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Embedded Computing and Control
News Release from: Micro-Robotics | Subject: VM-1
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 15 September 2003
Embedded controller takes TCP/IP onboard
Micro-Robotics has added TCP/IP protocols to its VM-1 credit-card-sized embedded controller to allow users to communicate with other computers over the Internet.
Micro-Robotics has added TCP/IP protocols to its VM-1 credit-card-sized embedded controller to allow users to communicate with other computers over the Internet There are many applications that already use these open protocols and it is expected that their availability on the VM-1 will open up many new application areas for this popular control computer
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 15 Aug 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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Embedded controller comes with its own RTOS
The VM-1 from Micro-Robotics is a credit-card-sized embedded control computer that is used with Venom-SC, the latest version of the popular object-oriented control-system language.
This new capability will allow the VM-1 to connect to the Internet using a modem and telephone line or over the mobile phone network using a GPRS terminal and once connected it can use protocols commonly used by existing software.
The VM-1's programming language, Venom SC, has built-in support for both sending and receiving email and also enables the programmers to write their own applications using either UDP datagrams or TCP connections.
With TCP/IP, the user can create a simple web server application that allows the use of a standard web browser on a PC to both control and monitor data on a remote VM-1.
Probable new application areas include remote data logging and collection, vehicle tracking systems, vending machine control, signalling and live timetable display systems for public transport services. Request a free brochure from Micro-Robotics ...
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