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WinDriver for VxWorks automates and
simplifies the development of VxWorks device drivers for PCI /
CardBus / ISA / PMC and CompactPCI. No VxWorks Core OS (wind?
Microkernel) and API knowledge is required.
Including powerful tools for hardware diagnostics, automatic
driver code generation, and driver debugging, as well as intuitive
hardware access API, WinDriver provides a complete solution for
creating high performance drivers and custom hardware access applications,
thereby enabling you to focus on your driver's added-value functionality,
instead of on your operating system internals.
WinDriver for VxWorks is composed of a graphical development
environment (under Windows 98/NT/2000/XP/Server 2003), and
a rich and intuitive hardware access API.
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WinDriver™ for VxWorks (a.k.a. DriverBuilder) automates and simplifies the development of VxWorks device drivers for PCI / CardBus / ISA / PMC / PCI-X / PCI-104 and CompactPCI. No VxWorks Core OS (wind® Microkernel) and API knowledge is required.
Including powerful tools for:
- Hardware diagnostics
- Automatic driver code generation
- Driver debugging
- Hardware access - using our intuitive API
WinDriver provides a complete solution for creating high performance drivers and custom hardware access applications.
WinDriver enables you to focus on your driver's added-value functionality, instead of on the operating system internals.
System Requirements
- Windows NT 4.0 Workstation host platform.
- PCI / CardBus / ISA / ISAPnP / EISA / PMC / PCI-X / PCI-104 or CompactPCI.
- VxWorks 5.4 with the Tornado 2.0 IDE.
- WinDriver PCI/ISA for Windows v5.22
(To take advantage of the Windows Graphical User Interface and cross-OS APIs).
- Selected Target Platform: This should be running a processor that has one of the following BSP's (Board Support Package):
- Intel x86 CPU with Intel x86 BSPs (pc486, pcPentium and pcPentiumPro).
- PPC 821/860 with MBX821/860.
- PPC 750 (IBM PPC 604) with MCP750.
- Any 32-bit compiler.
- Hard drive space: 25MB.
Technical Notes
- Driver footprint: 110KB (x86), 115KB (PPC).
- Supports I/O, DMA, interrupt handling and access to memory mapped cards.
- Supports multiple PCI bus platforms.
- Includes dynamic driver loader.
- Check out the Installation Instructions page for latest instructions.
Benefits
- User Mode Development: No DDK, ETK, DDI or any system-level programming knowledge is required.
- Cross OS Portability: Use the same source code for Windows 98 / Me / NT / 2000 / XP / XP Embedded / Server 2003 / Vista, Windows CE, Linux, Solaris and VxWorks.
- High Quality: WinDriver's kernel has been field tested on thousands of hardware/software configurations.
- Time to Market: Shorten your development cycle and reduce time to market.
Features
- Friendly Wizard:
DriverWizard provides hardware verification and diagnostics, automatic code generation and driver debugging, all through a graphical interface.
- Immediate Hardware Access:
Test your hardware through a graphical user mode application, without having to write a line of code.
- Code Generation:
DriverWizard automatically generates skeletal driver code specific to your hardware, for
Visual Studio / Visual Basic / Delphi / GCC.
- Vendor Specific Support:
In addition to supporting any PCI peripheral, WinDriver includes enhanced support for leading PCI vendors, such as PLX and Altera.
This enhanced support includes vendor-specific driver samples, which can be used to further accelerate the driver development process.
- Driver Debugging:
The included Debug Monitor logs debug information for your driver in real time.
