Complete Easy to Implement Bluetooth Development with XEMICS and IAR Systems.Business & Technology Editors NEUCHATEL, Switzerland & MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Nov. 12, 2002 A complete Bluetooth starter kit is now shipping from XEMICS, with an easily programmable demo headset profile example from IAR Systems IAR Systems is a Swedish computer technology company working in the area of embedded system development tools. IAR Systems was founded in 1983. From 2000 to 2005, IAR was listed on the Swedish stock exchange. In 2005, the Nocom group acquired IAR and took it off the stock market. . XEMICS' XE1401 IC features fully integrated Bluetooth(TM) IP up to the Host Controller Interface A host controller interface is a register level interface which allows a host controller for USB or FireWire to communicate with the operating system of a personal computer. (HCI (Human Computer Interaction) Refers to the design and implementation of computer systems that people interact with. It includes desktop systems as well as embedded systems in all kinds of devices. ). IAR IAR - Instruction Address Register. The IBM name for program counter. is providing the upper protocol layer Bluetooth software. This starter kit enables customers to develop complete Bluetooth applications, supported by both XEMICS and IAR Systems, with significantly shorter time to market. In addition IAR Systems is able to offer complete development support up to and including the Bluetooth test and qualification. A complete Bluetooth headset from the microphone to the speaker, using the XE1401 in combination with the XEMICS' ultra low power An ultra low power, or ULP device, is an electronic gadget that has milli- or micro-watt power consumption. Some examples of ultra-low power devices:
The XEMICS' XE1401 Single chip Bluetooth baseband add-on solution, requires no external components including eliminating the need for extra memory. It is a fully integrated lower layer Bluetooth protocol, compliant to revision 1.1. The flexible nature of the XE1401 means that it supports various Bluetooth radio chips, e.g. Sykworks CX72303 (supports Class 1, Class 2 and Class 3 radio modules). In addition the XE1401 is able to support 13 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. or 16 MHz clock sources. It uses a high speed UART (Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter) The electronic circuit that makes up the serial port. Also known as "universal serial asynchronous receiver transmitter" (USART), it converts parallel bytes from the CPU into serial bits for transmission, and vice to interface to any host processor. ABOUT IAR Systems By focusing on the embedded systems Embedded systems Computer systems that cannot be programmed by the user because they are preprogrammed for a specific task and are buried within the equipment they serve. industry, IAR Systems has reached the position of leading supplier of software development tools for embedded microcontrollers. Since the company was founded in 1983, IAR has worked in close cooperation with the world's major chip manufacturers to develop a wide range of programming tools supporting a large number of chip architectures. The tools today consist of highly efficient C and EC++ compilers in the IAR Embedded Workbench(TM) development environment, the device driver wizard IAR MakeApp(TM) for graphical configuration and initialization in·i·tial·ize tr.v. in·i·tial·ized, in·i·tial·iz·ing, in·i·tial·iz·es Computer Science 1. To set (a starting value of a variable). 2. To prepare (a computer or a printer) for use; boot. 3. of the chip and creation of complete device drivers and the IAR visualSTATE(R) graphic programming tool with a patented technology to generate validated and small production-ready code. IAR Systems also provides a total solution for Bluetooth protocol stacks and applications, from development of Bluetooth devices to qualification, using IAR PreQual. IAR Design Services injects engineering expertise and experience into embedded system Any electronic system that uses a CPU chip, but that is not a general-purpose workstation, desktop or laptop computer. Such systems generally use microprocessors, or they may use custom-designed chips or both. projects. It contributes to IAR's mission to reduce the development time for embedded systems and accelerate time-to-market. IAR Systems has offices in the US, UK, Japan, Germany, Denmark, and Sweden. More information is available at www.iar.com. ABOUT XEMICS XEMICS' core expertise is to provide ultra-low power on-chip wireless data connectivity solutions for various applications. With a proven track record coming from the watch and hearing aid industry, XEMICS utilizes their ultra-low power technology to design semiconductors with the lowest possible power consumption. These highly integrated Wireless-ConnectICs(TM) need a minimal number of external components. With a focus on application specific standard products, XEMICS is already a leading provider of ultra low power CODEC's, wireless RF transceivers, GPS as well as Bluetooth solutions. XEMICS' headquarters is located in Switzerland with a network of sales and support throughout Europe, the United States, Asia and South Africa. As a fabless semiconductor company A fabless semiconductor company specializes in the design and sale of hardware devices implemented on semiconductor chips. It achieves an advantage by outsourcing the fabrication of the devices to a specialized semiconductor manufacturer called a semiconductor foundry or "fab. XEMICS provides regional and web based support to their range of reference designs and tool kits. EasyBlue and Wireless-ConnectICs are trademarks owned by XEMICS. IAR Embedded Workbench, IAR C-SPY, IAR MakeApp, IAR visualSTATE and IAR PreQual are trademarks owned by IAR Systems. The BLUETOOTH trademarks are owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc., U.S.A. and licensed to IAR Systems AB and XEMICS. All other products are registered trademarks of their respective owners. |
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