According to the company, Dragonfly offers system developers a flexible platform that allows for optimal hardware/software system partitioning. Such partitioning enables the software flexibility essential for upgradability and long service life of typical M2M devices, while delivering the power efficiency required to support extended battery life of up to 10 years.
“Dragonfly brings together the essential hardware, software and system integration components required by customers developing low-power machine-type communication solutions,” said Michael Boukaya, general manager of CEVA’s wireless business unit. “We have taken our expertise in low power baseband processing and complemented it with a range of software offerings to deliver a platform that is customisable and flexible.”
The platform is enabled by CEVA’s XC5 and XC8 DSP cores and is accompanied by the necessary coprocessors and interfaces, as well as software application layers and libraries, RTOS and drivers for MTC systems design. Also included is a 500MHz silicon based development system that includes these components, together with RF front ends and a host interface.
The platform is said to support existing and emerging LTE MTC releases, LPWAN standards, Wi-Fi and GPS.
