SDC Expands GUI Development Tool Offering

Publication date on this website: Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Company: Energi Technical
Category: Press Releases : Industry News (Market)

Summary:
SDC Systems have announced that they will now supply and support GUI development tools from Alt Software and Quantum 3D. These new products will further enhance SDC's leadership in the field of embedded graphical user interface development tools for embedded systems and safety critical systems.

Full Text:
Embedded Systems development tool specialists, SDC Systems have announced that they will now supply and support GUI development tools from Alt Software and Quantum 3D. These new products will further enhance SDC's leadership in the field of embedded graphical user interface development tools for embedded systems and safety critical systems.

ALT Software is a leading supplier of advanced 2D/3D graphic software solutions for embedded systems. Their general purpose OpenGL and safety critical OpenGL graphics drivers provide high-performance 2D/3D graphics, offer native support for a variety of system configurations and are fully customisable. Quantum3D is a leading developer and manufacturer of real-time visual simulation and computing systems. Their solutions are both Commercial-off-the-Shelf (COTS) and open architecture, enabling the delivery of affordable reality to military and civilian customers.

"We are very proud and excited to have these new products in our portfolio," said Peter Heyes, Sales Director at SDC Systems. "In recent years we have developed a lot of knowledge and experience in GUI development and with these new products on board we now have a very comprehensive offering for any company considering a new project that needs a graphical interface. Much of our work is also in the safety critical sector, so in this respect, these new products are a very good fit for us."

ALT Software's graphic software solutions enable advanced high performance graphics for embedded applications. ALT´s embedded OpenGL display drivers and OpenGL ES Software Renderer are proven to reduce development costs, shorten time to market, and are certifiable to DO-178B for safety-critical environments. Performance-tuned for resource constrained devices, these software libraries are fully customisable for aerospace and defence systems, consumer devices, automotive infotainment, industrial controls, and medical devices.

Quantum3D´s IData is a tool-based Human Machine Interface (HMI) application development and deployment environment offering unmatched advanced features for creating powerful HMI applications that are portable to any target platform. Through IData´s innovative technology, application developers can create HMI applications for a number of applications.

"These are very powerful technologies that are backed with an enormous amount of expertise," said Peter Heyes. "The quality of the visual experience that these packages deliver is outstanding and will add a great deal of value to most types of embedded systems. In addition to this, these are well refined and proven technologies that will enable engineers to accelerate development and will almost certainly reduce overall developments costs."

In addition to supplying a wide range of embedded system development tools and software, SDC Systems also provide engineering services that help their clients adopt new technologies, or simply enable them to accelerate development, or bring in specific expertise. SDC's engineering services include BIOS development, Linux development, Embedded Windows development, GUI development and Embedded Data Management solutions.

"The professional services has been a growing part of our business," said Peter. "Initially we developed the in-house expertise in order to provide the very best UK support possible. However, we have increasingly been working on design projects for clients and playing a more hands-on role in their adoption of the technologies that we offer. This is proving to be popular with our customers faced with short project schedules as it minimises the time before they start to benefit from the new product they have brought in to the development flow."


About SDC Systems Ltd
SDC Systems Limited is a leading distributor of embedded development software, tools and hardware and a provider of professional services to the European embedded systems sector. Focused on innovative and leading-edge technology, SDC strives to provide `technology that makes a difference´, technology that will accelerate the development process and/or improve the quality and functionality of the final product. With many years' experience and talented engineering support, SDC Systems work closely with their customers to provide an important source of embedded systems expertise and products.

Contact:
For more information please visit http://www.sdcsystems.com - or call Peter Heyes on +44 (0)845 658 8554