Since 1999 GHI Electronics has been providing the ultimate solutions for embedded systems. Our tremendous experience with hardware and software design (USB Client, USB Host, Bluetooth, GPRS, TCP/IP, CAN) is reflected throughout many custom and off-the-shelf products that employ advanced processing architectures, including ARM and Cortex, to run cutting edge technologies such as Microsoft .NET Micro Framework; providing customers with "Unique Development" that fulfill their high-end needs through a sophisticated drop-in solution. GHI Electronics is a leading Microsoft partner on .NET Micro Framework.

ALFAT V1 was developed in 1999 to be the first stand-alone FAT file system chipset. ALFAT V1.0 was based on a 8-bit microcontroller. In 2002, ALFAT was redesigned into ALFAT V2 which became available to the public in 2003. This version was based on a 32-bit microcontroller that is at minimum, 50 times faster. One of the great features of ALFAT V2 was its ability to update itself to the latest firmware, by simply placing the firmware on the connected media. ALFAT V2 also allowed users to communicate using UART or SPI serial connections. ALFAT V2 was a complete success, and was integrated in many products around the world. As requested by many customers, I2C was added to ALFAT V3.

GHI didn't stop at SD, CF, MMC and HD storage devices! In 2004, USBwiz supported USB mass storage devices. A full release of USBwiz firmware was release in mid 2005 to support SD/MMC, USB mass storage devices, USB mice, USB keyboards, USB printers and more!

In 2005, GHI released USB host libraries for MAX3421, an SPI USB host chipset from Maxim. uALFAT, a third generation of FAT chipset was released in 2007. New chipsets were based a complete new codebase with improvement to USB and FAT libraries. This also adds support for long FAT file name (LFN) and Unicode naming. 2007 ended with GHI signing an agreement with Microsoft on porting .NET Micro Framework. 2008 started with the release of Embedded Master, the first and only .NET Micro Framework device with FAT File System and USB Host support. USBizi was made available in 2008 to be the first single chipset (14x14mm) with .NET Micro Framework. GHI was the first to offer .NET Micro Framework 3.0 support on USBizi and Embedded Master.

PPP was introduced in 2009 on .NET Micro Framework. This unique option lets developers add wireless modems (Wi-Fi/3G/GPRS) to designs very easily.

Since the very beginning, GHI Electronics, LLC. has lead the way in its technologies. Here are some examples of where GHI ranks the first every year.

1999

GHI Electronics, LLC. releases the first FAT chipset.

2002

ALFAT V2 is the first FAT chipset with over 50KB/s file access speed.

2003

ALFAT V3 is the first FAT chipset with I2C interface.

2004

USBwiz V1 is the first FAT chipset with USB Mass Storage support.

2005

USBwiz V2 is the first chipset to support CDC and serial chipsets (Prolific, Silabs and FTDI).

2006

ALFATxp is the first FAT chipset with JAVA VM. LIB3421 is the first MAX3421 USB Host library.

2007

uALFAT V3 is the first FAT chipset with an option for long file name support. USBwiz V3 is the first FAT chipset with USB Host support and runs user's code internally using PAWN. GHIBT is the first Bluetooth library for embedded systems with support to SSP and OBEX.

2008

Embedded Master is the first .NET Micro Framework 2.5 device with FAT and USB Host. USBizi is the smallest and lowest priced .NET Micro Framework chipset/development system. We're the first company to release .NET Micro Framwork 3.0, and the only company to support VGA monitors on .NET Micro Framework.

2009

We're the first and only company to offer PPP protocol (GPRS/3G modems) on the .NET Micro Framework.