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News Release from: Toshiba Electronics Europe | Subject: TOPAS91FY42 starter kit
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 09 October 2006
Kit has all the tools for Flash MCU
development
Starter kit will help engineers to rapidly and cost-effectively develop and prototype applications based on Toshiba's latest 16bit SuperFlash microcontroller.
Toshiba Electronics Europe (TEE) has launched a starter kit that will help engineers to rapidly and cost-effectively develop and prototype applications based on the company's latest 16bit SuperFlash microcontroller Featuring 256Kbyte of Silicon Storage Technologies' (SST) SuperFlash memory, Toshiba's TMP91FY42FG 16bit microcontroller is a highly integrated, ultra-low-power device that offers enhanced programming flexibility while minimising external component count
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The new TOPAS91FY42 starter kit incorporates all of the software tools and hardware elements needed to develop and test applications based on the microcontroller, eliminating the need for additional and costly development and debug tools.
Toshiba's new starter kit platform combines the TMP91FY42 microcontroller and associated hardware development board with an integrated development environment (IDE) that provides all of the tools that the engineer needs for debugging, program building, editing and Flash memory programming, and simulation.
The kit also provides software examples, demonstration programs, application notes and all of the documentation needed for out-of-the-box development.
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The starter kit's development board is populated with a host of commonly used components and peripherals, including an LCD, USB and RS232 interfaces, a USB to RS232 convertor chip and a filtered loudspeaker output for speech IP and other sound functions.
The TOPAS91FY42 IDE software includes ROM monitor, simulator and project manager functionality as well as a C compiler and assembler and linker capabilities.
The ROM monitor offers a comprehensive suite of debug and editing functions, giving the designer the option to use the starter kit rather than a more expensive in-circuit emulator (ICE).
The incorporation of a simulator that provides full core and peripheral simulation allows engineers to continue their development work even when sharing the kit with other members of a project team.
To further simplify application development, Toshiba's new starter kit offers software examples and application notes for functions such as key scanning, speech software, universal motor control, display applications and Flash memory programming, as well as a third party Flash programming tool.
Toshiba's TMP91FY42 is the company's first 16bit microcontroller to feature Silicon Storage Technologies' (SST) SuperFlash memory.
The microcontroller is based on Toshiba's ultra-low-power TLCS-900/L1 processor core and will operate with voltages of between 2.7 and 3.6V.
Minimum instruction execution time is just 148ns at 27MHz.
Three standby modes including a programmable idle option further reduce overall power consumption.
Toshiba's SuperFlash implementation can be programmed much faster than many alternative Flash technologies, while the availability of three distinct programming modes - parallel, serial PROM and in system programming (ISP) - provides for both pre- and post-production programming flexibility.
ISP mode allows upgrades and fixes in the field under control of the user program, removing the need to switch off the output to an LCD panel or active output controls.
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