A simple API, written in C, for accessing the Serial ports in a consistent way across Multiple desktop and embedded platforms.
This has allowed programs for embedded devices to be mainly developed on the desktop, where test and debug is much easier. It can also be used to write serial port programs that are portable across different desktop platforms.
smartCOM is a graphical serial device terminal, it's an alternative to minicom. It is aimed mainly at hardware developers who need a gui test tools to talk to their custom hardware. The GUI is written using the wxWidgets library, and using the tinyxml to save or load config.
http://gnssinfo.com/2012/11/21/wiki-smartcom/