Bringing shorter time-to-market in the fluid and high-resolution graphical displays market and GUI capabilities, Infineon Technologies has collaborated with Qt Group.
The duo aims to bring a paradigm shift in graphical user interface (GUI) development with integrating Qt Group’s cross-platform solutions for the entire software development lifecycle and lightweight, high-performance graphics framework and Infineon’s graphics-enabled TRAVEO™ T2G cluster microcontrollers.
Infineon’s TRAVEO T2G MCUs are designed to meet the requirements of these applications, especially the TRAVEO T2G cluster family. This device family provides graphical user interfaces(GUI) with high refresh rates and up to full HD resolution.
By integrating the Qt graphics solution directly into these MCUs fosters GUI capabilities.
Infineon further optimizes these devices and enables intelligent rendering technology with benefits such as:
- Up to 5x more efficient memory usage compared to the market average.
- Up to 2x faster boot time compared to average boot times in the market.
- Up to 50 percent shorter time to market, from design to production.
The Growing Demand for Microcontrollers in Graphical User Interface (GUI)
Microcontrollers nowadays offer extensive graphical capabilities that enable compact designs, cost-efficiency, and lower power consumption. With features such as instant boot-up, small footprint and efficient real-time processing, they are widely used in various sectors, including automotive instrument clusters, two-wheelers, construction machinery, industrial and medical applications.
Key Comments
“Whether in the automotive industry, healthcare or industrial automation, responsive user interfaces with high-quality graphics are essential,” said Toni Paila, Director, Qt for MCUs at Qt Group. “However, the MCUs used for these applications typically lack integrated advanced design and development tools especially for modern user interfaces. We are therefore proud to support Infineon in bridging this gap and enabling device manufacturers to deliver outstanding user interfaces with low memory footprints on their MCUs. This will allow designers to create GUI that were previously considered impossible due to resource constraints.”
“Qt’s efficient design and development workflow, coupled with over 30 years of production experience in various industries, has accelerated our UI application development,” said Ralf Ködel, Vice President Microcontrollers at Infineon. “By extending this efficiency to our microcontrollers, our customers can significantly shorten the time to market – from product design to production.”
Infineon GUI capabilities in Embedded World 2024
A live demonstration of Qt for MCUs on Infineon`s TRAVEO™ T2G will be showcased at Qt`s booth at Embedded World 2024 in Nuremberg from April 9 to 11 in Hall 4, Stand 4-258.
Availability
The TRAVEO T2G cluster microcontroller products featuring Qt’s advanced graphical libraries are now available.
Further information about Qt and Infineon GUI collaboration: www.infineon.com/traveocluster | www.qt.io.
