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eCos and RedBoot based products showcase
The eCos RTOS and RedBoot bootloader have been used in a wide variety of market segments and products.
From high volume consumer appliances where the emphasis is on minimizing licensing costs and hardware
resource requirements, to low volume semi-custom designs where simplicity and flexibility are the most
important considerations, and everything inbetween.
In the fragmented embedded operating systems market eCos is one of the
major players, with global market usage of around 5-6% according to multiple
surveys including CMP's Embedded Study 2007, and EDC's Embedded Development
Survey 2007.
If you have developed, or know of a new product that uses eCos or RedBoot, please
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The following is a small selection of eCos based products illustrating the wide variety of device types and markets from companies
large and small that have embraced eCos.
Consumer Electronics and Multimedia
- Sony, Playstation 3,
next generation games console.
The Playstation 3 integrates a formidable set of multimedia technologies
including Cell multiprocessor, RSX 3D graphics, Blu-Ray disc, hard drive, Ethernet, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and more.
eCos is used to provide the Playstation's Wi-Fi support based on the Marvell 88W8580 WLAN chip.
- Samsung, LCD HDTVs,
including the latest "M" and "F" top-of-the-line ranges of 32-70 inch sets.
The TVs feature multi-media playback via USB2 from cameras, mp3 players and flash drives.
- TrekStor, Vibez,
digital audio player based on a new one inch form factor hard disk with 8, 12 and 15GB capacity options.
MP3, WMA, Ogg, FLAC and JPEG formats supported. Colour display for photos and cover art.
- NXP, STB200 and STB220, set top box reference designs.
Nexperia PNX8316 and PNX8330 based STBs for cable, DVB-T, and satellite TV.
The reference design uses eCosPro as its standard RTOS,
and ships with a copy of eCosCentric's eCosPro Starter Kit. The kit incorporates the eCosPro multimedia file system
eCosPro-MMFS).
- Eye-Fi, Eye-Fi wireless SD cards, A range of SD memory cards that incorporate
WiFi networking to effortlessly transfer images between camera and computer without any cables.
- Rio Audio, Rio Karma,
award winning 20GB hard disk based digital audio player. Supports MP3, WMA, FLAC, and Ogg Vorbis formats.
Docking station includes Ethernet and USB.
- Sirius, Satellite Radio Receivers.
The various Sirius models are capable of receiving and playing from over 130 channels of music,
sport and news. The channels are broadcast from satellites in geosynchronous orbit above North America.
- Barco, HD projectors. eCos is used in both DLP and LCD based models comprising the
SIM,
iD,
iCon, and
NH projector ranges.
These are all 1080P 16:9 HD units, and most include an integrated networking capability.
- Parrot, Bluetooth Photo Viewer,
7" and 3" digital photo frames with built-in Bluetooth networking for direct download from mobile phones.
- Parrot, Sound System,
BoomBox, and other audio products.
Wireless Hi-Fi speakers with built-in Bluetooth networking for playback from mp3 players, mobile phones and PCs.
- 3D Perception, HMR-15, DLP projector for simulation applications.
Multiple HMR-15's work in concert to provide fully immersive simulation environments.
The projectors feature image subdivision, edge blending and image warping support for curved displays -
enabling multiple units to be integrated together to provide a single large seamless display.
- Ceivia, Digital Photo Receiver, digitial photograph display frames with remote update capability.
The CEIVA Digital Photo Receiver receives new sets of photos via a nightly download, picking up the latest images from your family and friends.
- Targa,
MP3 H3100/H2100, hard disk based digital audio players with USB2.0, colour LCD, and SD card expansion.
- NETGEAR, MP101 wireless digital music player.
Streams audio data from 802.11b and Ethernet based sources> Supports MP3 and WMA music formats.
- Kaleidescape, Kaleidescape System,
high-end home cinema and music system. Servers are capable of storing uncompressed copies of DVDs and CDs
(high capacity models store up to 1,340 DVDs or 15,000 CDs) and serving these around the home.
Winner of multiple CES innovations awards, and Home Theatre Specialists of America "Best Custom Product of the Year, 2006".
- Iomega, Iomega HipZip, portable digital audio player.
Networking and Communications
- Media Systems, Personal Securer, Home Securer and Car Securer, personal security devices incorporating triband GSM, GPRS modem and GPS positioning technology.
- TANDBERG, Utility
and Compass public video conferencing phones.
Applications include information services, and communications in secure environments.
- NETGEAR, WGR614 Ethernet & wireless router, and
MR814 cable/dsl wireless router. Includes 802.11B/G Wi-Fi, 4 port Ethernet switch, and SPI firewall.
