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Embedded Software and Operating Systems
News Release from: Datalight | Subject: ROM-DOS 7.1
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 13 May 2005
Operating system gains Internet-enabling
kernel
ROM-DOS 7.1 featuring Sockets enables OEMs to build powerful, reliable and effective Internet-capable systems.
Datalight, which specialises in providing essential system software to help original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) add value to embedded devices, has released an update to its popular ROM-DOS 7.1 software ROM-DOS 7.1 featuring Sockets enables OEMs to build powerful, reliable and effective Internet-capable systems with as little as a 186 CPU, a small amount of RAM and Flash memory or other nonvolatile storage
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 22 Aug 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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The Sockets kernel within ROM-DOS 7.1 is a compact TCP/IP stack designed specifically to Internet-enable embedded devices.
Sockets provides applications that empower embedded systems with the ability to send and receive e-mail, transfer files via FTP or HTTP, run a remote console and allow the embedded operating system and applications to be controlled via a remote web browser.
Systems can be remotely monitored and controlled through services such as e-mail; notifications can be delivered to a server that monitors many systems or to an operator via a message to a desktop e-mail address, cellphone or pager.
The power and security resources of Sockets offers expanded API capabilities, with the new ability to accommodate both the widely deployed IPv4 and the next generation IPv6 which solves the problem of the Internet running out of IP addresses and the need for network address translation.
IPv6 is a cornerstone in the necessary evolution of IP towards new fields of applications, made necessary by the advent of wireless access, mobility and "always-on" device connectivity by facilities such as stateless address auto-configuration, neighbour detection and multicast support.
Additional IPv6 API functionality has been achieved with a smaller kernel memory footprint.
A build utility, Sbuild, has been added so that developers are able to create custom Sockets kernels similar to the popular ROM-DOS customisable kernel.
"Datalight has been developing quality embedded system software components, including operating systems and development tools, since the company was founded in 1983", said Datalight CEO Roy Sherrill.
"We have earned a reputation as a provider of reliable, compact and cost-effective software solutions that are backed by a commitment to customer service and satisfaction, and we take that responsibility seriously".
"Our goal is to create the software tools that allow OEMs to save money by reducing development time and getting to market faster".
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