Embedded Linux - Lineo Solutions, Inc.

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LINEO RELEASES EVALUATION PACKAGE FOR
POSIX-COMPLIANT MICRO RT KERNEL TARGETED FOR ONE-CHIP MICROCOMPUTER
- Lineo uBooster Starter Package for H8S -

TOKYO, December 15 - Lineo Solutions, Inc. (Lineo), a leading provider of embedded Linux solutions, today announced the release of Lineo uBooster Starter Package for H8S, an evaluation kit for Lineo uBooster, POSIX-compliant micro RT kernel specifically developed for one-chip microcomputer by Lineo.

"While there is no doubt that the one-chip microcomputer should take a vital and enormous role in realizing the ubiquitous network age, it is also true that there will be many applications that find difficulty in overcoming the hardware resource limitation of one-chip microcomputer with Linux," said Yoshinobu Ushiyama, President and CEO, Lineo Solutions, Inc. "In order to provide practical solutions to overcome such situations, we had been developing 'Lineo uBooster', a POSIX compliant micro RT kernelby bringing together the embedded system know-how acquired through years of experiences.

"Network connectivity in the open air environment is becoming increasingly essential, and many of the outdoor installed devices, including network connective sensors and security/emergency monitoring devices, require to be operable in severe temperatures ranged from minus 20 degrees centigrade to 80 degrees centigrade. In such cases, the use of one-chip microcomputer with temperature-guaranteed RAM and POSIX compliant micro real-time kernel solutions that have high affinity with Linux is very much awaited. One-chip Solutions with Lineo uBooster can provide ready to deploy means to solve various problems such as reliable network connectivity, operability under severe temperature conditions, and lowering of the cost of the devices development and system installation, and contribute to accelerate the realization of true ubiquitous network age.", said Takafumi Matsunaga, General Manager, MCU Business Unit.

The Lineo uBooster is developed with strong focus on the high affinity with Linux.
It provides not only ultra-compact footprint and high-speed boot that were considered difficult to attain with embedded Linux but also the benefits of Linux, POSIX-compliant scalability and TCP/IP, network capability.

The Lineo uBooster Starter Package for H8S is the first release of Lineo's proposal for One-Chip Solutions to provide time-to-market for OEM in developing devices with ease and speed, and packaged as a total evaluation kit consists of uBooster and Lineo original reference board system with a Renesas Technology's H8S series of one-chip microcomputer.

Lineo uBooster Summary

* One-chip Microcomputer Operation to drive Maximum CPU Capacity.
	- Provides equivalent environment to Linux - Enables "Kernel + Application" operation with built-in flash memory capacity
* Support MMU Less System with 256 KB to 2 MB (approx.) footprint size
*POSIX-Compliant I/F
	- Availability of ample GPL resources
* Hard Realtime Support
	- POSIX-compliant pthread I/F
* TCP/IP Implementation-Standard (Embedded Specific Original TCP/IP Stack)
	- Supports PPPd, TELNETd, FTPd, httpd, SMTP
* VFAT Support
* WAN I/F Driver Support (For DoPa, Air-H", P-in, @FreeD, and CF Type)

Lineo uBooster Starter Package for H8S Summary

Integrated Evaluation System Package consists of software and reference hardware for uBooster and its network capability, supporting Renesas Technology Corporation's H8S series one-chip microcomputer. Drivers and debugging environment are equipped and ready-to-evaluate for your application development.

Starter Package Composition

* Board Development Kit: Kernel Resource, Toolchain and other
* Reference Board System
	- Platform Board: Supports JTAG, ROM-ICE and other debugging environments
	- Solution Board: Equips LAN, CF, Serial and other IF
* Solution Board (in 90x60mm, business card size) is available independently for LAN adapter, controller and more for OEMs to use.

Reference Board System

CPU	H8S/2339F 25MHz
Memory	RAM	MPU Built-in SRAM: 32KB
		External SRAM: 1MB
	ROM	Built-in FROM: 384KB
		External FROM: 2MB
	EEPROM 8kbit(I2C Bus)
RTC	S-3530A (I2C Bus)
RS-232C	3ch
AD Converter	1ch 0 - 5V
DI/DO	4/4
CF Card	TYPEⅡ
Ethernet	10BASE-T 1ch
I2C Bus	1ch
LCD I/F	16 Digits/2 Lines LCD Display
Extended Bus	H8S Extended Bus
ROM-ICE and H-UDI Connector
Power Source	+5V±5%

Lineo Solutions, Inc.
Lineo Solutions, Inc. is an embedded solution provider with a core technology in embedded Linux operating systems that include integrated cross development tools and environment, software/hardware reference designs, and professional services. Lineo Solutions allows OEMs to create devices and systems for their products that interact with the Internet, while helping them to reduce system requirements and to attain faster time-to-market.

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