Today, e-con Systems, a Microsoft Windows Embedded partner based out of India, announced a new Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award for Vinoth Rajagopalan, Windows Embedded Technical Lead at e-con Systems.

The Microsoft MVP Award recognizes exceptional technical community leaders from around the world who voluntarily share their deep, real-world knowledge about Microsoft technologies with others. Award recipients for their technical expertise with Windows Embedded or other Microsoft technologies are nominated by the technical community members, current and former MVPs, and Microsoft personnel who have noted their leadership and their willingness and ability to help others make the most of their Microsoft technology. The Microsoft Windows Embedded MVP program is comprised of MVPs worldwide dedicated to Windows Embedded activities.

“I am excited to be an MVP among less than 83 MVPs in the Windows Embedded. Depth of knowledge in Windows Embedded technology is required to be an MVP - Windows Embedded. Sharing my knowledge with the technical community through MSDN newsgroups, forums, publishing technical articles and blogs related to Windows Embedded CE on websites took me to this level and indeed e-con had given me an opportunity in this Technology front.” Says Vinoth Rajagopalan

To receive MVP Award status, individuals are nominated by technical community members, current MVPs, and Microsoft personnel. A panel that includes MVP team members and product group teams evaluates each nominee's technical expertise and voluntary community contributions in the past year and considers the quality, quantity, and level of impact of the MVP nominee's contributions. Active MVPs receive the same level of scrutiny as other candidates each year.Read More...

e-con Systems recently appeared on EFYGroup Publication "Linux For You ", a monthly Complete Magazine on Open Source. e-con Systems gives its developers a chance to play with open embedded systems like device driver development, rapid product development kits, computer on modules running linux, Linux application development etc. Check out for quotes by Maharajan Veerabahu, Project Manager at e-con Systems. Full Story...

e-con exhibited its Computer on modules, OMAP Camera solutions, Reference designs to an interested audience at ESC. e-con demonstrated the latest product codenamed, Alioth – PXA300 based reference design and OMAP35x camera board with 5M pixel OV5642 based HD camera for Gumstix Overo modules.

e-con Systems also exhibited its New wireless module based on Marvell 88W8688 that provides full function of 802.11g/b and Bluetooth class 2.1 EDR.

A small size and low profile physical design makes it easier for system design to enable high performance wireless connectivity without space constrain. The low power consumption and excellent radio performance make it the best solution for OEM customers who require embedded 802.11g WiFi + Bluetooth features, like Wireless PDA, slim type Notebook, VoIP phone etc.

Moreover, e-con shared information about its computer on modules, SW Applications, Product Design Services, and Camera IP, highlighting some of its new products in addition to its Software BSPs.

“The ESC show was important to us and we had exhibited our new PXA300 Computer on modules and our new 5M pixel HD camera boards based on OV5642. We found several interested customers and we are glad that we went there. I would like to thank you all who visited us at the booth. “ Says Ashok Babu, President.

e-con Systems Inc., an embedded Product Development partner, based out of St. Louis, MO and Chennai, India today announced the release of the Rapid Development kit code named Alioth for their eSOM300 system on module.

This release is an ideal generic platform to get customers application development started. Alioth is unique when compared with its market leading cousin Regulus – eSOM270 Reference design in terms of application-specific carrier board, specifically designed for Industrial applications like Industrial Controllers, In-Vehicle Telematics, Vehicle Mount Systems, Test & Measurement Equipment, Mobile devices and MIDs WebPads.

Other than bringing out all the peripherals that are supported by the eSOM300 on to the carrier board like Ethernet, Touch screen, SDIO, SPI, I2C, LCD controller, 3 UARTs, 1 wire, local bus expansion, USB high speed client, camera interface, the Alioth board supports peripherals like CAN controller, 8 channel 16 bit ADC controller, Analog VGA, USB 2.0 host and RS485. Optionally, customers can choose to have a LCD of 4.3” (480x272) / 7” (800x480) with Touch screen. As part of the rapid development kit, e-con Systems provides detailed schematics, hardware user manual, Bill of material, application notes to help the customers design their custom board faster and therefore speed up the time to market.

e-con Systems provides a production ready Windows CE 6.0 R3 BSP for the Alioth rapid development kit. The BSP is available with the device drivers for all peripherals and is completely customizable.

