Programming Micros 2002_01

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From Idea to Target

programmingmicros

Spring 2002


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Why then is it that many high-ranking

managers and really smart engineers

develop their own software development

tools? It can hardly be because they have

a lot of time to kill, nor can it be that

money isnt important to them.

I dont have the real answer to this

question, but I see it happening repeated-

ly in our marketin big companies with

considerable resources and mature devel-

opment processes as well as in smaller

ones with less resources and less mature

processes. Theyre everywherecompa-

nies that believe they need to developtheir own dental practice or plumbing

business to boot!

One could argue that this tendency is

due to a lack of adequate development

tools. In some cases it might be true, but

in most cases its not. More than likely, it

has do to with a lack of awareness about

available tools and expertise. Fortunately

there are global companies, such as IAR

Systems, who have focused on the task of

customizing and standardizing software

development tools for embedded develop-

ment.

In 2001 when many of our competi-

tors downsized due to diminishing sales,

IARs license business actually grew by

an impressive 28%. We managed to com-

plete numerous development projects for

our customers, which always resulted in

the delivery of either a standardized soft-

ware development tool or a customized

solution for special needs.

Perhaps you didnt know that IAR can

build the tools you need. We can produce

a very cost efficient solution for you by

drawing on our long experience, together

with a standard product portfolio that

lends itself to a virtually unlimited num-

ber of combinations. Our motto From

idea to target in half the time isnt just apromise we continue to fulfill for count-

less embedded systems developers. Its

something we can offer you too.

Let IAR build your new development

environment there is no other company

that can offer such a unique combination

of products and services. Read all about

what we have to offer in this issue of

Programming Micros.

What? Are you afraid of the dentist

too? Ooops!

Last but not least, take care of yourself

and thanks for doing business with us.

Sincerely,

Tomas Wolf, CEO

Editorial

TomasWolf,President

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Are you working on somethingcool that was created with

tools from IAR Systems? Have

you brought an idea to life?

Want to share your success

with other embedded systems

engineers (the only ones who

really appreciate what you

do)?

Send us your success

stories along with a picture of

whatever it is you created to

[email protected],

we'll take the best of them and

show it off for you - to 40,000

of your colleagues in a future

issue of Programming Micros!

Created withIAR tools?

New employees/New positions

Why its normally not a good idea to pull your own teeth!

Most of us wouldnt even dream of

trying to pull our own teeth when we

have a toothache. And how many of

us have done the plumbing in our

own homes? The same goes for a lot

of other things. Why? We dont do

these things simply because were not

experts in these fields. And we may

have learned the hard way that its

both cheaper and smarter to leave

some things to an expert.

Jan Hedin, ProductDevelopment Manager.

Nacera Rahmani, TechnicalSupport.

Margareta Eriksson-Hrling,Product Marketing Manager.

Mats Mariedahl, TechnicalSupport.

David Feng, Area SalesManager, Asia.

Lars Sjberg, Sales ManagerBluetooth products.


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Bluetooth is expected to take off this

year with worldwide sales of more than 80

million devices, compared to 10 million in

2001. As the market for Bluetooth devices

soars, IAR is focusing its efforts on the

Japanese market, where a number of com-

panies are leading technology development

in terms of application development. Many

Japanese companies have shown that they

are quick to integrate the latest and grea-

test technology into consumer products and

launch them in the marketplace.

Companies such as Toshiba, Sony, Sharp,

Seiko Epson are some good examples.

IAR Japan is expanding its Bluetooth

business and services quickly and success-

fully in Japan, having already launched its

new Bluetooth products and created co-

operation agreements with several leading

Japanese Bluetooth wireless technology

suppliers. In so doing, IAR has become

the only supplier capable of offering a

one-stop solution, from evaluation of

Bluetooth wireless technology to develop-

ment, debugging, testing, verification, and

qualification. No other supplier knows the

demands on embedded systems develop-

ment like IAR. Our unique expertise with

Bluetooth wireless technology makes IAR

an ideal partner.

