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RoweBots Announces Unison 5.5.0 RTOS for STMicroelectronics’ STM32 MCUs and System Workbench 2.3

TORONTO, Canada -- RoweBots, an embedded systems company, announces Unison 5.5.0 RTOS for STMicroelectronics' STM32 microcontroller (MCU) family and System Workbench IDE 2.3 at the ST Technology Tour stop in Schaumburg, Illinois. Software compatibility between Unison 5.5.0 and the STM32 and System Workbench IDE 2.3 is aimed at supporting and streamlining the work of programmers and developers working within Unison 5.5.0 to support wearable or IoT enabled devices, where power consumption and time to market are critical.

The Unison 5.5.0 release for STM32 and System Workbench 2.3 supports both the STM32L4 and STM32F4 series, as well as the STM32F7 devices with ARM(R) Cortex(R)-M7 core, the highest performing members of the energy-efficient Cortex(R)-M microcontroller family. Unison RTOS utilizes well-known APIs for lean and adaptable product development, supporting Machine to Machine Communications with a broad set of wireless and wireline protocols.

"Unison provides our customers with a comprehensive, cost effective tool to meet their needs," said Kim Rowe, CEO and founder of RoweBots. "This updated version with the STM32 and System Workbench 2.3 compatibility is crucial to life cycle efficiency and outstanding performance across the board."

In conjunction with Unison v5.5.0's existing feature set, including enhanced security features, the new additions make RoweBots' Unison v5.5.0 an appealing and competitive solution for those developing IoT-enabled or wearable products.

Additional features of Unison v5.5.0 include:

* Support for all commonly used protocols in IoT development
* Rich and varied sensor support for multiple sensor options
* Comprehensive security and all wireless gateway options available
* Advances compatibility with Microsoft Azure with all cloud protocol options.

To learn more, visit https://rowebots.com/en/products/unison-rtos-article.

About RoweBots:

RoweBots has delivered excellence in embedded systems products for over 30 years. The company's products are optimized specifically for those developing extremely small devices that require a broad set of embedded applications. Specifically, RoweBots' flagship products can assist with developing medical, wearable and IoT-enabled devices, drastically cutting down time to market and, in turn, costs associated with development.

Learn more at: https://rowebots.com/.

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RoweBots Debuts New Medical and Healthcare RTOS at Medica

DUSSELDORF, Germany -- Today at Medica, the world's largest medical event, RoweBots, an embedded software company, announces the immediate availability of Unison MedicalOS, a real-time operating system (RTOS) for medical applications and wearable devices.

With known challenges of cost, time to market, size and more, plus additional hurdles for certification across different countries and levels, Unison MedicalOS solves multiple pain points for medical OEM developers and programmers.

The RTOS enables OEM developers to design virtually any healthcare and medical device with low risk, minimum time to market and minimum lifecycle costs on a solid, focused platform, while providing selected, pre-qualified components with a broad set of features. These features can be quickly integrated to meet the needs of any development project, such as devices worn on the body for home healthcare, complete with medical certification support.

"Technological advances have paved the way for smart medical devices that not only shorten hospital stays, but also save lives," said Kim Rowe, CEO and founder of Rowebots. "Rowebots ensures developers have access to an RTOS that helps them easily design the medical devices of the future, adhering to security and certification protocols. Unison MedicalOS empowers developers to change healthcare for the better, from providing wearables with notifications for the elderly to take their medication to monitoring vital signs in case of an emergency."

To ensure security, a critical requirement in the healthcare industry, Unison MedicalOS leverages memory management protection to eliminate the dangers of dynamic loading, a clear liability when it comes to security. In addition to this foundational, architecture-based security, Unison MedicalOS also provides a suite of additional security-critical components, from secure SMTP to bootloader protocols, encryption/decryption and reliable wireless communication.

Supporting a choice of reliable and secure MCUs and MPUs, along with an RTOS environment tailored for very small systems, Unison MedicalOS features lean product development support, adaptable and modular architecture and full-layered security, among other characteristics. The RTOS also features support for the Microsoft Azure Cloud computing service. The ability to connect a set of services via this ready-made hub not only offers enhanced privacy and security, but also helps developers expand the capabilities of networked devices.

