Applications based on the IM1101

General

The IM1101 "Cjip" processor can be found in a variety of applications, especially in situations leveraging its strengths with connectivity and Java. Currently customers use the chip in their products in a variety of ways; with the suggested hardware and software interfaces; modifying and adding proprietary components; or simply building the application on top of the standard Imsys SNAP module with all its interfaces and software.

Telematics Application

A number of the IM1101 applications are using the Java feature to implement a Telematics platform by essentially combining three units - GPS receiver module, GPRS modem and the IM1101 processor running Java and interfacing to the local electronics. Java is chosen for its high-level programming, ease of rapid development, large installed code base and security.

With Java, application threads can hang or crash and the system will not go down. To build a similar safe environment in C, close attention must be paid to the administrative tasks of the system and not the application. The IM1101 comes with a Sun Microsystems licensed CLDC 1.1 operating system. Thus for systems with a critical path of time-to-market the high level Java profiles of CLDC and MIDP can cut development times considerably.

With Java it is easy to develop and distribute the application to the customer. In fact some of Imsys customer's end users in the fleet management industry use the Imsys Developer platform for its program development and loading of applications to the fleet installation base.

The French company Mobile Devices Ingenierie has developed the MD501 product line, a complete line of telematics devices covering the full range of road telematics applications. The applications range extends from vehicle tracking and fleet management applications (cars, taxis, busses, trucks, trains and boats) to high end navigation and mobile office applications, including heavy applications such as Real Time Bus Monitoring and Passengers Information Systems. The MD501 GPRS GPS Gateways are able to connect to all equipments in vehicles or on ground stations, through CAN, sensors specific interfaces, Bluetooth, WiFi, and Satellite (Iridium).

In addition to the MD501 hardware platform, the company has also developed a powerful telematics software framework which allows customers to produce their own telematics application in a very short delay. This framework deals with every aspect of telematics applications (deployment, maintenance and update, reliable communications, data persistence, user services and data synchronization, navigation ..), allowing the developers to focus on their specific requirements.

Remote monitoring and control

AVIDWireless® (Texas, USA) has developed the AVIDirector™ product line. AVIDirector consists of several models of Intelligent Wireless Information Directors (IWID) that are designed to work with a broad range of remote equipment and support all mobile data networks, including cellular, satellite, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and ZigBee. AVIDirector-M2M is a compact device designed to quickly integrate with sensors, equipment or devices and delivers information back to corporate systems or back-end web portals, where the information can be analyzed.

The units are very flexible in terms of local interfaces and communication methods. In one of the applications a node has been developed for corrosion control on pipelines. The node powered by solar energy and uses a power efficient Mobitex modem to transmit the measurements.