EVENTS & INFO

SEGGER’s embOSView now uses the J-Link debug interface for Cortex-M-targets

SEGGER Microcontroller published a new version of embOS and the included profiling tool embOSView for the ARM Cortex-M0/M1/M3/M4 platforms. The kernel information and profiling data for embOSView can now be captured through the J-Link via JTAG or SWD similar to the solution via DCC for ARM7/9-targets. embOSView not only uses the same debug interface as the debugger, but it also can run in parallel.

In contrast to SWO or UART based solutions, embOSView can be used with any Cortex-M-hardware using the existing debug connection. Therefore the target hardware can be designed with a minimal pin count for the debug connection.

Compared with SWO based kernel view solutions, using the JTAG/SWD-connection has the benefit of a bi-directional connection. Therefore embOSView only communicates with the target, if absolutely necessary.

Read more about embOSView from SEGGER.

IAR Systems and Freescale develop i.MX25 Starter Kit

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IAR Systems announces the availability of an integrated development kit for the Freescale i.MX25 family of low power ARM9-based microprocessors.

The IAR KickStart Kit for Freescale Semiconductor i.MX25 contains an i.MX25-SK evaluation board, software development tools together with a hardware debug probe.

The evaluation board, using a i.MX257 device, features 32 Mbyte of SDRAM, 1 Gbyte of Flash memory and a 320 x 240 colour TFT LCD display. A range of on-board sensors includes key buttons, LEDs, potentiometer, 3-axis accelerometer, stepper motor and a speaker. Connectivity is provided by a wide variety of interfaces including; USB Host, Ethernet 10/100, UART, CAN and JTAG.

Freescale’s i.MX25 family of multimedia applications processors extends their existing ARM9 portfolio. Accommodating speeds of up to 400 MHz, having low power consumption and providing multiple connectivity options the family supports the growing needs of industrial and general embedded products, while allowing customers to reduce their overall system bill of materials cost.

The IAR KickStart Kit for Freescale i.MX25 contains a suite of software development tools, including IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM 32K KickStart edition, IAR visualSTATE evaluation edition.

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Leading RTOS & middleware players integrate with IAR Embedded Workbench to become part of unique development tools ecosystem

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May 26th 2010—Uppsala, Sweden—IAR Systems today announced the launch of their new RTOS & Middleware Partner Program for IAR Embedded Workbench. By selecting some of the best and most recognized RTOS products from around the world, the Program will provide a broad and comprehensive development tools ecosystem of RTOS and middleware products, all highly integrated with IAR Embedded Workbench.

Current companies have been selected for the program are: CMX, eForce, Express Logic, FreeRTOS, Micrium, Micro Digital, Quadros, Sciopta, SEGGER and Wittenstein. New partners may be added in the future.

With the growing usage of 32-bit architectures among IAR Embedded Workbench customers, and the development of more complex embedded systems, there is an increased demand for RTOSes and middleware. However, the choice of RTOS and middleware is very dependent on the embedded system being designed. Some of IAR Systems’ customers develop safety critical applications requiring an RTOS that compiles with high integrity standards. For other customers, it is the ability to support external communication such as TCP/IP and USB, or a very small memory footprint that are the important criteria. The IAR RTOS & Middleware Partner Program has been designed to meet these customer requirements, and to simplify the usage of RTOS and middleware in our customer’s embedded systems.

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New and Ultra Fast SEGGER J-Link Ultra is Now Available

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SEGGER Microcontroller today introduced a new member of its J-Link/J-Trace product family, the J-Link Ultra.

J-Link Ultra has been highly optimized for communication and debugging speed. While maintaining full compatibility with the regular J-Link, it significantly accelerates tasks such as debugging and flash programming.

Being the fastest in its class, the regular J-Link already sets a very high standard for debugging and download performance. J-Link Ultra raises the bar even higher, aiming to be the fastest emulator available.

The additional speed improvements have been made possible by a new high performance hardware design, utilizing Hi-Speed-USB, a faster CPU as well as hardware acceleration.

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IAR SYSTEMS AB now partners with CARNICA TECHNOLOGY in Austria, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia

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IAR SYSTEMS, the world's leading provider of software tools for embedded systems that enable large and small companies to develop premium products based on 8-, 16-, and 32-bit microcontrollers and CARNICA TECHNOLOGY continue to expand their cooperation in the embedded market.

Through Carnica Technology's sales and support organisation, products and services of IAR Systems are now available to customers in Austria, Hungary, Slovenija, Croatia and Serbia requiring advanced software development tools for embedded systems.

IAR Systems' YellowSuite™ is a comprehensive suite of development tools that covers the entire development process, offering a "One-Stop-Shopping" from Idea to Target to the professional developer.

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IAR SYSTEMS pioneers Low-Power Debugging

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Innovative technology marks significant advance in software development for low-power embedded systems.

IAR Systems announced an innovative technology specifically designed to enable software developers to reduce power consumption in embedded systems. With a rapidly increasing demand for low-power solutions in embedded systems, the new IAR Systems technology signifies a great leap in embedded software development, and advances the product leadership of the company.

The technology will start with new functionality in the world-leading IAR Embedded Workbench, and will continue with additional products and solutions as an integrated part of the core technology.

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CARNICA TECHNOLOGY now offers new training and support services for our Austrian customers. With a focus on object oriented programming in embedded systems, we offer new training courses:

• Object Oriented Programming Training
• • C++ for Embedded Systems
  • Using C++ in Embedded Systems
  • Design Patterns for Embedded Systems
• Start-Up Support - for customers new to UML/SysML
• Project Coaching - for quick implementation of new methods
• Webinars and Seminars - scheduled or on-demand: check the respective partner pages on our web site

SEGGER announces embOS for RENESAS RX 32-bit MCU

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SEGGER Microcontroller recently announced that embOS, the powerful, easy to use RTOS, is now available for the RX 32-bit microcontroller from Renesas.

The real-time kernel embOS supports a premium feature set, such as the embOSView tasklevel profiling tool, an unlimited number of tasks and no need for compile-time configuration. "Being the first vendor to offer an RTOS evaluation package for the new Renesas RX microcontroller shows our commitment to our relationship with Renesas. The efficiency and portability of embOS enabled us to create this port in a very short time. It has been a great opportunity to work with Renesas and gives us great pleasure to have formed a strong partnership with them," says Dirk Akemann, marketing manager of SEGGER.

Read more about the new MCU Support by SEGGER.

IAR Systems: Starter Kit for ARM Cortex-M0

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IAR Systems announces the availability of IAR KickStart kit for NXP LPC1114.

The kit contains all the necessary hardware and software to quickly design, develop, integrate and test Cortex-M0 applications. The NXP LPC111x family of devices are low-cost 32-bit MCUs designed for 8/16-bit applications and offer good performance, low power consumption, a simple instruction set and memory addressing together with small code size.

IAR KickStart Kit includes a development board fitted with the LPC1114 microcontroller, an 8K KickStart edition of IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM, anda 20-state evaluation edition of IAR visualSTATE.

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