Connect One's New iChip Emulator Allows Fast, Free Evaluation of iChip TCP/IP Controller Functionality.Business Editors & Technology Writers PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 3, 2002 Downloadable, Free Utility Enables Potential Customers for Internet Controller Chip to Run Actual Embedded TCP/IP TCP/IP in full Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Standard Internet communications protocols that allow digital computers to communicate over long distances. Code on PC Without Requiring iChip or Evaluation Unit Connect One(TM) announces the availability of iChip Emulator(TM), a Windows(TM) utility program that permits fast evaluation of the functionality of Connect One's iChip(TM) Internet Controller(TM) chip. The code has been ported to the PC environment from iChip, a coprocessor that eliminates the time, cost and complexity of Internet-enabling common products. iChip Emulator turns a PC into an iChip Internet controller that runs Connect One's AT+i(TM) command set, a high-level user interface between iChip and the host processor on the target device for Internet connectivity. iChip Emulator permits the user to send and receive email or Web pages, browse its internal Web site, manage FTP FTP in full file transfer protocol Internet protocol that allows a computer to send files to or receive files from another computer. Like many Internet resources, FTP works by means of a client-server architecture; the user runs client software to connect to and Telnet sessions, or to use TCP (1) (Transmission Control Protocol) The reliable transport protocol within the TCP/IP protocol suite. TCP ensures that all data arrive accurately and 100% intact at the other end. and UDP UDP (uridine diphosphate): see uracil. (User Datagram Protocol) A protocol within the TCP/IP protocol suite that is used in place of TCP when a reliable delivery is not required. sockets directly. iChip connects to any ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. via the PC's modem or via an external analog dial-up or wireless modem. The utility works on any PC with the Windows 98 or 2000 operating system and includes a wizard that handholds users through the process of setting up Internet configuration parameters. "iChip Emulator -- especially its embedded Web server Web server software embedded within a hardware device such as a print server. It is widely used in a myriad of devices, because it allows access to the software via any Web browser, typically for configuring the device or obtaining reports. See ETI and Web server. -- was very easy to work with and simplified implementation of the iChip protocol in our new GPRS-based fleet management terminal," said Christian Simmer, development engineer at Ebner Electronic GmbH, an Austrian manufacturer of data acquisition and logistics solutions for the dairy industry. "iChip Emulator helped me to create the code in the target device, where logging or testing is very difficult. We were not able to implement a TCP/IP stack in our Hitachi H8/520, so iChip was a very nice solution for getting it on the Internet." "Without spending any money, a potential customer can quickly understand how easy it is to Internet-enable his product with iChip," said Alan Singer, Connect One vice president of sales and marketing. "iChip Emulator is a great tool for evaluating iChip functionality and for debugging. It will help to demystify Internet connectivity and will hasten the deployment of new iChip-enabled products." About the AT+i Protocol Connect One pioneered the concept of a simple Application Programming Interface that uses an Internet controller to enable TCP/IP communication in a target device that uses any host processor and any (or no) host operating system. The AT+i protocol is an Internet extension of the industry-standard Hayes AT command set for modem communication. It uses simple ASCII text for programming commands and parameters into the host application. By extending the AT command set to include Internet connectivity commands, Connect One has made it possible to easily upgrade applications with modem communication to Internet modem connectivity. The AT+i protocol also includes commands for LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. connectivity. About iChip iChip is an updateable Internet peripheral chip that mediates the connection between a host processor and the Internet. It offloads Internet connectivity tasks from the host processor and connects to the Internet via dial-up modems, wireless phones or modems (AMPS, CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) A method for transmitting simultaneous signals over a shared portion of the spectrum. The foremost application of CDMA is the digital cellular phone technology from QUALCOMM that operates in the 800 MHz band and 1.9 GHz PCS band. , CDPD (Cellular Digital Packet Data) A low-speed, digital, wireless data network that is an enhancement to an existing analog cellular network. Based on IBM's CelluPlan II, CDPD provides a packet overlay onto the AMPS network and moves data at 19. , GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) The first high-speed digital data service provided by cellular carriers that used the GSM technology. GPRS added a packet-switched channel to GSM, which uses dedicated, circuit-switched channels for voice conversations. , GSM, IDEN, and TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) A satellite and cellular phone technology that interleaves multiple digital signals onto a single high-speed channel. For cellular, TDMA triples the capacity of the original analog method (FDMA). modems), or 10/100BaseT Ethernet LANs. Internet protocols and configuration parameters are stored in iChip's onboard flash memory, are independent of the host application, and can be remotely updated over the Internet. iChip interfaces to a device's host processor via a serial connection and Connect One's high-level AT+i(TM) Application Programming Interface, which enables manufacturers with limited Internet programming capability to quickly and easily Internet-enable their devices by writing just a few commands in their application. Pricing and Availability iChip Emulator can be downloaded for free from Connect One's Web site at www.connectone.com. iChip is available in North America from Arrow Electronics (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :ARW), www.arrow.com. Please visit Connect One's Web site at www.connectone.com for a complete list of distributors worldwide. Suggested pricing for iChip is $20 for over 10,000 units. About Connect One Connect One develops and manufactures chips, software, and hardware that enable manufacturers of industrial, commercial, medical and consumer devices to reduce the time, cost and complexity to connect devices to the Internet. Connect One is privately owned, with offices in Phoenix, AZ and Kfar Saba, Israel. For further information, please visit the company's Web site at http://www.connectone.com or send an e-mail to info@connectone.com. iChip, iChip Emulator, Internet Controller, AT+i, and Connect One are trademarks of Connect One Ltd. Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corp. |
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