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After supplying all your  Embedded Development Tool needs for 42 years
 Computer Solutions Ltd and its web shop are now closed.

  

 
 

 Having reached the grand old age of 75 it is time to relax and fulfil other ambitions.

 Its been an exciting ride with you, our customers, often on the bleeding edge of technology
 and I thank you for your friendship, your trust, and your orders.

Stay well        I wish you all success in your future projects.

Chris Stephens.

 

R4

     But what to do with the web site ?  It has taken >12 man years of work to create a repository of knowledge on many aspects of the art and science of embedded microprocessor development and even after closing the shop it still gets over 4,000 visitors per month.  So as a service to my customers I have decide to keep it live providing my technical insights on the products and then redirecting viewers to sites where they can purchase the items they used to buy from us. Follow the link   "Home"

       The  "Information zone"  consists of articles produced as background tutorials on subjects of interest to those designing new products.  As different CPUs have became available this has lead to new development techniques and in particular to new ways of communicating between nodes.

 

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Cyclone Universal LC flash programmers


 

The ultimate range of production and debugging tools 
for Embedded Flash CPUs

 

    The Cyclone Universal LC                       For more details of this product  Cyclone Universal

 

 

Works with Kinetis, ARM Cortex , ColdFireV1--4,
  MPC55xx/56xx/57xx Qorivva (AKA Nexus), MPC5xx/8xx,
Power Architecture S32, PX, DSC, MC56F8xx
STMicroelectronics SPC56,

 MAC7xxx (ARM)

68HC08  HCS08/RS08

 68HC12/S12

S12X/12Z

 

Cyclone Universal Flash programing tool
  • 4.3" Touch screen

  • 16 MBytes available for storing up to 8 separate downloads and programming algorithms

  • Automatic frequency detection of target

  • Target power switching

  • Works with 1.6V-5.2V targets

  • Includes cables and software for flash programming all supported CPUs and external Flash devices

  • Can provide serial numbering

  • An API is available for integration into ATE systems

 

  • Connects to PC via Ethernet, USB 2 (Full Speed) and serial port

  • Interactive Windows driven Flash Programming or remote controlled programming

  • Or as a standalone programmer

  • Will operate as a BDM debugger  --- its Ethernet port makes it super fast and it is supported by many popular development environments including GCC/GDB, Keil, CodeWarror, Kinetis Design Studio

 

† ARM Cortex M4 currently supports the following families:  ATMEL SAMxxx, STM32, NXP M0,M3,M4, NXP/Freescale Kinetis (all), S32, LPC, i.MX TI-Stellaris LM3S,LM4,TM4C12xx, Infineon XMC4xxx, Maxim 716xx, Silicon Labs EFM32, ERF32, SiM3, Cypress PSoC®4, PSoC®5, PSoC®6, Toshiba TX00,TX03,TX04  On-Bright OB90R,  Nordic semi nRF51, nRF52,  Silergy MAX716xx  For latest list of chips see http://www.pemicro.com/cyclone/index.cfm#support and it will also program a wide range of on and off chip SPI and off chip flash memories. 

 

And now with faster links to both the PC and the target the Cyclone Universal FX  can speed up the production line and add extra security to your programming process. ......... For more details of this product  Cyclone Universal FX

 

 

CPU Support and features are as for the Cyclone Universal with the following enhancements :-

  • USB 2.0 link now supports "High-speed" protocol (up to 480Mb/sec link to the PC).

  • 1 Gbyte internal memory, no practical limit to # of images held.

  • SDHC Port for even more space.

  • For most recent CPUs ( e.g. Cortex M0-4, Qorivva, HC16/683xx, Coldfire  and MPC5xx/8xx )  a variant of the communication link to the target is provided that increases the download speed to a max of 25Mb/sec giving up to 5 x faster download of data.

  • Additional security features include ensuring that if you outsource your production no one can "run off a few units" without you knowing.

Cyclone Universal Flash programing tool


The Cyclone Universals can both be used in 4 different modes:

A Software Development Kit is available that allows multiple Cyclones to be driven by a single CPU for economical operation in large production environments.

 

For prices of Cyclone Universal, FX and options visit eVision Systems Web Shop

 

Automated Control Package

These Windows packages include a command line driven application, Cyclone Launch a batch control system and a set of DLLs providing a range of features of value when using the Cyclone in production situations :-
Basic Edition -----  Free Download ----  Controls  a single Cyclone from a PC via USB or Ethernet allowing one Programming Image to be held on the Cyclone which does not have to be downloaded every time so increasing performance.
Professional Edition -----  Controls  up to 3 Cyclones from a PC via USB or Ethernet, allowing up to 8 Programming Images, which do not have to be downloaded every time, to be changed on the fly and dynamic data such as serial numbers to manipulated from the PC. Supported devices can be programmed in parallel, even if they are different devices with different data.
Enterprise Edition -----  As for the Pro version but unlimited numbers of Cyclones may be controlled from a single PC, More than 8 images can exist on the Cyclones and Licences for 5 end user PCs are included.  Also provided is a full description of the RS232 and Ethernet command Protocols so that non Windows users can implement similar functionality.

 

For more Information:

An overview of PEmicro products Summary of PEmicro tools for programming most NXP/NXP/Freescale Families from HCS08 to PPC,  Arm Cortex, Renesas, Hitachi and STMicro devices


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