- Cisco, DPC/EPC2325, DOCSIS Residential Cable Gateway with built-in wireless access point and Ethernet switch.
- LEA, NetPlug Pro, power line communications based home/office/hotel networking.
- Airlink101, AR315W, 802.11b/g and Ethernet wireless router.
- Red-M and Madge Networks, Red-Alert Pro and WLAN Probe
WLAN intrusion detection devices.
- NETGEAR,
WGX102 54Mbps powerline Ethernet bridge.
The WGX102 plugs into power sockets to easily extend an Ethernet network within a building.
- ASCOM, Power Line Modem and Routers, power line communications based broadband networking.
- NETGEAR, WGR101 54Mbps cable and DSL wireless travel router.
- Exegin, Q52 ZigBee-TCP/IP bridging device,
and Q51 ZigBee Protocol Analyser.
- NETGEAR, WGE111 wireless game adapter Ethernet bridge.
- E3Switch, DS3/E3 based Network Extender. Transparently supports Ethernet over DS3/E3/T3 telecommunications circuits.
- Falcom, eCos based devices include the
Mambo personal tracker;
Fox,
Bolero and
STEPPIII vehicle location solutions;
and Falcom F35-XXL-SI and
XF55 communications modules.
The modules incorporate GPS receivers and triband GPRS/GSM voice and data.
- CommtechWireless, Fusion Series modular messaging system, eCos is used in both the Central Command Module and the Telephone Interface Module.
- Mikrom, MVD600 H.264/AAC decoder, The MVD600 is a professional H.264/AAC decoder with digital interfaces targeting the Mobile TV market (ISDB-T, DVB-H).
- Riverstone Networks, ES2010, carrier-grade ES edge access Ethernet router.
- NETGEAR, GS108T,
GS724TS and
GS748TS
PROSAFE® 8, 24 and 48 port gigabit managed smart switches. Includes SFP fibre support, 20Gbps stacking bus to expand switch to 288 ports,
web based management, SNMP, and many other features.
- Comtech EF Data, Digicast range of Media Routers and IP encapsulators.
Spanning satellite, cable, wireless and cellular networks, the Digicast products support video and IP-based content
contribution and distribution.
- Siemens, TC35 XP
communications module featuring Bluetooth, GPS, GSM, SMS and GPS technologies.
- Cisco, SF200 & SG200-08
series Smart Switch range of 10/100 and gigabit Ethernet switches.
Industrial and Automotive
- Johnson Controls, York International range of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems, using eCos and RedBoot.
- Fluke, 289 and 287 True-RMS Multimeters.
Fluke's "The Most Advanced Multimeters, Ever", industrial/electronics logging & graphing multimeter's.
- Vipa, Speed7 PLC,
eCos based process control systems - the fastest PLC in the world.
- Microplex Printware AG, SOLID printer range.
Industrial printers featuring high reliability and high throughput.
The range includes thermal and laser based printers, and supports labels, continous feed, and cut paper stationary.
- Schindler, Schindler 7000
range of high-rise elevators. eCos is used in the ColdFire based hoisting machinery motor control units.
- Volvo, the Volvo Personal Communicator (VPC) biometric access system integrated into the
Safety Concept Car (SCC).
- Conenergy, Sunreader. Internet connected monitoring of photovoltaic installations.
- Chauvin Arnoux,
BLUETOP 100, Bluetooth based radio modem for RS485, RS232, Jbus and Modbus cable replacement.
- Printronix, SL5000 & SL4 RFID, and T5000 & T4 Thermal printer ranges,
industrial printers for identification, barcode, and RFID labels.
SmartLine RFID versions include high speed UHF RFID label encoding capability. Ethernet and Wi-Fi options.
- Advanced Relay, LayGO PXS,
Protocol eXchange Servers.
- JCI Sabroe, Unisab III,
advanced refrigeration systems controller. Local operator and internet based control, monitoring and diagnostics
of industrial regfigeration system components.
- connectBlue,
Wireless Web Enabler range consisting of WIP900c, WIP800m, WIP125 and WIP425 Bluetooth access points.
Remote control of connected devices via RS232, RS422, RS485, Modbus, Profibus, DevNet and Ethernet.
- Comtrol, the DeviceMaster RTS and DeviceMaster PRO ranges.
DeviceMaster's are network connected programmable serial port servers that support RS2232, RS485 and RS422 based communication protcols.
- Formac, TelGas,
gas process monitoring system supporting remote logging, event monitoring, messaging, and alarms.