Unison MedicalOS is based on RoweBots' proven Unison RTOS solution, a real-time operating system that offers a complete component set for the development of IoT and M2M Communication Embedded Applications. The RTOS is designed to the well-known POSIX standard, and is optimized for size, modularity and adaptability to system-on-chip solutions, microcontroller units, microprocessor units, digital signal processing systems, field-programmable gate arrays and digital signal controllers. It is intended to help developers take products beyond the prototype level and add value with the opportunity for later expansion and enhancement of the product line.

Unison MedicalOS comes with a reference design kit to help developers create application designs for their projects. By connecting the components in the kit, developers can verify transfer of data and commands and use them as a platform to reliably begin development of innovative medical and healthcare applications.

RoweBots will demonstrate its Unison MedicalOS technology at Medica in DUsseldorf, Germany, November 13-16, 2017. To learn more, visit https://rowebots.com/.

About RoweBots:
RoweBots has delivered excellence in embedded systems products for over 30 years. The company's products are optimized specifically for those developing extremely small devices that require a broad set of embedded applications. Specifically, RoweBots' flagship products can assist with developing medical, wearable and IoT-enabled devices, drastically cutting down time to market and, in turn, costs associated with development.

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RoweBots Announces UnisonOS RTOS Support for Platform Security Architecture from Arm

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Today, RoweBots, a leading embedded software company, announced its support of Platform Security Architecture (PSA) from Arm, and Arm(R) TrustZone(R) technology, which enable system-wide security.

PSA from Arm provides significant software development cost reductions and enables security to be consistently designed-in for systems using Arm Cortex(R)-A and Cortex-M based-processors. By standardizing the methods and means to access cryptographic functions, extending the TrustZone partitioning model, standardizing APIs, and providing an open solution for any RTOS support including mechanisms to enable certifications, Arm has enabled the next level of security for microcontrollers.

UnisonOS, with its variants for Arm-based MCUs and MPUs, is ideally suited as a platform to deliver PSA from Arm to OEM developers utilizing a broad set of hardware. With complete security functionality, UnisonOS's industry leading security features will be further enhanced with better security layering and isolation. Rowebots' UnisonOS and all of its derivatives-Unison MedicalOS, Unison VehicleOS, Unison WearableOS and Unison ConsumerOS will support PSA.

"Connected devices are being deployed at a rapid pace and to truly realize the benefits of these technologies, which have potentially life-changing implications, security can no longer be optional," said Paul Williamson, vice president and general manager, IoT Device IP, Arm. "This is a shared industry responsibility, which is why Arm is working with partners, including RoweBots, to shift the economics of security by providing a common framework for building more secure connected devices through PSA."

The Unison RTOS utilizes the security features of the Armv8-M architecture and TrustZone as a primary security mechanism for IoT and embedded applications. TrustZone hardware is utilized by the security software elements in Rowebots' UnisonOS and all of its derivatives depending on specific hardware implementations for medical, wearable, consumer, vehicle IoT, and general industrial markets.

Unison RTOS offers heterogeneous multicore processing using thin wires or shared memory. These features along with the simple system architecture make Unison an ideal choice for secure systems. Additional security features include: TLS, IPSec / VPN, HTTPS, Secure wireless links, SFTP, SSH, Secure email, Secure bootloader with automatic fallback, SNMP v3, and Filtering-all with a tiny footprint.

Rowebots' CEO Kim Rowe noted, "PSA provides a common industry framework for building secure connected devices and combined with Unison RTOS, provide a secured POSIX RTOS for Cortex-A and Cortex-M MCUs. Devices that are designed with the secure foundation mapped out by PSA can dramatically improve security across connected devices with compounded benefits into the future."

Unison RTOS comes with several packaging options to support various application areas including wearables, instrumentation, vehicles, home automation, industrial automation, and others. The overall system supports a broad set of peripherals including: comprehensive networking and security, file systems, SQL database, QT graphics, usb, camera and video, serial, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, mesh networking, low-power wireless protocols, IoT protocols, 3G, 4G, and satellite networks.

