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Design and Development Software
News Release from: IAR Systems
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 28 March 2006
Development tools support Stellaris
family
Tools enable quick and hassle-free development of Luminary Micro's Stellaris MCUs in a wide range of embedded control applications, yielding ultra-dense code footprints.
IAR Systems has announced the first independent development tools supporting Luminary Micro's Stellaris family of microcontrollers The Stellaris family features the ARM Cortex-M3 microcontroller core
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 18 Jun 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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"IAR Systems is a clear market leader in providing development tools for embedded systems", said Jean Anne Booth, Chief Marketing Officer of Luminary Micro.
"The IAR Embedded Workbench with IAR J-Link support has been a popular tools solution for embedded systems developers for years".
"Now the many users of IAR Embedded Workbench that were previously limited by cost to 8 and 16bit microcontroller solutions can find a familiar tools environment on the powerful yet cost-effective Stellaris family of microcontrollers".
"ARM represents the largest and fastest growing segment of our software development tools business, and we believe that the price-performance ratio of the Cortex-M3 architecture is compellingly attractive to engineers", said IAR Systems' Chief Executive Officer Olle Eriksson.
"We are pleased to be a leader in support of Luminary Micro's Stellaris family of microcontrollers".
The new development tool will be included free of charge in Luminary Micro's Stellaris development kits, and full versions will also be available from IAR Systems.
A beta version of the compiler will be available April 2006 to selected partners, followed by a full public release in May 2006.
An evaluation version of the IAR Embedded Workbench for Cortex-M3 as well as an 8Kbyte code size limited KickStart version will be available for download from the IAR Systems website on first public release. Request free introductory details about products from IAR Systems ...
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