Quatech - ThinQ
"We had a number of technical and marketing requirements in mind when we began shopping for an RTOS. We chose the Nucleus RTOS because of its proven reputation, noroyalties business model and the wide variety of middleware components available. Each of these advantages will help us keep our ThinQ serial device servers one step ahead of the competition." --David Johnson, product marketing manager, Quatech
Quatech Chooses the Nucleus RTOS for ThinQ™ Serial Device Servers
ThinQ
Quatech's ThinQ line of wired and wireless serial device servers, available in 1, 2, 4 and 8-port models, are the industry's performance leaders. Released with a host of unique features and the industry's most powerful microprocessor, Quatech's entry into the serial device server marketplace set new benchmarks for performance, ease-of-use and flexibility. Those with mission-critical applications requiring maximum reliability, complete emulation of a local serial COM port, the lowest latency possible, or very high (up to 921K) baud rates are discovering that ThinQ is the best serial-to-Ethernet solution available anywhere.
Quatech's Selection of Nucleus for the ThinQ
Developers at Quatech thoroughly researched the market for a real-time operating system (RTOS), deciding on the Nucleus RTOS for a number of reasons. One was the reasonable price of the Nucleus RTOS combined with its no-royalty business model. Since ThinQ serial device servers were designed to be sold in high volumes and at a competitive price, Quatech wanted to eliminate costly royalty fees that would otherwise be passed on to the customer. Additionally, Quatech viewed Mentor Graphics as a successful RTOS vendor with a reputation for reliability. With over 14 years of embedded experience, Mentor was seen as the right choice to sell and support embedded technology.
On the hardware side, developers planned to use the Motorola® Semiconductor (now Freescale™ Semiconductor) MPC855T microprocessor and were pleased that the Nucleus RTOS already supported this popular chip. Quatech was also interested in its add-on capabilities for future products such as SNMP support, PCMCIA extensions and 802.11b wireless technologies.
The Nucleus RTOS supports a number of other feature-rich, middleware components including prototyping tools, a complete TCP/IP protocol stack, embedded Web server software, development tools and more. Each is tightly integrated to allow the entire RTOS package to run seamlessly and efficiently, and allow Quatech to quickly add features that customers demand.