Accelerated Technology Announces USB On-The-Go Support Now Available for Embedded Developers Using the Nucleus RTOS.MOBILE, Ala. -- Accelerated Technology(R), a Mentor Graphics Mentor Graphics, Inc (NASDAQ: MENT) is a US-based multinational corporation dealing in electronic design automation (EDA) for electrical engineering and electronics, as of 2004, ranked third in the EDA industry it helped create. division (Nasdaq:MENT), today announced USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. On-The-Go (OTG (1) See USB OTG. (2) (The OBJECTive Technology Group, Ltd., Alexandria, VA) An organization that was devoted to distributed computing and object technology. Founded in 1994, it augmented the object and Internet standards community and served as an intermediary between ) support for the Nucleus(R) Real-Time Operating System (operating system) Real-Time Operating System - (RTOS) Any operating system where interrupts are guaranteed to be handled within a certain specified maximum time, thereby making it suitable for control of hardware in embedded systems and other time-critical applications. (RTOS (1) (RealTime Operating System) An operating system designed for use in a real time computer system. See real time system, embedded system, process control and OS-9. ). Developers using the Nucleus USB OTG (USB On The Go) An enhancement to USB that enables portable USB devices to be cabled directly together without the need for a PC in between. Fully compliant with USB 2.0, USB OTG devices began to ship in 2002. software can now build products that communicate with each other via Universal Serial Bus See USB. (hardware, standard) Universal Serial Bus - (USB) An external peripheral interface standard for communication between a computer and external peripherals over an inexpensive cable using biserial transmission. (USB) without requiring a PC connection. For example, a digital camera can directly connect to a personal digital assistant (PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) A handheld computer for managing contacts, appointments and tasks. It typically includes a name and address database, calendar, to-do list and note taker, which are the functions in a personal information manager (see PIM). ), or a mobile phone can connect to another mobile phone, as long as each device is USB OTG-compatible. USB OTG grew from the increasing need for portable devices to be able to communicate directly with each other as the culture of technology moves away from a PC-centric world. One of the important features of USB OTG is that the standard does not require a host PC in order for the devices to communicate with each other. USB OTG devices, known as dual-role peripherals, can act as limited hosts or peripherals, as well as connect to a host PC. For example, acting as a host device, a digital camera can print photos directly to a printer. Acting as a peripheral device See peripheral. peripheral device - peripheral , the camera can download photos to a PC. The Nucleus USB OTG software enables a wide variety of devices to communicate and share data directly, removing the PC as an intermediate device. The Nucleus USB OTG software adheres to the USB OTG specification, which is a supplement to the USB 2.0 specification. It also implements the protocols required to support an OTG dual-role device for role switching and session negotiation. The Nucleus USB OTG software consists of three components: a USB OTG stack, USB OTG class driver and USB OTG controller driver. The Nucleus USB OTG component is complete, fast, small and portable just like all the Nucleus USB family of products. It takes advantage of the Nucleus software services and runs on any system supported by the Nucleus PLUS and the Nucleus microiPLUS kernels. Drivers are available for additional Nucleus software components including the Nucleus NET TCP/IP TCP/IP in full Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Standard Internet communications protocols that allow digital computers to communicate over long distances. protocol stack The set of protocols used in a communications network. A protocol stack is a prescribed hierarchy of software layers, starting from the application layer at the top (the source of the data being sent) to the data link layer at the bottom (transmitting the bits on the wire). , the Nucleus FILE file management software and the Nucleus GRAFIX portable graphics package. On the hardware side, the Nucleus USB OTG software provides the controller driver for the Mentor Graphics Inventra full-speed (12Mps) and high-speed (480Mps) USB OTG hardware controllers. "The Nucleus USB OTG software and Inventra hardware IP provide a synergistic embedded development combination that is difficult to beat," said Robert Day, director of marketing, Embedded Systems Division, Mentor Graphics. "With it, customers can now take advantage of ready to use, out-of-the-box USB OTG support to accelerate their time to market for embedded USB OTG designs and differentiate their products in the competitive and rapidly growing portable devices market." Availability and Pricing The Nucleus embedded software is licensed with source code and without royalty fees. Available now, licenses for the Nucleus USB OTG stack start at U.S. $19,995 and licenses for the Nucleus USB OTG class drivers begin at U.S. $4,995. For more information, please contact Accelerated Technology at 800-468-6853 or info@acceleratedtechnology.com. About Mentor Graphics Mentor Graphics Corporation (Nasdaq: MENT) is a world leader in electronic hardware and software design solutions, providing products, consulting services and award-winning support for the world's most successful electronics and semiconductor companies. Established in 1981, the company reported revenues over the last 12 months of about $675 million and employs approximately 3,800 people worldwide. Corporate headquarters are located at 8005 S.W. Boeckman Road, Wilsonville, Oregon 97070-7777; Silicon Valley headquarters are located at 1001 Ridder Park Drive, San Jose, California San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. 95131-2314. World Wide Web site: http://www.mentor.com/. Accelerated Technology, a Mentor Graphics division, is located in Mobile, Alabama with sales offices and distributors worldwide. By providing embedded systems developers with a focus on service, well-documented source code and industry-leading non-royalty-based Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS) software including modeling software, prototyping tools, kernels, middleware and development tools. AT's suite of products shorten time-to-market and provide a complete solution for engineers. For more information, please visit www.acceleratedtechnology.com or email us at info@acceleratedtechnology.com. Mentor Graphics, Accelerated Technology and Nucleus are registered trademarks of Mentor Graphics Corporation. All other company or product names are the registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners. |
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