Run-time software supports AndesCore development platforms

The platform goes well beyond the Board-Support Package (BSP) and peripheral drivers supplied by each board manufacturer, seamlessly integrating those drivers with Express Logic’s X-Ware products and enabling each driver to operate fully on that manufacturer's board. To facilitate immediate development, Express Logic also resolves any conflicts associated with the use of multiple X-Ware products simultaneously.

Since its original release in 1996, the Express Logic ThreadX RTOS has been deployed in more than 2bn electronic products, many of which operate within the IoT. Over the years, Express Logic has complemented ThreadX with a file system, IPv4/IPv6 networking, USB and graphics support, as well as new tools for system trace and optimisation. The X-Ware platform is part of Express Logic’s continuing aim to make IoT development easier, shorten time-to-market, and make its customers’ products as successful as possible.

In addition to the AndesCore development platform, the X-Ware platform is available for the Renesas RZ/A1-based RSK board, the Atmel SAMA5D3x-EK, the STMicro STM324xG-Eval, and the TI AM 335x Starter Kit with more than 15 reference projects for evaluation and product development. These projects illustrate the use of each X-Ware product individually as well as in combination with others. This ensures that IoT developers get a head start on incorporating features such as a GPU with high-speed networking, USB and file management within a real-time system.

The X-Ware platform is licensed at prices starting at $12,500 with no per-unit royalties. Pre-license evaluation is easy and free. Reference projects can be downloaded and run on a developer’s hardware of choice, free of charge. Full source evaluation licenses are available free of charge from Express Logic. Please consult Express Logic for further information.

“The Express Logic X-Ware platform aligns perfectly with our efforts to provide quality products that help developers get to market faster,” said Dr. Charlie Hong-Men Su, CTO, Andes Technology. “The X-Ware platform helps us to accelerate our market leadership in the cost-effective and performance-efficient CPU cores market. We can now provide our customers with an integrated software solution, enabling them to focus on optimising their product designs instead of having to spend valuable engineering time selecting, integrating, and fine-tuning the various components incorporated into their products.”

“Before the X-Ware platform, time-to-market was stymied by component selection, driver development, product integration, and optimisation across a multi-vendor platform,” commented William E. Lamie, President, Express Logic. “The X-Ware platform eliminates all of that. By knitting the entire RTOS, middleware and IDE solution together in a board-specific reference platform that includes optimised drivers and BSP, Express Logic accelerates time-to-market. The X Ware platform enables developers to focus immediately on their proprietary product attributes and not waste time reinventing the wheel.”