SSV Embedded Systems announced today it was named a winner of the prestigious Embedded Award 2007 at the Embedded World conference in Nuremberg. A panel of judges selected the SSV Tux/Stick as the best product in the hardware category for its outstanding technical innovation in embedded technology.
With the introduction of the Tux/Stick, the company offers customers a solution to connect her notebook of secure ways with different networks by using special communication profiles.
To cover those Ad-hoc connections and to simplify the configuration SSV Embedded Systems has developed a new Linux[
]-based micro computer. This tiny system called Tux/Stick comes in the case of a USB stick and works as a gateway between a host PC and different networks.
The Tux/Stick is a 32-bit computer platform based on the well known SSV DIL/NetPC DNP/9200 with an 180 MHz clock rated ARM9 micro controller. An embedded Linux operating system with special USB driver modules has been preinstalled on an internal Flash memory, enabling the host PC to address the entire Linux computer as a virtual network interface or a virtual COM port.
Each end of the housing has a removable cap. A USB connector can be found under the cap on the left-hand side. This is used to connect the Tux/Stick to a USB host (usually a PC). This connection also acts as a power supply. A miniature plug is located under the cap on the right-hand side. This can be connected to receive signals from a 10/100 Mbps Ethernet LAN interface, an SPI interface, a USB host interface, and a serial UART interface. Media couplers are available for this plug as an option. These enable the Tux/Stick to be connected to Ethernet LANs, IEEE 802.11-compliant WiFi networks; wireless sensor networks (WSNs), in-car networks and other network infrastructures.
“This award is ratification to our vision as it confirms the importance and market need for small and innovative embedded hardware products that enables a huge range of communication” said Jörg Neumann, Marketing Manager, SSV Embedded Systems.
