Date: 04/10/2009

PERC Java virtual machine supports BeagleBoard for real time embedded systems

Aonix has announced Java virtual machine support for the low-cost BeagleBoard with its PERC Ultra. PERC Ultra is a virtual machine and toolset for embedded and real-time systems requiring J2SE support and delivers the ease and efficiency of Java Standard Edition support with integrity, performance, or real-time behavior.

"For projects planning final deployment on ARM processors, PERC Ultra and the BeagleBoard are a great combination," said Gary Cato, Director of Marketing at Aonix. "They can get started with all the functionality they need for only $149 per developer. That's an amazing cost advantage for early development cycles over other hardware platforms."

PERC ULTRA 5.3 version has new implemented AWT/Swing libraries for embedded platforms giving 2D/3D graphics and offers Ahead-of-Time (AOT) and Just-in-Time (JIT) compilation, remote debug support, deterministic garbage collection, standard graphics and extended commercial RTOS support. Testing of the PERC virtual machine functionality and performance characteristics and new graphics capability was executed on the BeagleBoard from Digi-Key.

The new BeagleBoard version offers design flexibility with twice the memory (256 MB RAM), additional high-speed USB port, and an LCD expansion connector, and based on a TI OMAP3530 applications processor. The BeagleBoard bridges desktop and embedded development by delivering laptop-like performance in a pocket-size, 3x3-inch form factor for innovative projects ranging from robots, netbooks, and mobile Internet devices to entire Linux distributions and gaming frameworks, and features an ARM Cortex-A8, 2D/3D graphics engine and high-performance TI TMS320C64x+ digital signal processor (DSP) core.

PERC Ultra on the BeagleBoard was tested with both Linux and X Windows distributions from Angstrom and the free CodeSourcery G++ Lite toolchain for ARM GNU/Linux

"We're very pleased that Aonix has ported and tested PERC against the BeagleBoard," notes Dave Doherty, vice president, semiconductor product, Digi-Key Corporation. "This is proof-positive that we have achieved the goal of putting low-cost horsepower in the hands of serious developer."

Price: Target execution and deployment license starts at $25K based on projected volume

Availability:
PERC Ultra 5.3 with support for the BeagleBoard development platform running Linux is available immediately. PERC development tools are available at no charge in combination with a maintenance contract

For more details visit www.aonix.com