Crossware Releases Software Suites for FLT-68K Microprocessor Trainer.Business Editors CAMBRIDGE, UK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 2, 2001 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 released two suites of software for the FLT-68K Microprocessor Trainer, one of the leading systems for teaching microprocessor and control principles to electronic engineering and computing students worldwide. The new Crossware software brings full source level debugging (programming) debugging - The process of attempting to determine the cause of the symptoms of malfunctions in a program or other system. These symptoms may be detected during testing or use by real users. capabilities to this platform as well as C and assembler language support and source level simulation, accelerating the training process and allowing students to experience the benefits of industrial strength development tools. The FLT-68K Microprocessor Trainer is manufactured by Flite Electronics (www.flite.co.uk). Crossware has been supplying software tools to go with this hardware since 1986. These have been used in conjunction with the FLT-68K firmware with its text based Also called "character based," it refers to handling text and not graphics. Simple charts and illustrations may be drawn, but they are limited to a set of special characters that are strung together to make up lines and shades (see OEM font). command-line interface. Crossware has now replaced this original firmware with its own 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. monitor. This interfaces to Crossware's advanced Windows development environment to provide full source level debugging. The new debug monitor supports all of the system commands of the original firmware so all existing FLT-68K programs will run unmodified Adj. 1. unmodified - not changed in form or character unqualified - not limited or restricted; "an unqualified denial" modified - changed in form or character; "their modified stand made the issue more acceptable"; "the performance of the modified aircraft with the new system. Two software suites are available. The first is the FLT-68K Training Suite - Standard Edition. This includes a relocatable macro cross-assembler, source level simulation and source level debugging and comprehensive documentation all accessible from within Crossware's advanced Embedded Development Studio. The second is the FLT-68K Training Suite - Advanced Edition. This incorporates all of the features of the Standard Edition and adds an advanced ANSI C (language, standard) ANSI C - (American National Standards Institute C) A revision of C, adding function prototypes, structure passing, structure assignment and standardised library functions. ANSI X3.159-1989. cgram is a grammar for ANSI C, written in Scheme. compiler and libraries. Both new and existing FLT-68K users throughout the world will appreciate the ease of use of this new system coupled with the backward compatibility See backward compatible. (jargon) backward compatibility - Able to share data or commands with older versions of itself, or sometimes other older systems, particularly systems it intends to supplant. with all of the existing training material and associated examples. For more information about the FLT-68K Training Suites 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. PLEASE NOTE: The text for this release is available from the Crossware web site at http://www.crossware.com/press/october01 |
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