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News Release from: IAR Systems | Subject: Embedded Workbench KickStart edition
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 03 January 2007
Workbench kickstarts Stellaris MCU
development
The IAR Embedded Workbench KickStart edition supports three series of microcontrollers in the Stellaris family - the 100, 300 and 600 series.
IAR Systems, which introduced the first independent development tools for Luminary Micro's ARM Cortex-M3-based Stellaris family of microcontrollers earlier this year, has announced the free availability of its IAR Embedded Workbench KickStart edition for three series of microcontrollers in the Stellaris family - the 100, 300 and 600 series The new KickStart edition boasts a 32Kbyte compiler, which fully supports all of the available on-chip flash for 14 of the 19 Stellaris MCUs currently on the market
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 16 May 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Luminary Micro is a fabless semiconductor that designs, markets, and sells ARM Cortex-M3 processor-based microcontrollers (MCUs) and was the first to bring ARM for US $1.00 to embedded developers.
The company currently has 19 Stellaris MCUs available within four series: the 100, 300, and 600 that feature on-chip Flash in ranges up to 32Kbyte; and the 64Kbyte on-chip Flash 800 series.
With this KickStart release, only the 64Kbyte-Flash Stellaris 800 series devices are not fully supported with fully featured free commercial grade evaluation tools.
Earlier this year, the KickStart edition of the IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM (EWARM) was code-limited to 8Kbyte, but the larger on-chip Flash memory on the latest microcontrollers from Luminary calls for larger evaluation versions of the software development tools in order to take advantage of the full power available.
The new larger compiler allows a thorough evaluation of the device and the tool chain itself, using a fairly complex application that uses a richer feature set.
"Getting started with ARM-powered embedded systems development is now more affordable than ever before", said Jean Anne Booth, CMO of Luminary Micro.
"The combination of Stellaris microcontrollers, with pricing starting at just $1 each, and a free commercial grade tool chain, makes the migration of embedded designs from proprietary 8 and 16bit microcontrollers to the popular ARM architecture a simple, easy, and cost-effective decision to make". Request a free brochure from IAR Systems ...
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