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“A fast design start today is more important than ever“, explain Susanne Kämpgen, SYSGO, and Barbara Schmitz, MEN, about their cooperation in the Custom Board Support Program. “Our turn-key hardware/software solution makes it possible to start product design without delays, support for hardware and software is guaranteed for the entire project cycle.”

EM1 (with front I/O) and EM1A (with rear I/O) are System-On-Modules that can be used in many different systems using application-specific carrier boards. At 384 MHz clock frequency, the EM1’s MPC5200 processor provides 700 MIPS and needs less than 1 Watt of power. Equipped with soldered DRAM, Flash, SRAM and graphics memory, the standard EM1 is supplied for an operation temperature of -40 to +85°C. The card has 2 Fast Ethernet, 1 RS232 and 1 USB at the front. 2 CAN controllers are supported by the MPC5200 and are available on the EM1. Additional functions such as graphics, further COMs etc. are implemented in the on-board FPGA to the needs of the application and can even be changed dynamically at run-time.

ELinOS from SYSGO is the perfect software environment for MEN’s ESM modules:
Due to its Eclipse-based CODEO tool chain, ELinOS 4.0 opens up not only low-level system software design but also application design and offers the COGNITO system browser as a tool to analyze system run-time behavior.

The emphasis of version 4.0 is on the consistent enhancement of ELinOS regarding an optimum added-value management in software design. Apart from a completely redesigned tool chain that integrates all tools as IDE under CODEO, it is also significant that ELinOS is now integrated into the PikeOS operating system platform. This allows a cross-platform added value that protects software investments and reduces design cost on a long-term basis.

More information at www.sysgo.com/elinos

MEN Mikro Elektronik – Profile and Company Mission

MEN Mikro Elektronik develops and produces standard and custom board-level solutions qualified for highly reliable operation in industrial embedded applications and harsh environments.

The standard product range contains by far more than 100 different standard computer boards and systems with corresponding BIOS, BSP and driver software based on different PowerPC and Pentium platforms:

• ESM – Embedded System Modules 
• PCI-104 Modules
• 6U and 3U VMEbus and CompactPCI/PXI
• M-Modules – industrial mezzanine I/O standard for all platforms
• PC-MIP and PMC – PCI based mezzanine standards for computer I/O

The products are used as control, measuring, test or simulation computers in transportation (railways, ships, busses, commercial vehicles), automotive industry, mechanical engineering and aerospace technology, medical industry, military engineering and telecommunications.

Founded in 1982 in Nuremberg, MEN has 130 employees. Export has a share of about 50% of the globally active company with subsidiaries in France, the United Kingdom and the USA.
Our mission is to provide embedded computing and I/O solutions for demanding industrial applications in the most innovative, reliable and flexible way.

Our aim is to constantly improve and to provide the highest technology and innovation level, a most complete product offer and outstanding custom development and environmental qualification services according to industry standards.

Our business ethics in the daily conduct with customers, partners and employees is determined by the ten principles in the areas of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption of the UN Global Compact Initiative.