Lindon, UT — (press release excerpt) — Lineo today announced the shipment of its Embedix software development kit (SDK) for Windows, the software that allows Windows developers to develop embedded Linux solutions in their familiar Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000 hosted environments. Windows developers benefit from developing in their Windows environment with full access to all of their native Windows applications and tools without the need to install and configure Linux or create additional partitions on their systems.

Embedix SDK for Windows offers developers a virtual development environment with real-time response capabilities, X86 and PowerPC processor support and an integrated development environment to provide developers with the tools to quickly develop embedded Linux solutions for many embedded devices.

Lineo CEO Bryan Sparks commented “Embedix SDK for Windows provides the tools and technologies to make it easier for developers to create embedded Linux for consumer devices, Internet infrastructure and industrial controls without the need for costly or time-consuming training. With this product release, we are giving Windows developers the same capabilities that native Linux developers enjoy.”

The Embedix SDK for Windows provides a virtual development environment based on using VMware for Windows. Embedix SDK for Windows easily installs on a development workstation and allows developers to quickly begin writing, compiling and building applications for embedded devices on their Windows desktop.

Lineo has integrated real-time technologies into the Embedix SDK to provide developers of embedded devices with both soft and hard real-time capabilities. Now developers can gain preemptive, deterministic and guaranteed response times measured in microseconds for embedded devices that have such requirements.

Embedix SDK supports and includes Metrowerks CodeWarrior, a leading integrated development environment (IDE). CodeWarrior provides an important set of tools in the development of today's applications for embedded devices. CodeWarrior combines a text editor, project manager, search engine, compiler, linker and debugger into one integrated application which helps developers bring applications to market faster at a reduced cost.

One of the key strengths of Embedix SDK is the inclusion of the Target Wizard library compilation tool, an automated way to quickly and easily select all of the requirements for a target image and check for all software interdependencies. The Target Wizard tool also helps developers quickly create the smallest possible software image for their embedded device by stripping out unneeded features and software code. By providing developers with the smallest possible software image, Embedix helps developers to create devices that require less hardware and allows them to gain greater economies of scale when producing large numbers of devices.

In addition to Embedix SDK for Windows, Lineo ships an Embedix SDK for Linux, which provides developers with the same tools for developing in a native Linux development environment.

Lineo Embedix is an embedded Linux software solution that adds the power and connectivity of Linux to customized embedded devices. Embedix is engineered specifically for the unique speed, memory and storage requirements of embedded devices. Embedix is based on a popular desktop Linux distribution and is currently available for Motorola PowerPC, x86, MIPS, and SuperH. The Embedix operating system provides the power of Linux, the flexibility for feature selection, and the hardware support that enables device manufacturers to create a customized kernel for multiple solutions.

Embedix SDK for Windows is now available and sells for $5,495 for one developer seat license and $5,000 for 5 additive developer seat licenses after the purchase of the initial developer seat license. The license includes 30 days free installation and configuration support, access to a web site built specifically to support Lineo's SDK developers and 1 year of free updates and upgrades.

 
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