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PIC32 gets Unison open source RTOS
Kenton Williston2/26/2008 10:09 AM EST
Nuremberg, Germany – RoweBots Research Inc.has launched Unison Version 4 for the 32 bit PIC32 micro-controller (MCU) family from Microchip Technology.
Unison is equivalent to a tiny embedded Linux RTOS which provides complete indemnification. Unison provides a very small open source POSIX RTOS which aims at increasing System on Chip (SoC) embedded development productivity and reliability.
The Unison Version 4 completes the line of offerings for all Microchips processors from Microchip's PIC24 16 bit MCUs through the dsPIC 30/33 DSCs to the PIC32 MCUs. Unison and DSPnano offer identical features and seamless support with including:
- integrated SoC DSP RTOS with full POSIX capabilities and a tiny foot print to minimize training time and processor size,
- DSP libraries with 150 functions for off the shelf tried and proven processing,
- complete I/O minimizing development and integration,
- Free development,
- seamless integration with Microchip's MPLAB IDE for C instruction level simulation, compiling and debugging,
- and seamless migration between products without code changes.
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Andre...
2/28/2008 7:19 AM EST
Please define "complete indemnification".
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Dan at ECS
2/28/2008 11:39 AM EST
Please define "open source" in this context. I found the Rowebots site to be muddled & disorganized.
If the product is "open source" (as opposed to source code provided), does that mean if I plunk down $3000 I can post the code on the internet? Serious question.
I'm sick of people abusing terms & trying to jump on bandwagons such as Linux & open source.
I view this as a disingenous marketing ploy. If I'm wrong and it's really a product being made available as "open source", my apologies.
BTW, I realize that open source != free, even though they usually go together... but open source does indicate the code is open for exchange. Is that really the case here?
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