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SEGGER MICROCONTROLLER SYSTEME GMBH

EMWIN GRAPHICS SOFTWARE AND GUI

CONTACTS

GERMANY

Segger Microcontroller

Systeme GmbH

Heinrich-Hertz-Str. 5

40721 Hilden - Germany

Phone: (+49) 2103-2878-0

Fax: (+49) 2103-2878-28

e-mail: info@segger.com

USA

Segger Microcontroller

Systems LLC

9 Bartherick Road

Westminster, MA 01473 - USA

Phone: (+1) 978-874-0299

Fax: (+1) 978-874-0599

e-mail: shane@segger.com

emWin, probably the most efficient and comprehensive embedded GUI today, is written in ANSI “C”. It works on any 8-16- 32 bit Microcontroller and supports any b/w, grey-scale or colour display. Drivers for all common LCD controllers are available. All types of graphical displays are supported.

All required graphic routines are part of the software. A variety of fonts are shipped with the software. Additional fonts can easily be generated from PC fonts using the emWin Font Converter. Flicker-free animation with our without antialiasing as well as multiple layer/multiple displays are supported.

The window manager allows creation of windows of arbitrary size at any point of the display. Child windows and the exchange of messages between windows and their children/parents are supported.

Windows may be transparent or overlapping, and can be moved or resized at run time. A variety of widgets come with the window manager module.

A simulation environment is available that can be used to write and test the entire user interface on the PC. emWinView, a separate program, shows the contents of the simulated display even during debugging.

•ANSI “C” source code, no C++ required

•Bitmap converter and PC simulation included

•Multi-lingual support available

•Free PC Evaluation package available

•Royalty free

•Supports b/w, grayscale and color

•2D graphic library and variety of fonts included

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