Cyan Technology Announces On-Demand Ordering for eCOG1 Evaluation Board & Development Tools; FSI Distributors Chosen for Fast Worldwide Distribution.Business/Technology Editors BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 10, 2002 Cyan Technology Ltd, UK-based developers of low-power flash microcontrollers for today's connected devices, has selected FSI FSI Foreign Service Institute FSI Fluid Structure Interaction FSI Fuel Stratified Injection FSI Federazione Scacchistica Italiana (Italian Chess Federation) FSI Free Standing Insert FSI Flight Simulator Distributors (www.FSIDistributors.com) to provide on-demand customer delivery of the evaluation board and samples for eCOG1, a high-performance, low-power 16-bit Flash microcontroller boasting a wide variety of communications peripherals. The eCOG1 evaluation board -- one of the most comprehensive in the industry -- is available at an introductory price of $299 and comes with a complete set of free development tools. The eCOG1 evaluation board is a simple, easy-to-learn platform for developing and testing applications as well as in-system Flash programming for the eCOG1 microcontroller in a completely customizable environment. A complete set of hardware features such as a 16-character x 2-line alphanumeric LCD, 8MB SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) A type of dynamic RAM (DRAM) memory chip that has been widely used since the late 1990s. SDRAM chips eliminated wait states by dividing the chip into two cell blocks and interleaving data between them. , serial EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable ROM) A rewritable memory chip that holds its content without power. Although EEPROMs spawned flash memory, EEPROMs are byte addressable at the write level, whereas flash chips must erase a block of bytes before rewriting. , 10/100BaseT Ethernet, three RS-232 SPIs, three UARTs, four-color LEDS, potentiometers for the ADCs, piezo-electric speaker, debug To correct a problem in hardware or software. Debugging software means locating the errors in the source code (the program logic). Debugging hardware means finding errors in the circuit design (logical circuits) or in the physical interconnections of the circuits. connector, access to the on-chip temperature sensor, a prototyping area, and more. A 32.768kHz watch crystal provides the low-power clock, while a 5MHz (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. crystal provides the high speed clock, providing a 25MHz internal system clock from the on-chip PLL PLL - phase-locked loop . "Given the rapid interest in Europe and Asia in the eCOG1 Flash microcontroller as a cost-efficient low power microcontroller solution, we are anticipating that that eCOG1 evaluation kit will generate similar if not greater demand in the Americas," notes Bill Giovino, Vice President of Marketing at Cyan Technology. "FSI Distributors' more than 15 years of on-demand shipping experience will make this fulfillment process a pleasure for eCOG1 developers." "With the increased need for new low power communications systems, time to market pressures demand that our competitions' standard 7-10 days shipping is no longer acceptable," states Jerry Goldberg, head of distribution at FSI Distributors. "Our On-Demand order fulfillment Order fulfillment (in BE also: order fulfilment) is in the most general sense the complete process from point of sales inquiry to delivery of a product to the customer. Sometimes Order fulfillment method enables us to take orders by phone or securely online to ship to customers within 1 to 2 days to the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and even most locations in the world. Engineers can conveniently track the status of their order 24-hours a day from our website. We understand that time to market is critical and developers need to be able to get their prototype up and running quickly." The evaluation board is complemented by a complete suite of FREE development tools that includes an assembler, verified C compiler, software simulator and in-circuit emulator/debugger. Boasting a large C library and complete integration with all eCOG1 tools, the eCOG1 compiler supports mixed C and assembly programming along with source-level debugging using the simulator and emulator debug interface. Thanks to onchip MMU (Memory Management Unit) The part of the computer that governs memory access. Either part of the CPU chip or housed on separate chips, the MMU controls memory partitions and virtual memory. See memory and virtual memory. MMU - Memory Management Unit and cache, the eCOG1 real-time eCOG1 emulator can provide up to 512 breakpoints, enabling developers to halt the processor and examine the core status, significantly easing the debug process. Availability: The eCOG1 Evaluation Board is available for an introductory price of $299 for the first two months. The board is shipped complete with all cables and power supply and is complemented