Uppsala, Sweden—January 25, 2012—IAR Systems® today announced that its embedded software development toolchain IAR Embedded Workbench® now provides support for the new XMC4500 microcontrollers from Infineon Technologies, including examples for the modular Hexagon Development Kit.

The XMC4500 series of microcontrollers is dedicated to enable highly energy-efficient products with industrial interconnection capabilities. It features a configurable peripheral set, which allows setting up the controller according to the specific use cases in the various parts of an application. This is the first product generation from the XMC4000 microcontroller family, which is based on ARM® Cortex™-M4 processor. The XMC4000 family is focused on energy-efficient industrial applications, suitable for use in a variety of industrial applications including electric drives, solar inverters, and the automation of manufacturing and buildings.

“IAR Embedded Workbench is a widespread and important development environment for embedded microcontrollers, and we are pleased to see a strong commitment from IAR Systems for our XMC4000 microcontroller family”, comments Stephan Zizala, Senior Director, Industrial and Multimarket Microcontrollers at Infineon Technologies AG. “The ARM® Cortex™-M4 processor-based XMC4000 family offers application-optimized peripherals and outstanding real-time capabilities. The combination with the highly optimized code generated by the IAR C/C++ Compiler is a powerful solution for embedded applications.”

Support for the XMC4500 series is included in IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM from version 6.30.5.
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IAR Systems adds new functionality and device support to development tool suite for Atmel AVR

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Highlights in Version 6.11

• XMEGA USB Support
  Support has been added for the latest XMEGA USB parts.
• Improved JTAGICE3 support
  Stability when debugging using the JTAGICE3 In-System debug probe has been improved.
• Support for new devices
  Support for these new devices has been added:
• ATxmega64A1U
• ATxmega128A1U
• ATxmega64A4U
• ATxmega128A4U
• ATxmega64B1
• ATxmega128B1
• ATxmega64B3
• ATxmega128B3

Read more about the new IAR Embedded Workbench for Atmel AVR.

IAR Systems adds new functionality to development tool suite for Texas Instruments MSP430

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Uppsala, Sweden—November 30, 2011—IAR Systems® today announced the availability of new functionality in IAR Embedded Workbench® for Texas Instruments’ microprocessor family MSP430. The new version adds several new features, among which are Position-independent code and read-only data (ROPI), and Multithread support.

Most applications are designed to be placed at a fixed position in memory. However, it is sometimes useful to instead decide at runtime where to place the application. When using the added functionality of Position-independent code and read-only data (ROPI) the compiler will generate code that uses PC-relative references for addressing code and read-only data.

Read more about the new IAR Embedded Workbench for MSP430.

IAR eases software development for Renesas SH-based embedded systems

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IAR Systems announced the availability of version 2.20 of IAR Embedded Workbench for SH. The new product version is an important addition to IAR Systems broad portfolio of C and C++ tools for building and debugging embedded system software for Renesas MCUs. The new version of IAR Embedded Workbench for SH includes new optimizations and new powerful debugger functionality as well as integration with Subversion, one of the most popular version control systems on the market. The compiler has been improved to optimize for higher execution speed, compared to the previous version. These improvements include options for more aggressive loop unrolling and function inlining. Developers of C++ applications can now also benefit from Virtual Function Elimination, where unused virtual functions are removed during the build process, resulting in tighter object code.

The IAR C-SPY Debugger is an important part of the integrated development environment for SH. The simulator version of the debugger includes a new Timeline window allowing graphically correlated visualization of the call stack and the interrupt log, both plotted against time. This view provides a clear view of the system’s basic behavior. Also the E10A-USB emulator version of the IAR C-SPY Debugger provides new functionality. Support for software breakpoints is now included a nd it is also possible to set breakpoints during program execution.

The profiling tool can now present statistics based on trace data of the application’s performance. An increasingly high number of 32-bit designs are RTOS-based and IAR Embedded Workbench for SH now comes with thread-safe libraries, allowing safe execution of multiple threads at the same time. IAR Embedded Workbench provides full support for SH-2A/ SH-2A FPU devices, a popular choice both in the automotive industry and in industrial automation. Version 2.20 contains support for the latest SH devices from Renesas.

Read more about the new IAR Embedded Workbench for Renesas SuperH.

Using IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM version 6.30 in Your Next Embedded Design

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This webinar is intended for embedded software designers who are considering using IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM version 6.30 for their next embedded design project.This webinar will cover:

• Stack usage analysis
• Extended inline assembler
• Cortex-M3/M4 speed optimizations
• JTAGjet-Trace Integration
• ITM event plot
• ETM/ETB selection
• Function profiler exclude

Presenter: Shawn Prestridge, FAE IAR Systems
Duration: 15 minutes

New IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM v6.30 released

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IAR Systems has launched a new version of IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM. The new version adds significant speed optimizations and several new attractive features, making it even more powerful. It comes with 2,700 example projects and supports nearly 1,500 devices from 24 silicon vendors. Don’t forget to check it out.

