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, the leader in Web-enabled product evaluation and development, today announced the opening of its latest online lab, the Small Device Lab (www.SmallDeviceLab.com) for software and hardware engineers developing products using the Microsoft Windows CE .NET operating system. Developers will use the online lab to evaluate and test new processors, development tools, and software components for small-footprint smart devices such as cell phones, PDAs, residential gateways, WebPAD devices, and set-top boxes. The result will be a significant reduction in the time-to-market for these and other products. The new Small Device Lab for Windows CE .NET represents the collaborative efforts of Design Online and a dozen of the industry's leading processor and software providers, including Hibachi, Intel, Microsoft, National Semiconductor, and NEC. Design Online developed the unique technology that enables smart devices to be controlled and observed remotely over the Web.
By bringing developers online access to the latest hardware and software, Design Online and its partners intend to shorten the early stages of product development for the next generation of smart devices and accelerate the deployment of Web services using .NET technologies and architecture.
According to Aaron Stewart, Design Online president and CEO, "For today's developer, timing of product releases is what separates the grand slams from the strikeouts. Design Online is excited to be at the center of an industry collaboration to bring services to developers of Windows CE .NET-based products for quick evaluations and development of smart devices."
"We are excited by the opening of DesignOnline 's Small Device Lab because it will help embedded developers jump-start their Windows CE .NET-based smart device developments and bring products to market even more quickly," said Scott Horn, director of the Embedded and Appliance Platforms Group at Microsoft Corp. "We welcome DesignOnline 's support of Windows CE .NET and our vision of making information available any time, any place and on any device."
DesignOnline 's Small Device Lab (www.SmallDeviceLab.com) provides a complete Windows CE .NET development environment centered on the Microsoft Platform Builder integrated development environment, as well as a selection of third-party software components and target hardware devices. Rather than emulating smart devices in software, Design Online enables the actual hardware to be accessible over the Web with fully instrumented I/O, allowing smart devices to be used and controlled remotely with full user interaction.
A key goal in the design of the Small Device Lab was to ensure that it would integrate seamless with the user's desktop so there would be no apparent differences in performance, reliability, or operation between using the same tools locally or online. Design Online created technology to enable the developer to control the test device's keyboard and mouse, and view the results on a smart device's video display, remotely through the Internet. The Small Device Lab includes a number of working examples and demonstrations and allows developers to upload their own code for evaluation of a specific hardware and software system.
Because DesignOnline 's Small Device Lab environment is completely online, it is ideal for product demonstrations, training and testing. The lab's Internet access will also facilitate compatibility testing of new smart devices and software with emerging XML-based Web services as they become available.
Initially, Design Online will offer smart device platforms based on the following industry leading microprocessors: Hibachi's SH 4 series, Intel's Xscale architecture, National Semiconductor's Geode processor series, and NEC's MIPS VR5432 processor.
Development tool and software components will initially be offered from Artisan Software, Bird Step Technology, Entrek, Microsoft, NetClue, PointBase, Polyspace, Prosyst, StarNet, and Stellent.
Design Online (www.DesignOnline.com), based in Tempe, Arizona, offers Web-based services ranging from online evaluation of processor, system and software platforms to comprehensive development environments for hardware and software engineers. Design Online pioneered the concept of online evaluation and development for embedded processors and other smart devices. Its advanced Internet-accessible labs help get products to market faster, while reducing sales costs.
* Design Online is the service mark of Design Online Corporation. Other product or service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners.
Mary Stiller
DesignOnline
(123) 456-6882 or (123) 432-1540 (cell)
Mary.Stiller@DesignOnline.com
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