In January 2002, IAR and our Japanese

partners, Softboat and Taiyo Yuden, held a

seminar tour in Tokyo and Osaka with 126

participants. Participants learned about the

latest developments within the Bluetooth

field and about the qualification process.

IAR and Taiyo Yuden also performed pop-

ular demonstrations of their Bluetooth

products. IAR also announced that we

now support the Taiyo Yuden Bluetooth

modules with our Bluetooth protocol

stack, and Taiyo Yuden proudly reported

that it is the first company in Japan, and

the 5th in the world, to be accredited as a

Bluetooth Qualification Test Facility

(BQTF).

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The Viking conquers Japan

The professional Application Develop-

ment Services organization within IAR

Systems is ready to assist you in any

phase of the development processfrom

hardware design to software development

and Bluetooth qualification and testing.

IAR Systems in Sweden offers vast expe-

rience and expert skills in both hardware

development (design of ASICs and elec-

tronic boards) and embedded software

development. Our areas of expertise

include microcontroller and Microsoft

Windows device driver development,

WindowsCE development, automotive

(OSEK/CAN) and Bluetooth product

development.

The IAR consultants are involved in

the development of safety systems for

some of the world's most important auto-

motive companies. Our list of customers

include companies such as Combitech

Traffic Systems and Autoliv.

The Bluetooth consultants at IAR

Systems are the most qualified on the

market; among their achievements is one

of the most compact Bluetooth protocol

stacks in the world, the IAR Embedded

Bluetooth Protocol Stack.

Contact IAR Systems at [email protected]

before your next embedded development,

whether you need expert consultants or

want to commission a complete embedded

systems development project including

both hardware and software development,

with or without Bluetooth capabilities!

News

Major Asian tele-

communications

company licenses

Bluetooth protocol

stack

One of the largest telecommuni-

cations companies in Asia

recently licensed the Bluetooth

protocol stack technology from

IAR Systems. Our technology

will be used in new products

being developed in Taiwan. The

highly compact Bluetooth

protocol stack along with the

IAR MakeApp stack configura-

tion and optimization tool

reduces development time as

well as production cost. The

selection of stack supplier was

made after a thorough evaluation

of available products, and under-

lines the strength of the IAR

product portfolio.

IAR and Toshiba

announce a partner-

ship on Bluetooth

wireless technology

for the automotive

industry

IAR Systems and Toshiba

Electronics Europe have

announced a partnership regard-

ing Bluetooth wireless techno-

logy for the automotive industry.

IAR Systems has adapted andoptimized the Bluetooth

protocol stack product for

Toshibas high-performance

TLCS900-H2 series of 32-bit

CISC microcontroller devices

and the OSEK operating system,

which are mainly targeted for

automotive customers and ve-

hicle applications. The compact

IAR stack will help reduce pro-

duction costs of automotive

applications that use the Toshiba

device.

Application DevelopmentServices at your service!


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Later this year, a new

version of the IAR Embedded

Workbench IDE will be avail-

able for all developers of

embedded systems who have

chosen the M16C microcon-

troller from Mitsubishi as

their target chip. The new

tools use the very latest IAR

technology and include a com-plete range of features for effi-

cient application development.

New Integrated Develop-

ment Environment (IDE)

The new IDE rests on an entirely new

technology platform that includes many

improvements and new features such as:

Seamless integration of code develop-

ment and debugging for a truly itera-

tive work process.

Support for real backtracking.

The finest stepping granularity in an

embedded debugger.

True edit-while-debugging

capabilities for interactive correction

of errors.

The new IDE has a modular and exten-

sible architecture that allows plug-in

modules, such as hardware debugger

interfaces and RTOS support from both

IAR and our partners.

Easy migration

The new MC16C IAR C/EC++ Compiler

supports Embedded C++ for object-

oriented programming. Special care has

been taken to assure flexible application

design and smooth migration to the new

toolset:

Existing assembler routines can be

reused.