Highlights in version 6.30

• Stack usage analysis
• Extended inline assembler
• Cortex-M3/M4 speed optimizations
• JTAGjet-Trace integration
• ITM event plot function in timeline window
• Function exclude mechanism in profiler
• Support for Texas Instruments Stellaris ICDI (new in 6.21.3)
• RTOS awareness support for AVIX-RT (new in 6.21.2)

Read more about the new IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM.

IAR Systems has announced that its development toolsuite IAR Embedded Workbench for 8051 now complies with the ISO/IEC 9899:1999 standard, also known as C99. The IAR C/C++ compiler is believed to be the world’s first compiler for the 8051 architecture to fully support C99. It is the current C standard, developed as an improvement of the previous C90 standard and introducing several new language features.

Being the current C programming standard, C99 is a warrant for future portability since more and more microcontroller architectures become supported by C99 compliant compilers. Most of IAR Systems’ compilers are compliant to the C99 standard, a fact that can make porting code between microcontroller architectures more efficient and safe.

IAR Embedded Workbench for 8051 is a set of reliable and powerful C and C++ tools for building and debugging embedded system software for embedded systems. It provides a user friendly integrated development environment including a project manager, editor, build tools and debugger. In a continuous workflow, source files and projects can be created, built and debugged on hardware or in a simulator.

Read more about the new version of IAR Embedded Workbench for 8051 with C99 compliance.

IAR Systems® announced at the Embedded Systems Conference in San Jose, USA, the new advancements in its innovative award-winning Power Debugging technology. Enhancements include the possibility to define power thresholds for filtering power data and to set power breakpoints, functionality that greatly simplify the process to accurately locate source code triggering unexpected levels of power consumption. Higher sampling rates of up to 10kHz also allows higher resolution in the correlation between power samples and source code.

Because the integrated power debug technology offered in IAR Embedded Workbench® requires no extra tools, software engineers are able to test and reduce the system’s power consumption during the normal software development. Power breakpoints and data filtering make the technology even easier to use since it automates some of the tasks and helps developers find the corresponding source code to power hot spots easier.

“Software engineers need an easy way to take control of the system’s power consumption. Our Power Debugging technology takes power consumption analysis out of the lab and brings it to every programmer’s desk. This way power tuning becomes integrated in the workflow” said Mats Ullström, Product Director, IAR Systems. “Not only does this speed up the development process for our customers when there are fewer iterations between software development and testing, it also allows the end product to be better optimized in terms of power consumption.”

IAR Systems’ Power Debugging technology has been awarded with Best Electronic Design 2010 by Electronic Design magazine, and is a finalist for the 2010 EDN Innovation Awards.

IAR Embedded Workbench is an integrated development environment incorporating the optimizing IAR C/C++ compiler and the versatile IAR C-SPY Debugger. Power Debugging is supported for ARM Cortex and Renesas RX targets. The new power breakpoint and filtering features are currently available in IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM version 6.21.

Evaluation versions can be downloaded from here.

SEGGER Embedded Software supports Energy Micro’s Cortex-M3 Gecko Microcontrollers

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Hilden (Germany), Oslo (Norway), December 7th, 2011 – SEGGER Microcontroller, a leading provider of software solutions for embedded applications, and Energy Micro, the energy friendly microcontroller and radio company, have announced that SEGGER’s high-performance embedded middleware suite now supports Energy Micro’s range of ultra low energy ARM® Cortex™-M3 based EFM32 Gecko microcontrollers.

The comprehensive feature-rich and high-performance software suite from SEGGER delivers an easy-to-use environment for embedded systems development, offering exceptionally low memory requirements, which minimizes Bill-of-Materials costs and enables significantly reduced power consumption overall. The middleware’s high performance also enables lower clock speed to further reduce system power consumption.

Specific tools from SEGGER supporting the Energy Micro EFM32 Gecko MCUs include: the real-time operating system embOS which offers multitasking with minimal resources and true zero interrupt latency; the embedded file system emFile which is optimized for minimum RAM memory consumption supporting SD-card, NAND and NOR flash memory with wear leveling; and the efficient emWin user interface, an LCD controller-independent graphical user interface (GUI) for applications requiring a graphics display. The high-quality graphical software, which runs with any display or any MCU, delivers flicker-free animation, optimized drawing routines with optional anti-aliasing, and a GUI builder for Window Objects (Widgets).