- Innosoft, I-S MobileBox and RemoteBox,
GPS/GSM/GPRS/Bluetooth based system for vehicle fleet control, location, logging and administration.
- Delphi Automative, dashboard based
Mobile Productivity Center, featuring voice recognition, speech output, phone and PDA integration.
- General Motors, vehicle electronics.
Office and Information Technology
- Cisco/TANDBERG, a complete range of high definition video conferencing equipment,
including the Profile,
Centric and
Set Top series, as well as the
Cisco E20 desktop videophone.
- Compellent, Storage Center,
eCos based storage Area Network (SAN) appliance.
A highly scaleable system that can support hundreds of terrabytes of storage,
using a range of industry standard interfaces including Fiber Channel, iSCSI, and SATA.
- Brother International,
HL-2400CeN and HL-3400CN, award winning series of colour laser printers.
- Epson, colour laser printers.
- Banksys, countertop Xenta
and portable Xentissimo
electronic banking point of sale terminals. eCos used for communications and security processor.
- Printronix, the P7000
range of printers. Designed for high volume printing applications, the P7000 range offers high quality output,
unsurpassed reliability, and print speeds of up to 2000 lines per minute.
- Hitachi, WirelessIP 5000,
SIP based VOIP phone using 802.11b wireless communications.
- HumanWare, MyReader,
auto-reader tool for the vision impaired. Can capture, magnify, and rearrange text on-screen.
- MagTek,
Excella and Excella STX check readers and scanners.
The readers incorporate dual-sided image scanning, magnetic character recognition, endorsement printing,
and provide USB and Ethernet connectivity.
- Microplex, M307,
10/100 Pocket Ethernet Print Server. The M307 is a networked parallel interface print server
supporting a wide range of operating systems and protocols.
- 3UP Systems, CMS-4U blade server chassis management and switches.
- LuckyHeart, IPCAM600
Network based camera for security and other observation applications. LAN and Wi-Fi support.
30fps MPEG4 based video with audio, JPEG stills, and motion detection capabilities.
Satellite and Space-Based Systems
- The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer,
a particle physics instrument flown to the International Space Station
on last flight of the space shuttle Endeavour. The AMS is designed to detect high energy cosmic rays
and use these as a probe for antimatter, dark matter and other unusual forms of matter.
The $1.5 billion project involved 53 institutions in 16 different countries.
eCos is used as the operating system for the AMS's four multiply-redundant Main Data Acquisition Computers.
- IKI-RAS (Space Research Institute-Russian Academy of Sciences),
Chibis-M,
a mission to study transient plasma-wave processes in the upper atmosphere
and in particular transient luminous events such as sprites, jets and other phenomena.
eCos runs on its LPC2294 based central onboard computer.
- ESA, SSETI Express,
eCos runs on the onboard computer,
payload is 3 micro satellites, imaging system, and in-orbit propulsion system.
- Trimble, NetR5, a multi-channel,
multi-frequency GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) receiver designed for use as a stand-alone reference station.
- Trimble, TM3000, a customizable GPS based asset tracking system.
Supported by eCosPro Starter and Developer's Kits, the TM3000 is designed to be adaptable to a broad range
of vehicle monitoring, management and recovery applications.
It integrates a GSM/GPRS modem, GPS receiver, and a range of peripherals.
- Thrane & Thrane, shipboard security, navigational and Inmarsat based communication systems
Sailor mini-C,
features distress alert and messaging, email, fax, GPS position polled reporting and recording.
- Aalborg University, AAUSAT-II,
experiments include attitude determination and control system, and gamma ray burst detector.
- Moscow State Technical University, Baumanetz,
payload includes earth imaging, orbital parameter determination, and millimeter band attenuation experiments.
- University of Mitchigan, Field Emission Get-Away-Special Investigation (FEGI),
a Space Shuttle small payload mission. FEGI is an investigation of Field Emitter Array (FEA) technology,
with potential applications in spacecraft charge stabilization and electrodynamic tether propulsion.
- University of Toronto, Canadian Advanced Nanospace eXperiment
- CanX-2, payload includes GPS radio occultation experiment,
atmospheric spectrometry and imaging, and a number of other experiments and engineering test systems.
- Technical University of Denmark, DTUSat-1,
payload included imaging system and electrodynamic tether.
Miscellaneous
- Raytheon, Patriot Missile,
tactical air defence and anti-ballistic missile system.
eCos is used in the PowerPC based Patriot Fiber Optic Modem (PFOM), providing secure and robust communications between the Engagement Control System (ECS) and Launcher.