New combinations of processor vari-

ants and data models are possible,

similar to the Mitsubishi compiler.

The new calling convention resembles

Mitsubishis; the old IAR calling con-

vention is still supported.

Real-time debugging

In addition to the C-SPY simulator, there

is also a ROM-monitor version that sup-

ports Mitsubishis ROM-monitor and its

program. The ROM-monitor version can

be used with several Mitsubishi boards(MSA0654, MEU2001, MDECE0201 and

MDECE0222) and with Glyns

EVBM16C/6x evaluation board. The

ROM-monitor includes the C-SPY simu-

lator features, and gives enables you to

run your application on real hardware.

Graphical XLINK setup tool

An important feature of the new M16C

toolkit is the graphical XLINK setup tool.

Now you can choose whether to graphi-

cally specify how to use different

memory areas on the chip or to customize

the linker command files in the traditional

way with the IAR Embedded Workbench

editor.

Automated device-driver

generation

In addition to the IAR Embedded

Workbench IDE, the IAR MakeApp for

M16C/62 is also available. By automati-

cally generating the device-driver source

code according to the settings in the

graphical user interface, IAR MakeApp

allows developers to focus on application

design rather than implementation.

New M16C toolsetwith Embedded C++ in

the pipeline

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The overall impression of the

EP2002, the biggest electronicstrade fair in the Nordic countries

held in Stockholm on 15-18

January was that embedded

developers, at least in Sweden,

are no longer just keeping up to

date with Bluetooth wireless

technology, but have actually

decided to begin to develop with

Bluetooth wireless technology.

Many company representa-

tives described Bluetooth pro-

jects which they had already bud-

geted for, such as strategic plans

to incorporate Bluetooth wireless

technology in their existing

product portfolio. This is a sig-

nificant change from a year or so

ago when interest in Bluetooth

was more general, and relatively

superficial.

IAR Systems was represented

at the EP2002 in the so called

Bluetooth Park, a joint effort by

the most important Bluetooth

players on the Swedish market.

Bluetooth Park housed an exhibi-

tion and a series of brief semi-

nars on relevant topics, such as

the Bluetooth certification

process and how to use the IAR

PreQual test tool to simplify that

process.

EP2002 Showin Stockholm15-18 January

Bluetooth crosses the

threshold to real embedded

projects

IAR Embedded Workbench Graphical User

Interface


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Beef up the

system now!

Are you ready to join the ARM

community? The IAR Embedded

Workbench for ARM, with its opti-

mizing C/Embedded C++ compiler

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The newest version of the IAR

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includes support for Multi-ICE, is

available soon. Order your IAR

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end of May, and get a 24 monthsSoftware Upgrade Agreement for

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Add muscles to your product with theIAR Embedded Workbench.

In 2001, the sales of the IAR Embedded

Workbench EW430 the IAR tool that

supports the MSP430 family of microcon-

trollers increased significantly, especi-

ally in the US and Asia, making it one of

our top-selling Embedded Workbench

products.

IAR Systems and Texas Instruments have

a long and close cooperation providing

first-class software tools for the MSP430

family. Our sales of the EW430 reflect

that cooperation. More recently they also

reflect Texas Instruments addition of

MSP430F43x and F44x to the MSP430

family. These two new device families

enable Texas Instruments to offer a

single-chip solution for analog data cap-

turing and embedded measurement

applications.

The new F43x/44x devices offer maxi-

mum integration on MSP430, combining

advanced analog integration, a broad set

of communication peripherals, and on-

chip LCD driver.

The MSP430 CPU, a 16-bit RISC

processor, features a set of just 27 instruc-

tions. The fully orthogonal core architec-

ture enables maximum versatility by

using all basic instructions with different

address modes, i.e. up to seven for theMSP430. This makes the MSP430

extremely powerful for assembler pro-

gramming. It also enables compact and

efficient code when programming in C. A

set of different low power modes allows

effective utilization of the MSP430s

power with a standby current, i.e. active

oscillator, below 1A for some deriva-

tives while maintaining readiness to get

to full, active operation within 6s.

