T engine

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T-Engine is a project to develop a standardized, open, real-time operating system with a standardized development environment . The aim of the project is to create cheaper embedded systems for everyday applications, which are summarized under the term " Ubiquitous Computing ". The T-Engine Forum developed such a system based on the work of the TRON project .

The T-Engine Forum is a non-profit organization that was founded in 2002. Members are both German companies such as Robert Bosch Car Multimedia GmbH and international companies such as NEC , Hitachi and Microsoft .

architecture

T-Engine describes standardized hardware (T-Engine-Board) and a real-time operating system (T-Kernel). In contrast to TRON, the hardware is also standardized. The development environment is based on the development tools of the GNU project .

hardware

There are a total of four different T-Engine hardware types:

  • standard T-Engine: Mobile devices such as cell phones or electronic books with extensive user interfaces
  • micro T-Engine: Home electronics and metrological instruments with little user interface
  • nano T-Engine: Small devices such as switches or sensors
  • pico T-Engine: Small devices with wireless connection

software

The ITRON specification only describes the operating system API and the design of the drivers and the development environment remains open to the developer. The T-Kernel specification is also extended to these aspects and thus offers the possibility of using both middleware and drivers on other T-Kernel implementations. This was not possible with ITRON systems.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Membership list of the T-Forum . As of November 30, 2013
  2. ↑ Press release on the establishment of June 24, 2002 - T-Engine Forum Secretariat (English)
  3. ↑ T-Engine Development Kit FAQ (PDF; 163 kB): Personal Media Corporation