QNX Source Newsletter January 2007
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Welcome to the QNX Source Newsletter, your monthly update on how QNX Software Systems can help you create reliable, scalable, and high-performance embedded systems.

In this issue:

ANNOUNCEMENTS

THE LATEST FROM QNX

WHITEPAPERS

UPCOMING WEB SEMINAR

JOINT WEB SEMINAR

UPCOMING EVENTS

QNX TRAINING

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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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QNX Achieves ISO 9001:2000 Certified Management System

QNX Software Systems announced on January 16, 2007 that its management system has been granted ISO 9001:2000 certification, the internationally recognized standard. The audit was conducted by SGS, the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing, and certification company.

The certification represents a milestone in the company’s quality roadmap and reflects a long-standing commitment to identify and satisfy the rigorous requirements of embedded system developers and manufacturers.

>Click here to read more.
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QNX and Gracenote Demonstrate Intelligent Music Navigation and Playlisting for In-car Consumer Devices

QNX Software Systems, the leading OS provider for the in-car infotainment market, and Gracenote, a global leader in digital entertainment technology and content, will demonstrate the latest technologies for navigating and automating the playback of music content on portable and low-end consumer devices connected to a car entertainment system.

At CES, Gracenote’s Playlist Plus demonstration takes advantage of QNX Software System’s powerful new multimedia capabilities — a full-featured embeddable media player and supporting multimedia software that enables device manufacturers to build next-generation digital entertainment platforms.

>Click here to read more.
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UEI Announces QNX Library for the PowerDNA DAQ Cube

United Electronic Industries (UEI) announces it has added complete QNX® Neutrino® realtime operating system (RTOS) support for its popular PowerDNA series of data acquisition and control cubes. With the new PowerDNA library for the QNX Neutrino RTOS, QNX developers obtain the functionality and ease of use provided by UEI’s standard Windows and Linux interfaces and also take advantage of the deterministic timing afforded by QNX Neutrino.

>Click here to read more.
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THE LATEST FROM QNX
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Take the QNX Multi-Core Challenge!

A tough but rewarding series of "new" questions that will test your multi-core knowledge and challenge you.

>Ready for your second challenge?
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WHITEPAPERS
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Flash Memory Whitepaper

Flash memory chips in vehicle infotainment systems must provide years of constant service. Users won’t tolerate lost data, long boot times, or long data-recovery times. Despite these requirements, the Bill of Materials typically has no room for hardware that can manage power fluctuations or uncontrolled shutdowns, either of which can corrupt flash memory. There is, then, an immense need for self-healing file systems that prevent data corruption, even if the power fails during an active write operation.

In this paper, you’ll learn how a transaction-based file system can ensure both survivability and rapid recovery, while maximizing flash life through read-degradation monitoring, dynamic and static wear-leveling, and other advanced techniques.

>Download this whitepaper.

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Is Linux Appropriate for Embedded Systems?

The selection of an operating system is one of the most important decisions facing development teams, one that ultimately defines product capabilities. The architecture and features of the chosen operating system have far-reaching implications throughout the definition, development, and deployment of the end product. This is particularly true of embedded systems, which typically have extended product life cycles and availability requirements.

>Download this whitepaper.
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Lowering the Development Costs of Industrial Control Systems through Software Partitioning

Learn how to speed development of complex embedded systems by providing CPU guarantees for each software subsystem, and how partitioning can dramatically reduce software integration efforts.

>Download this whitepaper.

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Security as a Core Competency of QNX Neutrino Attacks, hacks, worms, viruses...

Attacks, hacks, worms, viruses... Software is becoming increasingly vulnerable to a myriad of threats. No matter how secure the perimeter around your systems, malicious attacks can and will break through. How do you ensure containment, if not continued operation, despite a system breach? Today's interconnected embedded systems require that secure operation be designed in from the ground up - via a secure OS. In this whitepaper, security expert Eugen Bacic explores the tenets of software security and explains how QNX Neutrino provides an environment that is secure, stable, and reliable.

>Download this whitepaper.
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UPCOMING WEB SEMINARS
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Memory Analysis Tools

February 6, 2007, marks the date of the first webinar in our winter series. Catered to our German-speaking customers, this webinar will be held at 13:00 GMT and will be delivered completely in German:

Höhere Stabilität und bessere Performance mit Memory Analysis Tools

Embedded Systeme werden immer komplexer. Die Speicherverwaltung in solchen Systemen muss so ausgelegt sein, dass langfristige Stabilität und gute Performance sichergestellt sind.

In diesem Web-Seminar geht es um Speicheranalyse-Tools und wie Sie sie einsetzen können, um das Verhalten Ihres Systems über längere Zeit zu beobachten und die Qualität Ihrer Software zu verbessern. Erfahren Sie, wie diese Tools Ihnen helfen können, die Zeit bis zur Marktreife Ihres Produkts zu verkürzen, in dem sie Probleme und Fehler aufdecken, die sonst nur schwer zu finden sind. Kommen Sie Speicherverwaltungsfehlern auf die Spur und optimieren Sie die Performance Ihrer Applikation im Hinblick auf Speichernutzung.

