IEEE 1588 development platform released

An Imsys Technologies product story

Edited by the Electronicstalk editorial team Apr 10, 2007

Imsys Technologies has released a development platform for the IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol.

Imsys Technologies has released a development platform for the IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol.

The transition from circuit connectivity to packet-based systems creates a need to get equipment synchronised.

The IEEE 1588 2002 is already part of the LXI Consortium, Ethernet Powerlink and Ethernet/IP standards.

Revision 2 of the protocol will include many enhancements and will allow sub-microsecond accuracy, satisfying the telecom industry's needs in base stations including femtocells.

The 1588 Development Kit is an easy to use tool and includes an API where time and frequency can be adjusted by the application program.

A periodic output, PPS, and a user-specified frequency such as 10 or 30.72MHz can be achieved.

The developer can choose between a mix of ASM32, C and Java programming language.

Imsys is cooperating with Zurich University of Applied Science, ZHW, for the implementation of the protocol stack.

"The combination of our field proven products and state of the art IEEE 1588 protocol implementation enables designers to get high accuracy synchronised clocks at an affordable price", says Ola Andersson, Imsys CEO.

The SNAP 1588 Development Kit hardware platform is shipping mid April 2007 with the 1588 protocol stack software following in mid May.