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e-con Systems Inc., a leading Embedded Design Services company based out of St Louis, USA & Chennai, India today announced that it has been escalated by Microsoft as a
GOLD LEVEL Partner with Windows Embedded Partner Program (WEPP), a premium level status in strategic worldwide initiative that provides partners with increased business
opportunities, market awareness and technology advice.
"It is an honor to be selected by Microsoft as a Gold-level
Member of its Windows Embedded Partner Program," said Ashok Babu, President, e-con Systems.
Commenting on how GOLD Partnership benefits customers Ashok highlighted “e-con Systems as a System integrator strives hard to get the latest technology to its customers and assist them in meeting their goals.
Being a gold partner e-con leverage the following advantages to its customers i.e.
- Close business relationship with Microsoft
- Full access to product roadmaps
- Early access to product releases
- Premium access to Windows Embedded CE source code
Hence they can migrate to advanced features quicker and before the competition, which helps them to add more value to their products and in turn adds value to their customers”
"We are pleased to award the Gold Level Partner status to e-con Systems of Chennai, India," said John Boladian, Lead Product Manager for Windows Embedded in Asia Pacific & Greater China, Microsoft Corp.
"The Gold Level is the highest achievable in the Microsoft Windows Embedded Partner Program and recognises those partners committed to excellence in Windows Embedded technologies" |
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August 4th, 2008-
e-con announces 9 different add-on modules with Windows CE 6.0 and linux drivers for Sirius - PXA270 based reference design
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In this period of economic slowdown, where OEMs are looking for solutions which could speed up their product design, e-con Systems,
an embedded product design services specialist, has come up with a host of add-on modules on top of its PXA270 reference design,
SIRIUS. The company feels that these add on modules could save valuable time for the OEM, who otherwise would be spending considerable
time in developing and testing the design and also validating the software. The modules have been chosen carefully so that they help
the customer achieve a very competitive bill of material at the same time faster time-to-market. For example, if the mechanicals have
been finalized, e-con estimates that for a prototype handheld battery-powered point-of-sale terminal that would have the PXA270 processor
with 128 MB SDRAM, 32MB NOR flash, 512MB NAND flash and with peripherals such as Wi-Fi, Ethernet, thermal printer, bar code reader, GPRS/GSM,
audio, GPS, finger print, LCD and touch screen running Windows CE 6.0/Linux would not take more than 12 weeks of design effort.
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modules with device drivers for Windows CE and Linux
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- Thermal Printer Module
- Biometric Finger print Scanner module
- 1D/2D Barcode reader
- NFC Reader – Contactless Smart Card
- 802.11b Wi-Fi Module
- Bluetooth Module
- GSM/GPRS/GPS module
- 2 Megapixel autofocus camera module
- Quad UART module
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With this solution, the company targets customers who would make mobile point of sale terminals, handheld terminals, industrial data loggers,
Microfinance terminals, cash registers and vehicle tracking systems. Such customers can approach e-con for a custom design or can choose to
buy the Sirius board and the modules. For details on the specification of each of the modules described above please contact e-con Systems
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June 28th, 2008-
e-con Systems announces launch of PXA270 based System on Module - eSOM270
| In a move to add more and more pluggable modules to it’s existing line of productized services, e-con
Systems Inc., embedded Product Development partner, based out of St. Louis, MO announced the
availability of eSOM270, the PXA270 based “system on module”. At volumes of 1K, eSOM270 in the
highest configuration (520 Mhz Clock/128M SDRAM/32M flash) is available at USD 110. The eSOM270
is available with PXA270 @ 312/416/520 Mhz, 64/128 MB SDRAM, 16/32 MB NOR flash. eSOM270 is
available with Windows CE 5.0/6.0 and Linux support and this module is specially designed for industrial
automation/control systems and supports 1.8V ultra low power memory, Power Management IC and an
operating temperature between -25 degrees to +70 degrees.
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| Commenting on the usability of System on modular solutions, Ashok Babu, President mentioned that
"Modular solutions are better for customers who would want to have multiple base boards around a single
system on module and for customers with low volume requirements below 5K pieces". |
| With eSOM270 being the cheapest PXA270 solution, e-con intends to help customers to reduce their
overall BOM cost while developing their products. |
| For more details, please visit http://www.e-consystems.com/esom270.asp |
May 26th, 2008-
e-con participates in the first Windows Embedded partner summit in India
| First Windows Embedded partner summit in India, organized by Microsoft on May 26th at the Royal Ball Room, Hotel Leela Palace, Bangalore. |
| John Boladian, Marketing Director - Windows Embedded Business for Asia Pacific & Greater China Region, shared Microsoft’s focus |
| on the Indian market and the importance of the ecosystem made by the Microsoft partners for bringing innovative products/solution to the market using Windows embedded. One of the recognized partner, shared precise information about the Windows Embedded, Capabilities and the latest features added in the recent release. |
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| Awards were given to Gold and Silver level partner to recognize their contribution to the Windows Embedded community and the expertise on Windows Embedded. |
May 19th, 2008-
e-con completes design of Digital picture frame on RMI’s AU1250 with Windows CE 5.0
e-con Systems announces completion of RMI’s AU1250 based digital Photo Frame design, for a customer based out of US. As part of the product design,
e-con also completed the Industrial/Mechanical Design hence offering end-end product design services to original equipment manufacturers. The digital
picture frame can download pictures from the web through Wi-Fi or Ethernet and perform various slide showing techniques with MP3/WMV music. It supports
wide array of internal storage cards such as SD/MMC/XD/CF/MS/MSPro/SDHC/USB for image/video/audio files storage. It can transfer files to/from mobiles phones
through bluetooth. The digital picture frame runs Flashlite 3.0 on top of the Windows CE 5.0 operating system. This can also play audio/video from iPod and
function as an iPod accessory.
