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Embedded Software and Operating Systems
News Release from: Omron Corp
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 10 March 2006
IR comms protocol set for Symbian
integration
Omron Software and ITX E-Globaledge Corp have begun a joint project to integrate the IrSimple high-speed wireless infra-red communications protocol with the Symbian OS.
Omron Software and ITX E-Globaledge Corp have begun a joint project to integrate the IrSimple high-speed wireless infra-red communications protocol with the Symbian OS ITX-EG jointly developed IrSimple with NTT DoCoMo, Sharp Corp and Waseda University in August 2005
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 17 Jan 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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The protocol has since been formally adopted as a global standard by the IrDA (Infrared Data Association), an international industry organisation that develops and standardises specifications for infra-red communications.
Incorporating IrSimple into digital consumer electronics devices and home appliances is expected to lead to a significant expansion in applications for this new communications protocol.
For example, users can take high-resolution photographs with a mobile phone or digital camera and then transmit them instantly to a flat-panel TV or printer with a simple "point and shoot" operation.
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As a Symbian Competence Centre, Omron brings to the partnership a wealth of experience in developing software for the Symbian OS, much vaunted as the operating system of choice for next-generation mobile telephones.
As a result of this collaborative project, it will be possible to integrate IrSimple into Symbian OS-based mobile telephones, and so increase their infra-red data transmission speed by up to approximately 10 times.
By combining ITX-EG's high-speed data transmission core technology and Omron's Symbian OS software development expertise, the two companies are aiming to optimise product quality, and accelerate the lead time to market.
Product launch is scheduled for May 2006.
The Symbian OS-compliant infra-red communication protocol stack will conform to the IrDA's infra-red communication standards.
ITX-EG's DeepCore protocol stack facilitates IrDA communication between various electronic devices, including mobile telephones, digital cameras, intelligent home appliances and amusement devices, and has established an international client base of top manufacturers over the last 10 years.
Key features include its compactness, processing efficiency and high performance even in a low power consuming CPU environment.
In addition to continuing to develop mobile telephone-specific infra-red communication solutions, ITX-EG plans to release a number of new products, both hard and soft, including a Windows OS-compliant infra-red communication protocol stack, and FIR (far-infra-red)-compliant controller ICs.
For Omron, this collaborative project will represent another achievement in the field of Symbian OS middleware development and implementation.
Omron aims to leverage these experiences in future business with international mobile telephone manufacturers and middleware vendors.
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