Embedded S/W Technologies of ETRI in Korea

- Qplus, Nano-Qplus, and Esto -

Heung-Nam Kim: Embedded Software Research Division, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, 161 Gajeong-dong, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 305-350, KOREA (TEL) +82-42-860-6300 (FAX) +82-42-860-6671 (E-Mail) hnkim@etri.re.kr (URL) http://www.qplus.or.kr/

Abstract

Embedded S/W Research Division of ETRI has developed many embedded solutions such as; Linux based Embedded OS named Qplus, small sized OS for ubiquitous sensor networks named Nano-Qplus, embedded S/W development toolkit for Qplus and Nano-Qplus named Esto and so on.

Qplus is based on embedded Linux kernel (2.x) and supports soft real time scheduling, Linux BIOS-based fast boot, etc. Nano-Qplus is a small-sized(less than 10KB), distributed real-time and smart (context-aware) operating system suitable for the sensor networks. Esto’s visual development environment accelerates embedded S/W development speed and includes Remote Debugger, Project Manager, Power Monitor, Tracer, DDK, etc.

Short Biography

Dr. Heung-Nam Kim is a vice president in the Embedded Software Research Division at the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute in Daejeon, KOREA. He is currently leading the Development of Embedded Software Platform Technology project, focusing on Qplus, Nano-Qplus, and Esto.

His research interests are embedded Software, Wireless Internet Platform, Digital Home, Video compression algorithm, Multimedia Collaboration System, and Real-time Operating System. He published over 20 papers in premier international conferences and journals.

He received a B.S. in 1980 from the Seoul National University in Electronic Engineering and a M.S. in 1989 from Ball State University in Computer Science and a Ph.D. in 1996 from the Pennsylvania State University, University Park, in Computer Science.