Product category:
Microprocessors, Microcontrollers and DSPs
News Release from: Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe | Subject: FR and 16LX series microcontrollers
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 31 March 2003
RTOS to support embedded
microcontrollers
Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe has collaborated with embedded software manufacturer Segger Microcontroller Systeme on the release of the embOS RTOS for its FR and 16LX series microcontrollers.
Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe has collaborated with embedded software manufacturer Segger Microcontroller Systeme on the release of the embOS RTOS to support Fujitsu's FR and 16LX series microcontrollers and Softune environment This new agreement is set to bring additional benefits to customers operating in the embedded market
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 16 Feb 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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embOS, a small real-time kernel, supports all standard 8, 16 and 32bit CPUs and has become one of the most widely accepted kernels in the market.
It provides all CPUs with the benefits of a fully featured multitasking system and 100% identical APIs.
Features such as low memory footprint, fast context switches, low interrupt latency and support for embOSView are included.
Its small memory footprint also makes it suitable for single-chip applications.
"Our intention is to offer Fujitsu's FR customers a pre-emptive multitasking system for hard, real time applications.
embOS, our real-time operating system for embedded applications, supports all Fujitsu CPUs with an FR30 or FR50 core".
"It has been developed for and with Fujitsu's Softune compiler Fcc911s and supports all memory models offered by this compiler.
It also comes with an easy to use start project for the Softune workbench.
All embOS features such as the entire palette of communication mechanisms, tasks and communication instances can be dynamically created, deleted and configured", said Rolf Segger, President and CEO at Segger.
"We have enjoyed a long relationship with Segger, from the implementation of the OS for our 16LX microcontrollers, and have every confidence in this partnership for the FR series", commented Mathias Braeuer, Marketing Manager FR Microcontrollers at Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe.
"With additional customer support by way of special software drivers for embedded applications, Segger is the ideal partner for customers who have need of more specialised solutions".
embOS is provided with a viewer that allows the end user to monitor and profile the system from a PC.
An embOS FR trial version can be downloaded from the Segger website (www.segger.com).
The full Rtos is available in both object- and source-code form, costing Eur 2480 and 4980, respectively, as a single developer licence.
TCP/IP and other network stacks are available and customers also benefit from 6 months of technical support and free updates. Request a free brochure from Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe ...
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