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• Overview

While Gadgetos is the follow-up to the popular operating environment Pyxis 2 it has very little resemblance to its predecessor. The constantly visible top menu of old has been replaced by a context-sensitive menu that appears when pressing and holding a predefined key. The top menu seen on the home screens can be completely hidden by applications, allowing your application to have full screen access.

Hardware independence is the name of the game with this new operating environment. We've reworked the kernel so all manufacturer specific drivers can be loaded at run time. All major components of the system are also now derived from interfaces giving the system greater updatability. Several drivers have already been created to support USB, SD, RTC, Ethernet, Audio and generic hardware interface.



The Home Screen (seen right), in addition to being vastly improved, can be replaced quickly and easily by specifying the start-up application in the system.xml file. We've updated the interface to look a bit like Metro UI™©. The idea of user profiles has also been added so that several users can use the same device while keeping their files and settings separate.

Icons on the Home Screen's desktop can be dragged and dropped into any grid location by the user. Additional support for text and image files has been added so that previews will automatically show up on your desktop. File Associations have also been improved and are now easier to assign and change.



Applications (seen left) has also benefited from several major improvements. In addition to supporting the old menu system they have access to the start button menu as well as the context-sensitive menu which is present throughout Gadgetos.

Controls, such as the Listbox and Textbox, are all aware of hardware thanks to the new kernel and Dynamic Hardware Driver Loading (DHDL). Whenever a hardware event is received, such as button press/release, the kernel raises the event up to the currently active form which then informs the currently focused control. This way you can respond to button presses and other hardware events without any additional coding.




Licensing for Gadgetos is similar to Pyxis 2 with some minor changes. Personal use of the system is still completely free. However, the core Kernel is closed-source and professional/commercial use requires purchase.

• Requirements

Requirements

• Minimum 200K program space
• 3MB RAM Recommended
• .NET Micro Framework 4.1+
• Visual Studio 2010 (Express or higher)
• Natively supported LCD (or emulator)
• Device with SD or USB storage support (for driver and program loading)
• Videos

Installer

First Look



• Downloads

General

Gadgetos Beta

DLLs and example source for Gadgetos




Documents

Driver Development Guide

Guide to creating drivers for Gadgetos

While Gadgetos is the follow-up to the popular operating environment Pyxis 2 it has very little resemblance to its predecessor. The constantly visible top menu of old has been replaced by a context-sensitive menu that appears when pressing and holding a predefined key. The top menu seen on the home screens can be completely hidden by applications, allowing your application to have full screen access.

Hardware independence is the name of the game with this new operating environment. We've reworked the kernel so all manufacturer specific drivers can be loaded at run time. All major components of the system are also now derived from interfaces giving the system greater updatability. Several drivers have already been created to support USB, SD, RTC, Ethernet, Audio and generic hardware interface.

The Home Screen (seen right), in addition to being vastly improved, can be replaced quickly and easily by specifying the start-up application in the system.xml file. We've updated the interface to look a bit like Metro UI™©. The idea of user profiles has also been added so that several users can use the same device while keeping their files and settings separate.

Icons on the Home Screen's desktop can be dragged and dropped into any grid location by the user. Additional support for text and image files has been added so that previews will automatically show up on your desktop. File Associations have also been improved and are now easier to assign and change.

Applications (seen left) has also benefited from several major improvements. In addition to supporting the old menu system they have access to the start button menu as well as the context-sensitive menu which is present throughout Gadgetos.

Controls, such as the Listbox and Textbox, are all aware of hardware thanks to the new kernel and Dynamic Hardware Driver Loading (DHDL). Whenever a hardware event is received, such as button press/release, the kernel raises the event up to the currently active form which then informs the currently focused control. This way you can respond to button presses and other hardware events without any additional coding.

Licensing for Gadgetos is similar to Pyxis 2 with some minor changes. Personal use of the system is still completely free. However, the core Kernel is closed-source and professional/commercial use requires purchase.