PITTSBURGH, Aug. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Applied Perception, Inc. (API), a Pittsburgh-based company that develops and licenses robotics-related technologies to market-leading companies in the fields of defense, transportation, agriculture, construction, and entertainment, announced today the availability of a wide range of standardized software components that provide mobility and related capabilities for unmanned ground vehicle platforms.

Semotus Solutions has announced an alliance with QNX Software Systems, a leading global provider of realtime operating system (RTOS) technology.

Followup to our old article, Evan Hillas released a new version for the latest QNX 6.3 on his QNX project site. The new QNX 6.3.0 Photon VESA driver has added shadowbuffer for faster scrolling and dragging. The driver that this is built from already performs refresh rate setting so this version no longer has the addition for tweaking the display timings.

The driver won't appear in the prefs list of drivers until after a reboot.

Robert Krten recently got QNX 2 running on Bochs under QNX 6 and he shares with us the list of gotchas and tricks.Compilation:
Bochs will not compile out of the box. You need to perform the following
hacks:
i) add -lsocket to the top level Makefile
ii) gui/gui.cc procedure bx_gui_c::snapshot_handler(void), you need
to comment out the code that does the strcmp() against the "wx"
string; else it will SIGSEGV when you take a snapshot

Poland QNX Portal has recently moved to QNX OS. This makes the second QNX web site that actually runs on QNX. It is the first to run the newly released QNX 6.3.0 while the QNXZone still runs on the old QNX 6.2.1. Congratulations to the Poland QNX team for the great work!

A driver development kit (DDK) for the MSCAN controllers of the embedded PowerPC MPC5200 from Motorola is now offered for OEMs from STEINHOFF Automation & Fieldbus Systems. MSCAN Support for QNX Neutrino RTOS v.6.3 is available for the Total5200 Box and the Lite5200 Evaluation Board from Motorola. Adaption for customized versions is also offered.

The Web Browser Technology Development Kit (TDK) lets you deploy high-performance browsing in environments with limited CPU resources, add distinctive branding, and tailor the user interface (UI) to fit your system's specific requirements. Features include QNX Voyager User Interface, QNX Voyager User Agent and QNX Voyager 2 HTML 4 User Agent.
* Choose the browser engine that meets the content and memory requirements of your application
* Exercise full control over branding and look and feel with a completely customizable UI

Tilcon Software, a longtime QNX Software Systems graphics partner, is pleased to release V5.3 of the Tilcon Interface Development Suite (IDS) for QNX Momentics 6.3.

OTTAWA, August 17, 2004 - QNX Software Systems today announced that Cisco Systems® is using an optimized version of the QNX® Neutrino® microkernel in the recently announced Cisco IOS® XR Software, the newest member of the Cisco IOS Software Family.

OTTAWA, Canada, and TAIPEI, Taiwan, August 3, 2004 - QNX Software Systems today announced that SPA Computers Ltd., a premier distributor of QNX embedded software products and services and a member of the worldwide QNX Solutions Network, has just opened a new office in Taipei, Taiwan. SPA's Taipei office will provide comprehensive QNX sales and support offerings, including training, technical support, and consulting services to QNX customers throughout Taiwan.