ARCOM ANNOUNCE LINUX/JAVA TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT KIT FOR OEM EMBEDDED PC APPLICATIONS

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ARCOM ANNOUNCE LINUX/JAVA TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT KIT FOR OEM EMBEDDED PC APPLICATIONS
02 February 2002 - Arcom

The GNU/Linux operating system has been architectured by Arcom (AEL 2.02) and optimized for use on Arcom hardware platforms. The IBM JVM and your Java based application will load and execute directly from the on board 16MByte Flash memory using the high reliability compressed Flash filing system (JFFS2).

This comprehensive Development Kit includes the SBC-GX1 single board computer, PSU, mouse, full cable set, Quickstart Manual and the Arcom Development Kit Utility CD. An optional NEC 6.5' TFT color LCD module and analog touchscreen is also available. Also included is IBM's award winning VisualAge Micro Edition 1.4 development tools to let you quickly develop, debug and deploy your Java based application.

Arcom is pleased to be a technology 'associate' in the IBM VisualAge Micro Edition partner program. 'Our work with Arcom optimizing the J9 Virtual Machine for the Arcom SBC-GX1 board, presents the developer with a complete target environment' said Angus McIntyre, Program Director / Marketing, IBM Embedded Systems Group. 'Arcom's combination of hardware and software, along with the award-winning productivity of the VisualAge Micro Edition development tools, reduces the much-dreaded setup time and allows developers to focus on their application.'

The IBM development suite also features many other technologies such as DB2 Everyplace and Database Enabler for database applications, MQSeries Everyplace for data delivery into IBM's middleware solutions, P3ML, an XML-based GUI and Service Management Framework for configuration management within distributed systems.

Arcom is also an IBM Advanced Level Business Partner serving the pervasive computing market. Arcom is able to provide fully integrated embedded PC platforms running a proven implementation of embedded Linux and a JVM, along with the communication support to provide reliable data delivery from field devices into enterprise applications.

The SBC-GX1 single board computer used in the Development Kit is a 300MHz National Semiconductor Geode based board offering CRT/TFT VGA graphics, 10/100baseTx Ethernet, four serial ports (RS232/485), FDD/IDE interfaces, digital I/O and expansion via PC/104, standard PCI and a Compact Flash port. This fan-less, low power EBX compatible board is ideal for cost sensitive OEM applications.

About IBM and VisualAge Micro Edition (www.ibm.com/software/ad/embedded)
IBM is the world's leading e-business company offering a wide range of services, solutions and technologies that help businesses take full advantage of emerging innovation. IBM's pervasive computing and mobile Internet strategy is to extend e-business applications to the new class of connected client devices.

This involves building, deploying and developing industrial applications by partnering with key industry players and developing groundbreaking initiatives to set open industry standards. IBM has been a licensee of Sun's Java technology since 1995, with over 4,000 developers who work on Java related technologies.

VAME is an integrated development environment with runtime components incorporating IBM's latest embedded Java technology, the J9 Virtual Machine. VisualAge Micro Edition provides developers of embedded applications with a complete set of tools for the creation, testing and deployment of embedded Java applications

Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. All other names mentioned are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of their respective companies.

IBM and VisualAge are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both. Java and all Java-based trademarks are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries.

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About: Arcom
Founded in Cambridge in 1982, Arcom has grown to become one of the leading suppliers of embedded computer and communications processors.

Arcom's embedded software development and support capabilities are second-to-none in the industry. Our engineering and support teams in Kansas City (US) and Cambridge (UK) have an enormous depth of experience and knowledge in the field of embedded operating systems, communications protocols, and system design. We pride ourselves on being able to provide comprehensive development tools and excellent support to our OEM customers as they bring their products to the market.

Development Kits - we lead the embedded market with our strategy for new product introduction based on the 'blue-box' development kits. By combining new hardware solutions with the leading embedded operating systems we offer our customers a complete and rapid application development environment.

Embedded Boards - our range of embedded processor boards (x86 and XScale), PC/104 I/O modules, ISAbus and PCI add-on cards are all designed and manufactured by Arcom. This gives our customers fast and easy access to the highest level of technical support. All products are supported by a clearly defined life cycle and a commitment for long term availability.

PCs & Enclosures - we also recognize that customers need products to ease the integration of our embedded boards. Arcom's design team includes mechanical engineers who have developed a number of off the shelf enclosure solutions for stand alone and rack mounted systems.

Industrial Networking - since 1992, we have been actively involved in the integration and deployment of data acquisitions systems for the process control markets. Working with our key technology partners we now offer products and expertise to provide guaranteed data delivery from your field devices straight into your enterprise level applications.

Design & Build - we understand the drive to cost reduce products for high volume applications and to combine this with a 'complete technical solution'. We accept contracts to produce custom solutions which focus on the design of dedicated hardware, developing optimized operating system configurations or complete packaged system solutions.

Through a focused approach to innovative design backed by comprehensive development platforms, global marketing and low cost manufacturing, Arcom pursues an aggressive expansion of its customer base in North America, UK and France.

Arcom is a subsidiary of Spectris plc, the precision instrumentation and controls company.

Our business processes are accredited to the international QA standard ISO 9001 and our products hold all relevant certification.

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