International Appliance Manufacturing 2008 - (Page 44) add to the overall functionality of the specific appliance. The most important part of this design flow is that it enables collaboration between the marketing, graphic artists, usability experts and the embedded systems programmers. Collaboration throughout all phases of the product design cycle is essential if the goal is to create a compelling interface that can differentiate a product and a brand. Another side effect of this design partitioning is that it simplifies testing. The embedded device can be easily tested independently of the GUI by manipulating the same variables that would otherwise come from the GUI. Likewise, user testing of the GUI can be conducted in parallel with the development of the embedded control code. More importantly, embedded programmers no longer need to worry about those last minute GUI changes breaking the control system code. Simply sophisticated GUI design Things should be made as simple as possible, but not any simpler. That is the philosophy behind Amulet’s patented GUI architecture and Atmel’s CAP™ customizable MCU architecture. GUI design and implementation is made as simple as possible for the designers and engineers, but not so simple as to compromise the usability and appeal for the end consumer. Appliance designers can implement production-ready silicon from Amulet or include additional application specific IP using Atmel’s simple CAP7 customizable MCU design flow. These GUI solutions, now available for the ARM7 architecture, not only foster collaboration, but also support user-friendly embedded systems with an LCD user interfaces that would otherwise require a more powerful processor. Using this single chip approach for applications with User Interfaces, appliance designers can now build sophisticated, yet easy to use devices without fear of compromising the rock-solid reliability that they have worked so hard to achieve. Contact Sales@AmuletTechnologies.com or www.atmel.com/products/AT91CAP for more details. Starter Kits for color TFT displays available Q1 2008. Starter Kits for monochrome displays available now at www. AmuletTechnologies.com Graphical Touch Controls in a Single Chip A single chip with everything you need for your appliances with graphical user interfaces, brought to you by two leading companies. Based on Atmel’s CAP7™ platform, user interface controllers from Amulet combine Atmel’s field proven ARM7™ microcontrollers with Amulet’s graphical operating system, LCD controller and touch interface. Chips support monochrome and full color TFT displays and push buttons or touch controls. Need other peripherals for your appliance? Custom variations available. Contact us! For more information visit www.atmel.com/products/AT91CAP or email Sales@AmuletTechnologies.com IAM01084Amulet.indd 1 1/2/08 1:40:33 PM 44 International Appliance Manufacturing 2008 http://www.atmel.com/products/AT91CAP http://www.AmuletTechnologies.com http://www.AmuletTechnologies.com http://www.atmel.com/products/AT91CAP http://www.atmel.com/products/AT91CAP http://www.atmel.com/products/AT91CAP
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