Thanks to the long-term partnership between the two companies, all Energy Micro development and starter kits are supplied with SEGGER’s J-Link emulation technology, and the latest Leopard and Giant Gecko development kits also include SEGGER´s advanced J-Trace.

SEGGER Microcontroller announced recently the free availability of the J-Link GDB-Server.

As the GNU-tool-chain gains ground in terms of performance and usability, GDB continues to grow in popularity. Per the numerous requests of this expanding community, SEGGER is now offering their professionally developed GDB-Server for free to all users of the SEGGER J-Link product line. The free GDB-server is now available for download as part of the J-Link Software and Documentation pack V4.35e.

 “With the now free GDB-Server the GNU community has easier access to the fastest debug emulator in the market. For an unlimited debug experience we also offer Flash Breakpoints. This option is included in our non-commercial J-Link EDU, which is especially attractive to educational institutions”, says Dirk Akemann, Partnership Marketing Manager at SEGGER.

Full product specifications are available here. The J-Link-Software is available here.

Contact us to purchase SEGGER J-Link.

SEGGER announces new RTOS embOS port for Renesas RL78

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SEGGER Microcontroller recently announced that embOS, the powerful, easy to use RTOS, is available for the RL78 from Renesas.The real-time kernel embOS supports a premium feature set, such as the embOSView task-level profiling tool, an unlimited number of tasks and no need for compile-time configuration.

The plug-in for IAR’s Embedded Workbench provides task-sensitive information. This allows the developer to monitor all relevant data from suspended tasks and running tasks during debug sessions.

SEGGER has a very long history with Renesas and especially with the predecessor of the RL78 the NEC 78k0. Several years ago Segger started the embOS development on an  NEC 78k0 processor that has now evolved into the RL78 cost-effective micro-controller with very low power consumption. Therefore it has been a logical step for us to offer a new embOS for this microcontroller. The small footprint and high performance of embOS complement the low-power-modes of the RL78 making both products a perfect match.

embOS is a high-performance real-time OS that has been optimized for minimum memory consumption in both RAM and ROM, as well as high speed and versatility. It supports fully nested interrupts for zero interrupt latency. embOS is a priority-controlled multi-tasking system, designed as an embedded operating system for real-time applications for all popular CPUs. It provides a migration path with identical APIs across all platforms.

embOS is available as full source code and comes with a simple licensing model without royalties. Full product specifications and a trial version are available.

SEGGER Microcontroller has delivered the first in-circuit programmers for the Renesas Electronics RX Series of microcontrollers. The Flasher RX is based on SEGGER’s well-established Flasher series of production and field service programmers.

The Flasher RX offers multiple connectivity options to easily integrate into any production environment. On the interface side, these options are Ethernet, USB and RS232.

The Flasher RX can be operated via terminal connection (RS232) and via the flash programming software J-Flash, which offers a graphical user interface as well as a command line interface. Another option is to set up the Flasher for stand-alone operation and start programming with a simple push of a button.

The Flasher RX has a memory of 64 MB for storing the target data. The data files can be updated via an RS232 interface, via the J-Flash software or via USB using the mass-storage-mode of the Flasher RX.

Read more information about SEGGER Flasher RX.

SEGGER Microcontroller now offers core products of the middleware and development tool portfolio as bundles with a selection of popular options and additional components.

Middleware product bundles are now available in Austria with a big price advantage, with savings of up to 33% compared to the sum of its individual components.Current bundle offers include:

• embOS/IP Pro Bundle – TCP/IP Protocol Stack with device driver, Web-Server and SMTP Client.
• emWin Pro Bundle – Complete Graphics Library with display driver, windows manager with widgets, memory devices for flickerfree animations and antialiasing.
• emFile Pro Bundle – FAT File System for embedded applications with long file name support, and device driver for NAND, NOR, CF/IDE and SD/MMC.
• emUSB Device Pro Bundle – USB Core, Bulk component, device driver, and Mass Storage Device Class, Communication Device Class and Human Interface Device Class components.

All bundles are available as source code versions for a maximum of flexibility and customization to the project.

A object code versions are also available, saving another 50% compared to the source code version.

In additon, there are bundle packages of SEGGER's Development Tools, offering savings even beyond 50% compared to their individual components:

• J-Link Pro Bundle, including J-Link JTAG Emulator, J-Flash, J-Link ARM RDI Interface, J-Link Flash Breakpoints, and J-Link GDB Server.
• J-Link Ultra Pro Bundle – same as previous bundle, except with super fast J-Link ULTRA as JTAG Emulator, with a maximum JTAG speed of up to 25 MHz.

