STW Releases New Board Support Package for Telematics Controller

April 3, 2012 - PRLog -- The STW Teleservice Team has published the new Board Support Package (BSP) 2.0 for the highly advanced telematics and data capture module the ESX-TC3.  In addition to dramatic improvements in the linux boot times and improved WLAN support, the BSP provides an extensive programming interface that accelerates the development of advanced applications on the ESX-TC3.

This interface, designated the Telematics Application Framework (TAF), offers all the required functions for developing sophisticated telematics applications.  With ample application (code) examples and help files, BSP 2.0 is easily mastered and exploited by linux-familiar developers.

Here are the most important new features of BSP version 2.0:

•   Improved boot-up time (approx. 6 sec)
•   uclibc support
•   WLAN support
•   Bluetooth data transfer mid-OBEX
•   Support for various communications protocols (e.g. ssh, ftp, nfs)
•   UBI file system – rapid mounting of the 1GB NAND flash memory
•   Telematics Application Framework – TAF (including lib)
•   Complete development kit, including tool chain, code examples, help files
•   Easy to use update package

The new BSP is available for both the stand-alone telematics unit, ESX-TC3, and the 32 bit controller expansion board, EB07, which provides networking and datalogging capabilities for STW's standard controllers, the ESX-3XL and ESX-3XM.  The new BSP is part of STW's continuing efforts to integrate control, networking, teleservice and data functions across its mobile controllers.

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