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ABSTRACT

The combination of developing next-generation devices for the emerging 4G market, the ability to provide a protocol agnostic technology, and adapt the devices for vertical applications are key factors in Wavesat’s success. They will continue to seek out embedded software offerings from Mentor based on previous and current experiences, and have expectations for the future, as Wavesat and Mentor continue to develop innovative solutions together.

“The superior performance of Nucleus and its scalability were clear benefits in using the Mentor OS.”

Jonathan Labs, Chief Technology Officer, Wavesat, Inc.

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The Problem

4G technologies are quickly emerging, so handset and terminal availability for multiple protocols are critical – not to mention key factors,like power consumption, footprint, and performance for end-user devices, which are also critical issues for our customers. Robust embedded software products are important to develop this 4G technology.Previously at Wavesat, the development team was using a mix of embedded software, including open source. The team also encountered size and memory constraint issues when using the existing embedded software tools.

The Solution

Labs advised the team to use the Mentor Graphics® Nucleus® RTOS for Wavesat’s Odyssey device, based on the positive evaluation of both the Nucleus OS and Mentor’s USB device drivers. “The Nucleus RTOS is easy to use, so it took no effort at all for our engineers to get up-to-speed on the tool,” said Labs.

The Result

The overall experience and end-result using Mentor’s embedded software technologies was a positive one for Wavesat. "Programmability is effortless in the Nucleus environment, and its small footprint allowed us to successfully deploy our product development plans,” remarked Labs. “The superior performance of Nucleus and its scalability were clear benefits in using the Mentor RTOS.”

“Time-to-market is critical. In terms of success, having a company like Mentor for superior embedded tools and timely support is critical for us – enabling product efficiency, easy-of-use,scalability, are contributions that Nucleus provides.”

Jonathan Labs, Chief Technology Officer, Wavesat, Inc.

Wavesat’s Odyssey 9000 Family

Tools Used

Nucleus

Nucleus OS is an efficient real-time operating system (RTOS) with storage and database management, USB, networking and connectivity, multimedia technology and advanced graphical user interface capabilities.