Jungo WinDriver USB for Linux - Driver Development Tool

WinDriver » USB for Linux

WinDriver™ USB for Linux automates and simplifies the development of user-mode Linux device drivers and hardware control applications for USB peripheral devices.

No Linux kernel knowledge or kernel level programming required.

Powerful Tools Included

Hardware diagnostics
Automatic driver code generation
Driver debugging
Hardware access — using our intuitive API (see the WinDriver User's Manuals)

WinDriver provides a complete solution for creating high performance drivers and custom hardware access applications.

Reduce Time to Market

WinDriver provides a complete solution for creating high performance drivers, and enables you to focus on your driver's added-value functionality, instead of on the operating system internals.

Technical Reference

WinDriver products are accompanied with highly detailed technical references that are designed to assist you in various stages of the development process.

If you have just started evaluating or using WinDriver, you may find our Quick-Start Guides helpful.

Should you require more in-depth information, or would like to know more about the technical aspects of WinDriver, refer to the WinDriver User's Manuals.

For other technical resources, such as FAQs and technical documents — see the WinDriver Support page.

Supported Platforms and Operating Systems

x86 32-bit, x86 64-bit (x86_64: AMD64 and Intel EM64T).
Supported Linux kernel (including embedded Linux):
- For x86 (32-bit & 64-bit): Linux kernel 2.4.x-2.6.x.

Specifications

Supports Plug-and-Play and power management events handling.
Supports Control, Bulk, Interrupt and Isochronous data transfer.
Supports multiple interface devices.
Supports multiple CPU and multiple PCI bus platforms.
Includes dynamic driver loader.
Check out the WinDriver installation instructions page for the latest instructions.

Features

Friendly Wizard:
WinDriver provides hardware verification and diagnostics, automatic code generation and driver debugging, all through a graphical DriverWizard.

Immediate Hardware Access:
Test your hardware through a graphical user mode application, without having to write a single line of code.

Code Generation:
WinDriver automatically generates skeletal driver code specific to your hardware, for MS Developer Studio / MSDEV .NET/ Borland Builder / MS Visual Basic / Delphi.

Vendor Specific Support:
In addition to supporting any PCI peripheral, WinDriver includes enhanced support for leading PCI vendors, such as PLX, Xilinx and Altera.
This enhanced support includes vendor-specific driver samples, which can be used to further accelerate the driver development process.

Driver Debugging:
Included graphical Debug Monitor to monitor kernel level activity throughout the driver development process.

PCI Express Extended Support for Vista:
WinDriver enables you to utilize PCIe MSI and MSI-X now supported on Windows Vista.
Detailed examples in C.
64-Bit Architectures Support: WinDriver supports the 64-bit AMD64 and Intel EM64T CPU architectures (known as "x86_64") on Linux 2.4.x and 2.6.x kernels.

Purchasing Information:

To order WinDriver USB for Linux, see our our How to Order page.

You can also download our Order Form
and email it: [email protected], or fax it: 1-877-514-0538 (+972-74-721-2122).

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Benefits

User-Mode Development: No DDK, ETK, DDI or any system-level programming knowledge is required.
Kernel-Mode Performance: WinDriver's Kernel PlugIn technology to develop your driver in the user-mode; then run performance-critical sections of it in the Kernel Mode (Ring 0) to achieve optimal performance.
Cross-OS Portability: Use the same source code for Windows, Windows CE, and Linux.
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.
Application code compatibility: Execute and maintain the same binary code for all Linux flavors and kernels 2.4.x and 2.6.x.

Technical Reference

WinDriver products are accompanied with highly detailed technical references that are designed to assist you in various stages of the development process.

If you have just started evaluating or using WinDriver, you may find our Quick-Start Guides helpful.

Should you require more in-depth information, or would like to know more about the technical aspects of WinDriver, refer to the WinDriver User's Manuals.

For other technical resources, such as FAQs and technical documents — see the WinDriver Support page.

What Else is Included?

Comprehensive documentation and help files.
Technical support, according to Jungo's technical support plan.
No run-time fees or royalties.

WinDriver's Top Features

Fast: Shorten driver development cycle and time to market.
Simple: No OS internals or kernel knowledge required.
Stable: Field tested on thousands of HW / OS configurations.
Enhanced Chipset Support: Silicon partners libraries to jump-start your driver development. Special samples for various PCI / USB chip vendors, such as Altera and Xilinx WinDriver generates a skeletal driver code, customized for the user's hardware.
Multiple OS support and cross platform: The WinDriver product line supports Windows, Windows CE, and Linux. The same driver will run under all supported operating systems without any code modifications. Just recompile!
Immediate Hardware Access and Debugging: Test your hardware through a graphical user-mode application, without having to write a single line of code. Monitor kernel level activity throughout the driver development process.
Performance Optimization: Use WinDriver's Kernel PlugIn technology to develop your driver in the user mode; then run performance-critical sections of it in the Kernel Mode (Ring 0) to achieve optimal performance.
Windows Certification: The WinDriver Windows drivers are compliant with Microsoft's Windows Certification Program, freeing you of the need to invest time and effort to make your driver conform to the certification requirements.
Jungo Connectivity can also prepare for you the Windows Hardware Certification Kit (HCK) submission package.
Field-proven quality: WinDriver's technology enables you to concentrate on your core business and successfully create first-rate drivers without having to invest redundant resources in driver development from scratch.
User-mode programming: WinDriver's architecture enables driver development in the user mode, while maintaining kernel-mode performance.
64-bit Support: Allow utilizing the additional bandwidth provided by 64-bit hardware and enable 64-bit data transfer on x86 platforms running 32-bit operating systems. Drivers developed with WinDriver will attain significantly better performance results than drivers written with the DDK or other driver development tools that do not support this feature.
Complete .NET Framework Support: Easily incorporate WinDriver's C# or VB.NET code into your existing .NET application using the powerful object oriented managed extensions for C++ library.