Mac Driver for the Medtronic Minimed Comlink USB Device

Medtronic, Inc. hired Art & Logic to create a native Macintosh driver for their Minimed Comlink USB device. The Medtronic Comlink USB device communicates with Medtronic's CareLink Personal Therapy Management Software and allows insulin pump and glucose monitor users to optimize therapy to improve their glucose control. There were two main parts to the project: The first was to develop a Java Native Interface (JNI) layer to access the native driver code on the Macintosh platform. more...

Medtronic, Inc. hired Art & Logic to create a native Macintosh driver for their Minimed Comlink USB device. The Medtronic Comlink USB device communicates with Medtronic's CareLink Personal Therapy Management Software and allows insulin pump and glucose monitor users to optimize therapy to improve their glucose control. There were two main parts to the project: The first was to develop a Java Native Interface (JNI) layer to access the native driver code on the Macintosh platform. The second was to create a Java installation utility and an applet for testing the driver code.

TAGS:  Mac OS X  Java  Driver  USB  JNI  Medical

DC100 Control Application

Leica Microscopy, in Switzerland, hired Art & Logic to port their Windows image manipulation software to the Macintosh platform. Art & Logic was responsible for the application, drivers, and TWAIN drivers. The resulting software captures 24-bit image data from a digital camera and renders it on the screen in real time. Images can be saved to a variety of file formats, including TIFF, JPEG, and PICT.

TAGS:  Mac OS 9  Driver  Image Processing  TWAIN  Photography

Mac OS Audio Drivers for Echo

Working with Echo Digital Audio Corporation, Art & Logic ported their generic driver framework from Windows NT to Mac OS, created ASIO and OMS drivers, and a console application. Echo is now able to support their entire line of high-quality audio hardware for the Macintosh, including Gina, Darla, Layla, Gina24, Darla24, Layla24, and Mona cards, using a single codebase. Most recently, we have ported this work to Mac OS X, helping Echo to remain on the leading edge of the audio interface world, and assisting them in learning the intricacies of OS X kernel development along the way, in order to allow them to maintain their products in-house.

TAGS:  Mac OS X  Mac OS 9  Driver  Core Audio  Music

Targus for Mac® Wireless Devices User Controls and Driver

Targus Group International selected Art & Logic to design and build driver software and user controls for their Targus for Mac® IR and Bluetooth wireless mice and the unique Targus Bluetooth® Presenter™. The software provides easy access to favorite applications, common functions like cut/paste and play/stop, and is extensible using AppleScript™.

TAGS:  Objective-C  Cocoa  Mac OS X  Driver  Computer Hardware

Drivers and applications for Alesis Studio Electronics

Art & Logic developed sample accurate Mac OS and Windows ASIO drivers for the Alesis ADAT-PCR PCI card, as well as the Windows MME MIDI and audio driver, and Mac OS Sound Manager and OMS drivers. To support this work we designed and maintained an SDK that allows third-party developers to interface to the card. In addition, Art & Logic developed the cross-platform (Mac OS and Windows) "ADAT Connect" application that supports the sample accurate bi-directional transfer of audio data between the computer's hard disk and an ADAT. more...

Art & Logic developed sample accurate Mac OS and Windows ASIO drivers for the Alesis ADAT-PCR PCI card, as well as the Windows MME MIDI and audio driver, and Mac OS Sound Manager and OMS drivers. To support this work we designed and maintained an SDK that allows third-party developers to interface to the card. In addition, Art & Logic developed the cross-platform (Mac OS and Windows) "ADAT Connect" application that supports the sample accurate bi-directional transfer of audio data between the computer's hard disk and an ADAT. Art & Logic also maintained and helped to develop Sound Bridge, a cross-platform sample librarian for the QS and DMPro families of synthesizers, and even created a utility that is used in-house by Alesis for production testing of the ADAT-PCR card.

TAGS:  Audio  Mac OS 9  Driver  C++  Desktop  Visual C++  Cross-platform  MIDI  CodeWarrior  ASIO  Custom API  Entertainment  Music  Pro Audio

Ethernet Drivers for Kingston Technology

Art & Logic created all of the Mac OS ethernet drivers and diagnostic applications in the Kingston Technology EtheRx product line. These products cover PCI and PCMCIA bus architectures and operate at 10M and 100M network speeds. Art & Logic has kept the family of drivers updated to the latest ethernet driver frameworks released by Apple Computer and has worked closely with Kingston and Apple to ensure driver compatibility with new CPUs and Mac OS versions.