About RMI1250:
The AlchemyTM Au1250TM is the latest media processor from Raza Microelectronics, Inc. (www.razamicroelectronics.com) that extends the strengths of the existing
Alchemy processors into a broad range of digital media applications. The Au1250 processor is pin- and software- compatible with the existing RMI Alchemy™ Au1200™ processor's
sockets and leverages the Au1200 processor's success in Portable Media Players (PMPs), Automotive Infotainment and Digital Media Adapters (DMAs), by providing significantly
increased performance while improving its power optimized advantages associated with the Alchemy processor family
February 9th, 2008-
e-con Slashes prices for Windows CE 6.0 BSP for PXA270 Development Kit SIRIUS
e-con Systems Inc., Embedded Design Services company, based out of Chennai, and offices in St. Louis,
USA has announced price reductions on Windows CE 6.0 BSP for its PXA270 Development Kit SIRIUS.
Windows CE BSP for SIRIUS along with the source code was available for US $ 2499 and e-con has slashed this price by 20%. "Windows CE 6.0 has been widely adopted by everyone and hence the support requests from the customer on the Windows CE BSP have come down and we would like to pass this cost saving on to the customers" quoted Ashok Babu, President, e-con Systems.
February 5th, 2008-
e-con Systems licenses e-CAM (Camera technology for Plug and Play Camera Module) to DRS Data Services
e-con Systems has licensed the complete Windows CE stack for camera modules to DRS Data Services,
A DRS group company based out of UK, which will power the next generation data capture device manufcatured by DRS.
e-CAM having Omni Vision 1.3 MP fixed focus camera OV9653 was a suitable choice for DRS for the automated data capture.
Sophisticated lens tweaking was also done by e-con to support the customer.
Part of the DRS Group, The DRS DATA Services specializes in providing automated data capture technology and solutions to education, government,
financial and commercial organizations all over the world primarily for Education administration and examination processing, Census projects,
Voter registration and ballot counting, financial document management and processing, complex survey work and high profile and mission critical projects.
The DRS Group has a unique combination of skills - in products, services and importantly people. DRS Data & Research Services plc is listed on the London
Stock Exchange under the FTSE classification Software and Computer Services. For details please visit www.drs.co.uk
January 12th, 2008-
e-con Systems announces e-CAM’s availability with 2 MegaPixel Autofocus sensor.
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Adding to it’s existing line of Camera Solutions, e-con announced the availability of 2Megapixel camera sensor
with e-CAM – the widely known Plug and Play camera solution for PXAxxx Platforms. e-con Systems had earlier
announced its 1.3 Megapixel camera solution for fixed focus applications such as 1D and 2D bar code capture
solutions.
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The 2 Megapixel autofocus shall be for high volume customers who are interested in still image capture and
Video recording applications. The sensor features exceptionally low noise levels and low-light sensitivity.
It achieves superior resolution—delivering CCD image quality (based on SNR and low-light sensitivity)—along with
the low cost, low power, high performance, small form factor, and fast time-to-market of CMOS.
The capture range shall be from a distance of 10cm to infinity.
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About e-CAM :
e-CAM, the flagship product from e-con Systems is a Plug and Play camera module available with Windows CE 5.0/6.0
and Linux driver support, which can be used with any of the PXA Development Systems. e-CAM has been integrated with
e-con’s PXA270 development platform Sirius and also with Triton SK3 and Triton SK4. Customers have licensed the e-CAM
software from e-con Systems and have used it in their products.
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About e-con Systems :
e-con Systems is an embedded product development services company focused on end-end product
development. e-con Systems has expertise in mobile processors such has PXA270, PXA320, AU1250
and has been using its product engineering services to help customers on development of products such
as digital picture frames, point of sale terminals, handheld single board computers etc.
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Besides this, e-con provides systems integration services such as Windows CE or Linux BSP porting
solutions and device driver development. Also e-con's design services have been used by customers
across the globe for hardware design of their products.
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Primarily offering services as below:
Firmware design and development
Linux, WinCE/Windows Mobile and VxWorks Board Support Packages
Device Drivers for Windows, Linux, WinCE/Windows Mobile and VxWorks
DSP Firmware on TI/ADI DSP's
Application development
Hardware and PCB Design
Board Bring up
Manufacturing support
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