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News Release from: Express Logic | Subject: ThreadX and NetX
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 07 June 2007
RTOS and networking stack support
Stellaris
The ThreadX RTOS and NetX TCP/IP networking stack now support Luminary Micro's new Ethernet-enabled Stellaris family of ARM Cortex-M3 microcontrollers.
Express Logic's ThreadX RTOS and NetX TCP/IP networking stack now support Luminary Micro's new Ethernet-enabled (LM3S6000 series) Stellaris family of ARM Cortex-M3 microcontrollers ThreadX also supports Luminary Micro's new CAN-enabled (LM3S2000 series) Stellaris family of ARM Cortex-M3 microcontrollers
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Mar 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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A free evaluation version of ThreadX and a demonstration program in source code form are available for Luminary Micro's Stellaris EKK-LM3S6965/EKK-LM3S2965 evaluation kits.
The demonstration program consists of a simple six thread application that uses many advanced, yet easy-to-use features of ThreadX, including message passing, thread creation and scheduling.
The entire application, including the ThreadX RTOS, requires less than 7Kbyte of Flash and less than 4Kbyte of SRAM.
Users can modify the demonstration or write a completely new ThreadX application up to the evaluation limits, which consist of ten threads, one instantiation of each type of memory pool, and a maximum of two instantiations for each of the other ThreadX objects.
The demo application is provided in C source code form, and is fully integrated with the LM3S6965 and intended for use with the ARM/Keil RealView tools.
Applications can be up and running in just a couple of minutes.
"Express Logic's leadership in royalty-free real-time operating systems makes them an ideal partner for us", says Jean Anne Booth, Chief Marketing Officer of Luminary Micro.
"ThreadX presents a small memory footprint with an easy to use, rich set of system services such as threads, message queues, counting semaphores, and mutexes".
"Embedded developers will appreciate the convenient introduction to the capabilities of ThreadX using the evaluation version and demonstration application available for our new Stellaris evaluation kits".
"We are pleased to provide ThreadX RTOS support for Luminary Micro's latest additions to the Stellaris line of Cortex-M3-based microcontrollers", comments John Carbone, Vice President of Marketing of Express Logic.
"The new LM3S6000 series MCUs also include integrated 10/100 Ethernet MAC/PHY support, enabling our NetX TCP/IP stack to provide real-time networking capabilities in a small, efficient package".
ThreadX is Express Logic's small, fast, royalty-free RTOS for demanding real-time applications.
Its royalty-free business model makes ThreadX extremely attractive for high-volume devices.
ThreadX's ease-of-use enables ThreadX-powered devices to get to market on time and within budget, which accounts for ThreadX's success in the marketplace and its high-volume implementations.
ThreadX has been widely embraced and is currently deployed in excess of 450 million electronic products.
ThreadX and NetX are available in full source code form, royalty free, at licence prices starting at US $12,500. Request a free brochure from Express Logic ...
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