About RoweBots:
RoweBots has delivered excellence in embedded systems products for over 30 years. The company's products are optimized specifically for those developing extremely small devices that require a broad set of embedded applications. Specifically, RoweBots' flagship products can assist with developing medical, wearable and IoT-enabled devices, drastically cutting down time to market and, in turn, costs associated with development.

Learn more: http://rowebots.com/.

Trademarks: Unison(R) is a registered trademark of RoweBots Research Inc. All other product and company names are the trademarks of their respective owners.

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RoweBots’ Unison RTOS Now Supports Modbus Communication Protocol

TORONTO, Ontario -- Today, RoweBots, an embedded systems software company, announces new Modbus communication protocol interface capabilities with its Unison RTOS, a real-time operating system that offers a complete component set for the development of IoT and M2M Communication Embedded Applications.

"By enabling the Modbus communication protocol interface on Unison RTOS, developers can now leverage one of the most widely used communication protocols at a very low cost," said Kim Rowe, CEO and founder of Rowebots. "Unison RTOS offers connectivity for a broad set of communication protocols, and we're pleased to now include Modbus on that list."

As a versatile, small, widely understood and widely used communication protocol, Modbus works immediately with Unison RTOS with an integration fee. Modbus transmits data over serial lines between electronic devices, easing the process for receiving data from sensors and other small devices leveraging Unison RTOS. It also enables communication over Ethernet and boasts compatibility on common hardware interfaces, making setting up or adding to a network of data acquisition straight forward and low cost. This benefits developers needing to acquire data from multiple devices.

Rowebots' Unison RTOS is designed to the well-known POSIX standard and is optimized for size, modularity and adaptability to system-on-chip solutions, microcontroller units, microprocessor units, digital signal processing systems, field-programmable gate arrays and digital signal controllers. Unison helps developers take products beyond the prototype level and add value with the opportunity for later expansion and enhancement of the product line.

For more information about Unison RTOS, visit: http://rowebots.com/en/products/unison-rtos-article.

About RoweBots:
RoweBots has delivered excellence in embedded systems products for over 30 years. The company's products are optimized specifically for those developing extremely small devices that require a broad set of embedded applications. Specifically, RoweBots' flagship products can assist with developing medical, wearable and IoT-enabled devices, drastically cutting down time to market and, in turn, costs associated with development. Learn more: http://rowebots.com/.

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Ashleigh Giliberto
Uproar PR for RoweBots
312-878-4575 x245
agiliberto@uproarpr.com

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RoweBots Announces Support for Microsoft Azure Embedded Agents to Decrease Time to Market and Product Development Costs

TORONTO, Ontario, Canada -- RoweBots, an embedded signal processing systems company specializing in wearables and IoT, today announces support for Microsoft Azure on its Unison RTOS product, a real-time operating system that offers a complete component set for the development of IoT and M2M Communication Embedded Applications. The Azure cloud computing service lets developers build, deploy and manage applications and services through a global network of Microsoft-managed data centers.

The addition of Unison RTOS to Azure brings with it cuts in costs and reduction of time to market for development with an off-the-shelf, easy-to-use set of modules for a broad set of embedded hardware and a range of applications. A substantially enhanced set of sensors, gateway capabilities, protocols and protocol conversions, as well as real-time options, is also now available.

"Azure's cloud and analytics support for Unison RTOS and its solution focused variants, such as WearableOS and MedicalOS, is a strong complement to offer a software plus hardware enhancement," said Kim Rowe, CEO and founder of RoweBots. "This application of Unison RTOS and Azure will now allow users to quickly select hardware, configure software and bring up a complete system without delays, including minimal risks for OEMs."

Unison RTOS and Azure offer three options for connecting the application-tailored Unison configuration to Azure, including:

* Direct connection using HTTP or AMQP
* Cloud protocol adaptation using MQTT
* Gateway assisted connection.

With gateway assistance, the wireless options include Bluetooth Classic and Bluetooth Low Energy, WiFi, 6loWPAN and LoRa. For these connections and for other aspects of security, Unison's comprehensive security and over-the-air (OTA) updates, coupled with Azure cloud security, ensure safe and consistent operation. Unison RTOS and its various hardware enabled solutions, including WearableOS, MedicalOS, VehicleOS and ConsumerOS, support a broad set of microcontrollers (MCU) and microprocessor (MPU) hardware that is application specific.

