Jungo says its WinDriver tools allow developers with no knowledge of OS internals or kernel-level programming to create high-performance, high-quality device drivers that run in user mode. The WinDriver tools support a variety of UHCI, OHCI, or EHCI host controllers, and operating systems that, in addition to Windows Mobile, include Windows CE, Windows XP Embedded, Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP, Linux, Solaris, and VxWorks. They can be used to build USB, PCI, PCI Express, CardBus, CompactPCI, ISA, PMC, PCI-X, PCI-104, and PCMCIA drivers, the company says.

Additional new features in the 8.02 release include:

• Support for Silicon Laboratories's C8041F340 development board
  
• WinDriver component to the Windows CE Platform Builder catalogue to simplify driver deployment
  
• Improved performance of USB transfers for high-speed devices on Windows XP and Server 2003

A complete changelog can be found here.

Jungo launched version 7.0 last summer with enhanced support for the .NET environment including managed extensions for C++ DLL and PCI/USB .NET C# DLLs.

Availability

WinDriver 8.02 is shipping now, with prices starting at $1,800. The various licensing options are listed here. Free, full-featured, 30-day evaluation versions of WinDriver USB/PCI for host driver development and WinDriver USB Device for firmware code generation are available here.

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