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Green Hills Software Announces Probe for Manufacturing
Green
Hills Probe Extends Device Software Optimization to Manufacturing
 EMBEDDED
SYSTEMS CONFERENCE, SAN JOSE, CA
April 3, 2007—Green Hills Software, Inc., the technology leader
in device software optimization (DSO) and real-time
operating systems (RTOS), today announced Probe for Manufacturing,
based on the Green Hills Probe V3 platform, the fastest and smartest
debug probe in the world. Probe for Manufacturing, with its Python-based
automation, fully scriptable Web 2.0 user interface, and support for
virtually every NOR flash part in existence, brings device software optimization
to the manufacturing and production phases of the product cycle.
“The
production and manufacturing phases of a product are often just as important
as a product’s design and implementation phases,” noted
David Kleidermacher, chief technology officer, Green Hills Software. “There
is no return on the millions of dollars invested in a product’s development
until that product successfully reaches volume production. Based on our own experience
in manufacturing three generations of debug probes, as well as 25 years of close
collaboration with thousands of our customers, we’ve designed Probe for
Manufacturing to help reduce time-to-volume production by optimizing the testing
and configuration of devices as they come off the assembly line.”
“Combining
novel features like Web 2.0 with deep and broad support for traditional manufacturing
validation requirements, such as device troubleshooting, memory testing, and
efficient flash programming, Probe for Manufacturing is a refreshingly creative
solution to production and manufacturing needs,” said
Jerry Krasner, Ph.D., chief analyst, Embedded Market Forecasters. “By
bringing the interactive features of the latest Web technologies to manufacturing,
Green Hills Software’s Probe for Manufacturing will make production testing
systems easier than ever to design and deploy.”
Python Automation and
Web 2.0
Probe for Manufacturing uses an on-board Python interpreter with full
access to all traditional debug probe run-control functionality so
that production engineers may devise any conceivable test for their
manufacturing line. A Web 2.0 user interface lends a friendly face
to all of this power. Since every Probe for Manufacturing component
is written in Python, the user interface can be customized to any requirement,
and can be run on Probe for Manufacturing or a desktop PC. Scripting
and Web files are all stored on an ultra-reliable, wear-leveled, journaling,
flash file system residing on Probe for Manufacturing.
Host-based API
Probe for Manufacturing also comes with the Green Hills Debug Client,
a library that enables production test system designers to integrate
existing PC-based test interfaces with the Probe for Manufacturing.
With the Green Hills Debug Client, test infrastructure designers can
take advantage of the speed, connectivity, and debugging features of
Probe for Manufacturing without creating new or modifying existing
human-machine interfaces.
Fast and Zero-Footprint Flash Programming
Probe for Manufacturing
provides built-in support for programming virtually every NOR flash part
in existence, with fine-grained scalability of total memory usage from
zero bytes for the smallest systems to hundreds of kilobytes for ultra-fast
programming of larger systems.
High-Performance Hardware Platform
Based on the Green Hills Probe V3 platform, Probe for Manufacturing
supports a broad set of CPU debug ports, including IEEE 1149.1 JTAG,
at the highest speeds. With download rates in excess of 10 MB/sec and
sustaining JTAG TCK rates over 100 MHz, Probe for Manufacturing will
dramatically speed up production testing.
INTEGRITY Inside
Probe for Manufacturing is powered by Green Hills Software’s INTEGRITY,
the leading market share high-reliability real-time operating system.
INTEGRITY’s wide support of industry standards like POSIX enabled
the creation of a probe that melds the latest Web and desktop technologies
with the high level of robustness required for high-volume manufacturing
test systems.
Availability
Probe for Manufacturing is available now for devices based on ARM,
MIPS, and PowerPC processors. Additional device support will be available
in Q2 and Q3 2007. It is compliant with RoHS, PSE, and CEC standards.
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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