Wavecom has released to market its new Fastrack Supreme Wireless CPU. This plug-and-play family product evolution keeps the same versatile form factor as the company’s previous Fastrack product but has a host of new features intended to carry customer applications well into the future.
In order to better serve its customers, Wavecom launched a survey on the future of the Fastrack product in June 2006. The response focused on several key needs, all of which it has addressed in the Fastrack Supreme.
Customers revealed the need for additional input/output (I/O) options and enhanced expandability for optional features. In response, Wavecom developed a new, open-standard internal expansion socket (IES) interface for customers to add additional I/O connectivity or features like GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, Zigbee and more. The open interface means customers are able to develop their own expansion modules and customise the product for their specific requirements. They can also look to Wavecom for new expansion modules designed for their most-pressing needs.
With the new Fastrack Supreme, there are three such options: one for I/O expansion with mini USB connectivity; one with GPS functionality and USB; and one with I/O expansion, GPS functionality and USB. Wavecom expects to offer additional optional expansion modules in the future in direct response to customer needs.
The Fastrack Supreme Wireless CPU also features Wavecom's Open AT Software Suite offering realtime native execution of embedded C applications plus download-over-the-air (DOTA) capabilities for simple, cost-effective upgrades and maintenance. This is compatible with the new remote device management service (RDMS) from Wavecom. Open AT enables developers to fully embed their software application inside Fastrack Supreme and as a direct consequence reduce product design, material and after-sale costs.
In addition, the survey revealed customers' strong attachment to existing form factor and interfaces as well as a progression from GPRS to EDGE and on to 3G and HSDPA. All of these are incorporated in the rugged new product design. The first to be available are the Fastrack Supreme 10, supporting GPRS, and Fastrack Supreme 20, supporting EDGE.
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