Wind River Tilcon Graphics Suite Essentials

The Wind River Tilcon Graphics Suite Essentials training workshop provides engineers with a fast, cost-effective way to acquire the skills necessary to develop real-time user interface (UI) applications with Wind River Tilcon Graphics Suite.

After this course, students will be able to:

• Describe the concepts and architecture of the Wind River Tilcon Interface Development Tool and Wind River Tilcon GUI Engine.
• Design, prototype, simulate, and test embedded graphical user interfaces (GUIs) on a host machine using Tilcon Interface Development Tool.
• Select features and use them effectively, including container objects, notifications, triggers, and advanced drawing techniques.
• Design and develop an international-ready UI.
• Integrate an application with Photoshop.
• Write applications using Tilcon Graphics Suite APIs.

• Wind River Tilcon Graphics Suite 5.5 and later

• Developers using Wind River Tilcon Graphics Suite to design and deploy embedded GUIs

Day 1

Wind River Tilcon Graphics Suite Overview

• GUI vs. CLI
• Graphics User Interface (GUI) Challenges
• Wind River Tilcon Graphics Suite Architecture and Product Components

Wind River Tilcon Interface Development Tool - Introduction

• Tilcon IDT
• Components of Tilcon Interface Development Tool
• Wind River Tilcon Graphics Suite—Object Types
• Tilcon Interface Development Tool Version and Product Documentation

Wind River Tilcon Graphics Suite Standard GUI Objects

• Introduction
• Selection Objects
• Creating Standard GUI Button Object Lab
• List Object Lab
• Menu Bar and Pop-up Menu Lab

Tilcon Graphics Suite Text Objects

• Introduction
• Noninteractive Text Objects
• Interactive Text Objects
• Text Object Components
• Creating a Feedback Form Using Text Objects Lab

Wind River Tilcon Graphics Suite Advanced GUI Objects

• Introduction
• Advanced GUI Objects
• Meter, State and Data Display Objects
• Meter and Chart Object Lab

Day 2

Wind River Tilcon Graphics Suite Object Linking

• What Is Object Linking?
• Linking Tilcon Objects Lab

Wind River Tilcon Graphics Suite Object Triggers

• What Is a Trigger?
• Why Use Trigger?
• Trigger Types in Tilcon Interface Development Tool
• Creating Triggers on Tilcon Objects Lab

Tilcon Graphics Suite Container and Drawing Tool Objects

• Introduction to Container Objects
• Introduction to Drawing Tool Objects
• Object Grouping Lab
• Tilcon Symbol (TSY) Images Lab

Wind River Tilcon Graphics Suite Object Redraw Options

• Why Redraw an Object?
• Understanding Redraw Options in Tilcon Interface Development Tool Lab

Day 3

Application Development in Wind River Tilcon Graphics Suite I

• Wind River Tilcon Graphics Suite Application Development
• Creating Window Transition Application Lab

Application Development in Wind River Tilcon Graphics Suite II

• What Is a Tilcon Timer Hint?
• Why Use Timer Hints?
• What Is a Tilcon Callback?
• Updating Needle Values Using Time Hints Lab
• Creating an Application Using Callbacks Lab
• Chart Scrolling Lab

Fonts and UI Internationalization

• Tilcon Font Support
• How to Add Fonts in Tilcon Interface Development Tool
• Internationalization Using Tilcon Interface Development Tool Lab

Photoshop Export, Import, and Merge in Tilcon Interface Development Tool

• What Is Photoshop Integration?
• Why Use Photoshop Integration?
• Benefits of Photoshop Integration
• Photoshop Features in Tilcon Interface Development Tool
• Photoshop Export, Merge, and Import in Tilcon Interface Development Tool Lab

Prerequisite Course

• None

Prerequisite Skills

• Basic C programming experience (only required for application development sections)

• This three-day expert-led course consists of lectures and lab sessions.
• Attendees use Wind River Tilcon Graphics Suite 5.5 to gain experience with the topics presented.
• Participants examine and exercise simulated network topologies in hands-on labs.
• Participants receive individual guidance from an expert engineer who has extensive experience with Wind River technologies.

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