Powerful user interfaces for consumer devices using web technology
Twenty years ago, most products containing embedded software relied on all of that software being developed in house. Nowadays, it is more usual to utilise an off-the-shelf kernel and buy in other components as necessary, such as protocol stacks. It is now possible to buy in a User Interface engine in the form of a browser component that will serve to reduce prototyping and development time, reduce risk and greatly increase flexibility.
This paper discusses bringing these ideas and technologies together. In this model, a browser software component is embedded into the firmware of a CE device. All of the User Interface for that device is designed and implemented using HTML, JavaScript and CSS.
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