WHAT'S NEW−ARCHIVE 2002/March

TRON Association to Cooperate in Holding of ESS2002 System LSI Solution Fair

The TRON Association will cooperate with the Japan Electronics & Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA) in the holding of ESS2002 System LSI Solution Fair, an embedded systems technology exhibit that will be held from Tuesday, April 14, through Thursday, April 18, at Tokyo Big Sight, and it will also give lectures and display an exhibit. In the parallel conferences, TRON Project Leader and University of Tokyo Prof. Ken Sakamura will give a lecture titled "Ubiquitous Computing and TRON" in a special session (Tuesday, April 14). In addition, in technical sessions, University of Tokyo Prof. Noboru Koshizuka will give a lecture titled "Latest Trends in the TRON Project," and Version Up Working Group member and Toyohashi University of Technology Prof. Hiroaki Takada and Denso Create Inc.'s Tetsuro Takagi will give a lecture titled "Importing a Memory Protect Function into the μITRON Specification." In the exhibit, we will present a display on the history and future developments of the TRON Project, and we will introduce trends in turning TRON-related specifications into products by the member companies of the Association. For details and to register to participate, go to: http://edex-ess.jesa.or.jp/index2.html

On the English Translation of the ITRON Debugging Interface Specification

At this time, we would like to inform you that the ITRON Debugging Interface Specification based on the cooperation of the Association's Next Generation Real-Time Infrastructure Group member companies has been translated into English, and was issued at the end of March 2002. The ITRON Debugging Interface Specification is a set of stand interface rules for the debugging tools (a debugger or In-Circuit Emulator [ICE]) that support real-time kernels based on the μITRON4.0 Specification. In this specification, as a standardized approach, we do not add new functions to the kernel, but rather we adopt a unique approach in which we standardize modules that realize functions that support software debugging on a real-time kernel after embedding on the debugging tool side on top of the host.

Japan Novel Corporation's "μITRON4.0 Evaluation System"

Japan Novel Corporation has developed and is marketing a "μITRON4.0 Evaluation System" that consists of software that automatically inspects and verifies compatibility with the μITRON4.0 Specification. Because this software has prepared in it a test program group that automatically executes on top of the target operating system the functions defined in the specification, it is possible to easily check the quality and functions of the ITRON-specification operating system. In addition, it includes the library compatible with the "μITRON4.0 Certification Specification (Draft)" issued by the TRON Association. Japan Novel is also marketing separately a verification library for quality evaluation use that takes into consideration combinations of the various functions. As a result, it is possible to clearly and at lower cost confirm the quality and function compatibility an ITRON-specification operating system developed in house. http://www.jnovel.co.jp/products/seg_itronTop.html For inquiries about this product, write to: sales@jnovel.co.jp