CreateX development has reached the beta stage, and we've received some initial feedback so far. In order to give customers a preview of the new technology and to get more feedback on how CreateX is used we have launched a public beta program. We invite you to learn more about CreateX and sign up for the program.

You can read Announcing CreateX for a bit of CreateX history, and for more information check out the CreateX site.

For the last five years I have been developing software for embedded graphical displays using a custom API I wrote and tweaked throughout the years. However, the main reason I began developing the API was not simply to write software more quickly but to build a tool on top of the API that could significantly speed development, what I called CreateX. Instead of writing code you can use CreateX to define the entire look and behavior of an application using an intuitive GUI, and it's tailored to embedded displays including support for CAN communication.

It took about two years of developing CreateX to reach an initial stage of completeness, but by then several applications developed using CreateX were already in production. So far CreateX hasn't been publicly marketed and has only been used in consulting projects. However, the overwhelming positive feedback from people who have used CreateX has convinced me to enhance and extend CreateX to solve a broader range of problems and begin marketing it to customers. The end result of this development will be CreateX 2.0.

In order to ensure a high-quality release there aren't any hard date-based deadlines. Instead, I plan to implement a set of desired features and then open up a public beta program. From there minor features may be added and bugs will be fixed until there are no outstanding critical bugs. At that point we'll release the completed version 2.0.

I'm very excited about more people using CreateX, because I believe it can be the solution many people are looking for to quickly develop innovative devices and services. I'm also very excited to make CreateX easier and more useful. As a side effect I won't get much sleep until I'm satisfied, but I would love to hear your questions, comments and suggestions about how CreateX could help you. So don't hesitate to contact me.

For more information visit the CreateX site or contact us.