eCosCentric add Jungo USB stacks to eCosPro^®
eCosCentric and Jungo announced availability of eCosCentric-certified ports of Jungo's Embedded USB Software Stacks to eCosCentric's range of eCosPro Developer's Kits. Jungo's On-The-Go, Host and Device stacks are compliant with the USB 2.0 & 1.1 standards, providing high quality, mature, and fully-featured implementations of the Universal Serial Bus standard protocols and device classes. [more]

eCos enters the worldwide RTOS top ten
According to CMP's Embedded Systems Programming magazine's 2005 embedded operating systems survey eCos is now firmly entrenched as one of the top ten embedded operating systems by market share. eCos's uptake has now grown to over 4% of the global embedded operating systems market. A result reinforcing an earlier survey from Linux Devices.

eCosPro^® Starter Kit for ST40RA series
eCosCentric announced availability of the eCosPro Starter Kit for distribution with the STMicroelectronics ST40RA evaluation boards. The eCosPro Starter Kit is a commercial grade distribution of the eCos RTOS, including a GNU-based toolchain, eCos configuration tools and certified RedBoot binaries, allowing all ST40RA customers to rapidly evaluate eCosPro. [more]

eCosPro^® Developer's Kit for KwikByte KB9202
eCosCentric announce the availability of the eCosPro Developer's Kit for the recently launched KwikByte KB9202 evaluation board. The KB9202 is based on Atmel's popular AT91RM9200 microcontroller - a cost-effective single chip solution integrating an ARM9 core with a range of peripherals including Ethernet, UARTs, two-wire (I²C™) interface, memory controllers and timers. [more]

eCosCentric on the move
eCosCentric have now moved into new offices near to the Cambridge Airport. Please note changed address, phone and fax details. [more]

eCosCentric contributes I2C infrastructure
The generic I²C^™ bus infrastructure from eCosCentric's eCosPro^® product line has been included in the public eCos project. Support for the I²C bus ("two-wire interface") was created as part of eCosCentric's ongoing development programme. The package includes an abstraction layer, drivers for dedicated hardware and a generic bit-banging mode, as well as full documentation and CDL. [more]

Altera® demonstrates FPGA for video-over-IP running eCos
Altera has announced what it claims to be industry's first FPGA-based, video-over-IP reference design. The Altera reference design includes a hardware engine for performing user datagram protocol (UDP) and optional real-time transport protocol (RTP) encapsulation of the video data, thus allowing full Gigabit line rate to be achieved. The design also includes the Nios II processor and driver software for the industry-standard BSD IP stack running under the eCos real time operating system (RTOS). [more]

Sinar's 33 Megapixel medium format camera back based on eCos
Sinar, Jenoptik's digital camera divison, have announced the eMotion range of 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. The back is compatible with Hasselblad and Mamiya camera systems. [more]

eCosCentric's new look website launched
eCosCentric have completely revised the look, navigation, and content of this website. We hope you find the site's design appealing, and the information better organized, and presented. [more]

eCosPro certified port of CEE-J Java VM
eCosCentric and Skelmir LLC announce the availability of a certified port of the CEE-J Virtual Machine to eCosCentric's range of eCosPro Developer's Kits. CEE-J is a clean room, low-footprint virtual machine incorporating optimised graphics support for hosting a variety of Java™ applications including MHP, OCAP, OSGi, IP Middleware and browsers. [more]

World's fastest PLC runs eCos
VIPA have announced their eCos based Speed7 range of Programmable Logic Controllers. The Speed7 incorporates Profibus, CAN, MPI, ethernet and MMC card technologies. Programmable with STEP7 from Siemens, the Speed7 can execute 100k instruction in 2 ms. [more]

eCosPro-C/PEG GUI
eCosCentric and Swell Software announce the availability of eCosPro-C/PEG, a certified port of C/PEG (Portable Embedded GUI for C) to eCosCentric's range of eCosPro Developer's Kits and custom eCosPro releases. C/PEG is a portable, feature rich, small footprint GUI that is widely adopted within the embedded space and is an ideal match for the eCos real-time operating system. [more]

