Altium introduces ColdFire support to TASKING 68K toolset; Development environment and CrossView Pro debugger also significantly updated.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SYDNEY, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 10, 2003 Altium Limited (ASX ASX See: Australian Stock Exchange :ALU (Arithmetic Logic Unit) The high-speed CPU circuit that does calculating and comparing. Numbers are transferred from memory into the ALU for calculation, and the results are sent back into memory. Alphanumeric data are sent from memory into the ALU for comparing. ), a leading developer of Windows-based electronics design software, is pleased to announce the release of version 10.0 of its TASKING 68K embedded software development toolset. In the new release, the toolset has been enhanced to support ColdFire microprocessors as well as new Motorola 68K & CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. 32 derivatives (including the DragonBall 68xx328 series). Other major enhancements include a more intuitive Embedded Development Environment (EDE E·de A city of western Nigeria northeast of Ibadan. A center of Yoruba culture, it is in a cocoa-growing region. Population: 248,000. ) and a next-generation version of the CrossView Pro debugger. "In response to customer feedback and the growing popularity of ColdFire microprocessors, we have now developed ColdFire support into our 68K toolset," says Harm-Andre Verhoef, TASKING product manager, Altium. "TASKING customers will also be pleased with the significant improvements to the EDE and debugger which will vastly increase ease of use and contribute to higher code quality." Extensively redesigned interfaces for both the EDE and the next-generation CrossView Pro debugger in v10.0 results in a more intuitive environment and enhanced ease of use for developers. The re-arranged menu structures, improved dialogs, and new context-sensitive help features make the toolset easy to learn and use Easy to learn refers to software that is well designed and capable of being used right away without having to wade through documentation. If you make the program work with little effort, it is easy to learn. . Dramatic enhancements to the EDE give developers better control over the initialization in·i·tial·ize tr.v. in·i·tial·ized, in·i·tial·iz·ing, in·i·tial·iz·es Computer Science 1. To set (a starting value of a variable). 2. To prepare (a computer or a printer) for use; boot. 3. of applications and many new productivity-enhancing features. For example, the addition of a treeview menu makes project navigation much easier and enables developers to have full control over the configuration of their project including the setup of all tools, such as the compiler. In the CrossView Pro debugger, the new dialog design allows more flexible breakpoint The location in a program used to temporarily halt the program for testing and debugging. Lines of code in a source program are marked for breakpoints. When those instructions are about to be executed, the program stops, allowing the programmer to examine the status of the program configuration, and probe point support allows data to be retrieved from and injected into an application at run-time using I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output simulation. Pricing and availability The TASKING 68K/ColdFire toolset is a complete, integrated embedded software development toolset consisting of the TASKING EDE, C/C C/C Center to Center C/C Combustion Chamber C/C Command/Control C/C Crew Chief C/C cabin cruiser (US DoD) C/C chief complaint (medical) C/C Channel-to-Channel C/C Communication and Collaboration ++/EC++ compiler, assembler, linker/locator and CrossView Pro BDM/JTAG, ROM monitor and simulator debugger. The product is available for PC/Windows and Sun/Solaris. Prices start at US$2,590 for the C/C++/EC++ compiler and CrossView Pro simulator debugger package for PC/Windows. For more product information, or to download a demo version visit www.altium.com/tasking/ or go to www.altium.com/tasking/company/contact.html for the details of your nearest Altium sales and support center. About Altium Limited Altium Limited (ASX:ALU) is a leading global developer and supplier of electronics design software for the Microsoft Windows environment. Since the company's foundation in 1985 and its release of the world's first Microsoft Windows-based printed circuit board design tool in 1991, Altium has continued to apply the most advanced software development methods to provide powerful, easy-to-use and affordable design tools to electronics engineers, designers, and developers worldwide. Altium's products cover a range of hardware and software electronics design processes, and the current brands include nVisage, Protel, P-CAD, TASKING, CircuitMaker and CAMtastic. Altium is headquartered in Sydney, Australia, and operates a number of sales and support offices in Australia, the United States, Japan and Europe, as well as maintaining a large reseller network in all other major markets. Prior to August 6, 2001, Altium Limited traded as Protel International Limited (ASX:PRI PRI: see Institutional Revolutionary party. (Primary Rate Interface) An ISDN service that provides 23 64 Kbps B (Bearer) channels and one 64 Kbps D (Data) channel (23B+D), which is equivalent to the 24 channels of a T1 line. ). More information about the company and its products and services may be obtained from our website at www.altium.com. Note to Editors: Altium, Protel, DXP, Design Explorer, nVisage, P-CAD, TASKING, Accolade, CircuitMaker, CAMtastic, Situs [Latin, Situation; location.] The place where a particular event occurs. For example, the situs of a crime is the place where it was committed; the situs of a trust is the location where the trustee performs his or her duties of managing the trust. and Topological Autorouting and their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Altium Limited or its subsidiaries. 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