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Impart Tests Embedded Communication Platform

By
iApplianceWeb
(05/24/01, 09:22:17 AM EDT)

Impart Technology, Inc. has developed asymmetric peer-to-peer communications for mobile embedded wireless devices. Their Embedded Communications Platform (ECP) is entering beta testing.

The ECP addresses the need for embedded and mobile device collaboration directly, bypassing the need for the relatively slow and expensive wireless communications network when the devices are in close proximity.

The software may appeal to a variety computer software and hardware companies ranging from start-ups to corporations. As part of the ECP an Adapter Toolkit allows developers to build applications that transparently exchange information -- corporate data, audio files, image files, lab instrumentation data, industrial automation data, and home automation files--between the multitude of different platforms.

This new breed of software will transparently and asymmetrically enable the transfer of information between PDA's, cellular and smart phones, digital cameras, vending machines, ATMs, information kiosks, automobiles, and the host of other mobile devices and embedded environments.

The Embedded Communication Platform (ECB) consists of:

Embedded Communication Broker (ECB), a common protocol-independent abstraction that facilitates peer-to-peer communication across disparate devices. The ECB is a Java JAR file approximately 100KB in size.
ECB Application Adapter, the layer that facilitates communication between the native application and the ECB.
ECB Device Adapter, the layer that facilitates communication between the ECB and the targeted device. The interface into the Device Adapter encompasses both the type of device the hosted device is talking to and the protocol (Bluetooth, IrDA, 802.11/15, RS-232) that the hosted device and target device will use.
Event Handlers working within the ECB. (An Event is the specification of a significant occurrence that has a location in time and space, similar to a Universal Markup Language (UML) event.)