The MSP430F43x/44x family consists of

six different device configurations offer-

ing:

Flash memory from 16KB to 60KB.

Up to 2KB RAM.

Integrated 12-bit analog-to-digital

converter (ADC) with 5s conversion

time.

160 segment LCD driver.

2 pulse width modulation (PWM)

timers.

Up to 2 hardware USART modules

that can be used either in asyn-

chronous UART or SPI mode.

Integrated supply voltage supervisor

(SVS) to avoid brownout conditions.

Together with the MSP430 familys

unique ultra-low power consumption, the

new F43/44x devices offer a real system-

on-a-chip (SOC) solution for many bat-

tery driven applications in the portable

consumer and personal medical area.

Likewise they offer intelligent sensing

and metering for bus or line-powered end

equipment where both system cost and

performance are critical. An excellent

example of such equipment is single or

three-phase electricity meters, for which

the F43x/44x offers a complete platform

solution for a wide range of classes and

products. Since electricity meters are one

of the targeted areas for the new

MSP430F43x/44x family, Texas

Instruments offers comprehensive

documentation and application reports, as

well as demo software written in C

and a library for three-phase electrical

meters.

The MSP430 familyoffers a new dimension

in single-chipmeasurement solutions

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News

Honeywell licenses

Bluetooth protocol

stackHoneywell Federal Manufac-

turing & Technologies, part of

the diversified technology and

manufacturing leader Honeywell

International Inc., has placed an

order for the Bluetooth protocol

stack technology from IAR

Systems. This order is a strate-

gic breakthrough in the U.S.

market for IAR, and emphasizes

the value of the highly compact

code size in the Bluetooth proto-

col stack from IAR Systems!

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The availability of PIC18 parts with flashmemory and CAN drivers, coupled with

low cost, make the Realogy Real-Time

Architect (RTA) and the IAR Embedded

Workbench for PIC18 particularly attrac-

tive to the automotive market.

Predictable real-time OSEK-

compliant automotive applications

In todays increasingly complex automo-

tive applications, vehicle manufacturers

are demanding that applications make use

of an OSEK/VDX OS compliant RTOS to

control the complexity of the applica-

tions. RTA from LiveDevices is a real-

time design environment, that meets the

requirements of the high volume,

resource-constrained embedded market,

while providing an OSEK/VDX OS com-

pliant kernel that fits onto the smallest 8-

bit parts. This means that RTA is particu-

larly applicable to the Microchip PIC18

family.

The inclusion of a unique off-line

scheduling and optimization tool in the

RTA package addresses the important

goals of reduced product cost and

increased end-product reliability. The

stack minimization feature offers particu-

lar benefits to the PIC18 architecture.

Stack minimization

Perhaps the hardest constraint for an

RTOS on PIC18C architecture is the size

of the hardware stack: no more than 31

return addresses can be stored. In the

RTA kernel (SSX5), the use of a single

shot model allows the RTOS to be based

on a single stack, thus overcoming this

constraint. Tasks only need space on the

stack when they are actively running or

have been pre-empted in mid-execution.

Since tasks of the same priority cannot

run concurrently, we know in advance

that only one task will be present on the

stack at any one moment in time.

The stack minimization feature auto-

matically identifies the optimal allocation

of tasks to shared priority levels while also

guaranteeing that the system meets its tim-

ing requirements. Thus even for as many

as 16 tasks, no more than 4 tasks need to

appear on the stack at the same time.

The IAR Embedded Workbench IDE

for PIC18

A brand new toolkit for PIC18 will soon

be available from IAR Systems. The IAR

Embedded Workbench IDE for PIC18 is

based on IARs latest technology platform

and features an optimizing C/Embedded

C++ compiler and a completely integrat-

ed C-SPY debugger offering the finest

debugging granularity. With the combina-

tion of EWPIC18 and the Realogy Real-

Time Architect, developers of automotive

applications can benefit from a very pow-

erful set of programming tools.

