Lantronix Teams With a Tier-One Automotive Supplier on Concept Vehicle Integrating Onboard and Home Systems

    LAS VEGAS, Jan. 8, 2003; Lantronix(R), Inc. will showcase its SYS(R) automation
technology in a network-enabled concept vehicle at the Consumer Electronics
Show (CES).  The concept vehicle will be on display to demonstrate the
benefits of integrating an automobile's onboard systems with a home network.
    Lantronix' SYS technology (from recent acquisition Premise(TM) Systems)
has been employed as the principle software platform.  For the demonstration,
a mock home that includes thermostats, a networked security camera, lighting
and consumer audio/video gear will be installed adjacent to the concept
vehicle.  Integrated into the vehicle's instrument panel, touch screen
controls and a biometric fingerprint reader facilitate authenticated access to
operate both the vehicle and the off-board home systems.
    "Because cars have always been an extension of the home environment and
mobile networks are becoming more widespread, consumers want greater access to
personal communications and other services such as media libraries.  This
inevitable evolution of the automobile is a natural next step for the
automotive industry and a terrific fit for our software and device networking
technologies," says Dan Quigley, executive vice president and general manager
of Lantronix' Applications Division.
    The demonstrated features of the concept vehicle include downloading user
preferences, digital media, and integrated control of onboard and home
systems.  For example, activating an "Arrive" operation will cause the lights
in the home to go on, set the thermostat to a comfortable temperature, disarm
the security system and start personalized media on the home's entertainment
system.  A "Depart" operation works in an inverse manner.
    The concept vehicle will employ an onboard Visteon computing platform
networked to the home with 802.11 wireless technology.  The vehicle will be on
display at automotive supplier Visteon's booth OS-3 in the Silver Lot at the
main entrance of the Las Vegas Convention Center from January 9-12.
    Lantronix provides manufacturers with reliable and cost-effective products
for intelligently networking anything to anyone.  "In the end, this is another
step towards our vision at Lantronix, where our customers and the consumers
who purchase their products will no longer have to think about networking; it
will just be there," said Quigley.

    About Lantronix, Inc.
    Lantronix, Inc. is a provider of hardware and software
solutions ranging from systems that allow users to remotely manage network
infrastructure equipment to technologies that network-enable devices and
appliances.  Lantronix was established in 1989, and its worldwide headquarters
are in Irvine, Calif.  For more information, visit the company on the Internet
at http://www.lantronix.com .