About eSOM300 Computer on Module:
eSOM300, the computer on module consists of XScale® PXA300 ultra low power microprocessor, MDDR SDRAM, flash memory, power management IC, Ethernet, Camera Interface. This module is available with Windows CE 6.0 R3 support.

Please see www.e-consystems.com/esom300.asp for more information.

e-con Systems launched the eSOM300, a Computer-on-Module based on Marvell's PXA300 processor, suitable for embedded applications requiring a combination of low power consumption and mid-range processing and GUI performance. Some of the applications where it can be used are point of sale, handheld and mobile terminals, vehicle mount systems, Kiosks, test & measurement equipment and gaming machines.

“The eSOM300 will help our customers who have been requesting us for higher memory requirements and features like graphics acceleration and USB 2.0 device interface. The PXA300 is an ideal processor for Industrial Embedded Solutions, Handheld Devices and devices such as portable navigation devices (PNDs because it scales up to 624Mhz in clock speed with power consumption as low as 1.5W and to less than 100mW in low power modes. This is one of the processor offering the best cost, performance and power consumption” said Ashok Babu, President, e-con Systems.

“With the successful launch of eSOM300, our ecosystem partner e-con Systems is bringing the power of Marvell’s hugely popular general purpose CPU PXA300, in a highly integrated, low power, small form-factor CPU module. This pluggable eSOM300 module, a new entrant in e-con’s Marvell CPU based module product line will drastically reduce the base board design complexity and thereby reducing the time-to-market for customers designing embedded products” Said Anand Ramamoorthy, General Manager, Application Processor BU, Marvell Semiconductor Inc. “Customers can leverage e-con’s vast and proven experience in Marvell’s Application processors in the form of their CPU modules and associated design services, that will eventually help Marvell’s customers to get their products based on Marvell’s PXA300 CPU fast and efficient way”, added Anand.

About the eSOM300 module:
eSOM300 is the latest edition to the eSOM family of computer on modules of e-con Systems, which is based on PXA300 application processor from Marvel and is an ideal choice for embedded applications requiring a combination of low power consumption and mid-range processing and GUI performance, both in consumer and industrial environments.

e-con Systems Inc., a leading embedded design services company specializing in development of advanced customized camera solutions, related products and services announced that it has licensed its e-CAM Camera solution to Samsung Electronics, Korea. The e-CAM Camera solution offered by e-con Systems provides device drivers which supports wide variety of features ranging from color correction, gamma correction, dead pixel correction, color space conversion, sharpen filter etc.

With an in-depth knowledge of camera hardware/firmware and related Embedded applications, e-con Systems serves its customers globally to develop camera drivers, applications and help them optimize the camera performance for different range of applications viz. handheld terminals, surveillance systems, 1D/2D barcode reader, Digital Microscopy, Low vision aid appliances, Video conferencing, Marine navigation, Facial detection and Video/Image capture etc., both on Windows CE 5.0/6.0 and Linux operating systems.

On the image sensors side, e-con has been working very closely with Omnivision and has been using the OV sensors from VGA up to 5Mega Pixel. In addition to working on general purpose image sensors, e-con Systems works on specialty sensors from OVT such as High Dynamic Range sensors for outdoor usage, 720p HD and 1080p Full HD sensors for security and surveillance applications, and CCD replacement sensors for low light ambience etc. e-con has built a strong technical support-alliance with Omnivision to provide world-class customized optimal solutions and consultation services to the customers.

About e-CAM
e-CAM is e-con’s reference design featuring a camera board interfaced to a processor on its high speed CMOS interface. Customers also license the Direct Show Windows CE drivers and V4L2 based Linux drivers for the reference design. For processors that don’t have the Camera ISP pipeline, e-con Systems provides the complete software stack for raw image sensors. The software stack has a wide variety of features ranging from color correction, gamma correction, dead pixel correction, color space conversion, sharpen filter etc.

e-con also offers individually crafted custom designs for customers interested in camera modules, other than the ones which are currently being offered as “off-the-shelf” solutions.

Please visit e-con’s eCAM Sensors Webpage: http://www.e-consystems.com/camerasensor.asp