MontaVista Linux Powers Portable Electric Medical Device; Linux Systems Software Platform Provides Real-Time Capability at a Lower Cost.SUNNYVALE, Calif. & PARIS Paris, in Greek mythology Paris or Alexander, in Greek mythology, son of Priam and Hecuba and brother of Hector. Because it was prophesied that he would cause the destruction of Troy, Paris was abandoned on Mt. -- MontaVista Software MontaVista Software develops systems software, development tools and Embedded Linux-based software targeting embedded systems such as automotive electronics, communications equipment, and television set-top boxes and other connected devices and infrastructure. , Inc., today announced that Brime Italia Srl, a technology consultancy that helps its customers develop turnkey products, has chosen MontaVista(R) Linux(R) Professional Edition as the operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. (OS) for the new BIAC BIAC Business and Industry Advisory Committee BIAC Brussels International Airport Company BIAC British Institute of Agricultural Consultants BIAC Brain Injury Association of Connecticut BIAC Bankruptcy and Insolvency Advisory Committee Portable Medical Electric Muscle Stimulator. The BIAC portable electric muscle stimulator is distributed in three versions. The basic version is for the home consumer market and is named "ACTION101." The version for the professional fitness market (i.e. fitness and beauty centers) is named "ENERGY101." The most complete version is named "THERAPY101" and is designed for the rehabilitation market. The muscle stimulator is a low power, battery powered device, which incorporates six channels for therapeutic electrical stimulation, as well as a high-resolution color graphic interface with a touch screen, a multimedia card, Bluetooth connectivity, stereo sound, and optional analogue and digital inputs for bio-medical sensors. "From the start, our project was cost driven. We went through most of the popular proprietary embedded operating systems but they had high development costs and expensive royalties," said Marco Raimondi, software project leader, Brime Italia. "We decided to use Linux and picked MontaVista Linux because it had great real-time support and was the only Linux development platform, at the time, which fully supported the Intel XScale processor family," added Gabriele De Natale, hardware project leader, Brime Italia. This portable medical device is the first product in its category to provide a user-friendly graphic interface and sophisticated features for healthcare professionals. In addition, it is the first to integrate electrical stimulation, data acquisition from bio-medical sensors, and closed-loop control in one instrument. "For this high performance electronic stimulator from BIAC, Brime Italia needed a software base that was robust enough to support the product's rich functionality," said Stephane Deruelle, sales director, Western Europe Western Europe The countries of western Europe, especially those that are allied with the United States and Canada in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (established 1949 and usually known as NATO). , MontaVista Software. "In addition, MontaVista Linux helped Brime Italia meet the high performance and low power requirements that such complex medical devices demand." The Portable Medical Electric Muscle Stimulator was developed for BIAC Srl. BIAC has been involved in the production of electronic equipment since 1981. Key Factors in the Selection of MontaVista Linux: According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Brime Italia, the following requirements led it to move from a proprietary system to MontaVista Linux: --Commercial-grade Linux software platform --Real-time responsiveness --Lower overall development costs MontaVista Linux Professional Edition MontaVista Linux Professional Edition (Pro) is an industry leading comprehensive embedded operating system and cross development environment. It includes a modern OS featuring real-time functionality, multi-process capabilities and multi-threaded remote debugging Remote debugging is the process of debugging a program running on a system different than the debugger. To start remote debugging, debugger connects to a remote system over a network. , with extensive bundled software (1) Applications that are included with new hardware. For example, a new PC often comes with several applications, many of which may be light versions or full versions with no limit on usage. Others may be only 60- or 90-day trial packages. See bundle. components including rich networking. Pro targets more than 25 processors from nine leading architectures and supports more than 100 boards offering developers great freedom to choose the elements for their development environment, which, in effect, allows them to speed cutting-edge products to market faster and at a lower cost. Pro also incorporates MontaVista DevRocket(TM), a powerful integrated development environment See IDE. integrated development environment - interactive development environment that delivers state-of-the-art development tools. Availability The Portable Medical Electric Muscle Stimulator is currently available from BIAC Srl. For more information, visit www.biac-srl.com MontaVista Linux Professional Edition 3.1 is available as a product subscription through MontaVista Software and its worldwide distribution channels. MontaVista Linux product subscriptions provide developer teams with the MontaVista Linux kernel, deployment components, utilities, development tools, software updates, access to the MontaVista Zone (customer resource portal), comprehensive technical support and hands-on Linux training classes. About Brime Italia Brime Italia Srl is a consultancy company, and is part of the AssystemBrime Group (www.assystembrime.com). Brime Italia Srl supports its customers by helping them develop turnkey products for a variety of industries. The group AssystemBrime is listed on the Euronext stock market, Paris. The symbols are: BRIM (Bloomberg), BRIF.LN (Reuters). About MontaVista Software MontaVista Software is a leading global supplier of systems software and development tools for intelligent connected devices and associated infrastructure. MontaVista empowers software developers by providing Open Source GNU/Linux-based software solutions. Founded in 1999 by 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. pioneer James Ready, MontaVista offers a family of products that address software developer needs encompassing applications ranging from communications infrastructure to consumer electronics. MontaVista products include MontaVista Linux Professional, Consumer Electronics and Carrier Grade Editions. MontaVista DevRocket, a powerful integrated development environment, delivers state-of-the-art development tools across all product Editions. MontaVista Graphics offers a rich GUI (Graphical User Interface) A graphics-based user interface that incorporates movable windows, icons and a mouse. The ability to resize application windows and change style and size of fonts are the significant advantages of a GUI vs. a character-based interface. development tools platform. Headquartered in the heart of Silicon Valley, in Sunnyvale, Calif., MontaVista Software is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. funded by leading investors such as Alloy Ventures, China Development Industrial Bank, RRE RRE Red Rock Eater (News Service) RRE Road Race Engineering RRE Remote Roof Easy RRE Residential Real Estate RRE Rise-And-Run-Length Encoding RRE Royal Radar Establishment (Great Britain) Ventures, US Venture Partners, WR Hambrecht + Co WR Hambrecht + Co. is a full service investment bank with headquarters in New York and San Francisco. It specializes in using its unique auction process called OpenIPO to compete with the traditional methods of larger and more established banks. ., as well as IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Infineon Ventures, Intel Capital, Panasonic (Matsushita), Samsung Ventures America, Siemens Venture Capital, Sony, Toshiba America and Yamaha Corporation. For more information about MontaVista Software, please visit www.mvista.com. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. MontaVista and DevRocket are trademarks or registered trademarks of MontaVista Software, Inc. All other names mentioned are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of their respective owners. |
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