Crank Storyboard Suite
| Initial release | May 14, 2010 |
|---|---|
| Stable release |
3.2
/ November 20, 2013 |
| Development status | Active |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Type | GUI Designer / Runtime |
| License | Commercial |
| Website | http://www.cranksoftware.com/products/crank_storyboard_suite.php |
Crank Storyboard Suite is an Eclipse-based graphical user interface builder called Storyboard Designer and a target runtime called Storyboard Engine.[1] The Designer allows UI developers to easily prototype the look and feel of a product and then directly move it to the embedded target for development where it runs on the Engine. The Engine which is optimized for different CPU/OS/Renderer combinations can be run on a variety of different targets.
History and development
Crank Software began in 2007. The first version of Storyboard Suite was released in November 2009. This version contains an Eclipse-based User Interface development tool and a runtime engine for the target system. It has been under active development since with releases every few months.
Platforms
Storyboard Engine is released for the following platforms[2]
- Linux/fbdev – Storyboard Engine for Linux using the framebuffer device for rendering
- Linux/SDL – Storyboard Engine for Linux using SDL for rendering
- Linux/DirectFB – Storyboard Engine for Linux using DirectFB for rendering
- Linux/OpenVG 1.x – Storyboard Engine for Linux using OpenVG for rendering, this is based on the Beagleboard reference design
- Linux/OpenGL ES 2.0 - Storyboard Engine for Linux using OpenGL ES for rendering
- Windows/OpenGL 1.x - Storyboard Engine for Windows using OpenGL 1.x for rendering
- Windows/win32 - Storyboard Engine for the Windows desktop
- MacOS/OpenGL - Storyboard Engine for Mac using OpenGL for rendering
- QNX/AGTDK – Storyboard Engine for QNX using the advanced graphics TDK for rendering
- QNX/SDL – Storyboard Engine for QNX using SDL for rendering
- WindowsCE – Storyboard Engine for Windows CE using GDI for rendering
- WindowsCE/OpenGL ES 2.0 - Storyboard Engine for Windows CE using OpenGL ES for rendering
- Android/OpenGL ES 2.0 - Storyboard Engine for Android using OpenGL ES 2.0 for rendering
- iOS/OpenGL ES 2.0 - Storyboard Engine for iOS using OpenGL ES 2.0 for rendering
Storyboard Engine supports the following architectures[3]
- Linux X86
- Linux ARMLE
- Linux SHLE
- QNX X86
- QNX ARMLE
- QNX SHLE
- QNX PPCBE
- Windows CE X86
- Windows CE ARMLE
- Windows X86
- MacOS X86
- iOS ARMLE
- Android ARMLE
Storyboard Designer supports the following hosts
- Windows (XP, Vista, 7, 8) - Eclipse-based IDE
- Linux (Ubuntu 9.x, 10.x, 11.x, and 12.x) - Eclipse-based IDE
- OS X (Lion, Mountain Lion, Mavericks) - Eclipse-based IDE