Japanese eCos Book published
A Japanese translation of Anthony Massa's original "Embedded Software Development with eCos" has been published in Japan. The book was translated by Masaru Yamanaka, a Japanese associate of the original eCos engineering team. [more]

Real-Time Classics Prove They're Timeless
Going strictly by trade publications and press releases, one would think that the entire embedded systems market has been taken over by Linux, Windows, Java and other nontraditional embedded operating systems.

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When Red Hat Inc. acquired Cygnus Solutions, one of the pieces that came along in the deal was the eCos operating system. The design of eCos started in 1997 with the aim to build operating systems that would complement the GNUPro tools that Cygnus marketed. eCos was designed to be small, configurable and flexible. The business model was based on an open-source license with support provided by Cygnus. Its modular architecture and inexpensive licensing helped eCos build a loyal customer base. [more]

LayGO Protocol Exchange Server uses eCos and RedBoot
Advanced Relay Corporation has begun shipping the LayGO Protocol Exchange Server (PXS) which uses RedBoot and eCos. The PXS is a networking device based on the Samsumg S3C4530A (ARM7TDMI) designed to convert synchronous communication protocols such as HDLC LAPB and X.25 into TCP/IP data streams. [more]

GPS/GSM based Personal Security device runs on eCos
The Personal Securer is a personal security device that can send a continual stream of location updates via SMS, provide immediate two-way audio communications to two different numbers, and a panic button that sounds a hooter and sends your precise location via SMS to a predefined number. When connected to a PC via USB it can function as a GPS receiver and a GPRS modem. The device is fully customizable to the needs of individual network operators. [more]

eCosCentric engages in IEE sponsored debate with Microsoft, MontaVista, Green Hills and Accelerated Technology
eCosCentric Limited, the eCos and RedBoot experts, will be participating in a moderated panel discussion, sponsored by The Institution of Electrical Engineers at the upcoming Embedded Systems Show. eCosCentric will join representatives from vendors Microsoft, MontaVista Software, Green Hills Software and Accelerated Technology to consider "How much is an RTOS worth?" [more]

eCosCentric announces C++ support for eCosPro
The industry standard C++ run-time library GNU libstdc++ v3 has been integrated with eCosPro Developer's Kits. Initially targeting ARM & PowerPC architectures, the eCosPro C++ support package conforms to the ISO 14882 Standard C++ library specification. [more]

eCosCentric contributes generic SPI bus infrastructure from eCosPro
eCosCentric Limited, the eCos and RedBoot experts, today announced the contribution of a generic SPI bus infrastructure from their eCosPro^® product line for inclusion within the public eCos project. Support for the Serial Peripheral Interface bus has been designed into eCosPro for a number of custom board ports that eCosCentric has been contracted to support. A range of external peripherals are typically used in conjunction with SPI, such as removable MultiMediaCards, real time clocks, analogue to digital converters and EEPROMs. [more]

eCos and RedBoot support gumstick-sized SBC
eCosCentric Limited, the eCos and RedBoot experts, today announced their partnership with SSV Embedded Systems to deliver an eCosPro^®. Starter Kit for the DIL/NetPC DNP/5280 embedded controller board. The eCosPro Starter Kit contains an eCosPro industrial-strength release of the eCos real-time operating system alongside certified RedBoot firmware, eCos configuration tools, and GNU compilation tools. [more]

eCosCentric launches public eCos and RedBoot training course
eCosCentric today announced its public eCos and RedBoot training course. This course provides a comprehensive grounding in eCos, RedBoot and associated development tools. It is suitable for all embedded software engineers with a basic knowledge of the C programming language. The initial course will be held in Cambridge, April 19-22, 2004. [more]

