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After supplying all your Embedded Development
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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 Stay well I wish you all success in your future projects.
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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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Power PC 5xx & 8xx development tools
The USB Multilink Universal FXThis greatly simplify the task of programming and debugging embedded target systems. They allow a PC to communicate with a target processor through a high-speed USB interface at the PC and a debug port at the micro. The PC can then control the microprocessor via the debug port of the target. If you are unfamiliar with the use of "On-Chip-Debugging" we have a short tutorial Both support the Cortex (see below † ) as well as the NXP/Freescale architectures
And have these Features
Target Frequency: 16Khz-50Mhz (applies to HCS08, RS08, CFV1, S12Z, or HCS12X only) Target Auto-frequency detection for HC(S)12(X,Z), HCS08 + trimming capabilities for HCS08 devices. Generates programming voltage on RESET line for RS08 devices. Includes ribbon cables for all supported architecture |
For Synchronous architectures such as the 683xx, HC16, Cortex, Kinetis, Qorivva, Coldfire V2-V4, Power Architecture PX Series and the DSC the communications can run at 4 to 10 times faster than the Universal or the USB Multilink Universal or the older parallel Multilink interfaces.
Also it can provide 200 mA power to target MCU and it provides I/O line clamping for added protection |
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Development Software supportBy adding the Flash Programming Software these units can program Flash memory and EEPROMs on the chip or attached to it. They are suitable for both development and small production runs As these chips are no longer being actively developed by NXP/Freescale call COMSOL to discuss interfacing with any development software you may wish to use. PEmicro can provide... AssemblerA simple command line assembler adequate for many small applications ( no linker but the source file can have multiple includes). It provides macros and conditional assembly. In Circuit DebuggerA windows package that via the cable provides all the services of a debugger providing as it does access to the contents of variables and registers along with control of the CPU's execution via Breakpoints and Run commands. Unit programsA set of C library calls that provide an API for using the BDM interface. Ideal for those who need to write their own PC based test or diagnostics programs. The standard version includes a license for 5 units. The distribution version provides unlimited production of applications. |
PPC 5xx/8xx Flash Programming SoftwareAn interactive flash programming software package that allows you to program/reprogram both internal and external flash devices in-circuit, via a PEmicro interface cable. Perfect for development, production line programming, or field firmware upgrades. PEmicros products contains our entire library of setup files for this processor, and includes both interactive and command-line versions for use in development and production. To see which Flash devices PEmicro support follow this link . Flash memory functions are :
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Cyclone 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.
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| For an overview of PEmicro products | Summary of PEmicro tools for programming most NXP/Freescale Families from HCS08 to PPC, Arm Cortex, Renesas, Hitachi and STMicro devices. |
| For information on BDM cables and software | How Background Debug Mode works as well as software using it including Debugger and Flash Programmer. |
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