- Vixen,
Sphinx SXC, SXW and SXD, and Skypod astronomical telescope mounts.
The StarBook controller provides a built-in star chart for intuitive goto control of the telescope,
a searchable library of 22,725 celestial objects, autoguider port for astrophotography,
and an Ethernet interface for full remote control capability.
- WowWee, Rovio.
The company that brought us the Robosapien has now produced the
Rovio robot sentry.
Rovio can patrol autonomously, or be remotely controlled over the internet.
It sports Wi-Fi, indoor-GPS, streaming video, and two-way audio.
- Fermilab, Tevtron and International Linear Accelerator.
eCos is used in PC/104 based hard realtime Micro Quench Protection Systems (uQPM) to monitor and protect the Tevatron's superconducting magnets,
and in the superconducting module test facility (SMTF) modulator controller for the upcoming ILC.
- Sinar, Sinarback eMotion,
professional medium format digital camera backs.
Capable of up to 33 megapixels at 48bit colour, the backs are targetted at discerning professional photographers
who demand the highest resolution and colour fidelity.
- Los Alamos National Labs, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Russian Federal Nuclear Center,
Plutonium Attribute Verification System (AVNG).
Developed under a trilateral initiative between the US and Russian governments and the International Atomic Energy Agency,
the system forms part of the verification program for nuclear arms reduction treaties.
It is designed to test for weapons grade plutonium and implements strict "information barriers" consisting of hardware,
software, and procedural protective systems in a layered structure to provide defence-in-depth protection of classified information.
- Charmed Labs, Xport 2.0,
mobile robotics development system based on Game Boy Advance, with expansion FPGA and RAM/Flash.
- Visible Energy, Energy UFO,
home appliance energy usage monitoring, control and scheduling via web/iphone over Ethernet/Powerline connection.
- Terrascience Systems Inc,
Terrascience Microseismic Acquisition (TMA) Unit, remote microseismic monitoring system.
- ACQ,
PowerNECS, PowerPC based Network Extended Control System (NECS).
A modular ruggedized CAN based instrumentation system for the avionics market.
- Ronetix, PEEDI, JTAG based EmbeddedICE for software debug,
NOR and NAND flash writing. Coverage of a wide range of processors. Ethernet and MMC/SD card support.
- Saab,
StarFrec Flight Recorder, synchronized timebase recording of MOST and CAN bus data.
- MacAfee/MXI,
Encrypted USB Phantom and
Stealth MXP families. USB based portable security devices with authentication
and cryptographic services. They provide secure storage and digital identity services with
authentication via password and built-in fingerprint reader.
- Ikendi, Fingerprint
and Retina identification systems
- Linksys,
NAS200, Network Attached Storage device. The NAS200 supports two SATA 3.5inch drive bays,
and features a built in media server for streaming video to PCs or UPnP media devices.
- Axis, a wide range of Axis products use RedBoot firmware.
These include their complete range of 2xx series network cameras,
250 series MPEG servers, 240 and 2400 series video server blades, and 9010 Bluetooth access point.
- Orange, Inventel Livebox, home ADSL router and Ethernet switch.
- I-O DATA, HDL-GWxxx and HDL-GZxxx Giga LANDISK series,
World's First "Intel® Inside" NAS Product.
- Thecus, N4100 and N2100 series NAS,
home media servers and network attached storage devices.
- Linksys,
NSLU2, Network Attached Storage adapter for USB hard drives.
- Charmed Labs and Carnegie Mellon University,
Qwerk Robot Controller
is the system platform for CMU Robotics Institute's Telepresence Robot
TeRK project.
- Patton, SmartNode 4XXX series,
VoIP gateways. The SmartNode 4630 was awarded Internet Telephony Product of the Year award, 2005.
- Yamaha, RX V2700,
RX N600, DSP-N600, HTR-N5060, and DSP-AX2700
7.1 Surround Network Home Theater Receivers. The Receivers provide full network connectivity with the ability to play back content from PCs, home media servers, and internet radio.
They also support XM Satellite Radio with XM HD Surround, and iPod compatibility.
- Watchguard, Firebox X Edge e-Series,
internet security device with advanced firewalling capabilities.
- Meraki, Mini and Mini Outdoor mesh repeaters,
low cost mesh networking infrastructure products.
- Zyxel, G570U,
dual band wireless device can function as access point, bridge, repeater, or client.
- NETGEAR, A variety of wireless access points and routers including the
WGR826v,
Prosafe WAG302,
WG602,
and Prosafe WG302.
- A variety of semiconductor companies and board manufacturers have standardized on RedBoot as their bootloader. These include:
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