Crossware Introduces Starter Kit for Atmel Flash Microcontrollers
CAMBRIDGE, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 18, 2002--Crossware
(www.crossware.com), a leading embedded software tools developer, has
introduced a starter kit for the Atmel range of flash
microcontrollers.
The kit includes an evaluation board fitted with an Atmel
T89C51RD2 microcontroller, a header cable that allows it to function
as an in-circuit debugger, and a 4k byte version of Crossware's 8051
Development Suite. A serial cable and mains power supply are also
included.
The starter kit provides professional developers, educational
establishments and hobbyists alike with all the ingredients required
to get started with 8051 programming and development on a PC. Working
within Crossware's seamlessly integrated easy-to-use environment,
developers can build, simulate and debug embedded C and assembler
programs quickly and intuitively.
Crossware's 8051 Development Suite includes a serial port debug
monitor specifically tailored to take advantage of the byte
reprogrammability of the Atmel T89C51RD2. This can be immediately
compiled and downloaded to the evaluation board to provide instant and
advanced source level debugging.
The debug monitor can also be rapidly modified using Crossware's
point-and-click Code Creation Wizards. These allow the programmer to
adjust clock characteristics and baud rate and to select the timer
which will drive the UART. No calculations are required and not a
single line of code needs to be written.
The evaluation board can be used stand-alone to develop advanced
embedded programs. L.E.Ds display the activity of all port pins and an
IDC connector allows that board to be connected to other application
boards or systems.
Alternatively, the header cable provided allows the evaluation
board to be connected to the 40 pin socket of another target system in
place of the micro-controller on that board. In this way, the
T89C51RD2 on the evaluation board takes over control of the target
system and functions as a sophisticated in-circuit debugger.
For more information about the T89C51RD2 Starter Kit or any
product from Crossware, please contact Alan Harry, Crossware, Old Post
House, Silver Street, Litlington, Royston, Herts, SG8 0QE, UK, tel: +
44 () 1763 853500 or fax + 44 () 1763 853330, alan@crossware.com.
Contact:
Crossware
Alan Harry, + 44 () 1763 853500
Fax: + 44 () 1763 853330
E-mail: alan@crossware.com
Or
Martin Brooke Associates
Martin Brooke, + 44 () 1223 264050
Fax: + 44 () 1223 264060
E-mail: martin.brooke@dial.pipex.com
