April 4, 2007 - Imsys Technologies announces a development platform for the IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol.The transition from circuit connectivity to packet-based systems creates a need to get equipment synchronized with each other. The IEEE 1588 2002 is already part of the LXI Consortium, Ethernet Powerlink and Ethernet/IP standards. Revision 2 of the protocol that will include many enhancements is expected to become public later this year and allow for a sub microsecond accuracy thereby satisfying the need for the telecom industry for use in base stations including femtocells.
The 1588 Development Kit is an easy to use tool and includes an API where time and frequency can be adjusted by the application program.A periodic output, PPS, and a user specified frequency such as 10 or 30.72 MHz can be achieved. The developer can choose between a mix of ASM32, C and Java programming language. Imsys is cooperating with Zurich University of Applied Science, ZHW, for the implementation of the protocol stack.
“The combination of our field proven products and state of the art IEEE 1588 protocol implementation enables designers to get high accuracy synchronized clocks at an affordable price,” says Ola Andersson, Imsys CEO.The time stamping engine with adjustment for time and frequency is demonstrated at the Embedded Systems Conference in San José this week, Booth 1916.The SNAP 1588 Development Kit hardware platform is shipping mid April 2007 with the 1588 protocol stack software following mid May.Imsys Technologies is an innovative fabless semiconductor company that supplies world-leading processors, modules and tools for embedded applications. The company develops reconfigurable processor merging hardware and software into platforms.
The processors can be programmed in Java, C/C++, assembler and microcode. An important part of the company offering is the Internet enabled reference modules shipped as ready-to-go subsystems with complete operating system and file system environment. Target segments for the integrated hardware and software platform are, wired and wireless communications, graphic display technologies and image processing applied in telecom, automotive, industrial automation and consumer electronics.