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for Its Market-Leading LCD Controllers
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EPSON Real Time Operating Systems Support
Vancouver, British Columbia, Jan. 31, 2000 – EPSON Research and Development Inc. (ERD), the market leader for embedded graphics LCD controllers, today announced partnerships with two leading embedded systems graphical user interface (GUI) developers, Swell Software and MoJo Designs, expanding EPSON’s support from four real time operating systems to over twenty. Through these relationships, designers have the hardware, EPSON’s LCD controllers, and the software, either Swell’s PEG GUI or MoJo’s Eyelet GUI, to intuitively integrate LCD screens into today’s embedded applications.
“These partnerships demonstrate EPSON’s growing commitment to strong, mutually-beneficial alliances,” stated Kevin Gillett, manager in charge of driver development and OS Vendor Relations at EPSON Research & Development Inc. “Our relationships with MoJo Designs and Swell give embedded designers the tools necessary to meet accelerated design cycles and aggressively expand EPSON LCD controller support to about 85 percent of today’s real time operating system market.”
ERD works closely with MoJo Designs and Swell Software to provide optimized hardware and software support for several EPSON embedded LCD/CRT/TV video controllers. This reciprocal affiliation gives these GUI developers the confidence to recommend EPSON LCD controllers in embedded environments and vice versa.
“The Eyelet GUI is one of the first products of its kind developed to meet the rigorous demands of embedded systems. It allows engineers to design the user interface to reflect the personality of the product,” said Morgan Jones, president of MoJo Designs. “With EPSON supplying the hardware component, manufacturers now have the tools to implement smart LCD screen design in a shorter period of time.”
MoJo’s Eyelet GUI helps developers improve product quality, reduce time to market and lower costs. Using this embedded GUI, developers can create an interface that leaves the look and feel of the desktop behind. The product, which has one of the smallest memory footprints in the industry, allows developers to easily develop interfaces without writing code, thereby speeding product development.
The Eyelet GUI currently supports a variety of EPSON LCD controllers, including the SED1354, SED1355, SED1356 and SED1375. Eyelet GUI, which is available now, has per-project licensing. There is no royalty fee.
“Today’s embedded system product cycles demand that designers incorporate packaged hardware/software solutions for complex subsystems such as a graphical user interface,” explained Ken Maxwell, president of Swell Software. “To meet this requirement, EPSON has provided Swell with the parts and information necessary to run PEG on each of their video controllers. This allows us to create fully optimized PEG drivers that make the best possible use of each controller in the EPSON product line. For the embedded system designer, the result is a complete, easy-to-use GUI solution running at peak performance levels.”
PEG (Portable Embedded GUI) is designed to meet the needs of real-time embedded system developers that require a fast, small and full-featured GUI. PEG provides a complete GUI solution that is easily ported to virtually any hardware configuration capable of supporting graphical output. PEG includes WindowBuilder, ImageConvert, FontCapture, API (application programming interface), class library, hardware interface templates, sample applications, user documentation and complete C++ source code. PEG is sold on a per-developed-product basis and is royalty free.
Customized PEG driver classes are currently available for the following EPSON video controllers:
MoJo Designs Inc., a Boulder, Colorado firm, develops products and performs services to improve graphical user interfaces in embedded systems. More information is available on the company's web site http://www.MoJodesigns.com.
Swell Software’s engineers have a broad range of experience working with real-time embedded systems and graphical interfaces. They found that the GUI development tools that were on the market were inadequate and expensive. It was time to build a “better mousetrap” and sell it at a reasonable price, which lead to the creation of PEG in 1997. Swell Software’s customers include Intel, HP, Infineon (Siemens), Raytheon, Baxter Healthcare, Analogic, Phoenix Technologies, 3M, Franklin Electronic Publishers, eNote.com, Magellan and other leading technology companies. PEG is used in a variety of embedded applications including a handheld GPS unit, wireless TV email system, HTML browser, flight simulator, in-car positioning data recorder, audio mixer, engine control diagnostic station, patient vitals monitor and workstation BIOS. For additional information visit Swell Software on the Web at www.swellsoftware.com.
About EPSON Research and Development Inc.
EPSON Research and Development's Vancouver Design Center is a leader in the development of LCD controller related integrated circuits and software. As part of the EPSON family of companies, and in keeping with EPSON's emphasis and reputation as a quality supplier of low power semiconductors, the Vancouver Design Center's focus is on developing the world's best low power LCD graphics controller chips for customers designing mobile and embedded systems products. For further information visit EPSON Research and Development on the Web at www.erd.EPSON.com.
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