Terminal Emulation Enabled Through Debug Communications Channel
SAN FRANCISCO, Embedded Systems Conference, April 22 /PRNewswire/ --
American Arium, an industry leader in software debug and integration tool
development, today announced MontaVista(TM) Linux(R) I/O capability for
terminal and debug support without serial or network connectivity. Designed
for embedded applications without wired communications ports, Arium's flagship
SourcePoint(TM) debugger provides ANSI terminal functionality over the target
debug communications channel (DCC) -- and straight from system reset.
"Linux is being embedded in smaller and smaller devices everyday," said
Arium CEO Larry Traylor, "many of them, such as cellular phones and PDAs, do
not have serial or ethernet ports. But they do have JTAG ports. We first
started using the target DCC when integrating Monitor Mode functionality into
SourcePoint for ARM processors as a means to perform JTAG operations without
stopping the target. Our efforts there have led us to develop a means to use
the DCC for system I/O as well as for debugging.
"We chose to support MontaVista Linux," he continued, "for all the obvious
reasons. They are the premier provider for embedded Linux. We're working
with MontaVista to ensure a seamless interface between our debug tools and the
MontaVista Linux operating system."
Traylor was referring to Arium's partnership with MontaVista Software,
Inc. MontaVista Linux is specifically targeted at embedded applications, with
support for cross development to key embedded processors, scalable ROM/RAM
footprint for resource-constrained environments, real-time performance,
options for high availability, and a multitude of other features and
capabilities not found in desktop or server Linux distribution.
Currently, SourcePoint supports halt mode kernel debugging together with
boot console bring up, using the JTAG interface, on ARM9(TM) processors. The
production version of SourcePoint with full Linux I/O support will be
available 3Q03.
American Arium will demo MontaVista Linux I/O 0ver a JTAG at the upcoming
Embedded Systems Conference (ESC) April 23-25 at the Moscone Convention Center
in San Francisco, CA. Arium's booth number is #2226.
About American Arium
American Arium, a privately held corporation, is a supplier of hardware
and software development tools for ARM7(TM) and ARM9 processors, Intel(R)
Xscale(TM) processors, and TI OMAP(TM). The company also supports Intel
IA-32 and IA-64 processors. American Arium tools are used worldwide to debug
software in embedded applications, BIOS, device drivers, and OS kernels.
Additional information can be found at http://www.arium.com .
Contact: American Arium; Todd Selbo, 714-731-1661; todd_selbo@arium.com
SourcePoint is a trademark of American Arium. MontaVista is a trademark
of MontaVista Software Inc. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Tivolds.
ARM7 and ARM9 are trademarks of ARM. Intel is a registered trademark and
XScale is a trademark of Intel Corp OMAP is a trademark of Texas Instruments,
Inc.
SOURCE American Arium
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Related links:
http://www.arium.com
CONTACT:
Todd Selbo of American Arium,
+1-714-731-1661, todd_selbo@arium.com
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