Delta selects SYSGO’s ELinOS for next generation Telecom Power Supplies

Mainz, Germany, Bern, Switzerland - October 12, 2011
SYSGO, a leading supplier of embedded software solutions for the world's most demanding safety and security applications, is announcing the port of their Industrial Grade Linux ELinOS to Delta's next generation power system controller. Delta is the world's leading supplier of power supply solutions with a broad range of products - from low cost up to high end.

The R&D site in Bern develops power supplies for telecom applications. One of the modules developed in Bern is the control and supervision unit PSC 3. For several years, a commercial real time operating system is used. To prepare the upcoming extensions within the next generation of Telecom Power Supplies, Delta has decided to replace the operating system by SYSGO's ELinOS.

The main goals of this joint project were:
- to supply a Linux platform as the basis for Controller applications
- to fulfill the requirements of the deployment package in near future
- to provide a user friendly tool chain for software developers
- to have a tool chain with the level of performance required to work with large projects on existing workstations

Nowadays every R&D department should be able to develop their own software modules. This involves the need to load different software modules at runtime. For that reason Delta selected Industrial Grade Linux ELinOS as the SYSGO product has been designed to provide that kind of support. Additionally Delta wants to address the Asian market and thus needs support for the Chinese language. This was another reason to select ELinOS as it makes existing open source libraries available with support for i18n.

"We have chosen SYSGO's ELinOS as its modular, configurable and extensible design perfectly meets our requirements", said Adrian Pluess, Project Manager Software Design at Delta. "ELinOS helps us to integrate existing open source communication libraries to our Controller that more and more supports functions of a communication gateway".

The project successfully finished mid of the year with the creation of a BSP for the Freescale MPC5125 based board, the extension of U-Boot and the set up of a base project, fully loaded with Linux services.

About ELinOS
ELinOS is a comprehensive development environment for embedded Linux software development. Unlike traditional Linux implementations, SYSGO's ELinOS is purpose-built for use in demanding industrial applications. SYSGO brings 15+ years of field expertise to make an embedded Linux offering well suited for real-world complex applications, and to back it up with world-class support. Many BSPs corresponding to the most successful boards on the market are included as well as BSPs for virtualization engines such as QEMU and VMware, or for the other SYSGO flagship product PikeOS. Besides the widely-used x86 version, ELinOS also supports PowerPC-, ARM-, MIPS-, SPARC and SH-platforms. ELinOS includes CODEO, the Eclipse based development environment that provides guided configuration, remote debugging (often down to the hardware instruction level), target monitoring, remote application deployment, and timing analyses in addition to standard application development features such as compilers and assemblers.

About Delta
Delta Group is the world's leading provider of power management and thermal management solutions, as well as a major source for components, visual displays, industrial automation, networking products, and renewable energy solutions. Delta Group has sales offices worldwide and manufacturing plants in Taiwan, China, Thailand, Japan, Mexico, India, Brazil and Europe. As a global leader in power electronics, Delta's mission is, "To provide innovative, clean and efficient energy solutions for a better tomorrow." Delta is committed to environmental protection and has implemented green, lead-free production and recycling and waste management programs for many years.
For more information please visit www.delta-europe.com

About SYSGO
SYSGO provides operating system technology, middleware, and software services for the real-time and embedded market. A differentiating capability of SYSGO is the SSV (Safe and Secure Virtualization) platform PikeOS, a paravirtualization operating system which is built upon a small, fast, and safe microkernel. It supports the co-existence of independent operating system personalities on a single platform, including ELinOS, SYSGO's embedded Linux distribution. SYSGO supports international customers with services for embedded Linux, real-time capabilities and certification for safety-critical applications. Markets include Aerospace & Defense, Industrial Automation, Automotive, Transportation and Network Infrastructure. Customers include Airbus, EADS, Thales, Daimler, Raytheon, Rheinmetall, Rockwell-Collins, Nokia Siemens Network, and Rohde & Schwarz. SYSGO has facilities in Germany, France, The Czech Republic and North America, and offers a global distribution and support network, including Europe and the Pacific Rim.
For more information please visit www.sysgo.com

Further information
SYSGO
Jacques Brygier
Tel.: +49-6136-9948-0
FAX: +49-6136-9948-10
Email: jacques.brygier@sysgo.com

Delta Energy Systems (Switzerland) AG
Adrian Pluess
Tel.: +41 31 998 53 38
Fax: +41 31 998 54 85
E-mail: adrian.pluess@delta-es.com

SYSGO, ELinOS, PikeOS, CODEO, and other SYSGO products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SYSGO. All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective companies.

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