SAN JOSE, CA, September 26, 2000 - JMI Software Systems announced today a new GUI (Graphical User Interface) option for use with JMI’s C EXECUTIVE and PSX real-time operating systems. JMI has integrated Swell Software's popular PEG graphical user interface to work with the two JMI kernels. The combination of JMI's highly portable and scalable kernels and the capabilities of PEG now offers system developers a wide range of candidate microprocessors capable of hosting deeply embedded applications with a full graphical interface for the user. The new offering, CE-GUI, is available now for both C EXECUTIVE and PSX.
The combination of C EXECUTIVE's full-featured, scalable kernel and the PEG graphical interface is appropriate for hand-held, portable, and desktop embedded applications where a standard keyboard and monitor user interface are too slow or cumbersome for the typical applications user. The visual interface can be prototyped on a host PC using the powerful PEG utility programs, allowing rapid prototyping of the embedded GUI while avoiding the limitations of the typical embedded prototype board.

CE-GUI includes the PEG utility programs, Fontcapture, ImageConvert, and Window Builder, which allow the system developer to quickly design a customized user interface for the embedded application. Input and output device drivers are designed for maximum performance, yet take full advantage of device capabilities. C EXECUTIVE/PSX and PEG are integrated into the CE-GUI package to allow developers to easily take full advantage of target system hardware, yet accomplish all development on convenient host systems.

C EXECUTIVE is a ROMable, multitasking operating system kernel for real-time embedded systems, and offers system designers a complete execution environment for applications written in the C language. PSX adds a 60% subset of POSIX.1 system calls to the basic C EXECUTIVE kernel. PSX meets the requirements of mid-size applications, while C EXECUTIVE is appropriate for smaller applications.

C EXECUTIVE and PSX also have an optional file system, CE-DOSFILE, which replicates the PC/DOS file structure on external media, allowing systems using any supported CPU to read and write PC/DOS disks. The file system provides contiguous files for use in high-performance data acquisition applications. Other options include CE-VIEW, which provides a flexible system-level debugging tool for testing on the target system; CE-TCP, which is an optional TCP/IP communications package; and CE-SNMP, which adds SNMP support. PPP is also available.

The development package for CE-GUI is priced at $7495. Full source code and unlimited binary distribution rights for one product are included.

JMI Software Systems pioneered the use of C for implementing real-time kernels in 1981. Today C EXECUTIVE is used around the world in tens of millions of products, including over half of the electronic cash registers in Germany, laser printers from over 30 OEM manufacturers, communication and weather satellites, and military and FAA radar systems. JMI supports C EXECUTIVE with distributors in Europe, Japan, India, South Korea, and Taiwan.