Motorola announces a new fully modular development system; the Motorola Modular Evaluation System joins the Motorola Modular Development System.AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 20, 1996--Motorola's Customer Specified Integrated Circuits Integrated circuits Miniature electronic circuits produced within and upon a single semiconductor crystal, usually silicon. Integrated circuits range in complexity from simple logic circuits and amplifiers, about 1/20 in. (1. (CSIC (Customer Specific Integrated Circuit) Pronounced "c-sick." Another term for ASIC, which was coined by Motorola. Some feel this is a more accurate description of an ASIC chip. See ASIC. ) Microcontroller Division Tuesday announced its new Motorola Modular Evaluation System (MMEVS MMEVS Motorola Modular Evaluation System ). The MMEVS is an economical two-board emulation environment for the efficient design, 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. and evaluation of the 68HC(7)05 and 68HC(7)08 families of microcontrollers. It joins the popular, high- performance Motorola Modular Development System (MMDS (Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service or Microwave Multipoint Distribution Service) A digital wireless transmission system that works in the 2.2-2.4 GHz range. ) in providing designers a complete system development solution. The MMEVS extends the emulation performance beyond that of the EVS EVS European Voluntary Service EVS Environmental Science EVS Electric Vehicle Symposium EVS Enhanced Vision System EVS environmental studies EVS European Values Study EVS Electronic Verification System EVS Extreme Voltage Shutdown and EVM EVM Earned Value Management EVM Evaluation Module EVM Error Vector Magnitude EVM Electronic Voting Machine EVM Expert Group on Vitamins and Minerals EVM Economic Value Management EVM Extraneous Vegetable Matter EVM Extra-Value Meal EVM Electronic Voltmeter by supporting full, real-time, nonintrusive, in-circuit emulation for the new high-speed devices (68HSC HSC - High Speed Connect 05) in the HC05 family and the new HC08 architecture. The MMEVS also extends emulation support to all low-voltage HC05/HC08 derivatives. Additional enhancements include true source level debugging, up to six-times faster downloads, 64 hardware breakpoints and enhanced scripting to allow automatic execution of a sequence of MMEVS commands. The common hardware, firmware and software design of the MMEVS and MMDS also provide great flexibility in mixing and matching Motorola hardware tools with the ever-increasing variety of C compilers, assemblers and integrated development environment See IDE. integrated development environment - interactive development environment product offerings from Motorola's third-party developer companies. "Through the MMEVS and MMDS, developers will be able to develop and debug applications more efficiently, more thoroughly and more economically," said Scott Anderson, corporate vice president and general manager of Motorola's CSIC Microcontroller Division. "Our beta tests with this product received high marks, and we expect that the industry will enjoy the benefits of having such an advanced and fully integrated emulation platform." The MMEVS consists of a platform board and an Emulation Module (EM) that adapts emulator functionality to any of a variety of 68HC(7)05 or 68HC(7)08 microcontrollers. Connected to a target system, the emulator replicates the actual target system MCU (1) (MicroController Unit) A computer on a single chip. See microcontroller. (2) (Multipoint Control Unit) A device that is used to moderate a videoconference of three or more end points (users at computers or groups of users . An Integrated Development Environment (IDE) allows for quick edits and changes to assembly code, which makes design, debug and real-time evaluation of the target system application as efficient as possible. This economical system can be used to perform traditional debugging activities such as executing code in run or step mode, setting breakpoints, monitoring or modifying 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. registers, memory and application variables and creating log or script files to record test results or create test suites. The MMEVS platform board and the device-specific Emulation Module (EM) are separately purchased components. The MMEVS Platform Board (M68MMPFB0508) includes an IDE (including editor, assembler and debugger); 9-lead RS-232 serial cable; 9-to-25-pin serial cable adapter; and MMEVS user manuals. Add a device-specific Emulation Module (EM), a user-supplied 5V, 1A power supply and optional target cables to complete an MMEVS system. The MMDS is still available as a high-end full-featured emulator system. In addition to incorporating the debug features of the MMEVS, the MMDS adds advanced features such as real-time, dual- ported memory and a bus state analyzer to capture user-defined bus cycles or events. These advanced debugging features help shorten the development cycle. The MMEVS Platform system (M68MMPFB0508) has a suggested list price of $395. The Emulation Modules (EM) suggested list prices range from $295 to $595. The CSIC Microcontroller Division is a business unit within Motorola's Microcontroller Technologies Group, with headquarters in Austin. With 1995 worldwide sales of $8.5 billion, Motorola's Semiconductor Products Sector is the largest U.S.-based broad line supplier of semiconductor solutions. Motorola is one of the world's leading providers of wireless communications, semiconductors and advanced electronic systems, components and services. Major equipment businesses include cellular telephone, two-way radio, paging and data communications, personal communications, automotive, defense and space electronics and computers. Motorola semiconductors power communication devices, computers and millions of other products. Motorola's 1995 sales were $27 billion. -0- NOTE: Inquiry Response: Motorola/Media Relations, P.O. Box 52073, M/D m/d abbr. months after date 56-102, Phoenix, Ariz., 85072. CONTACT: Motorola MCU Information Line (Reader contact) 800/765-7795, ext. 849 or Capital Relations (Editorial Contact) Audrey Hodges, 805/494-0830, ext. 432 audrey@caprel.com |
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