For example, low power is critical for WearableOS, and MCUs such as Apollo, RX231 and STM32M0 are fully supported with Azure modules. As an application example, athlete concussion and performance devices can connect to a phone or a ConsumerOS wireless gateway and then connect onward to Azure with full security and privacy. Solutions such as these are available across wearable, consumer, vehicle, industrial and medical markets, and support the building of a broad set of applications quickly, easily and at low cost.

To learn more about RoweBots, please visit http://www.rowebots.com.

About RoweBots:
RoweBots has delivered excellence in embedded systems products for over 30 years. The company's products are optimized specifically for those developing extremely small devices that require a broad set of embedded applications. Specifically, RoweBots' flagship products can assist with developing medical, wearable and IoT-enabled devices, drastically cutting down time to market and, in turn, costs associated with development.

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RoweBots Announces Unison RTOS for Renesas’ RZ/A Microprocessor Series

WATERLOO, Ontario -- Today, RoweBots Ltd announced the availability of its Unison RTOS for Renesas Electronics' RZ/A Series of microprocessors (MPUs). Designers working with the Renesas Starter Kit+ for RZ/A1H, the Renesas High Resolution Embedded GUI Solution Kit for RZ/A1H YLCDRZA1H evaluation board, or customized RZ/A1 hardware running the Unison RTOS can take advantage of off-the-shelf "Instant On" or near zero boot time with an embedded Linux-compatible applications programming interface (API).

This combination provides a real-time Linux upgrade to improve performance while slashing bill of materials (BOM) and optimization costs. Unison OS can be easily run using only on-chip RAM and provides support for all of the peripherals of the RZ/A MPU, enabling easy porting of multi-threaded Linux applications to RZ/A MPUs under Unison.

"Embedded Linux programmatic compatibility, BOM cost reduction, and Instant-On features are highly desired features for embedded system designers," said Kim Rowe, CEO of RoweBots Limited. "For example, replacing an (ARM(R) Cortex) A9 System on Module running Linux with an in-house RZ/A1 design with external SPI flash and Unison RTOS can reduce the (per-unit) BOM cost by $40 USD or more."

"The extensive features on the Unison RTOS offer exciting new capabilities and options to designers working with Renesas MCUs and MPUs, and the RZ/A MPUs in particular," said Semir Haddad, Director of Marketing, MCU and MPU Product Solutions, Renesas Electronics America Inc. "This hardware and software combination enables customers to improve their time to market, performance, and BOM costs with minimal effort, particularly those currently developing embedded Linux or POSIX applications."

By significantly reducing or eliminating boot time and providing embedded Linux compatibility along with improved performance and real-time scheduling, Renesas and RoweBots offer a very effective development platform to upgrade embedded Linux systems or develop new systems based on single-process, multi-threaded Linux or POSIX applications. The platform enables designers to remove real-time restrictions, eliminate expensive optimizations, improve overall throughput, reduce BOM costs, and accelerate time-to-market cycles. With minimal effort, systems are instantly on and perform better.

The Unison RTOS and the Renesas RZ/A MPU design goals are aligned for overall user benefits in both hardware and software. Both designs emphasize easy development, great HMI capabilities, and minimum total cost of ownership, making the platform ideal for those seeking these qualities in a design platform. Users can develop simpler, more adaptable systems with great HMIs with less effort, reducing time to market and costs, while enhancing adaptability using a modular, open standards-based approach.

