InHand Elctronics handheld reference platform adds Bluetooth, GPS

InHand Electronics has announced at the Embedded Systems Conference the immediate availability of its Elf2 reference platform for handheld device developers. The platform incorporates a Bluetooth transceiver and GPS receiver, and also includes a high-performance LCD controller capable of supporting a wide variety of color displays.

The Elf2 comes bundled with the company's BatterySmart system software suite, with features such as dynamic clock-scaling, reduced power peripheral software drivers, automatic CPU bandwidth detection and adjustment, and advanced measurement and analysis tools. The software also extends support for the Windows CE OS.

Both the Bluetooth and GPS peripherals interface with the main CPU through BatterySmart's power-optimized software drivers, and consumes 500mW to 1.5W of power at 200MHz.

The Elf2 development platform is priced at $3,995.