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Schedulability AnalysisPriority AllocationSensitivity AnalysisBuildClock Optimzation

OIL FILE

Task Pr iorities

Real-Time Architect

ORTI Data

ORTI AwareDebugger

EXE

Assembler

Timing AnalysisResults

OSEK DataOSEK Definitions

Application Source

Compiler

Object Files

LinkerSSX5

Library

PriorityAllocation

SoftwareEngineer

Real Time Architect

SSX5

OSEK OS

Periodic Schedules

Tasksets Planned Schedules

OSEK Enhancements

Combined Resources Internal Resources

Lightweight Tasks

Timing Analysis

Powerful set of programming tools for

developers of automotive applications


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Microchip and LiveDevices bringing the Internet to embedded

devices.

The Internet is virtually everywhere

today, invisibly connecting us to the

world around us from our homes, our

cars and our workplaces. One thing that

is still limiting the spread of this technol-

ogy, however, has been the cost of high

volume applications. Products like

LiveDevices Embedinet for the PIC18

family of low-cost 8-bit microcontrollers

are changing this.

At the heart of the Embedinet software

are two key components: a fully featured

TCP/IP stack and a priority based pre-

emptive real-time kernel enabling embed-

ded Internet system developers to exploit

the power of PIC18s family of microcon-

trollers. Key to its success has been the

ability to implement all of the above on a

tiny footprint, made possible by the

super-efficient kernel and an offline

graphic user-interface tool to create the

application software.

When building embedded Internet

applications using Embedinet, TCP/IP is

taken all the way to the PIC18 device.

This not only lowers the component cost

of the design, but also gives the designer

the confidence that their embedded appli-

cation will be able to connect to any other

device on the Internet.

Because it is based on standard

Internet protocols the Embedinet range of

products is ideal for any PIC18-based

application that requires Internet connec-

tivity. Typical applications include remote

configuration of a device using a web

interface, data upload from devices in the

field, problem alerts via mobile telephony

and many other remote telemetry applica-

tions.

Embedinet Application Layer Modules

(EALMs) are optional software compo-

nents that are available for use in con-

junction with the TCP/IP stack provided

as part of the Embedinet Pro SDK.

EALMs offer higher level application

level functionality, such as running a

webserver on the device or sending

emails and files to remote servers. These

include implementations of these higher

level Internet protocols (FTP, TFTP,

HTTP, DNS, SNTP, SMTP, DHCP, and

BOOTP).

LiveDevices has worked with

Microchip to ensure the Embedinet soft-

ware is implemented in the most efficient

way possible for the target architecture.

This efficiency has been enhanced con-

siderably through the use of the IAR

Embedded Workbench for the PIC18 in

the development of Embedinet.

Developers look to Microchip to pro-

vide the most cost-effective 8-bit solution

to their deeply embedded applications

and to IAR Systems to provide quality

development tools. By integrating

LiveDevices Embedinet, this concept can

now be extended to a total system cost,

enabling Internet connectivity to be

achieved on a minimum silicon budget,

essential where Internet connectivity at a

low price point is needed to enable high

volume take-up.

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Maximum capability from theminimum silicon budget

Is your PIC solution getting too tight?

If you have considered

moving to PIC18, or if

you already use PIC18, this

is a great time to add new possi-

bilites to your development environ-

mentorder your IAR Embedded

Workbench for PIC18 before the end

of May, and get a 24 months Soft-

ware Upgrade Agreement for free!

The new version of the IAR

Embedded Workbench for PIC18

includes the optimizing C/Embedded

C++ compiler, the state-of-the-art C-

SPY debugger and support for the

MPLAB-ICE 2000 Emulator.

