T-Engine
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The T-Engine is a project to develop a standardised, open, real time computing system and development environment. The aim of this project is to make it easier and cheaper to create embedded computers in everyday objects, a paradigm described as the "ubiquitous computing", which can easily connect to networks. The T-Engine Forum has been developing this system, and it has been heavily based on previous work by the related TRON Project.
Architecture
The T-Engine has standardised hardware (T-Engine board) as well as real-time operating system (T-Kernel). Unlike TRON the hardware has also become standardised for: "service call specifications for the OS, various hardware and software interfaces, and object format specifications" [link]. However it must be noted that the microprocessor architecture for the T-Engine has not been fixed. The development environment has also become standardised around the GNU development environment.Hardware
There are four different types of T-Engine hardware:
- standard T-Engine
- micro T-Engine
- nano T-Engine
- pico T-Engine
T-Kernel
The T-Kernel has been described as an ITRON-specification OS [link].External links
- [T-Engine Forum]
- [IEEE Computer Society article (PDF)]
- [Personal Media Corporation: introduction to T-Engine]
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