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News Release from: Staccato Communications | Subject: Ripcord1 Development Kit
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 18 March 2008
Development kit speeds USB device design
The integration of the Ripcord Control Library in the development kit reduces overall design complexity in applications including mobile handsets, digital cameras, printers and portable media players.
Staccato Communications has released the Ripcord1 Development Kit (DVK) Staccato's Ripcord1 DVK is a completely integrated development environment that accelerates native Wireless USB device designs based on the Ripcord1 family of single-chip, all-CMOS Certified Wireless USB solutions
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 6 Apr 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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Ripcord is billed as the industry's first true single-chip all-CMOS solution based on Certified Wireless USB.
At the core of the Ripcord1 DVK is the Ripcord Control Library (RCL).
This fully abstracted software library provides services to simplify the interface to the Ripcord1 IC and enables easy integration on a wide variety of platforms.
The integration of the Ripcord Control Library in the development kit reduces overall design complexity in applications including mobile handsets, digital cameras, printers, portable media players, mass storage and wireless audio/video.
The RCL also allows designers to take advantage of the benefits of Staccato's single-chip, all-CMOS solutions, which include low power, small form factor and reduced system cost.
"There are complex design challenges associated with implementing a Wireless USB device and Staccato is positioned to solve these problems", said Marty Colombatto, CEO for Staccato Communications.
"For example, instead of writing the function drivers from scratch, Staccato's Ripcord1 development kit offers them in a fully abstracted library, which eases design complexity and accelerates time to market".
"The DVK in conjunction with RCL have been recently certified as a WUSB native device solution, allowing a smooth path through certification and into production for our customers".
Staccato's Ripcord1 solution is listed on the USB-IF Integrators List for Certified Wireless USB Peripheral Silicon, signifying that it has passed all of the compliance and interoperability tests required for Wireless USB certification.
Ripcord1 has also previously passed WiMedia PHY and MAC certification and US FCC and Japan TELEC regulatory certifications.
The Ripcord 1 DVK enables native device designs for the Wireless USB market by including all the needed hardware, software and full documentation.
The Ripcord1 DVK features an Xscale PXA270-based Single-Board Computer (SBC) running embedded Linux and allows developers to access and evaluate WiMedia MAC and PHY characteristics.
Staccato's Ripcord1 Development Kit is currently available to qualified customers.
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