BREXIT
Like all the politicians ------- we
don't know Whats going to happen or when.
However we have taken some steps to
help us maintain our service to our customers (
and lets be honest to ensure that we have something to
sell while all the shouting goes on ).
One thing we can be sure of --------
there will be import / export / tariff / exchange rate
chaos for at least two months while our shippers work
out what the new rules are. This may well
introduce delays in getting our products in from Germany
and USA increasing our lead times.
We will
be increasing our stock holdings for our most popular
products in advance of the date so we can maintain our
reputation for fulfilling most orders the next day. In
addition we
have forward purchased Dollars and Euros so that we do
not have to change our prices every time the exchange
rate goes into a tailspin.
If sales of your products include goods
purchased from us - especially if they are not
our best seller product lines then you should consider making
a 2 months purchase in advance of the 29th March current
deadline. If in doubt give Chris a call to talk
over your ideas.
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CAN FD interfaces now
available
The latment to the CAN standard is CAN
FD
in which the data segment of the CAN message is
transmitted at up to 10 times faster than the 1Mbit rate
of CAN 2.0B.
For details of CAN FD see our
Updated Tutorial
Both single and double CAN channel USB FD interfaces
and PCI are now available from Peak.
See our CAN FD page
For "everyday use" our low cost
CAN-USB 2.0B
interface is now only £165.00
Peaks 120 page Catalogue of CAN interfaces, Modules
and Software is available but be warned its a
24MBytes
download
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PEmicros ARM support
includes more chips
and an ultra low price cable
The PEmicro USB Multilink ACP and the Cyclone
ACP production FLASH
programmer will now program the ATMEL SAMxxx, STM32,
NXP M0,M3,M4, NXP/Freescale Kinetis (all), S32, TI-Stellaris
LM3S,LM4,TM4C12xx, Infineon XMC4xxx, Maxim 716xx,
Silicon Labs EFM32,SiM3, Cypress PSoC®4, Toshiba
TX00,TX03,TX04 as well as a wide range of on and off
chip SPI and off chip flash memories,
For users
who want the cheapest Cortex debug cable USB Multilink ACP
With these features
Fast, hassle-free USB 2.0 communications
interface
Draw power directly from the USB
port – no external power supply needed
Multi-voltage support for targets ranging
from 1.6 to 5.25 Volts
Target Frequency: 16Khz-50Mhz
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See ARM support page
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Cyclone Universal
On Chip flash programmer and Debugger
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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 |
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† see above
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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 see
Cyclone
Universal FX
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CPU Support and features are as for the Cyclone Universal
with the following enhancements :-
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USB 2.0 link now supports
"High-speed" protocol (up to 480Mb/sec link to the PC).
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1 Gbyte internal memory, no
practical limit to # of images held.
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SDHC Port for even more space.
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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.
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Additional security features
include ensuring that if you outsource your production no
one can "run off a few units" without you knowing.
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PEmicros low cost high
speed
USB Universal On Chip Debugging
Interface
The USB Multilink Universal On-Chip-Debugging cable supports most
NXP/Freescale
chips and with suitable software can be used for Flash
Programming and Debugging embedded target systems. It
works with JTAG, SWD and BDM On-Chip-Debugging
protocols.
If you are unfamiliar with the use of "On-Chip-Debugging" we have a
short tutorial
It support these NXP/Freescale
architectures:- Cortex M4 (see above) , Kinetis (JTAG and SWD), ColdFire V1, +V1 and
V2 - 4 , Qorivva MPC55xx/56xx/57xx, HC(S)12(X), S12Z, HCS08, RS08 and DSC series.
Includes are ribbon cables for all supported
architectures
Fast, hassle-free USB 2.0 communications
interface
Draw their power directly from the USB
port – no external power supply needed
Multi-voltage support for targets ranging
from 1.6 to 5.25 Volts
Auto-frequency detection for HC(S)12(X), HCS08
+ trimming capabilities for HCS08 devices.
Generates programming voltage on RESET line for RS08
devices.
For more details.
Aside from supporting a wider
range of chips ( add 68K,HC16, PX & PPC 5xx/8xx) a major attraction of the
Universal FX version is
that for Synchronous architectures such
as the Kinetis, Qorivva, Coldfire V2-V4, 683xx, HC16, Power
Architecture PX Series and the DSC the communications can run at 4 to 10
times faster than the older Multilink interfaces giving faster downloading
of code and uploading of debug information.
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What's New
Site last updated 21/1/19
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Features
- Our popular
CAN
tutorial now includes details of the latest FD
standard
- Free White Paper
An Introduction to TCP/IP on Embedded Micros.
- MicroNet TCP/IP
for Embedded Micros now with Wireless Ethernet
802.11b support.
- Our series of
Embedded Tutorials
gives you a fast introduction to CAN and USB for
embedded engineers and to a number of CPU families
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- BDM & JTAG Debuggers
- Real time operating systems or executives in C
- TCP/IP stacks
- C and C++ compilers and simulators
- Drivers for GUIs
- USB Host and Device Stacks
- Embedded file systems
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Information Zone |
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Do you need to quickly become knowledgeable about a CPU
family or Embedded USB, CAN or TCP/IP or On-Chip
Debugging ?
If so we
have prepared a series of short Technology Tasters to
get you up to speed with the Micros, Standards and jargon.
We hope you will find them informative.
For each Microprocessor chip family (over
100
are listed) our Supported Chips Directory shows all the
software and hardware available for developing
applications for that family.
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Price
Price is always part of any engineering decision so we have
always tried to publish prices along with our technical literature.
Those items which are normally supplied from stock have their
price held on our web shop - you can move back and forward to
look at technical information without loosing the contents of
your shopping basket. The
prices shown on the web shop are for cash with order purchase within
the UK for a wide range of products that are normally available
for next day shipping with following day delivery or at worst on a 5
to 10 day turnaround <see BREXIT note top of page> and
the web site prices do not include VAT (20%) or shipping.
Prices shown on the web site that are sourced from companies in
the EU and US may regrettably be out of date given the fast moving
exchange rate variations of the current economic climate - call
for up to date prices.
Prices for international purchases are essentially the same but additional costs must be covered and the paperwork
is more complex. Follow this link for details of
International
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About us
Computer Solutions Ltd or COMSOL for short has been in business for
40 years this Sept selling embedded development tools and working on consultancy projects. During this time our consultancy activities have ranged from designing true single chip applications to
one system which has over 7,000 linked microprocessors (and that
was before the days of the internet).
We like a technical challenge and many of the products described on this site have come onto our books as the result of responding to a clients need. So if you don’t see the answer to your embedded design problem on the site, drop us an email or give us a call and we will try to find you the tool you are looking for.
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