TAGS:  Mac OS 9  Driver  Hardware  Networking  Computer Hardware

Desktop Exec Client Software for Océ Groupware Technology

The Office Exec software intercepts print requests from any application and allows the user to specify print, fax, e-mail and storage parameters for the job. The client software then sends the print job via TCP/IP to the server software running on Windows 2000 Server, where the job is routed to the appropriate output device based on the job parameters. Art & Logic used XML and XSLT technologies to create dynamic dialogs that system administrators can easily configure on the server. more...

The Office Exec software intercepts print requests from any application and allows the user to specify print, fax, e-mail and storage parameters for the job. The client software then sends the print job via TCP/IP to the server software running on Windows 2000 Server, where the job is routed to the appropriate output device based on the job parameters. Art & Logic used XML and XSLT technologies to create dynamic dialogs that system administrators can easily configure on the server. Art & Logic developed the Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X client software, including a custom Mac OS 9 desktop printer, a custom Mac OS X CUPS backend, and their corresponding client and status applications.

TAGS:  Objective-C  Mac OS X  XML  Mac OS 9  Driver  C++  Printer  XSL  AppleScript  Microsoft Visual Studio 2005  CUPS  Computer Hardware  Printing

Mac OS X and Mac OS 9 Printer Driver and Training for Lexmark

Lexmark hired Art & Logic to teach a two-week training course on Mac OS X printer driver development to an international team of their driver developers. Art & Logic created all course materials including sample code and PowerPoint presentations. Topics included support of a variety of USB printers, such as the Z33 and others. A functional driver was created during the course.

TAGS:  Mac OS X  Mac OS 9  Driver  USB  Computer Hardware

Mac OS Audio Drivers for Gadget Labs

Art & Logic developed the Mac OS ASIO driver for Gadget Labs' Wave/824 PCI audio card. Using our proprietary audio driver framework, we also created an OMS MIDI driver and a control panel application.

TAGS:  Audio  Mac OS 9  Driver  C++  MIDI  CodeWarrior  ASIO  Music

CDMA Modem Driver

Art & Logic was hired by Kyocera to develop a Mac OS X kernel driver for the Amd'd Jet and Angel cell phone and Kyocera's EVDO PCMCIA card. A single driver was developed to work with both devices, providing the user with high speed wireless EVDO data access, all with the built-in network connection facilities of OS X. We also developed a configuration utility, which automatically configures OS X's Internet Connect application for quick & easy setup.

TAGS:  Mac OS X  Driver  Telecom

USB Driver and Device Support Plugin

Hyun Won Inc. hired Art & Logic to develop a USB driver and device support plugin to enable their line of digital audio players to be used with Apple's iTunes digital audio software. The software allows Macintosh users to transfer and manage audio files on the HWI players within the iTunes application.

TAGS:  Audio  Driver  USB  Plug-in  iTunes  Music  Lifestyle

USB MIDI Drivers

Steinberg hired Art & Logic to write their USB MIDI interface device drivers for Mac OS Classic, to support their Midex 8 and Midex 3 devices. Art & Logic implemented Steinberg's LTB time-stamping protocol to solve inherent USB timing problems. Art & Logic engineers then had to make the driver work with OMS (the standard for MIDI on Mac OS). With Steinberg in Germany, the Art & Logic Online Conferencing System kept everyone in the loop without requiring expensive transcontinental phone calls. more...

Steinberg hired Art & Logic to write their USB MIDI interface device drivers for Mac OS Classic, to support their Midex 8 and Midex 3 devices. Art & Logic implemented Steinberg's LTB time-stamping protocol to solve inherent USB timing problems. Art & Logic engineers then had to make the driver work with OMS (the standard for MIDI on Mac OS). With Steinberg in Germany, the Art & Logic Online Conferencing System kept everyone in the loop without requiring expensive transcontinental phone calls. The success of this project led to the opportunity to port these drivers to OS X.

TAGS:  Mac OS X  Audio  Mac OS 9  Driver  USB  MIDI  Music  Computer Hardware  Media  Pro Audio

Content Protection for Professional Studio Environments

Cinea Inc., a subsidiary of Dolby Laboratories, hired Art & Logic to port their SView™ video forensic watermarking technology from Windows to Mac OS X. The Mac implementation of driver and user-level software targeted PowerPC and Intel-based Macs.

TAGS:  Cocoa  Mac OS X  Driver  PowerPC  Intel  Entertainment  Broadcasting  Film