[August 11, 2014]

Express Logic Enhances RZ Express Promotion with Comprehensive Demo Package for Renesas RSK

Express Logic, Inc., the worldwide leader in royalty-free real-time operating systems (RTOSes), today introduced a comprehensive suite of example projects and demos designed to give developers a quick start with projects based on the Renesas RZ/A1 Starter Kit Board (RSK). The example projects-13 in all-cover each Express Logic product individually and include multifunction examples that illustrate how to use several products together. In addition to helping developers gain familiarity with Express Logic X-Ware™ products, the demos help teams rapidly develop proof-of-concept designs, reducing time to market. The demo workspace, containing all 13 example projects, can be downloaded from Express Logic's RZ/A1 Download Center.

The example projects can be downloaded for free and used without a time limit so that developers can evaluate the RZ/A1 as well as Express Logic's X-Ware, which includes ThreadX^®, NetX™, NetX Duo, USBX™, FileX^®, GUIX™, GUIX Studio™, and TraceX^®. As well, developers taking advantage of the currently running Renesas RZ Express program gain access to fully functional, permanent, royalty-free production licenses for all Express Logic X-Ware products referenced in the demos.

"This comprehensive suite of X-Ware-based RSK projects offers developers a wealth of out-of-the-box examples that makes getting started much easier," commented William E. Lamie, president of Express Logic. "Much of the far-reaching appeal of our X-Ware products stems from the fact that they enable development teams to consistently get to market faster. With these examples in hand, developers gain insight into all aspects of real-time system development and gain an even better edge by choosing Express Logic products."

"Today's development teams need a fully integrated software and hardware solution for the successful execution of increasingly complex embedded-system designs," said Ritesh Tyagi, vice president of marketing for Renesas Electronics America. "The comprehensive line-up of Express Logic demos and example projects helps designers quickly and effectively build powerful and differentiated solutions for applications that range from human-machine interface to building automation, medical, and even the Internet of Things. What's more, under the RZ Express program, developers can receive thousands of dollars' worth of highly integrated, high-quality, production-ready software that they would otherwise have to purchase for their development."

The free demo suite features a mixture of capabilities that speed RZ/A1 design:

ThreadX Demos

• Standard ThreadX Demo-uses Express Logic's standard 8-thread RTOS kernel to illustrate the use of all ThreadX services, including threads, message queues, timers, semaphores, byte memory pools, block memory pools, event flag groups, and mutexes.
• DevCon Extension (DEX) 4-thread Demo-served as the basis for the Renesas DevCon Extension Track II class, "Getting Started With ThreadX," and shows a 4-thread system that illustrates the use of threads, message queues, and both preemptive and round-robin scheduling.

NetX Demos (IPv4)

• Simple Ping Demo-demonstrates the setup and use of Express Logic's NetX IPv4 TCP/IP stack via ping from a connected system.
• NetX Iperf Throughput Demo-measures TCP and UDP (News - Alert) network throughput is measured using Express Logic's NetX Duo IPv4/IPv6 dual-TCP/IP stack and the industry-standard Iperf network throughput benchmark.

NetX Duo Demos (IPv6)

• Simple Ping Demo-illustrates the setup and use of Express Logic's NetX Duo IPv4/IPv6 dual-TCP/IP stack via ping from a connected system.
• NetX Duo Iperf Throughput Demo-shows how TCP and UDP network throughput can be benchmarked using Express Logic's NetX Duo IPv4/IPv6 dual-TCP/IP stack using the industry-standard Iperf network throughput benchmark.

USBX Demo

• USB Host Mass Storage Demo-reads files from a USB stick inserted into the RSK board.

FileX Demo

• FileX Demo-shows how Express Logic's FileX embedded FAT file system creates and then reads back files using a RAM (News - Alert) disk.

GUIX Demos

• GUIX Thermometer Demo-illustrates the creation of a GUI and shows the C-code that implements the actions associated with each GUI event.
• GUIX Medical Demo-depicts the operation of a simulated patient-monitoring station in a hospital using three screens and tabs for screen selection.
• GUIX Weather Demo-simulates a weather-forecast station, with multiple screens displaying a 7-day preview and the option to select a day.

Multifunction Demos

• USB Mass Storage Demo (RTOS, USB, file system)-reads files from a USB stick inserted into the RSK board to show the how ThreadX, FileX, and USBX work together.
• Multifunction Medical Demo (RTOS, graphics, USB, file system, web server)-adds USB host mass storage, creates and uses a file system, and operates a web-server within a single application using ThreadX, FileX, USBX, NetX, and GUIX all working together

The 13-project demo workspace can be downloaded from http://rtos.com/download_center. The demos require a Renesas RSK board and IAR's Embedded Workbench for ARM, V7.20.2 or later.

About Express Logic

Headquartered in San Diego, CA (News - Alert), Express Logic offers the most advanced run-time solution for deeply embedded applications, including the popular ThreadX^® RTOS, the high-performance NetX™ TCP/IP stack, the FileX^® embedded FAT-compatible file system, the USBX™ Host/Device USB protocol stack, and the GUIX™ graphical user interface development toolkit. Most products from Express Logic include full source code and all have no run-time royalties. For more information about Express Logic solutions, please visit the Web site at www.expresslogic.com, call 1-858-613-6640, or e-mail inquiries to [email protected].

ThreadX, TraceX, and FileX are registered trademarks and X-Ware, ThreadX-Lite, Certification Pack, NetX, CANX, USBX, StackX, GUIX, GUIX Studio, preemption-threshold, picokernel, and UDP fast path are trademarks of Express Logic, Inc. All other brands or product names are the property of their respective holders.

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