eCosCentric congratulates Red Hat on assignment of eCos copyrights to FSF
eCosCentric warmly congratulates Red Hat on their stated intent to assign the copyrights they hold in the eCos code base to the Free Software Foundation (FSF). Paul Beskeen, Chairman of eCosCentric, commented "We view this as a positive move that will benefit the entire eCos developer community." [more]

eCosCentric contributes SH4-202 MicroDev support
eCosCentric, the eCos and RedBoot experts, today contributed eCos and RedBoot support for the SuperH SH4-202 MicroDev platform to the public eCos repository for the benefit of the eCos community. This platform port is the first development arising from the partnership between eCosCentric and SuperH announced earlier this year.

Pentek to offer eCos on PowerPC G4
Pentek is the first vendor to offer eCos on the Motorola G4 PowerPC processor. The initial target is Pentek's Model 4205 I/O Processor VME board with on-board Gigabit Ethernet. [more]

H8/300H and H8S eCos Support stabilized
eCosCentric today publically released stable support for the H8/300H and H8S processors, providing Yoshinori Sato's original port along with a few in-house updates and fixes, in the eCos CVS repository. This support includes patches to the GNU toolchain to fix various problems that previously made a stable version of eCos for the H8/300H and H8S impossible. [more]

eCos Is Stable and Ready to Deploy
"The main value we're providing is a stable eCos release," said Alex Schuilenburg, CEO of eCosCentric Ltd., speaking of the eCosPro Developer's Kit, released in early September. The kit bundles the latest eCos POSIX-compliant kernel and RedBoot boot loader, prebuilt tools for Linux or Windows hosts, a new PPP stack, installer and technical support. An Eclipse-based IDE is planned for November. [more]

eCosCentric announces eCosPro^® Developer's Kit
eCosCentric Limited, the eCos and RedBoot experts, today announced the release of the eCosPro^® Developer's Kit for a number of hardware platforms. eCosPro^® is a stable, fully tested, certified and supported version of eCos and RedBoot. It includes a PPP stack add-on for the standard eCos TCP/IP package. [more]

Rio reveals eCos-based 20GB Ogg Vorbis network music player
The $399 Rio Karma is a 20GB HDD-based player with eCos as the underlying RTOS. Its built-in Li-ion battery provides 15 hours of play time. Like the iPod, it ships with a docking cradle, which serves as the PC connection point and battery charger. Unlike the iPod, the Karma connects to its host via an Ethernet connection and offers Ogg Vorbis support. Users can create playlists on the fly, crossfade from one song to another, and adjust the output using a five-band equaliser. [more]

eCosCentric Partners with SuperH
eCosCentric Limited, the eCos and RedBoot experts, today announced their partnership with SuperH Inc to deliver the eCos real-time operating system and RedBoot firmware on SuperH RISC CPU cores. The partnership will extend the existing eCos coverage of SuperH embedded development boards to include the SH-4 MicroDev Platform, enabling a wide range of developers to evaluate eCos and the SH-4 RISC CPU family for their latest embedded designs more readily. [more]

eCos flies in Space
eCos is flying in space as the OS for Canada's Smallest Satellite: The Canadian Advanced Nanospace eXperiment (CanX-1) and Denmarks DTUSat, two of the flock of 1kg pico-satellites launched on 1 July 2003 by a Russian rocket. [more]

Atmel's mAgic Complex Domain DSP Soft Core Delivers 1.0 GFLOPS At 100 MHz - eCos & RedBoot driven
Atmel(R) Corporation today introduced mAgic, the world's first complex domain, extended precision very long instruction word (VLIW) DSP core for SoC implementation. The mAgic core provides single-cycle execution of complex arithmetic operations, such as FFT butterflies and vector2 arithmetic. Complex arithmetic is used to execute differential calculations and adaptive beam forming algorithms that are used in high-quality hands free audio conferencing, physical modeling of musical instruments and the inner ear, spectrum analysis, audio encoding/decoding, missile guidance control, auto collision avoidance and radar applications. These applications typically require GFLOPS-plus throughput.
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"Video-centric SoC" runs eCos
Equator Technologies unveiled its latest "video-centric" system-on-chip processor this week at the Embedded Processor Forum in San Jose, CA. The 500MHz BSP-16 increases performance and reduces system cost, Equator said. Applications for the new chip are expected to include consumer video appliances, multi-function DVD player/recorder devices, video security and surveillance systems, and video conferencing systems. [more]

