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Development Kit supports Sony-based GPS receivers.
September 29, 2005 -
Working with Sony CXD2951 and CXD2956+CXA3355 GPS chipsets, iTrax130 Development Kit for iSuite(TM) 3 SDK offers full support for JTAG debugging. Users can utilize ARM® RealView Developer Suite and RealView® ICE development and debugging tools for embedded software development. iSuite technology provides rapid modification of features and functionality of GPS receiver and enables remote, on-the-fly reprogramming of GPS receiver firmware and application software.
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Release date: September 15, 2005
Fastrax Announces Availability of iTrax130 Development Kit for iSuite 3 SDK, Supporting Selected Sony Chipsets
Helsinki, Finland and Long Beach, CA, USA (ION GNSS show) - September 15, 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(TM) 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(TM) 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(TM) 3 SDK and iTrax Development Kits, please visit http://isuite.fastrax.fi
Company Information: Name: Fastrax Ltd. Address: Valimotie 7 City: Vantaa ZIP: 01510 Country: Finland Phone: +358 (0)424 733 1 http://www.fastrax.fi
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