployment," said Rick Gentile, Applications Engineering Manager in
ADI's GP-DSP Division. "Micrium's robust suite of embedded software
components is a perfect fit with the Blackfin processors' wide range
of integrated peripherals targeting markets from mobile media to high
power industrial applications. We work closely with Micrium to ensure
the continued compatibility of Micrium and Blackfin products. Our
customers that use the Micrium products always remind me that they
have one less thing to worry about in their development."
Micrium's uC/TCP-IP stack is designed specifically for the
demanding requirements of embedded systems and provides superior
performance on the Blackfin processors, especially when used with DMA
support, as on the BF537. Other application Layer protocols such as
uC/DHCP, uC/DNS and uC/FTP are also available from Micrium, and make
uC/TCP-IP stack the best choice for network applications on the
Blackfin processors. The combination of Micrium products, including
uC/OS-II and uC/TCP-IP, along with the uC/Probe monitoring tool,
allows users to develop applications in a unified way without
encountering compatibility issues.
Ports of uC/OS-II are now available for Analog Devices BF533,
BF537, BF548 and dual-core BF561, while ports of uC/TCP-IP are
available for Analog Devices BF537 and BF548. Available ports can be
downloaded from the Micrium website, at
http://www.micrium.com/analog/index.html.
Product Information
Micrium's uC/OS-II RTOS is a highly portable, ROMable, scalable,
preemptive real-time, multitasking kernel. uC/OS-II can manage up to
255 tasks and provides: Semaphores, Event Flags, Mutual Exclusion
Semaphores, Message Mailboxes and Queues, Task, Time, Timer and Fixed
Sized Memory Block Management.
uC/TCP-IP is a compact, reliable, high performance TCP/IP protocol
stack. Built from the ground up with Micrium's renowned quality,
scalability and reliability, uC/TCP-IP enables the rapid configuration
of required network options to minimize time to market. uC/TCP-IP is a
clean-room design and not derived from publicly available Unix stacks,
yet is compatible with the Berkeley 4.4 socket layer interface.
uC/TCP-IP can be used on 16, 32 and 64-bit CPUs.
uC/Probe is a universal embedded systems monitoring tool that
provides system feedback without the need to stop the application.
uC/Probe saves considerable development time by visually allowing
users to see the internals of a running embedded application, and to
change settings and configuration values in the target.
About Micrium
Micrium provides high-quality embedded software components by way
of engineer-friendly source code, unsurpassed documentation and
customer support. The company's world-renowned real-time operating
system, the Micrium uC/OS-II, features the highest-quality source code
available for today's embedded market. Micrium's products consistently
shorten time-to-market throughout all product development cycles. For
additional information on Micrium, please visit www.micrium.com.
Micrium
Jean Labrosse, 954-217-2036
jean.labrosse@micrium.com
or
Impress Public Relations
Amy Smith, 401-369-9266
amy@impress-pr.com
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