ColdFire CAN Programs in under Two Minutes with Crossware Code Creation Wizards.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CAMBRIDGE, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 18, 2003 Utilizing its ColdFire Development Suite and the Code Creation Wizards, Crossware (www.crossware.com), a leading embedded software Instructions that permanently reside in a ROM or flash memory chip. Embedded software may be immediately available to the CPU or, for faster execution, may be transferred to RAM first and then executed. tools developer, can create from scratch embedded CAN programs for Motorola's ColdFire MCF5282 microcontroller in just under 1 minute and 34 seconds. "It is difficult to explain in words just how easy and quick it is to create a CAN program using our Development Suite," said Alan Harry, Crossware's founder and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "Consequently, we decided to record the whole process so that developers can see exactly how it's done. The complete video lasts less than 2 minutes and can be viewed along with the source code that the Wizard generates." Crossware's ColdFire Development Suite includes a number of Code Creation Wizards to help the programmer write code for the MCF5282 microcontroller. The CAN Code Creation Wizard is particularly useful because setting up the CAN controller registers and message buffers is normally a complicated process. However, using Crossware's CAN Code Creation Wizard the programmer can build a complete functional program that will transmit and receive CAN messages without any previous experience and with no learning curve. Not a single line of code has to be written. Developers can view a demonstrator video at http://www.crossware.com/can. An evaluation version of Crossware's ColdFire Development Suite can also be downloaded allowing programmers to generate complete CAN programs of their own. For more information about the ColdFire Development Suite or any product from Crossware, please contact Alan Harry, Crossware, Old Post House, Silver Street, Litlington, Royston, Herts, SG8 0QE, UK, tel: + 44 (0) 1763 853500 or fax + 44 (0) 1763 853330, alan@crossware.com. About Crossware (www.crossware.com) Crossware is a leading developer of programmer-friendly C cross compilers and other development tools for embedded systems Embedded systems Computer systems that cannot be programmed by the user because they are preprogrammed for a specific task and are buried within the equipment they serve. based on the 8051, ColdFire, 68000, 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 and other chip families. Host environments include Windows 9x Refers to Windows 95, 98 and ME. (operating system) Windows 9X - A shorthand meaning Windows 95 or Windows 98. , Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. , Windows 2000 and Windows XP The previous client version of Windows. XP was a major upgrade to the client version of Windows 2000 with numerous changes to the user interface. XP improved support for gaming, digital photography, instant messaging, wireless networking and sharing connections to the Internet. . The company, founded by Alan Harry in 1984, is headquartered in the UK at Litlington on the outskirts of Cambridge. Crossware's products are used throughout the world by professional developers, educational establishments and hobbyists. |
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