Software support includes upper-level protocols in addition to device drivers for the various peripherals. The core software support includes I/O and core protocols: Serial I/O, TCP/UDP/IPv4/IPv6 with DHCP client, IPsec and TLS, and various file systems. The advanced networking includes a full spectrum of higher-level protocols, including high-level security protocols such as SFTP and SSH, as well as Bluetooth, HTTP, MQTT, and HTTP/REST. Lower-level protocols include CoAP, PPP, Wi-Fi, 802.15.4, UHF, 2G, and 3G. The full complement of security protocols is filled out with secure SMTP, secure boot, and remote field service, secure login, and encryption algorithms. Additional support includes CAN, audio, A/D, timer and QT graphics support for a fully supported set of RZ/A MPU capabilities. http://rowebots.com/en/partners/hardware-partners/renesas

About Renesas' RZ/A Series of MPUs:
Renesas' RZ/A Series of MPUs combines a high-performance ARM(R) Cortex-A9 CPU core with up to 10MB of on-chip RAM. The large on-chip RAM, combined with the ability to execute code in-place from cost-effective QSPI flash memory, eliminates the need for external SDRAM, enabling low-power, cost-effective embedded display applications. The RZ/A MPUs can also drive two simultaneous displays at up to WXGA resolution, using on-chip SRAM for the graphics frame buffers.

About Unison:
RoweBots offers the open standard based, Linux compatible, ultra tiny, modular, adaptable, POSIX-compliant Unison RTOS. Additional add on support for a variety of wireless modules for WiFi, Zigbee, 6loWPAN, UHF, GPRS, 3G and GPS provide developers of machine-to-machine (M2M) networks with wireless connectivity and extensive POSIX applications programming interfaces for fast and easy development. And, of course, Unison RTOS provides a complete set of security protocols to allow your MCU, FPGA, MPU, DSP or DSC system to be locked down.

About RoweBots:
RoweBots has 28 years of experience in embedded operating systems and POSIX compliant systems. RoweBots is developing the next generation of modular system on chip ultra tiny embedded Linux software for embedded OEM for the Internet of Things and M2M communication for extremely small wearable devices and for a broad set of other embedded applications. RoweBots offers one stop shopping for the IoT, M2M and product developing using Unison RTOS. The company is based in Waterloo, Canada. For more information, visit the RoweBots web site http://www.rowebots.com/.

Product Briefs:
Here is video demonstration of a concussion management system prototype: https://youtu.be/B73l-SgT8lU.

White Paper "Build Embedded Devices on a Solid Foundation: The Unison RTOS" (for registered users only): http://rowebots.com/en/documents-reg/white-papers-reg.

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RoweBots Unison RTOS Supports NXP I.MX Processor Family

WATERLOO, Canada -- RoweBots Limited, a leading supplier of tiny, embedded, Linux-compatible real-time operating system (RTOS) products, today announced, for the first time, the availability of its Unison(TM) OS software components for NXP I.MX. These components provide out of the box support for embedded applications with deterministic response and tiny memory footprints.

High speed design is challenging, with many using system on module (SOM) products running embedded Linux. However, the Unison RTOS alternative supports improved real-time performance with easy application portability. Using native open standards-based APIs, and deterministic real-time scheduling with a tiny memory footprint and zero boot time, Unison achieves notable cost improvements though lower-cost SOMs while improving performance on the same hardware.

Unison RTOS comes with several packaging options to support various application areas including wearables, instrumentation, vehicles, home automation, industrial automation and others. The overall system supports a broad set of peripherals including: comprehensive networking and security, file systems, SQL database, QT graphics, usb, camera and video, serial, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, mesh networking, low-power wireless protocols, IoT protocols, 2G, 3G and satellite networks.

Unison RTOS offers heterogeneous multicore processing using thin wires or shared memory. These features along with the simple system architecture make Unison an ideal choice for secure systems. Additional security features include: TLS, IPSec / VPN, HTTPS, Secure wireless links, SFTP, SSH, Secure email, Secure bootloader with automatic fallback, SNMP v3, and Filtering -- all with a tiny footprint.

Evaluation using either the RIOT board or Variscite boards and SOMs is fully supported at no cost. Royalty free licensing for the Unison RTOS starts at $999 USD.

About RoweBots:

RoweBots is developing the next generation of modular system on chip ultra-tiny embedded Linux software for embedded OEM for the Internet of Things and M2M communication for a broad set of embedded applications. The company is based in Waterloo, Canada.

For more information, visit the RoweBots web site http://rowebots.com/.

Trademarks: Unison is a registered trademark of RoweBots Research Inc. All other product and company names are the trademarks of their respective owners.

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