Unicoi Systems, Inc. (Unicoi), a leading provider of Voice over IP (VoIP) solutions to the embedded device market, announces the arrival of InstaVoIP™ Module, the latest addition to Unicoi’s InstaVoIP product line. InstaVoIP Module is a standalone hardware module ready to be embedded into an existing hardware platform or used as the foundation of a new product.

Based on a powerful Analog Devices’ Blackfin® processor, InstaVoIP Module includes an Ethernet connection, 4 MB of Flash, 16MB of SDRAM, and a 96 KHz capable stereo audio codec.

InstaVoIP Module is based on Unicoi’s industry-leading embedded software including the Fusion RTOS, TCP/IP stack, Voice Engine, SIP stack, and VoIP Call Manager. Out-of-the-box, InstaVoIP Module is immediately capable of creating 5-way conference calls using the G.729 codec and still has enough free processing power to run user applications.

Greg Coonley, CEO and founder of Unicoi Systems, said, “Since InstaVoIP Module requires no upfront licensing fee, Unicoi has virtually eliminated the barrier of entry for creating VoIP-enabled products. Embedded developers can now add cost-effective VoIP functionality to their product offerings without having to become VoIP experts.”

The software for InstaVoIP Module is available in two varieties: a combination object code and ANSI C source code release, or a full ANSI C source code release. Sample applications using InstaVoIP Module include VoIP Phones, PSTN Gateways, Intercom Systems, Paging Devices, Emergency Phones, Radio over IP (RoIP) Gateways, and more.

Watch the VIDEO Tutorial and read more about UNICOI InstaVoIP Module.

Fusion Embedded Software Distribution Partnership in Central and Eastern Europe

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Effective immediately, UNCOI Systems products and services are provided by Carnica Technology in Austria, Germany, Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia and Switzerland.

Unicoi Systems is a leading provider of real-time voice, video and data software and reference designs to embedded device developers and OEMs worldwide. Founded in 2000 in Atlanta, Georgia, over 400 leading companies rely on Unicoi's Fusion Embedded™ Software to power their solutions.

Many of the most trusted names in device development, including Motorola, Ericsson, Sharp, Nokia, Raytheon, Scientific Atlanta (Cisco), Canon, HP, Sony, Philips and Thomson trust Unicoi Systems to enable their solutions. 

The Fusion line of software includes the Fusion TCP/IPv4/IPv6 networking stack, the most widely deployed stack in the world with thousands of design wins and hundreds of millions of Fusion network-enabled products shipping. 

Unicoi’s proven software and reference design solutions help our customers build scalable, reliable and high-performance solutions for the consumer electronics, VoIP telephony, in-vehicle/in-flight infotainment, medical instrumentation, defense & aerospace, and industrial controls industries.

Read more about our new solutions from UNICOI Systems for voice, networking and internet applications.

Software and Documentation Download Center

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Download and test software and read the full documentation from IAR Systems and SEGGER products before you decide to buy.

The evaluation editions of IAR Systems and SEGGER software are free of charge. Register with us and get access to the latest software versions.

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Download & Test IAR Systems Software:

• IAR Embedded Workbench: 30-day evaluation or Kickstart edition
• IAR visualSTATE

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Download & Test SEGGER Software:

• embOS RTOS for all supported MCU architectures
• emWin, emFile, emLoad
• embOS/IP, emUSB Device, emUSB Host
• Software & Documentation for Flasher Production Products
• Software & Documentation for J-Link related Products

IAR Systems presented a series of seminars together with its partners on November 10, 2010 at the ARM Technology Conference 2010, Santa Clara Convention Center.

Take the opportunity to watch these valuable seminar presentations for FREE.

• SEMINAR 1: ARM Microcontroller Debug and Trace Infrastructure

• SEMINAR 2: Taking Trace to the Next Level

• SEMINAR 3: Important Technology Factors for Energy Efficient Microcontroller Design

• SEMINAR 4: Debugging in the Power Domain

• SEMINAR 5: The Inefficiency of C++, Fact or Fiction?

IAR Embedded Workbench

See & Learn the new videos, featuring the IAR Embedded Workbench in practise:

• IAR Embedded Workbench Quick IDE
• IAR Systems Advanced Debugging Breakpoints
• IAR Embedded Workbench Optimization Levels
• IAR Embedded Workbench with MISRA C

 

IAR KickStart Kit Video Tutorials

• IAR KickStart Kit for STMicroelectronics STM32
• IAR KickStart Kit for Freescale i.MX25 ARM

 

Power Debugging Video Tutorial

Power debugging couples power consumption to the application code and can help users extend battery life time in embedded systems. This new dimension of software debugging is innovated by IAR Systems.

• Introduction: Power Debugging in Embedded Software Development
• Overview: Power-Debugging

Watch the Video Tutorial about Power Debugging.

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