Low Power CPLDs Provide an Ideal Programmable Platform for Girsberger
Elektronik's Portable Avalanche Rescue Beacon
SAN JOSE, Calif. and BOSTON, Sept. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- At the Embedded
Systems Conference today (ESC), Xilinx, Inc., (Nasdaq: XLNX) announced that
Swiss company Girsberger Elektronik AG, a leading provider of portable
emergency transponders, used the industry's lowest power CPLD family,
Xilinx(R) CoolRunner(R)-II RealDigital CPLDs, in its latest generation of
Barryvox avalanche beacons and Autocall emergency relays. Girsberger products
will be on display in the Xilinx booth #409 at ESC in Boston, September 16-18,
2003.
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A Barryvox avalanche beacon is a small transportable unit, which transmits
a radio signal. It is worn by outdoor enthusiasts to help in their relocation,
should they become trapped underneath an avalanche. The Barryvox also has a
receive mode, to receive radio signals from the beacons of snow-buried people,
and help in their rescue.
Over 100,000 Barryvox beacons are in use worldwide by search and rescue
teams, ski patrols, the military and private individuals. The battery
efficient device allows 200 transmit- and 25 search hours, even in extreme
temperatures of -30 degrees Celsius. Girsberger also produces consoles and
especially modified transmitters for training purposes.
Autocall is a system that automatically sends a message (email, fax, SMS)
via an integrated mobile phone (GSM) if a protected vehicle has been stolen.
Using Global Positioning System satellite technology, it is possible to
relocate a stolen vehicle to within a 120-meter range of accuracy. Both
products incorporate Xilinx CoolRunner-II programmable chips.
"Xilinx programmable chips provided the ideal platform to design our
rescue systems," said Felix Meier, Senior Engineer at Girsberger Elektronik.
"We needed leading edge technology that combined low power with low cost and
Xilinx delivered."
"Girsberger's portable search and rescue products demonstrate the
diversity of applications using our CoolRunner-II RealDigital CPLDs," said
Sandeep Vij, vice president of Worldwide Marketing at Xilinx. "Girsberger has
provided an ideal situation in which we can work together to develop products
that can actually make a significant contribution in saving lives."
Xilinx CoolRunner-II CPLDs offer the lowest power consumption, highest I/O
count per macrocell, and smallest packaging in the industry and are cost
optimized to address the pricing pressure of products designed for a broad
spectrum of applications.
About Girsberger Elektronik AG
For more than 15 years, Girsberger Elektronik AG has been a leading
developer of rescue beacons and emergency signal relays. For more information,
visit http://www.girsberger-elektronik.ch.
About Xilinx
Xilinx, Inc. is the worldwide leader of programmable logic solutions.
Additional information about Xilinx is available at http://www.xilinx.com.
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