StarChip^® announced its partnership with KEOLABS to develop “STARBOX” – its new generation of Smart Card development tools. This new “STARBOX” generation is tailored to the latest requirements of the Smart Card developer community and prepares the way for introduction of future StarChip^® Smart Card controllers with advanced security and contactless technologies.

STARBOX is a development platform for StarChip^® Smart Card controllers allowing developers to easily harness the leading performance, low power and future contactless  capabilities of StarChip^® Smart Card products based on the CORTUS APS3 core. It includes all the tools necessary to develop high-quality software solutions in a timely and cost effective manner. STARBOX features advanced emulation features, integrated development environment and the latest version of the industry standard GNU tool chain with optimized C libraries providing professional quality tools at low cost.

Based on KEOLABS Raisonance brand hardware and software technologies, STARBOX benefits from synergies resulting from the close collaboration of platform and user interface designers. This allows StarChip to offer a best-in-class development and validation solution that is tailored to the requirements of embedded system developers. Hardware  features are implemented on the latest generation Raisonance XSmart prototyping platform, which facilitates System-on-Chip (SoC) design and shortens time to market for complex emulation systems. Project management, coding, compiling and debugging controls are seamlessly integrated into the industry leading Raisonance integrated development environment (IDE), Ride7. This same IDE is used extensively by developers on leading industry standard microcontroller cores.

“To accelerate the development and porting of complex applications, software engineers are looking for intuitive, fast and accurate development tools,” said Frederick Bonnin, StarChip^® Application and Tools Manager. “The new STARBOX will offer them such experience and reflects our strategy to be a leading supplier for Smart Cards, continuously improving our solutions with the best technologies available to fulfill customers’ expectations. KEOLABS has proven tools, solutions and services for Smart Card industry and is the right partner to support StarChip^® in providing state-of-the-art development tools.” 

“Advanced emulation systems like STARBOX, benefit from a complete range of KEOLABS technology and know-how to provide both the performance and optimized cost that customers require,” explained Benoit Hedou, KEOLABS Director of Validation Platforms. “A close collaboration with StarChip and versatile prototyping and software technology have made it possible to rapidly tailor tools to specific requirements and deliver a complete solution that provides developers the advanced features that they require to master the latest core technologies.”