ShortStack® FX Developer's Kit
Turn new or existing smart devices into networked, Internet-accessible ones — quickly and affordably — while preserving your code investment.
The free ShortStack FX Developer's Kit offers device manufacturers an easy-to-use solution for mid-range controller applications with up to 254 network variables. Use it to quickly add substantial new functionality to your smart device by leveraging its existing 8-, 16-, or 32-bit microcontroller and software. Just add less than 4K of code, and your devices will be able to communicate with other smart devices over the Internet and across LonWorks control networks. From there, the sky's the limit: You can add remote diagnostics, maintenance, monitoring, and control services to your products, and they can become part of integrated home, industrial, building, and transportation systems.
Features
- Lets you easily network existing products
- Supports mid-range controller applications with up to 254 network variables
- Free download
- Supports Echelon's FT 5000, FT 3150, FT 3120, PL 3170, PL 3150, and PL 3120 Smart Transceivers; and also supports Echelon's Neuron 5000 Processor
- Simplifies product development with hundreds of configuration properties
- Provides flexibility with a LonTalk Compact API that can be easily ported to any host
- API provided as portable ANSI C source code
- Ported API typically requires less than 4K on the host
- Implements ISO/IEC 14908-1 control networking protocol, making it easy to port to new processors
- Supports up to 254 network variables in the host application (the maximum depends on the selected Smart Transceiver; applications needing more network variables can use the FTXL Developer's Kit)
- Simple SPI or SCI serial interface beween Micro Server and your host
- Example port available for an Atmel ARM7 processor
- Shares the LonTalk Platform and API with FTXL Transceivers, providing scalability across a wide range of hosts
- Wizard makes it easy to develop the application network interface
- Includes the Interoperable Self-Installation (ISI) API and engine, so you can develop devices that install without special tools
- Extends the useful life of product designs
- Preserves your investment in software code
- Allows devices to be used with new Internet services
- No royalties when used with Echelon’s Neuron Chips or Smart Transceivers
Free Download
Download the full version of the ShortStack FX Developer's Kit in a self-extracting archive. The developer's kit lets you create applications and ShortStack Micro Servers based on Echelon Neuron Chips or Smart Transceivers. Download the example port for the Atmel ARM7 processor to get the the source code for the LonTalk Compact API which has been ported to an ARM7 processor.
Developer Resources
Does your application need more than 254 network variables? The FTXL Developer's Kit offers a solution for TP/FT-10 devices with an Altera Nios II host that support up to 4,096 network variables. For more information about the ShortStack Developer's Kit, FTXL Developer's Kit, or other Echelon development tools, contact your Echelon sales representative or fill out this form.