LynuxWorks Announces CodeWarrior IDE Edition for LynxOS and BlueCat Linux Embedded Applications

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Linux and Solaris hosts gain complete design and development environment

Embedded Systems Conference, SAN FRANCISCO, April 10, 2001—LynuxWorks,™ Inc., a provider of open source and true real-time embedded solutions for the post-PC era, today announced the availability of a CodeWarrior™ Integrated Development Environment (IDE) Edition for LynuxWorks Development Tools for companies using Linux® and Solaris host development environments and deploying on LynxOS® and BlueCat™ Linux targets.

"LynuxWorks has traditionally lead the pack with leading edge operating system technologies and embedded systems expertise. Now we are adding to our tool set to help our customers increase the productivity of their engineering staff during the design and development process. Metrowerks' CodeWarrior IDE is a very powerful and familiar tool with embedded systems developers. The addition of the CodeWarrior IDE to the LynuxWorks Development Tools will help our customers speed the product development phase and introduction of their new products to market," said Greg Rose, director of product management for LynuxWorks. "Additionally, this CodeWarrior IDE announcement is the first of a series of new announcements we will be making in 2001 under our new LynuxWorks expanded tools initiative."

Addressing developers' time constraints

The introduction of the CodeWarrior IDE for LynuxWorks embedded operating systems helps software developers face a myriad of time-to-market quandaries, chief among them are market delivery windows holding developers to aggressive coding/debug schedules and engineers being required to spend time learning a new suite of development tools. The CodeWarrior IDE Edition of LynuxWorks Development Tools will accelerate the development process by combining an editor, code browser, compiler, linker, and debugger into a single application, all controlled by an easy-to-use, familiar Graphical User Interface (GUI).

Point-and-click code development

With the CodeWarrior IDE on the Linux or Solaris cross-development host, an application developer can use the project management and stationery capabilities to create a new project and then use the editor and code browsing capabilities to efficiently create application code. When ready to debug, the developer simply clicks on the debugger selection and it automatically builds the application, if needed, then transparently downloads the executable to the embedded target board running either the LynxOS or BlueCat embedded operating system. The CodeWarrior IDE will then automatically launch the cross debugger, and display the debugger GUI on the host system. This means with a simple click of the mouse, all the necessary actions to build and debug the target application have been performed. This relieves developers from all the usual cumbersome commands, and most importantly, some of the wasted time in the development phase of a project.

About LynxOS and BlueCat

LynuxWorks addresses a broad range of customer needs in the area of real-time computing, from hard real-time to open source Linux. LynuxWorks' LynxOS is a hard real-time operating system that combines performance, reliability, and scalability together with patented technology for real-time event handling. LynxOS meets the highest reliability and deterministic response standards and is used in a variety of products, from business systems such as routers to mission-critical flight control systems. LynuxWorks' BlueCat is an open-source Linux, and is available as a complete solution for developers. In addition to a stable commercial version of the operating system, LynuxWorks provides a complete software development environment and tools for debugging and tuning applications. BlueCat is backed by a variety of optional support packages offering software engineering, technical support, consulting and professional services from LynuxWorks.

About LynuxWorks

LynuxWorks, Inc. is a provider of open source and true real-time embedded solutions for the post-PC era. LynuxWorks supports industry standards in communications, aerospace and defense, consumer and business electronics, industrial control systems, Internet infrastructures, automotive/transportation, medical devices, and retail industries. LynuxWorks products include the open-source BlueCat Linux, the scalable, Linux-compatible LynxOS® real-time operating system; software frameworks for high-availability systems; development tools and technical support worldwide.

LynuxWorks and BlueCat are trademarks and LynxOS is a registered trademark of LynuxWorks, Inc. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. Other brand or product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of the respective holders.

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