New IDE for the Java-Powered iButton

Dallas Semiconductor's iB-IDE (formerly code-named iSite) provides a complete programming environment designed to aid in rapid software development for the Java™-Powered iButton™. A Java host application located on a personal computer or embedded system communicates with any applets installed on the iButton, and with the introduction of iB-IDE, the design of both is easy. Some of iB-IDE's main features include: a fully-functioning iButton simulator with Java source code level debugging; a built-in text editor with Java keyword highlighting, macros, search and replace, and Java language-sensitive formatting; integrated Java compile and run functionality, and the ability to communicate with and control iButtons connected to your system.

You can download iB-IDE ver. 1.01 for Windows and Solaris Sparc platforms now.

This version makes the transition from Opencard 1.0 Framework to Opencard 1.1.1. The changes required to migrate OCF1.0 code to OCF1.1.1 are listed in the on-line help of this new version of iB-IDE.
Note: OCF1.0 is no longer supported. If you still wish to use OCF1.0 you must continue using iB-IDE 1.0.

Download Instructions:

1. Download and install Java 2 (JDK 1.2).
2. Make sure the JDK1.2\bin directory is in the beginning of your PATH. (This environment variable must also be set when running iB-IDE.)
3. Download and run setup.exe (for Windows platforms) or setup.sh (for Solaris Sparc platforms) and follow the onscreen instructions.
   Note: Be sure to choose the JDK 1.2 VM when the install program lists the available VM's on your system.

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