iar embedded workbench for arm kickstart edition

In addition, IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM now features full support for the USB-enabled additions to Luminary Micro’s ARM Cortex-M3-based Stellaris MCUs.

The second-generation picoPower technology allows the devices to operate from just 1.6 V, with up to 32 MIPS at 32 MHz and flash memory sizes from 16 kbytes to 384 kbytes.

A DMA controller removes data transfer bottlenecks and an innovative Event System provides predictable behavior with no event latency. The devices were specifically designed to improve system performance while keeping power consumption extremely low. The XMEGA devices are general-purpose MCUs suited for a variety of battery-powered applications, including audio systems, ZigBee, power tools, medical, board controllers, networking, metering, optical transceivers, motor control, and white goods. The result is maximum usage of the core’s capabilities and maximum code-generation performance, according to the company. IAR Systems developed its Embedded Workbench for AVR working closely in parallel with Atmel’s development of the AVR architecture. Version 5.10 of IAR Embedded Workbench for AVR supports Atmel’s new AVR XMEGA family of 8-bit microcontrollers. The company also announced an agreement with Freescale Semiconductor’s Wireless Connectivity Group to include IAR’s development tools and debug probe in the next generation of Freescale’s development kits for the MC1322x IEEE 802.15.4 Platform-in-Package IC. IAR Systems has added support in its IAR Embedded Workbench for two new microcontroller families: Atmel’s AVR XMEGA and Luminary Micro’s ARM Cortex-M3-based Stellaris devices.

Iar embedded workbench for arm kickstart edition