FTDI Chip Adds Graphic Toolchain Package to

its EVE Offering

New widget-based development tool assists user interface designer

professionals without need for EVE display list knowledge

March 2015 - Bringing more comprehensive support to its Embedded

Video Engine (EVE) product offering, FTDI Chip introduces EVE Screen

Designer - which is available to download for free. Suitable for use with

Windows operating systems (Windows 7 and above), this highly sophisticated,

but easy-to-operate development suite enables the creation of advanced human

machine interfaces (HMIs), via EVE’s innovative object-oriented approach,

without any understanding of EVE display lists. This means that it is far more

accessible to graphic designers who are concerned primarily with the look and

feel of the HMI.

Using this software tool on a purely visual level, superior quality, highly

intuitive HMIs can be derived via primitive objects (such as circles and

squares), as well as EVE’s array of more complex built-in widgets (including

buttons, dials, clocks, gauges, sliders, scroll bars, text boxes, etc.) which are

made up of multiple objects. Designers can specify an EVE hardware platform

and set the resolution required. Then by choosing and subsequently placing

particular EVE objects on the screen they can rapidly begin constructing a HMI.

Objects can be moved from one place to another using the cut and paste

function. They can be pushed back or pulled forward. An adjustable grid aids

their screen positioning and alignment.