Built on the Qt Framework, Qt Accelerate gives users ready-to-deploy, industry-grade templates for software-defined products whose look, feel, and functionality can be customised giving organisations, of all sizes, a quick and cost-effective start on digital product development, regardless of time constraints or expertise in coding, hardware, and design.
Within an intuitive development platform, users select packages of pre-designed, quality-assured, and industry-tailored software templates. Users can then customise UI/UX components to suit branding needs and instantly deploy across a wide range of supported entry-level and premium hardware with little to no custom code.
Qt Accelerate is suitable for organisations needing to quickly convey proof-of-concepts or products for faster time-to-market. Products can even be tested in the cloud without hardware.
“Qt Accelerate is about empowering creators to turn ideas into innovative products in days, no matter the time or resource constraints,” said Petteri Holländer, Senior Vice President, Ventures, Qt Group. “Sometimes you need a quick start, whether you’re a large enterprise or a startup, since building a software-defined product from scratch can be an involved process.
“It takes coding, designing, deciding which software and hardware to use, etc. With Qt Accelerate, you don’t have to start from scratch or hire a full engineering team before you have a working product to trial. You get a starting point that’s 90 percent complete and risk-free because it’s quality-assured from the ground up. After just one week of customization, you are easily looking at a version 1.0 product launch.”
While no prior knowledge of Qt Framework is needed for Qt Accelerate, the templates enjoy the same flexibility, stability, performance, and quality as Qt Framework – they can be expanded upon and scaled to other devices.
Qt Accelerate also supports extensions for users to enrich products with companion apps, real-time analytics, over-the-air updates, and more.
The template solutions are developed with quality assurance in mind and with consideration for the requirements of the Cyber Resilience Act, enabling Qt Accelerate and its customers to work towards building compliant and reliable devices.
The solution has already been trialled by various mobility customers, such as electric vehicles company Clean Motion and electric hydro-foiling boat manufacturer Foilone.