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Simulate complete microprocessor-

based systems at near real-time speeds

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IAR Systems Ltd., UK, is proud to

announce the Proteus VSM package that

compliments the IAR Embedded

Workbench tools by enabling design

engineers to model even more rapidly,

and thus further reducing time to

market.

What is Proteus VSM?

Proteus VSM combines mixed-mode cir-

cuit simulation, animated components and

full hardware models of popular micro-

controllers.

The result is incredible: a product that

can simulate complete microprocessor-

based systems at near real-time

speeds!

This is not just a CPU simulator -

VSM will simulate your entire design

including both digital and analogue

electronics.

Proteus VSM allows an engineer to

develop and test complete microcontroller

designs without building a physical proto-

type. Proteus VSM simulates the CPU

and any other electronics used in designs,

and in real time.

CPU models for PIC16, AVR, 68HC11

and 8051 series micro-controllers are

available now. More CPU models are

currently under development.

Interactive device models include

LCD displays, RS232 terminal, uni-

versal keypad plus a range of swit-

ches, buttons, pots, LEDs, 7 segment

displays and more.

Extensive debugging facilities inclu-

ding register and memory contents,

breakpoints and single step modes.

Source level Cand assembly debug-

ging supported for IAR Systems deve-

lopment tools.

Integrated make utility to compile

and simulate with one keystroke.

Over 4000 standard SPICE models

included. Fully compatible with lea-

ding manufacturers SPICE models.

DLL interfaces provided for applica-

tion specific models.

Based on industry standard SPICE3F5

mixed mode circuit simulator.

Integrates with PROTEUS PCB

Design to form a complete electronics

design system.

What can I do with it?

If you are involved in developing micro-

controller-based systems, Proteus VSM

will allow you to start software develop-

ment before there is a physical prototype

to work on. The package includes models

for common peripheral devices such as

LCD displays, keypads, buttons, switches

and LEDs, and you can add your own

models to the system too. Consequently

you can try out your software, for real, on

a virtual version of your entire product.

Proteus VSM also integrates fully with

the Labcenter PCB design products. So

once you have perfected your design in

the VSM simulator, it is a simple step to

lay out the PCB for manufacture.

What debugging tools are provided?

The CPU models allow single stepping of

machine code generated by any tool and

for setting breakpoints within your pro-

gram. In addition, you can trigger break-

points on hardware conditions (e.g. logic

states or node voltages) and then single

step the code to see what happens next.

With IAR Systems development tools,


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IAR Systems is proud to release a new

version of the popular Bluetooth Starter

Kit, which now includes a Bluetooth

PC-Card for use in laptops. Thus, one

Bluetooth Starter Kit contains two

Bluetooth nodes and enables you to set up

a working Bluetooth evaluation or proto-

typing system in minutes!

The popular Bluetooth Starter Kit

contains a Bluetooth electronic board that

can be used as a reference design, as well

as a Bluetooth PC-Card for use with a

laptop. Full hardware descriptions are

included, along with schematic

diagrams.

A pre-compiled Bluetooth protocol

stack is included as a Win32 DLL, as are

a Win32 demo application and sample

projects for use with Microsoft Visual

C/C++.

Buy a Bluetooth Starter Kit and

get started with Bluetooth development

now!

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full high level language source debugging

is also possible.

Which CPU models are available?

Currently, there are models for the

Microchip PIC16, Atmel AVR, Motorola

68HC11 and Intel 8051/8052 families.More models are being created in response

to customer demand. Feel free to let us

know which processors you are using.

What other devices are

modeled?

Proteus VSM is based on a mixed mode

SPICE circuit simulator and can make

use of any standard SPICE models avail-

able from component manufacturers via

the Internet. Over 4000 such models are

supplied with the package including resis-tors, capacitors transistors, diodes, op-

amps, TTL and CMOS ICs, RAMs,

EPROMs and much more. Apart from

these purely electrical devices, there is

also a library of interactive components

including LEDs, switches, buttons, and

potentiometers. Finally, there are the

more complex VSM models, which cur-rently include alphanumeric LCD dis-

plays, multiplexed LED displays, a uni-

versal matrix keypad model, and RS232

terminals. As with the CPU models, more

devices will be added as demand dictates

and we also wish to encourage the entire

user community to get involved in model

creation through the VSM marketplace on

Labcenters website.

