• July, 2005 - December, 2005

"T-Engine/ARM926-MX21 Development Kit" Released
Personal Media Corporation.
Updated 2005/12/21

Personal Media Corporation launched "T-Engine/ARM926-MX21 Development Kit" incorporating an i.MX21 Application Processor,"MC9328MX21 "(Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., in the U.S) based on the "ARM926EJ-S Core" (ARM Ltd. in U.K.)
The kit is available through the Personal Media Corporation online store from the middle of January, 2006.
For details, please refer to the following URL.
[T-Engine/ARM926-MX21Development Kit press release page]
(http://www.personal-media.co.jp/press/press/051212_tearm926mx21kit.html)

GUI Development Environment "PEG(R)" by Swell Software Inc. placed on the Japanese market
eSOL Co., Ltd.
Updated 2005/10/31

On October 25, 2005, eSOL Co., Ltd., announced the conclusion of a distributorship agreement for "PEG", the GUI Development Environment, with Swell Software Inc. of the United States.
"PEG" from Swell Software Inc., will be marketed under the eSOL brand as "ePEG" for customers using "eT-Kernel", the T-Kernel offering from eSOL, and "PrKERNELv4", the real-time operating system which is based on μITRON4.0 specifications.
For details, please refer to the following URL.
[Press release page of eSOL Co., Ltd]
(http://www.esol.co.jp/company/press/emb_press051025.html)

Multi-track Recorder "MR-8HD" of the Fostex Company Developed using eSOL Development Tools. Incorporated with eSOL's T-Kernel, File System and USB Stack.
eSOL Co., Ltd.
Updated 2005/10/31

On October 18, 2005, eSOL Co., Ltd, announced the development of a new multi-track recorder (MTR)"MR-8HD" manufactured by the Fostex Company with "eBinder", the T-Kernel-based system development suite.
In addition, this product incorporates T-Kernel, a FAT file system"PrFILE2", and a USB device stack "PrUSB/Device for M66592".
We could support the efficient development for the high-quality product by using various development tools and functions that have been carefully designed for real-time system development using real-time operating systems.
For details, please refer to the following URL.
[Press release page of eSOL Co., Ltd.]
(http://www.esol.co.jp/company/press/emb_press051018.html)

Announcing the successful fundamental test of a sensor network using ultra low energy (1 bit per second at 3 nanowatts) UWB wireless communication
Hitachi, Ltd. / YRP Ubiquitous Networking Research Laboratory
Updated 2005/9/28

Hitachi, Ltd., in conjunction with YRP Ubiquitous Networking Research Laboratory, has developed a fundamental testing apparatus of UWB(Ultra Wide Band) wireless communication.
Using the mechanism in line with the suggestions of the IEEE standard (IEEE802.15.4a), which is drawing an attention as a wireless technology for sensor networking, the following experimental results were obtained: The simulation has verified the possibility of an accuracy in position detection to within 30cm.
The test also demonstrated very low energy wireless transmission of 1 bps (bit per second) at 3 nanowatts (1 nanowatt being equal to one billionth of a watt).
Fast transmission over the transmission distance 10m at the transmission speed of 10Mbps and over 30 m at 250 Kbps was also achieved.
For details, please see the following article:
(http://www.t-engine.org/news/pdf/TEP050929-u01e.pdf)

"SECURETRON32-B", eTRON-specified high-speed security module, has been developed
Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
Updated 2005/9/27

The "SECURETRON32-B" is an eTRON-specified high-speed security module with a 32 bit CPU which enables a biometric authentication within module.
The features of the "SECURETRON32-B" include a high-speed processing, a high capacity of data, a high-speed communication, a biometric authentication function, and compatibility with the eTRON/16Dual.
Shipping of the samples will start from October 2005 as the security module of small portable devices such as the Ubiquitous Communicator as well as of home information appliances.For details, please visit the following website.
- Press release on the SECURETRON32-B
(http://www.dnp.co.jp/jis/news/2005/050909.html)

"TeaPARTNER", a set of an embedded board, an OS, a development environment, and an ICE, has been released
Personal Media Corporation. / Kyoto Microcomputer Co., Ltd.
Updated 2005/9/21

The "TeaPARTNER" is a set of two products : One is the "Teaboard/ARM920-MX1",an embedded board computer with an OS and a development environment, sold byPersonal Media, and the other is "PARTNER-Jet", an ICE manufactured by KyotoMicrocomputer. For details, please visit the following website.
- Press release on the TeaPARTNER
(http://www.personal-media.co.jp/press/press/050921_teapartner.html)

New Release of the "T-Engine/VR5701 Development Kit
Personal Media Corporation
Updated 2005/9/20

The "T-Engine/VR5701 Development Kit" is a standard T-Engine board enablingthe support of large multi media data by equipping a hard disc connector as part of its standard configuration, which is unprecedented for T-Enginedevelopment kit. For details, please visit the following websites -
- "T-Engine/VR5701 Development Kit" press release page
(http://www.personal-media.co.jp/press/press/050915_tevr5701kit.html)
- "T-Engine/VR5701 Development Kit" introduction page
(http://www.personal-media.co.jp/te/vr5701/welcome.html)

The "eT-Kernel", eSOL's T-Kernel, supports 2 types of T-Engine boards with SuperH (TM) products, and a development environment is also ready
eSOL Co.,Ltd.
Updated 2005/9/6

The "eT-Kernel", an extended version of T-Kernel developed by eSOL Co.,Ltd, now supports 2 types of T-Engine boards equipped with the SH7751R and the SH7727 respectively.
eSOL also announced that the "eBinder", a T-Kernel base system development suite, supports each of these T-Engine boards.The software development by using the "eT-Kernel" in an eBinder environment realizes a reduction in development time and a cost saving.
(http://www.esol.co.jp/company/press/emb_press050905.html)

T-Kernel specification 1.00.00 release begins
Updated 2005/6/23

The opening of T-Kernel specification version 1.00.00 to the public has begun. It can be downloaded free of charge from the T-Kernel source code download page. For those who already have an ID and password for downloading, the specification can be downloaded using your current ID and password. For those who do not possess an ID and password yet, please apply for them from this page. The specification is being sold as a printed book by the Personal Media Corporation. Please see here for details.