New Fast Track CodeWarriorTM development tools feature built-in functionality to enhance user experience and speed time-to-market
Freescale Semiconductor is simplifying 8-bit product development with the introduction of its CodeWarrior™ Development Studio for HC(S)08 Microcontrollers v5.0, giving designers and programmers the opportunity to work more efficiently and more economically.
The CodeWarrior™ Development Studio is the first of several Freescale Fast Track 8-bit development tools and resources planned for 2006. This latest version has been re-architected to include built-in features and utilities that improve ease of use, speed and accessibility over previous versions of CodeWarrior software development tools. All editions are available as downloads from www.freescale.com/cw5.
With more than 100 example projects to help programmers get started, the Fast Track CodeWarrior software tools emphasize usability and allow developers to create a working project in as few as seven mouse clicks. The tools also allow switching target microcontrollers and the debug/Flash programming connection in an open project, and offer product updates and service packs available directly from freescale.com.
The Fast Track CodeWarrior tools maximize performance with ANSI C/C++ and compact C++ compilers that include more than 60 advanced optimization strategies specifically designed to boost performance and reduce code size for the HC(S)08 architecture. The high level offunctionality of the C compilers is easily accessible to first-time users, featuring an enhanced Windows® operating system driven graphical user interface (GUI).
The new Device Initialization tool provides a fast and easy way to configure and generate initialization code. Programmers can add the code directly to their project or create a separate text file.
Fast Track CodeWarrior tools features:
- Improved project wizard with on-screen help functions to set up a project
- Graphical, source level debugger
- Support for HC(S)08 on-chip trace
- Flash programming support
- Full-chip simulation
- Data visualization
- UNIS Processor Expert™ with Bean Wizard™ and components for HC(S)08 CPUs, on-chip peripherals, external peripherals and software algorithms
- UNIS Device Initialization tool to generate HC(S)08 CPU and on-chip peripheral initialization code
- Animated tutorials to shorten the learning curve
Pricing and availability
CodeWarrior Development Studio for HC(S)08 Microcontrollers v5.0 is available now via download from www.freescale.com/cw5. The Special Edition, with limited 16K C compiler is free of charge. Standard Edition (with registration and subject to license agreement) is available for a suggested resale price of $2,394 (USD) and the Professional Edition has a suggested resale price of $4,794.
