Visual eBIOS
Visual eBIOS™ (VeB)
Integrated Development Environment
An Indispensable Tool for stable and modern Highlights:
BIOS Development A Development
Visual eBIOS (VeB) is a graphical Integrated Development Environment Built
Environment (IDE) created for product-strength firmware Specifically for Aptio V
development. Introduced by AMI in 2001, VeB provides an
VeB includes project configuration
advanced graphical environment for firmware development
in Aptio® V, AMI’s flagship UEFI BIOS. wizards to guide developers along
the way, and quickly create new
Extreme flexibility with Cross-Platform and platforms from reference UEFI
source projects.
multiple OS support
The Visual eBIOS (VeB) development environment supports Its familiar, intuitive interface
multiple operating systems, including Windows® and Linux®, includes integrated project
with cross-platform support for x86, x64 and Arm® systems. management & source control
Not only can VeB reduce the need for coding with complex interfaces and helpful wizards.
commands, consistency between Aptio versions and
hardware platforms means there is no need to re-learn how
to use the tool. Instead, the VeB development environment
allows firmware engineers managing different product lines
to share their development experience, leading to improved
product quality and stability.
AMI Visual eBIOS
Highlights of Visual eBIOS Highlights:
l Build projects directly from VeB Modular Project
l Manage project settings, view project output & capture Management
build logs Flexible management options
l Support for Arithmetic operations with operator allow developers to view projects
precedence for SDL language by source tree or eModules.
Developers also have the ability to
l Support to build a single component from VeB add eModules to existing projects
using VeB’s excellent source
Integrated Debugger Support
control integration features.
l Source Level Debugger
l UEFI Driver/Application/Option ROM Debugger
l Breakpoint Management
l Capability to view Disassembly Source
Integrated Editor Support
l Includes global find & replace functions
l Use external editors & difference tools with VeB
l Support for opening project files with system default
editors
l Management of VeB editor templates and macros
AMI Visual eBIOS
Project Management Capabilities Highlights:
l Create projects based on individual eModules or
Integrated Source
reference projects
Control Support
l Firmware image layout
VeB offers integrated connection
l BIOS Parameters Wizard manages System Description
to AMI Remote Source Control
Language (SDL) parameters for all eModules in an Aptio
(RSC) for direct customer access to
project
source code. This integration with
l New file wizards assist customers when adding RSC enables full source & project
functionality to projects management directly within VeB.
Modularity Support
Based on Eclipse IDE
l Logically group related files & components as eModules
(Core, Chipset, CPU, Flash and more) VeB uses the popular Eclipse™
Framework to provide familiarity
l Manage eModules and components using Component
and compatibility for developers
Information Format (CIF) files
across platforms.
l Manage library components from source control &
private project components
l Utilize history, difference & label functions from within
VeB
l Add components directly from source control
l Direct source control integration with Source Safe, PVCS,
ClearCase, Dimensions, Subversion and AMI Remote
Source Control (RSC)
l AMI RSC gives customers 24/7/365 access to AMI source
repositories
l Download multiple components at a time
l One project can support multiple source control
database formats
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trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the U.S and other countries. Eclipse™ is a trademark of Eclipse
Foundation, Inc. Arm® is a registered trademark of Arm Limited.
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