Fastrax Announces Availability of iTrax130
Development Kit for iSuite 3 SDK, Supporting Selected Sony
Chipsets
Fastrax Ltd., a leading provider of open and portable OEM GPS
Software Development Kit environments and programmable OEM GPS
receivers, today announced the availability of the iTrax130
Development Kit for the iSuite™ 3 SDK. The new iTrax130 Development
Kit adds support for selected Sony GPS chipsets to the iSuite 3
Software Development Kit.
Long Beach, CA (PRWEB) September 17, 2005 -- Fastrax Ltd., a
leading provider of open and portable OEM GPS Software Development
Kit environments and programmable OEM GPS receivers, today announced
the availability of the iTrax130 Development Kit for the iSuite™ 3
SDK. The new iTrax130 Development Kit adds support for selected Sony
GPS chipsets to the iSuite 3 Software Development Kit. Both the
iSuite 3 Software Development Kit and the iTrax130 Development Kit
have been licensed to Sony Corporation.
Fastrax iSuite
technology is designed for rapid modification of the features and
functionality of a GPS receiver, thus reducing the time to market
and bill of materials cost of location-aware products. iSuite
technology also enables remote on-the-fly reprogramming of GPS
receiver firmware and application software. This can significantly
decrease product maintenance costs and improve customer
satisfaction.
With the announcement of the iTrax130
Development Kit, the iSuite 3 SDK becomes the only embedded GPS
Software Development Kit available for multiple GPS chipset
platforms. In addition to existing iTrax03 Development Kit for u-Nav
Microelectronics GPS chipsets, iSuite SDK users now have several
chipset options available for their application platform.
"We
are very pleased to announce the new iTrax130 development kit for
Sony-based GPS receivers. With multiple choices of software
development kits for both iTrax03 and iTrax130 receiver families,
the iSuite 3 SDK now provides even more powerful tools for embedded
GPS application development," said Mr. Matti Räty, President/CEO,
Fastrax.
Designed for high portability and easy application
development, the iTrax130 Development Kit provides all the features
of iSuite™ 3 software, in addition to full support for JTAG
debugging. iTrax130 Development Kit users can utilize
industrial-strength ARM® RealView Developer Suite and RealView® ICE
development and debugging tools for efficient embedded software
development.
The iTrax130 Development Kit for iSuite 3 SDK
supports Sony CXD2951 and CXD2956+CXA3355 GPS chipsets and will be
available by the end of 2005.
For more information on iSuite™
3 SDK and iTrax Development Kits, please visit http://isuite.fastrax.fi
NOTE TO EDITORS:
Fastrax is an exhibitor at the ION GNSS conference from September
14th to 16th 2005, at Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, CA
(Booth #412/414).
Fastrax contact:
Mr. Matti
Räty
President / CEO
Tel. +358 400 431 124
Fastrax
agency contact:
Netprofile Tech PR
Juha Rantanen
Tel. +358
9 6812 080
About Fastrax Ltd
Fastrax provides
industry-leading receivers and software solutions for optimal
utilization of GPS (Global Positioning System) and other GNSS
location services (Global Navigation Satellite Systems). Fastrax
transforms GPS technologies into highly scalable iTrax and iSuite
solutions with open interfaces, combined to ultra low power
consumption and miniature hardware design. With industry-leading
performance, Fastrax GPS receivers navigate continuously even in
extreme conditions. Receivers are ideally suited to both industrial
location applications and high-volume consumer products such as cell
phones and sports accessories. Fastrax Engineering Services provide
expert services in application design. Headquartered in Finland and
founded in 1999, the company is privately owned and backed by
leading venture capital investors CapMan, Eqvitec, Startupfactory
and Innocap, with a strategic investment by Suunto Corporation, a
subsidiary of Amer Sports Corporation, one of the world's leading
sports equipment companies. More information: www.fastrax.fi.
Global Positioning System
(GPS) is a worldwide satellite navigation infrastructure funded and
controlled by the U.S. Department of Defense, originally developed
for U.S. military purposes. GPS provides satellite signals that
enable GPS receivers to calculate their exact position and velocity.
The GPS infrastructure has three segments. The space segment
consists of 24 satellites that orbit the earth every 12 hours. The
control segment consists of tracking stations located around the
world, with the master control station located at Falcon Air Force
Base in Colorado. The user segment consists of GPS receivers and
users utilizing the information provided by the system. GPS is
widely used in applications such as marine navigation.
ARM®
and RealView® are registered trademarks of ARM Limited. Sony is a
registered trademark of Sony Corporation.
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