Nu
Horizons Electronics Corp. Announces TCP/IP
Web Server Development Kit Designed For High-Speed Internet
Connectivity
Kit Provides Full Connectivity Tools to Offer Customers
Cost and Time to Market Advantages
Melville,
New York - March 30, 2004 - Nu Horizons Electronics
Corp. (NASDAQ:NUHC), a leading distributor of high technology
active components, today announced the immediate availability
of their new TCP/IP Web Server Development Kit, designed
to provide a fully integrated hardware/software platform
to facilitate full high-speed Internet connectivity. Powered
by a Renesas 16-bit Microcontroller, this tool kit is
the latest addition to the Nu Horizons Engineering Solutions
Platform Tool Offering, devised to shorten product development
cycles, lower costs and offer leading-edge solutions for
all Nu Horizons customers.
The
TCP/IP Development Kit is designed to dramatically reduce
time to market and production costs for OEM and ODM companies
developing:
- Industrial
- Vending Machines / Factory Process Control / HVAC
/ Security Systems
- Instrumentation
- Remote Data Acquisition / Homeland Security
- Automotive
- Diagnostic Equipment
- Consumer
- Digital TV Home Appliance / Printer Control
Dave
Bowers, Nu Horizons executive vice president of sales
and marketing states, "Nu Horizons continually seeks
partnerships that expand our development tool offerings
and solutions portfolio. Addressing the high-speed Internet
connectivity market further enhances our design expertise
to ensure we provide our customers with advanced technologies
at competitive prices."
The
TCP/IP development kit includes: the Embedded Workshop
Development Suite from Renesas, a MicroNet® TCP/IP
Stack from CMX Systems, and a TCP/IP (uIP) stack source
code from Shift-Right Technologies, in addition to a data
CD and power supply.
The
kit development board allows for immediate evaluation
of all TCP/IP applications using the Renesas H8/S 2329
microcontroller and the SMSC 91C96 Ethernet MAC with integrated
Phy. Executable code can be downloaded into the H8/S 2329
internal flash memory for immediate assessment on the
board. Three communication ports are also available: two
RS-232 ports (one for possible modem I/F) and a RS-485
port.
Additional
features of the Nu Horizons TCP/IP development board include:
- 4
Mb of DRAM from ISSI
- Six
channels of Analog to Digital conversion with temperature
sensor and potentiometer
- Digital
I/O test headers status LEDs
- Interface
to the Horizons Bus and optional Xilinx Virtex2 FPGA
development board
- Access
to the Xilinx XCR3128XL and dual 7 segment LCD display
for further system development
- Multiple
test point headers
- Renesas-UDI
Emulator port connector
The
TCP/IP Development Kit is available for immediate shipment
today at a price of $122.93. This board will be demonstrated
in Nu Horizons booth (#826) at the electronicaUSA/Embedded
Systems Conference, March 30-April 1 in San Francisco.
For
additional board specifics, including detailed features,
benefits and applications, please visit us online at: http://www.nuhorizons.com/developmentkit.
Information on Nu Horizons' complete offering of development
tools is also available at: http://www.nuhorizons.com/developmenttools.
About
Nu Horizons Electronics Corp.
Nu Horizons is a leading global distributor of high technology
active components, including analog, communications, discretes,
optical, logic & peripherals, memory, microcontrollers,
system on chip (SOC), board level and computer system
products to a wide variety of commercial original equipment
manufacturers (OEMs). With sales facilities in thirty-five
locations across North America and Asia, and logistics
centers in centralized locations throughout the globe,
Nu Horizons partners with a limited number of best-in-class
suppliers to provide in-depth product and solutions expertise
to its customers. Information on Nu Horizons and its services
is available at http://www.nuhorizons.com.
Except
for historical information contained herein, the matters
set forth in this news release are forward looking statements
that involve certain risks and uncertainties that could
cause actual results to differ from those in the forward-looking
statements. Potential risks and uncertainties include
such factors as the level of business and consumer spending
for electronic products, the amount of sales of the Company's
products, the competitive environment within the electronic
component industry, the ability of the Company to continue
to expand its operations, the level of costs incurred
in connection with the Company's expansion efforts and
the financial strength of the Company's customers and
suppliers. Investors are also directed to consider other
risks and uncertainties discussed in documents filed by
the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
