Green Hills Software expands platform for wireless devices

7th July 2010

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Green Hills Software, Inc., the largest independent vendor of embedded software, today announced that it has expanded support for its Platform for Wireless Devices. Built on the secure foundation of the INTEGRITY® RTOS, this platform now includes wireless driver support for Atheros Communications AR6002-based 802.11a/b/g SDIO radio modules. Green Hills has also extended its partnership with Silex Technology to offer support and services for customers deploying Wi-Fi-enabled products based on the Atheros family of radio modules.

“We are pleased to be expanding our support for the Green Hills Platform for Wireless Devices in response to the growing customer demand for INTEGRITY integration and support,” said Kelly Oberle, vice president of product management, Silex Technology America. “Our complete low power SDIO wireless products and support services in combination with this wireless platform are key to addressing the increasing requirement to include wireless capabilities in products while delivering proven device security and reliability.”

Silex Technology engineers performed the device driver porting effort to add AR6002 support for Green Hills safe and secure INTEGRITY RTOS, and have culminated many years of experience working with Atheros drivers and INTEGRITY. Silex offers extensive support services for Green Hills customers deploying Wi-Fi-enabled products based on AR6002 and INTEGRITY. These services enable rapid time-to-deployment for customers requiring Wi-Fi Certification and compliance with international regulatory standards. Silex also provides Atheros AR6002 radio modules in various form factors including an SDIO card that offers FCC/IC modular approvals.

“We’re pleased to be extending our Atheros wireless radio module support together with our partner, Silex Technology,” commented Dan Mender, vice president, business development, Green Hills Software. “As an Atheros Authorized Design Center, Silex Technology has the expertise to support all aspects of deploying Wi-Fi-enabled devices running INTEGRITY, from low level driver development, to turn-key engineering support services. This expanded offering of products and services greatly improves product time–to-market by our end customers.”

The AR6002 is an extremely low power wireless LAN (WLAN) solution ideal for deployment in mobile, portable and handheld embedded products. The AR6002 offers full-speed, hardware-based security with the WPA™, WPA2™ and 802.11i standards and supports the industry-standardized Wi-Fi Protected Set-Up™. It is also optimized and validated for coexistence with any certified Bluetooth solutions available today.