eCos 2.0 Development CDROM
The eCos 2.0 Development CDROM is now available for purchase from eCosCentric. [more]

eCosCentric delivers eCos 2.0
eCosCentric today announced the release of eCos 2.0, the latest version of the eCos real-time operating system. This is a fully-featured release of the world's premier royalty-free open source RTOS. It delivers a stable code base for the deployment of eCos across a broad range of embedded systems. [more]

eGameBoy Owners Will Surf The Web
GameBoy Advance owners with the longing to get connected now have a new option: a Bluetooth module that will allow them to be connected to the Internet.
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Inside the module is an eCos embedded kernel and web browser, which together take up about 375 Kbits of storage. The browser can store the last 255 pages the user sees before it needs to overwrite the oldest page with new data, Kramer said. [more]

eCos 2.0 Breaks Out of Red Hat Red Tape
Free of the shackles imposed by Red Hat Inc., maintainers of the open-source eCos real-time operating system said in mid-March that version 2.0, now in beta, could be generally available around April 15. The new version will add an all-new bootloader with remote debugging and full POSIX compliance, giving it the ability to run many Linux and Unix applications with just a recompile. [more]

The eCos RTOS - An Open Source Alternative
Step aside Linux, another open source alternative is better for embedded systems. It excels at configuration and resource management, and is more portable for design reuse. Even better, it's a COTS alternative that's less costly in the long run. [more]

eCos 2.0 beta includes RedBoot update, POSIX API, and much more
eCosCentric Ltd. announced the release of eCos 2.0 Beta, the latest version of the eCos real-time operating system. According to the announcement, the 2.0 beta is a "substantial release, which reinforces eCos as the premier royalty-free open source RTOS." [more]

RISC core puts GSM/GPRS/GPS module in control
The F35-XXL-SI is a smart GSM/GPRS/GPS embedded OEM module that combines the advantages of a standardised module with those of an open platform, bringing together the best of both worlds.
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The system software package comprises eCos as a fully featured real-time operating system, RedBoot debug and bootstrap monitor, C libraries (standard GNU-Tools), device drivers (serial, Flash, I/O ports, I2C, RTC, watchdog), Comm-Lib for GPS/ALARM demo application, GPS/Alarm demo application as open source, TCP/IP and PPP stack. [more]

eCosCentric announces eCos 2.0 Beta
eCosCentric today announced the release of eCos 2.0 Beta, the latest version of the eCos real-time operating system. This is a substantial release which reinforces eCos as the premier royalty-free open source RTOS. [more]

eCos 2.0 Beta Development CDROM
eCosCentric announced that they will produce a eCos 2.0 Beta Development CDROM to assist new eCos and RedBoot users and developers. The CDROM will contain an installer, the full eCos and RedBoot 2.0 Beta release, full eCos documentation in HTML format, as well as for the first time a complete set of pre-compiled Linux and Windows tools with sources for all the major architectures that eCos and RedBoot support. [more]

FOSDEM 2003
eCos Architect Nick Garnett delivered a presentation on eCos and RedBoot to FOSDEM 2003's "Embedded Track" audience. The presentation is available online here. After the presentation, an open eCos meeting was informally held. Participants were invited to ask questions, provide feedback and generally discuss their experiences with eCos and RedBoot. The eCos maintainers also used the opportunity to get together and discuss a variety of eCos related issues over dinner. [more]