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News Release from: Toshiba Electronics Europe | Subject: TOPASFH47 starter kit
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 29 October 2003
Easy intro to Flash MCUs
A new low-cost starter kit is a self-contained solution for developing and debugging embedded systems based on Toshiba's latest 8bit microcontrollers with 16Kbyte of on-chip NAND-type Flash memory.
A new low-cost starter kit provides a self-contained solution for developing and debugging embedded systems based on Toshiba's latest 8bit microcontrollers with 16Kbyte of on-chip NAND-type Flash memory Designed to reduce development time and eliminate the need to purchase costly tool chains, the TOPASFH47 starter kit provides all of the hardware and software needed for designers to evaluate, prototype and debug their embedded applications
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The kit combines a hardware development board with debugging and development software, a flash memory programmer, and extensive software libraries.
Supplied with the TMP86FH47UG 8bit microcontroller, the starter kit development board features a variety of commonly used components and peripherals including an LCD, LEDs and switches.
An unpopulated area allows the designer to mount additional components.
The kit's PC-based software includes an integrated development environment (IDE), compiler and project manager tools, as well as a simulator and a debugger.
In addition - and unusually for an 8bit solution - a powerful ROM monitor is also provided.
Using the ROM monitor, developers can rapidly identify potential bugs using a range of options that include setting break points and single-stepping through lines of code.
The starter kit is also supplied with a Flash programmer that simplifies the download of code onto the microcontroller, and extensive software libraries that include tutorials, example code, and application notes, as well as software IP samples.
Toshiba's 44-pin LQFP TMP86FH47UG and 42-pin SDIP TMP86FH46N devices are high-speed, low-voltage 8bit microcontrollers that combine 16Kbyte of onboard, NAND-type Flash memory with a range of general-purpose peripherals.
In addition, by simply changing onboard software, designers can deliver varying levels of functionality.
This means that the same microcontroller can be used to offer different performance levels across a range of products, or to cost-effectively address low-volume custom requirements.
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