Crossware Enhances Coldfire Suite with Support For MCF5282 Microcontroller.Business Editors CAMBRIDGE, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 4, 2003 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 Development Suite by adding support for Motorola's ColdFire MCF5282 microcontroller A single chip that contains the processor (the CPU), non-volatile memory for the program (ROM or flash), volatile memory for input and output (RAM), a clock and an I/O control unit. . The MCF5282 is the first microcontroller based on Motorola's 32-bit ColdFire core. It features 512-Kbyte of on-chip flash, 64-Kbyte of on-chip static RAM A fast memory technology that requires power to hold its content. Static RAM (SRAM, S-RAM) is used for high-speed registers, caches and relatively small memory banks such as a frame buffer on a display adapter. and a rich set of on-chip peripherals including CAN and Ethernet controllers. Crossware's ColdFire Development Suite enables the chip to run in conventional master mode accessing external flash and DRAM and it will also operate in single-chip mode booting and running from internal memory. The Crossware environment allows the user to rapidly take advantage of the many features of the MCF5282. Access to the registers of the on-chip peripherals via a set of predefined structures allows the programmer to immediately start writing configuration code in C. The assembler Software that translates assembly language into machine language. Contrast with compiler, which is used to translate a high-level language, such as COBOL or C, into assembly language first and then into machine language. supports the additional instructions A charge given to a jury by a judge after the original instructions to explain the law and guide the jury in its decision making. Additional instructions are frequently needed after the jury has begun deliberations and finds that it has a question concerning the evidence, a added to the MCF5282 instruction set - and the simulator fully simulates these too. In addition, Code Creation Wizards are provided which will create configuration code and also outline interrupt handlers with just a few clicks of the mouse. For example, the CAN controller, oscillator oscillator Mechanical or electronic device that produces a back-and-forth periodic motion. A pendulum is a simple mechanical oscillator that swings with a constant amplitude, requiring the addition of energy at each swing only to compensate for the energy lost because of air , cache and chip selects can be configured in seconds and outline interrupt handlers for the CAN controller can be created automatically. Code Creation Wizards were first introduced to Crossware's ColdFire tools to speed the development of programs for Motorola's MCF5249 audio microprocessor. The addition of a Code Creation Wizard for the MCF5282's CAN controller is particularly useful as it simplifies what is traditionally a time-consuming and error-prone process when programmed by hand. Crossware's ColdFire Development Suite supports the advanced MCF5407 chip as well as the series 2 and series 3 ColdFire cores, and allows developers to create, build and 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. 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 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, |
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