Ellisys
Ellisys is a test and measurement company that was founded in 2000 and is based in Geneva, Switzerland. The company manufactures protocol analyzers for USB, Wireless USB and WiMedia ultra-wideband protocols. Ellisys contributed to the widespread of the USB technology by offering affordable and simpe to use test tools. Ellisys products are now used by thousands of engineers all around the world to improve the quality of their products and enhance the performances.
Products
The company's products include:
- the Ellisys USB Tracker 110, a USB 1.1 full-speed protocol analyzer,
- the Ellisys USB Explorer 200, a USB 2.0 high-speed protocol analyzer,
- the Ellisys USB Explorer 260, a multifunction USB protocol test system designed for USB 3.0,
- the Ellisys Wireless USB Explorer 300, a WiMedia ultra-wideband protocol analyzer for Certified Wireless USB from the USB-IF,
- the Ellisys UWB Generator 320, a byte-level frame generator for WiMedia ultra-wideband based protocols like Certified Wireless USB.
Background
USB was designed from the beginning to be as simple to use as possible. But this simplicity comes at a price: complexity is transferred from the peripheral user to the developer. Beginners in USB development will find books from Jan Axelson and John Hyde useful to start their difficult task of creating a robust USB device, respectively USB Complete and USB Design By Example.
A protocol analyzer is very important for the success of a USB project. It enables engineers to actually see what the data on the USB bus looks like. Connected between a computer and a peripheral, an analyzer records all data, electrical states and control information transmitted on USB. It affects neither communication nor peripheral behavior.
Industry's firsts
- November 2007: Ellisys announced the indistry's first multifunction USB protocol test system supporting interactive packet generation, inline error injection and compliance testing 1
- April 2007: Ellisys announced the first commercially supported WiMedia Platform Pre-compliance test solution 2
- December 2006: Ellisys first to provide the first commercially supported test system for WiMedia Platform compliance 3
- June 2006: Ellisys introduced the Instant Timing view, an innovative graphical representation of WiMedia traffic to help with timing measurement, performance analysis and complex debugging 4
- June 2006: Ellisys released the first traffic generator for WiMedia and Wireless USB protocols 5
- May 2006: Ellisys first to launch MTP class decoder for developers of portable media devices 6
- January 2006: Ellisys unveiled a solution to avoid unauthorized Ultrawideband emissions in regulations pending countries 7
- September 2005: Ellisys announced industry's first over-the-air protocol analyzer for WiMedia ultra-wideband and Wireless USB 8
- June 2005: Ellisys introduced the first Wireless USB Wire Adapter class decoder to analyze Wireless USB dongles 9
- January 2005: Ellisys released the first USB 2.0 protocol analyzer with automatic decoding of all USB standard classes like Mass Storage (SCSI), Still Image (camera), etc. 10
- April 2004: Ellisys unveiled the first affordable high-speed protocol analyzer for USB 2.0 11
- July 2003: Ellisys released the first USB Analysis Software Development Kit to help creating custom analysis software 12
- December 2002: Ellisys released the first affordable and easy to use protocol analyzer for USB 1.1 13
Articles and Whitepapers
- Challenges of Migrating to Wireless USB
- 5 Steps to Wireless USB Quality Assurance
- Customers applications
See also
- WiMedia Alliance
- USB Implementers Forum