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Green Hills Software Expands Protocol Options
for its Platform for Industrial Safety
Latest Field Bus Technologies Integrated with Green Hills Safety-Certified
RTOSes
FREESCALE TECHNOLOGY FORUM, ORLANDO, FL —June 27, 2007—Green
Hills Software, Inc., the technology leader in device software optimization
(DSO) and real-time operating systems (RTOS),
and IXXAT, a leading supplier of industrial and automotive communication
solutions, today announced their collaboration to add support for CANopen,
IEEE® 1588 and EtherNet/IP™ protocols to Green Hills Software’s
industry leading Platform
for Industrial Safety. As the backbone for communications in many
industrial, medical and automotive devices today, these protocols can
now execute safely and reliably when combined with Green Hills Software’s
RTOSes that are well known for their pedigree and experience for use
in the safety and security markets.
“Freescale’s 32-bit PowerQUICC® processors work with
proven DSO technology from Green Hills to enable creation of world-class
industrial automation, medical, avionics, and defense products that run
some of the most demanding protocols in the industry,” said Glenn
Beck, Industrial marketing manager for Freescale. “With this expanded
support, Freescale Semiconductor and Green Hills Software are in a position
to further reduce product time-to-market while increasing device reliability.”
The Green Hills Software Platform for Industrial Safety offers the following
components:
- MULTI integrated development
environment and TimeMachine tool
suite – providing the industry leading tool set for embedded
software developers
- Green Hills C/C++ and MISRA
C compilers – generating the fastest and smallest code
in the industry
- INTEGRITY and velOSity real-time
operating system (RTOS), with optional certification by TÜV to
the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) EN 61508 standard
at Safety Integrity Level 3 (SIL3)
- Optional Safety manual, SIL3 certification certificate, certification
report and MULTI Confidence from Use report
- µ-velOSity real-time
operating system – providing industry leading performance, minimal
memory (less than 1.6KB) and power-saving footprint for resource-constrained
and cost-sensitive devices
- Optional middleware to support networking, USB, graphics,
databases and more
- Green Hills Probe – providing
reliable and efficient debugging using the microprocessor’s JTAG
port
- Optional system/software consulting, development and certification
services
“Developing and deploying software for these devices has traditionally
been a time-consuming and expensive process,” commented Dan Mender,
director business development, Green Hills Software. “The Green
Hills Platform for Industrial Safety provides a complete solution for
building the software components of safe, secure, and reliable systems,
even those that require certification up to the demanding IEC/EN 61508
Safety Integrity Level 4 (SIL4).”
Availability
The Green Hills Platform for Industrial Safety is available now. These
additional protocols will be commercially available for the Platform
for Industrial Safety in 3Q 2007.
About Green Hills Software
Founded in 1982, Green Hills Software, Inc. is the technology leader
in device software optimization (DSO) and real-time operating systems
(RTOS) for 32- and 64-bit embedded systems. Our royalty-free INTEGRITY® and velOSity™ real-time
operating systems, µ-velOSity™ microkernel,
compilers, MULTI® and AdaMULTI™ integrated development environments
and TimeMachine™ tool suite offer a complete development solution
that addresses both deeply embedded and high-reliability applications.
Green Hills Software is headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA, with European
headquarters in the United Kingdom. Visit Green Hills Software on the
web at www.ghs.com.
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North American Sales Contact:
Green Hills Software, Inc.
30 West Sola Street,
Santa Barbara, CA 93101,
Tel: 805-965-6044
Fax: 805-965-6343
Website: www.ghs.com
Email: sales@ghs.com
Media Contacts:
Green Hills Software, Inc.
Barbel French
Tel: 805-965-6044
Email: bfrench@ghs.com
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International Sales Contact:
Green Hills Software Ltd
Fleming Business Centre
Leigh Road
Eastleigh
Hampshire SO50 9PD
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: +44 (0)2380 649660
Fax: +44 (0)2380 649661
Email: mktg-europe@ghs.com
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