Can I create my own models?

There are a number of ways to createyour own models:

a) If the device is purely electrical, then a

manufacturers SPICE model may

exist. If not, then you can use the

simulator primitive devices (e.g. volta-

ge-controlled current source, or 4 bit

counter) to construct an electrical

model for the device.b) If the device is interactive, and simple

in operation (e.g. a light bulb), then

VSM provides a scheme which allows

the creation of many interactive

models without having to resort to

programming.

c) For more complex devices, a full set

of C++ interfaces exists which allows

you to create models that can combine

electrical and graphical behavior in

almost any way you can imagine.

Bluetooth Starter Kit

Start evaluating

Bluetooth now!Purchase 2 Bluetooth Starter Kits

before the end of May, and get 2

telephone handsets free of charge!

One Bluetooth Starter Kit is all

that is needed to start evaluating

Bluetooth wireless technology for

data transmission, but with 2

Bluetooth Starter Kits and the tele-

phone handsets you can use the

Bluetooth voice transmission capa-

bilities as well!

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ings $240!



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IAR Systems has recently expanded its

Bluetooth product portfolio with IAR

PreQual for Bluetooth qualification andtesting. Thus IAR Systems has become a

total partner for Bluetooth development,

from early product development to quali-

fication and testing.

The breadth of proposed applications and

the nearly universal allocation of radio

spectrum indicate that Bluetooth wireless

technology has the potential to penetrate

the global market more deeply than any

other wireless technology. Since the tar-

get market both systems integrators andend-users do not have a strong wireless

communication background, the

Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG)

identified a need to control the pedigree

of devices claiming to support Bluetooth.

Hence the Bluetooth Qualification

Program (BQP) was conceived to ensure

interoperability between products bearing

the Bluetooth label, a prerequisite for

Bluetooth success.

Bluetooth Qualification ProgramThe BQP establishes the rules and proce-

dures by which manufacturers must

demonstrate their products compliance

with Bluetooth specifications and the

process by which the Bluetooth label may

be used by product manufacturers and

distributors. Thus, qualification is a part

of the critical path to market for all

Bluetooth developers.

Bluetooth is unique among high-tech

devices in that it is expected to appear in

a wide range of applications from con-

sumer goods to industrial and military

equipment. While Bluetooth is at the

leading edge of wireless technology and

presents many design challenges for man-

ufacturers, end-user expectations will be

simple: if a device claims to support

Bluetooth, then it should work seamlessly

with other devices claiming to support

Bluetooth. The success of Bluetooth is

thus closely associated with confidence in

reliable interoperability.

The traditional approach to interoper-

ability involves testing each product

against all other products. This is, of

course, impractical considering the great

number of Bluetooth devices in develop-

ment. While product-to-product testing

remains important, a more practical

approach to interoperability testing

involves the use of standardized confor-

mance testing to verify that an implemen-

tation performs in accordance with a par-

ticular standard or specification. Such

testing assumes that all devices that pass

the same test are likely to operate togeth-

er. Apart from reduced cost for testing,

this approach enables comparison of test

results. Conformance testing plays a

major role in the Bluetooth Qualification

Program and has already been used suc-

cessfully for other wireless standards

such as GSM.

The first BQP step involves submitting

a description of the Bluetooth devices

under development and signing the

Bluetooth adopters agreement. The

adopter can then retrieve a range of

applicable documents from the Bluetooth

website, including all applicable test

information. It is then the adopters

responsibility to engage the services of a

Bluetooth Qualification Body (BQB) for

advice and assistance throughout the

qualification process.

