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Microchip's Graphics Display Designer X Supports PIC® MCU-based GUI Creation on Windows®, Linux or Mac® Computers
CHANDLER, Ariz. --(Business Wire)--
Microchip Technology (News - Alert) Inc. (NASDAQ: MCHP), a leading provider of
microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, today
announced the release of Graphics
Display Designer X (GDD X), Microchip's enhanced visual design
tool that provides a quick and easy way of creating Graphical User
Interface (GUI) screens for applications using Microchip's 16- or 32-bit
PIC® MCUs. With GDD X, developers have the freedom to
work in the environment of their choice, including Windows®,
Linux or Mac OS® operating systems.
Graphical user interfaces are found in a wide range of products today,
from coffeemakers to automotive dashboards. While the requirement is
becoming commonplace, there is a lack of cost-effective tools available
to the developer. Placing dialog boxes, guidance text, buttons, sliders,
dials and other elements of your GUI while determining colors and
calculating x/y coordinates can be very time-consuming. GDD X enables
the development of GUIs in a "What You See Is What You Get" (WYSIWYG)
environment, and saves valuable design time by automatically generating
the C code needed for the user interface. With GDD X, a highly effective
GUI can be created to improve the customer experience for applications
in the automotive (e.g., numeric,
gauge or infotainment displays), industrial
(e.g., operator touch-screen interfaces), home-appliance
(e.g., coffeemakers, refrigerators, cook tops, microwave ovens), consumer-electronics
(e.g., home automation, alarms and learning toys) and medical
markets (e.g., bedside monitoring or medical lab analysis
equipment).
GDD X enables development using Microchip's Graphics Library, and can be
used as a stand-alone tool or as a plug-in to Microchip's free MPLAB®
X Integrated Development Environment (IDE). It allows the
creation of a project with configurable display resolution, and imports
all the required driver/board support files into MPLAB X. Generated code
can be compiled and tested on hardware. Key improvements to the original
GDD include: thumbnail view of screens and snap-to-grid feature,
cut/copy/paste, auto object align, and event handling, as well as
palette support for 1-, 4-, and 8-bits-per-pixel (bpp) color modes.
"With GDD X, Microchip is bringing together key components of the
graphical user interface on 16- and 32-bit hardware platforms in an
easy-to-use graphics development tool," said Sumit Mitra, vice president
of Microchip's MCU32 Division. "Developers can drag and drop GUI
elements into place, and GDD X creates the C code for their project.
This saves a significant amount of development time."
Pricing & Availability
The GDD X is available today via a free download from http://www.microchip.com/get/85U9.
For additional information, contact any Microchip sales representative
or authorized worldwide distributor, or visit Microchip's Web site at http://www.microchip.com/get/85U9.
To purchase products mentioned in this press release, go to microchipDIRECT
or contact one of Microchip's authorized distribution partners.
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About Microchip Technology
Microchip Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MCHP) is a leading provider of
microcontroller, mixed-signal analog and Flash-IP solutions, providing
low-risk product development, lower total system cost and faster time to
market for thousands of diverse customer applications worldwide.
Headquartered in Chandler, Arizona, Microchip offers outstanding
technical support along with dependable delivery and quality. For more
information, visit the Microchip website at http://www.microchip.com/get/T2DT.
Note: The Microchip name and logo, PIC, and MPLAB are
registered trademarks of Microchip Technology Incorporated in the
U.S.A., and other countries. All other trademarks mentioned
herein are the property of their respective companies.
Tags / Keywords: Graphics,
GUI,
User
Interface, PIC32,
WYSIWYG
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