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News Release from: Green Hills Software | Subject: Micro-Velosity
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 19 March 2008
Compact RTOS runs on NEC's embedded MCUs
Micro-Velosity's industry-leading small footprint makes it ideal for embedded systems that have the tightest memory constraints.
The micro-Velosity RTOS from Green Hills Software is now available for the NEC Electronics V850 family of embedded microcontrollers With a ROM footprint as small as 2Kbyte, RAM footprint as small as 1Kbyte, and service call times as low as 30 cycles, micro-Velosity is ideal for the cost-sensitive, high-performance applications for which V850 is intended
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 13 Apr 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Context switching, service calls, and interrupt handling for V850 are finely tuned for maximum throughput and minimum latency, even under heavy loads - making it ideal for devices with demanding performance requirements.
Micro-Velosity's industry-leading small footprint makes it ideal for embedded systems that have the tightest memory constraints.
Micro-Velosity is delivered as a library and is automatically configured by the Green Hills tool chain to include only those services that are actually used by the applications, delivering the smallest, most efficient footprint possible.
Micro-Velosity does not have a per-unit royalty charge, avoiding the headache of royalty reporting and making it ideal for high-volume, cost-sensitive V850-based embedded products.
Green Hills Software's attractive licensing model enables micro-Velosity to be included in a value-added solution for end product developers at a fraction of the cost of other offerings.
"The V850 cores present an ideal architecture for the Green Hills Software micro-Velosity real-time operating system which specialises in top performance, ease of use, and small memory and power footprint", says David Kleidermacher, Chief Technology Officer of Green Hills Software.
"On top of all of this, Green Hills offers royalty-free, simple business models which are critical to those employing V850 in high-volume electronic products".
NEC Electronics' V850 microcontrollers incorporate a 32bit RISC core based on Harvard architecture.
Hence, the core hardware can be simplified and the core size minimised.
As a result, V850 family microcontrollers provide maximum performance at the lowest cost.
The V850 families' cost-efficiency and reliability lend its use to a variety of applications, including automotive body electronics, motor control, and metering.
The V850 family of microcontrollers has a wide variety of instantiations, providing a flexible choice of memory sizes and on-chip peripherals, including CAN, DMA, timers, and I2C.
Micro-Velosity for V850 microcontrollers is available today. Request a free brochure from Green Hills Software ...
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