8 embedded applications – Sony Ericsson GS64 User Manual

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8 Embedded Applications

The wireless modem has the capability to store and run customer written code in the
form of a script during the processor’s idle time, through the use of an on board
interpreter.

8.1 Features

Main features of embedded applications are as follows:

C based scripting language (Sony Ericsson specific)

Over the air upgrade of scripts (NOT GSM software)

Library of intrinsic functions

2 scripts can be stored in the memory at any time (but only 1 can be active)

8.2 Implementation

The wireless modem has up to 256k of space available for storage of two scripts in
the scripting language and TBD of operating RAM. Structures included in this
language are:

If - then - else statements

While loops

For loops

All hardware interfaces that are normally available to the wireless modem through
the AT commands are available to the embedded application.

Further drivers have been written such as M bus, keypad, SPI and I2C for use by the
embedded application (EA) through the use of the I/O pins.

8.2.1 Limitations

Since the wireless modem is processing the script using its own memory, limitations
are placed onto the scripts that are run.

A direct comparison cannot be made to a fully compiled C program in terms of
size, but a gauge of script size is that if each line were 128 characters long in the
script then the script could be about 16,000 lines long.

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