by a complete suite of FREE development tools that includes assembler, verified C compiler, software simulator and in-circuit emulator/debugger. Orders can be placed via web at www.fsidistributors.com, or via phone at (631) 842-1065. About the eCOG1 Microcontroller: Using an innovative 16-bit core originally developed by Cambridge Consultants Limited, Cyan Technology's microcontroller offers an impressive ratio of performance to power consumption. The core, based on a compact Harvard RISC RISC in full Reduced Instruction Set Computing Computer architecture that uses a limited number of instructions. RISC became popular in microprocessors in the 1980s. architecture, offers a synchronous serial emulation interface that supports non-intrusive application development, debugging and testing. To address stringent time-to-market requirements, Cyan Technology also provides engineers with a comprehensive development toolkit, complete with an assembler, verified C compiler, software simulator and in-circuit emulator/debugger that run on Windows 9x/NT/2000. The eCOG1 Evaluation Kit includes one of the most comprehensive evaluation boards in the industry, specifically designed to enable developers to fully test and debug their eCOG1 applications in a completely customizable environment. About FSI Distributors FSI Distributors (www.FSIDistributors.com) has been shipping OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and electromechanical The use of electricity to run moving parts. Disk drives, printers and motors are examples. Electromechanical systems must be designed for the eventual deterioration of moving components that wear over time. The first TVs were electromechanical systems (see video/TV history). systems and components worldwide since 1987. With headquarters next to their warehouse in Amityville, New York Amityville is a village in Suffolk County, New York, in the United States. The area was first used by Huntington settlers in 1653 as a source of salt hay, and was incorporated as a village on March 3rd, 1894. [1] The population was 9,441 at the 2000 census. , FSI assists manufacturers by providing reliable outsourced demand fulfillment for "impulse-buy" type products, freeing the manufacturer from expending manpower on telephones, warehousing, and stocking. A streamlined order fulfillment process allows most products to ship same-day, even orders placed late in the day. FSI's web site allows customers to track orders online and also remembers the last order tracked, eliminating the need to repeatedly enter long tracking numbers. FSI's On-Demand order fulfillment method enables customers to place orders either by phone or securely online to ship next day to most locations in the world. About Cyan Technology Cyan Technology (www.cyantechnology.com) was formed in 2000 as a spin-off of Cambridge Consultants Ltd Profile Cambridge Consultants is a world-renowned product and technology developer, working for a global client base in a wide range of industries including: medical technology, wireless communication, automotive, transport, energy, consumer products, industrial products (CCL 1. CCL - Coral Common LISP. 2. CCL - Computer Control Language. English-like query language based on COLINGO, for IBM 1401 and IBM 1410. ). The company enjoys a competitive advantage through its advanced low power 16-bit technology, which is the result of ten years of research within CCL, significantly enhanced by Cyan's highly skilled engineering team to address the needs of the embedded communications market. Within two years of Cyan Technology's formation, the company has brought to market a low-power 16-bit flash microcontroller with real-time in-circuit emulation. Cyan Technology's multipurpose mul·ti·pur·pose adj. Designed or used for several purposes: a multipurpose room; multipurpose software. multipurpose Adjective flash microcontrollers offer significant advantages in ease of use, price, performance, and low power consumption. This 16-bit product fills a significant gap in the market, offering the processing power required for embedded communications applications at less cost and lower power requirements than 32-bit processors, thereby reducing system cost and extending battery life. The chip's unique features make it particularly suited to hand-held battery-powered applications, such as hand-held instrumentation and web-enabled phones, plus a wide range of embedded communications devices, such as set-top boxes, Internet-enabled appliances, and intelligent sensors. Use of Cyan's chips will enable developers of electronic products to produce goods with highly sophisticated functionality at prices previously unachievable. First-round funding was provided by ET Capital and the Cambridge Gateway Fund, and the second round by NIF NIF See: Note issuance facility Ventures and the Cambridge Gateway Fund. For further information or photography contact: |
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