Crossware Enhances Coldfire Suite with Support For Freescale MCF5207 and MCF5208 Chips.CAMBRIDGE, England -- 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, has enhanced its ColdFire(R) Development Suite by adding support for Freescale Semiconductor's MCF5207 and MCF5208 ColdFire microprocessors. This support includes a utility that allows programmers to integrate Freescale's dBug ROM monitor software instantly into the Crossware development environment allowing developers to be debugging this firmware within minutes. In addition, Crossware has added support for 64-bit integer arithmetic Arithmetic without fractions. A computer performing integer arithmetic ignores any fractions that are derived. For example, 8 divided by 3 would yield the whole number 2. See integer. to its ColdFire C compiler Noun 1. C compiler - a compiler for programs written in C compiling program, compiler - (computer science) a program that decodes instructions written in a higher order language and produces an assembly language program as this is becoming an essential requirement for modern embedded systems. 64-bit integer arithmetic is used extensively, for instance, for checksum A value used to ensure data are stored or transmitted without error. It is created by calculating the binary values in a block of data using some algorithm and storing the results with the data. calculations in Freescale's compressed audio reference software. The MCF5208 is a high speed microprocessor based on the V2 ColdFire Core. It includes a wide range of connectivity peripherals, an integrated DDR SDRAM memory controller and an enhanced multiply and accumulate unit (eMAC). Distributed clocking allows the on-chip modules to be separately enabled and disabled which, in conjunction with a low power clock divider, makes a low power implementation particularly practical. Many developers wish to use Freescale's dBug ROM monitor software as a starting point for their own application. This is particularly easy with the lastest Crossware release because a new utility allows the complete dBug source tree and build settings to be imported, in a matter of seconds, into the Crossware graphical development environment. Developers can complete a build and download cycle within minutes of unzipping the Freescale files. Additionally Crossware's FireFly USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. BDM BDM Black Divorced Male BDM Business Development Manager BDM Background Debug(ger) Mode BDM Bund Deutscher Mädel (League of German Girls during the Third Reich, akin to Hitler Youth) (background debug To correct a problem in hardware or software. Debugging software means locating the errors in the source code (the program logic). Debugging hardware means finding errors in the circuit design (logical circuits) or in the physical interconnections of the circuits. mode) interface allows rapid download of the firmware into flash. Crossware's ColdFire Development Suite allows developers to create, build and debug their ColdFire programs both with and without hardware. The totally integrated, user-friendly environment accelerates the development process and significantly reduces new product time-to-market. 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. |
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