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News Release from: Bluewater Systems | Subject: Rig 200
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 19 February 2008
Kit develops ARM designs for prototyping
ARM design kit is billed as a huge leap forward in the level of peripherals and functionality delivered by an off-the-shelf development board.
New from Bluewater Systems, the Rig 200 is an ARM design kit for embedded electronic development and prototyping The Rig 200 is the ideal starting point for developing a vast array of electronic products ranging from GPS location units, to mobile phones, PDAs and more specialised embedded electronic devices
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 29 Jan 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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According to Bluewater Sales Director Sarosh Dubash, the Rig 200 is a huge leap forward in the level of peripherals and functionality delivered by an off-the-shelf development board.
"Previously for companies to prototype or develop a product that required technologies such as wireless or GPS meant a high price tag and often a level of custom development", says Dubash.
"With Rig 200 we can immediately get a development team up and running with a proven solution for less than NZ $2000".
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Using a development platform such as the Rig 200 enables design engineers to test and experiment with both hardware and software concepts before to committing significant resources to a specific development path.
The Rig 200 can also be used within a custom enclosure to form a rapid prototyping solution or for preproduction trials.
One of the first customers for the Rig 200, New Zealand based Connexionz, did exactly this by using the board to prototype a new generation of digital bus signage in the UK.
"The speed with which we could prototype a solution was vital to the success of our project", says Connexionz Managing Director, Robert Burke.
"By using the Rig 200 we were able to start developing application software immediately and get fully functional trials installed within weeks".
The Rig 200 follows on from Bluewater's award winning Snapper product and is the culmination of 11 years of engineering experience for Bluewater, proving to be the company's most compact and feature packed development platform yet.
The Rig 200 caters for a wide range of ARM9 processor cores and supports an impressive range of addon functionality including GPS location, GPRS data transfer, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and a 3Mpixel camera.
Using the Snapper System modules to provide the core processor function, developers can choose a Marvel PXA270, PXA255 or Cirrus Logic EP9315 CPU.
In addition to standard peripherals such as Ethernet, USB, serial etc, the Rig 200 provides users with optional Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity.
A range of additional expansion modules then deliver specialised functionality and enable the Rig 200 to meet a range of more specific development needs.
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