Product category: Embedded Software and Operating Systems
News Release from: Cambridge Silicon Radio | Subject: BCHS
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 29 August 2003
Bluetooth software supports wireless
RTOS
Cambridge Silicon Radio and Accelerated Technology have collaborated to bring full support for the Nucleus RTOS embedded in many wireless applications.
Cambridge Silicon Radio and Accelerated Technology, the Embedded Systems Division of Mentor Graphics, have collaborated to bring full support for the Nucleus RTOS embedded in many wireless applications CSR has ported its BlueCore Host software (BCHS) to the Nucleus Plus real-time kernel and the Nucleus NET TCP/IP networking protocol stack
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 23 Apr 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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This also means easier integration with CSR's market-leading BlueCore silicon which is already inside more than 60% of qualified Bluetooth products on the market.
CSR's BCHS is a portable and easily scalable Bluetooth embedded software stack which includes the Bluetooth profiles and is part of CSR's strategy of providing Bluetooth product developers with complete solutions for a full system including ICs, reference designs and software.
The software and hardware partnership provided by CSR's BlueCore ensures optimum performance in power management, data throughput and host processor loading - all issues of paramount importance when integrating Bluetooth into mobile devices.
Robert Day, director of marketing, Mentor Graphics Embedded Systems Division, commented: "It was essential to choose an equally trusted Bluetooth architecture which would fit in with the real-time and deterministic nature of Nucleus software.
Because of the penetration of BlueCore in the Bluetooth silicon market and the penetration of the Nucleus software in the cellular phone market, bringing CSR's BCHS support into the Nucleus software was a clear choice for us".
Simon Finch, Vice President Marketing (software), CSR added: "The Nucleus software support in BCHS will provide our growing base of mobile device customers with an even easier route to add Bluetooth to their designs".
Finch continued: "Our BCHS software has always been the first choice for customers looking for an easily integrated Bluetooth solution.
Our recently launched HCI split version of BCHS, boosted the value of this offering to mobile application developers because of its increased datarates and slave support.
The Nucleus software support will now make things even easier for developers".
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