Dramatic design breakthrough delivers Small-Footprint, High-Speed Networking

Introducing RTXC Quark™ TCP/IP Software

Like the subatomic particle for which it is named, RTXC Quark TCP/IP software is very small and very fast. Get 3 to 4 times faster packet processing in 1/3 the footprint of other TCP/IP software.

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Quadros Systems took an entirely different path to engineering a TCP/IP stack, handling networking packets as data rather than using traditional control processing. The result is a high performance networking stack that delivers lightning-fast performance. The processing speed reduces RAM requirements because fewer sockets are required. And the compact design means the ROM footprint is less than half.

This means dramatic advantages for resource-constrained systems

• Less memory utilization — both ROM and RAM
• Lower CPU demand
• Reduced power consumption

RTXC Quark TCP/IP software is RFC-compliant for IPv4, with UDP, TCP, DHCP client, ICMP, ARP and IGMP. It is tightly integrated with the RTXC Quadros real-time operating system and takes full advantage of the high-efficiency kernel threads in RTXC/ss and RTXC/dm.

Small-footprint Java is a now a reality for embedded systems

Introducing JControl™ Embedded Java

Now you can get all of the advantages of Java in an embedded application without sacrificing performance or memory efficiency. JControl delivers the shorter development, high code reuse, and reliability of Java in less than 500 KB of ROM.

The integration of JControl with the RTXC/Quadros real-time operating systems shields non-trusted Java applets and grants or disallows hardware access. The underlying RTOS also ensures deterministic behavior of the system.

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Key Product Features

• Very short start-up time
• Compact memory footprint
• High degree of scalability
• Tightly integrated with the RTXC Quadros RTOSes
• Support for Freescale's ColdFire Architecture; portable to any 32-bit MCU
• Comprehensive support of peripheral components
• Integrated Development Environment with complete simulation

The JControl API has been customized to the special requirements of embedded applications. In addition to basic classes for general programming tasks, it offers various functionalities for controlling local peripheral components like graphic displays, touch panels, network devices, serial interfaces, RTC, etc. Additional software libraries are included for assisting in different application areas. This includes graphical user interfaces, gateways or control systems with field bus connectivity.

A full-featured configuration of the JControl firmware containing drivers and libraries for all supported peripheral devices uses approximately 420 KB of ROM. The starter application, which takes care of system initialization and the launching of the JControl firmware on power-up, requires and additional 64 KB of memory.

RTOS Integration

JControl has been tightly integrated with the RTXC Quadros RTOS. The demonstration at Embedded World will run on the ColdFire MCF5329 processor platform. The RTXC/Quadros real-time operating system provides deterministic system behavior and shields non-trusted Java applets from gaining access to the hardware.

IDE

The JControl Integrated Development Environment (IDE) is based on Eclipse technology and includes software tools for supporting the application development (dedicated image, music, and font editors). Additionally, the JControl IDE integrates a compiler with optimizer and a comprehensive communication interface, enabling the upload of an application directly to the device – using the network, serial interface or USB.

New design tool shaves 30% (or more) from embedded development time

Introducing VisualRTXC™ Design Tool

Industry surveys consistently report that more than 50% of embedded software projects fall behind schedule. Engineering managers either make their best effort with traditional hand-coding methods or make a major investment in high-end modeling tools.

VisualRTXC is a graphical productivity tool for developing embedded applications based on the RTXC Quadros Real-time Operating System (RTOS). It provides the efficiency of a high level design tool with a practical implementation that fits neatly into any software development process. It provides a visual abstraction and design assistance for the typical design phases of the software development life cycle, including high level design, detailed design, coding and documentation.

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Overview

• Powerful productivity tool for application development.
• High level graphical design to C code in one unified tool
• Intuitive, user-friendly interface
• Speeds development
• Improves team communications

Easy to Learn; Powerful to Use

VisualRTXC offers an intuitive user interface and high-level intelligent design objects that are tightly coupled to the underlying RTXC Quadros kernel architecture. The result is an easy-to-use, powerful design tool that allows you to move rapidly between design concepts and generated C code.

Bring HMI to your next product

Easily develop graphical displays with RTXC, PEG+ and ColdFire

Quadros Systems has extensive experience with the ColdFire architecture. The MCF5329 processor, using a ColdFire v3 core, offers 200 MHz speed and includes an integrated LCD controller. Combined with Quadros Systems software, this is an excellent, low-cost platform to bring the power of graphical user interfaces to your system.

See our HMI demo at Embedded World, Stand 11-431