>Klicken Sie hier für weitere Informationen und Registrierung.

>More information and to register
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JOINT WEB SEMINAR
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Mind your Ps and Qs: Improve Productivity and Quality with Telelogic and QNX

Discover how productivity and quality can be dramatically improved by using a tightly integrated tool chain - from concept through deployment, including test and debug - in this webinar from Telelogic and QNX Software Systems.

Learn how Telelogic Rhapsody®, QNX Momentics®, and QNX Neutrino® RTOS enable you to efficiently construct high-quality real-time embedded applications. This webinar will walk you through the construction, testing, and deployment of a real embedded application with a focus on speed, quality, and clarity during development.

>REGISTER NOW for this webseminar
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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Embedded World 2007
February 13 -15, 2007
Nuremberg, Germany

QNX is pleased to be participating again this year (stand 11-324) in Embedded World in Nuremberg. This is the top exhibition and conference when it comes to innovative embedded technologies. Suppliers and buyers from all over the world meet here every year - with constantly growing attendance. Over 13,000 professionals visited embedded world 2006 - almost a quarter more than the year before! Whether hardware, software, tools or services, international companies show embedded experts the latest trends on some 23,000 m2 of display space. Also, the international conference offers pioneering presentations, practical workshops and stimulating discussions.

>More details on QNX in-booth demonstration, conference presentations and in-booth presentations

>Register now to attend this event.

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Embedded World 2007 - QNX Night
Nuremberg, Germany
Date: Tuesday February 13, 2007
Time: 6:30pm - 1:00am

QNX will be holding its 6th Annual European QNX Night Tuesday February 13, 2007. It will be an evening of interactive discussions and celebration. Take advantage of this great opportunity to network with a number of executives from QNX head office, customers and prospects as well as QNX partners, such as Intel and Steinhoff Automation & Fieldbus Systems.

>Register now to attend this event.
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Real-Time & Embedded Computing Conference

The Real-Time & Embedded Computing Conferences (RTECC) are unique, one-day events showcasing the newest products and latest information from industry leaders. RTECC features open-door technical sessions in conjunction with tabletop exhibits. QNX Software Systems will be participating in the following events:

  • Copenhagen, Denmark - 18 January 2007
  • Santa Clara, CA - 25 January 2007
  • Melbourne, FL - 27 February 2007
  • Huntsville, AL - 1 March 2007
  • Atlanta, GA - 6 March 2007
  • Phoenix, AZ - 20 March 2007
  • Albuquerque, NM - 22 March 2007
  • Greenbelt, MD - 24 April 2007

>Register now to attend any of these events.
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QNX TRAINING
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Realtime Programming for the QNX Neutrino RTOS

Objectives: This course is designed for anyone who develops QNX Neutrino RTOS realtime applications. By the end of the course, you will have written several example programs and learned to apply QNX Neutrino RTOS concepts to real-world applications.

  1. Familiarize the developer with the features, services, and architecture of the QNX Neutrino RTOS.
  2. Focus on real-world problems and the techniques for solving them.
  3. Provide hands-on exercises so the developer can learn to apply the concepts introduced throughout the course.
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Developing, Debugging and Analyzing Performance with the QNX Momentics IDE

Prerequisites: You must have a good working knowledge of C or C++ and a general understanding of programming under the QNX Neutrino RTOS.

Objectives: To learn how to use the IDE in the QNX Momentics to:

  1. develop your applications
  2. debug complex problems
  3. analyze performance issues of complete systems

By the end of the course, you will have used the IDE to work with many sample programs and systems, either self-hosted or using cross development, and will have learned to apply these skills to real-world applications.
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Writing Drivers for the QNX Neutrino RTOS

Prerequisites: You must have a good working knowledge of C and a general understanding of programming under the QNX Neutrino RTOS.

Objectives: This course is designed for anyone who wants to develop drivers for the QNX Neutrino RTOS. By the end of the course, you will have written several sample drivers.

  • Familiarize the developer with the methods for writing different types of drivers under the QNX Neutrino RTOS.
  • Focus on real-world problems and the techniques for solving them.
  • Provide hands-on exercises so the developer can apply the concepts introduced in the course.
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Introductory Programming for the QNX Photon microGUI

In this course, you will learn:

  • a little about the Photon architecture
  • in detail, how to build a Photon application using the Photon Application Builder tool (PhAB(tm)) and the available widgets
  • how to attach code to the parts built with PhAB and some things to do in that code
  • how other processes in your overall application can communicate with your user interface process
  • where to go from there

Throughout the course:

  • you will do exercises and examine and run sample code
  • the results of the exercises and the sample code are yours to keep

>Click here to register for North American Sessions.

>Click here to register for European Sessions.

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