Secondly, the adopter will be request-

ed to use a Bluetooth Qualification Test

Facility, to run a number of defined tests

and generate a test report in an approved

format. The format of the required test

report follows the Qualification Program

Reference Document (PRD). The compli-

ance folder test report must be submitted

to the BQB who checks it against the

Bluetooth specifications and the original

product description submitted by the

adopter. If approved, the product will be

entered into the qualified product data-

base. Only approved products are autho-

rized to use the Bluetooth label.

DOI Push

Dunch FAX

DUNCordlessFTP

LAN Access

FTP

Intercom

SPP

GAP

Audio

TCS-Bin RFCOMM SDP

OBEX

L2CAP

LinkManager

BaseBand

RF

TCI

HCI

Target forPreQual

Bluetooth qualification and testing

10

Bluetooth protocol stack and profiles.

IAR PreQual front-end.


11/16

Where does IAR PreQual fit in?

Several years ago BQP engineers foresaw

a need for a relatively inexpensive test

executor that manufacturers could use,

either to qualify or pre-qualify devices

before sending them to the BQTF. Thus

the IAR PreQual, a generic software test

executor with a Bluetooth implementa-

tion, was developed to enable manufac-

turers to execute several of the BQTF

tests on their own. The focus would be on

interfaces, such as the Host ControllerInterface, upper protocols such as

L2CAP, SDP and RFCOMM, profiles

such as GAP and SPP and most impor-

tantly, applications such as LAN Access,

Headset, Dial Up Networking, etc.

Bluetooth hardware (Radio, Baseband

and Link Manager) would, for most man-

ufacturers, be purchased from another

company in pre-qualified chip-sets.

Test and debug with IAR PreQual

IAR PreQual is not a very complicated

program from an end-user perspective. It

contains two graphical users interfaces:

one for execution, set up and logging of

the test suites and another with the

graphical logging.

The logging functionality in IAR

PreQual makes it extremely useful for

pure test and debugging.

The graphical log, which logs all mes-

saging events, uses a standard (ITU-T

Z.120) called Message Sequence Chart

(MSC). Following this log, the user will be

notified directly when something is wrong

with the message sequence. The state

FAIL or INCONC(lusive) will appear.

In the event that something is wrong

with the message, the user simply opens

the detailed log to find out, and thus

enable correction of, the error.

Qualify with IAR PreQual

There are four categories of test cases in

the Bluetooth Qualification Program,

with different requirements:

Category A:

Must be executed by a BQTF. Category B:

Mandatory test cases. The manu-

facturer can perform these without a

BQTF. Evidence of correct behavior

must be produced and examined by a

BQB.

Category C:

Mandatory test cases The manufactu-

rer can perform these without a BQTF.

No evidence required by a BQB.

Category D:

Non-mandatory, informative test cases.

IAR PreQual is extremely effective for

Category B and C and can be used for

pre-qualification of Category A test cases.

Test evidence must be submitted in the

format described in the Qualification

Program Reference Document (PRD).

IAR PreQual provides a Test Report

Generator which automatically produces

the necessary documentation.

Purchase IAR PreQual before the

end of May, and get an extra

Profile test suite included free of

charge! IAR PreQual is the

premium Bluetooth test and

debug system, as it can verify that

your new Bluetooth product con-

forms to the Bluetooth specifica-

tion, whereby making the

Bluetooth qualification process

faster and easier. Make sure your

new Bluetooth product is quali-

fied in time for the Bluetooth

Congress in June!

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Detailed log.

MSC log with INCONC state reached.

Generated Test Report for L2CAP

version 1.0b.

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12/16

The FPSLIC (Field Programmable

System Level Integrated Circuits) from

Atmel Corporation combine logic, memo-

ry and a microcontroller, in an SRAM

field programmable device.

FPSLIC have several interesting features

all of which are fully supported by the

IAR Embedded Workbench for AVR

(V2.25 or later).

FPSLIC features

FPSLIC devices combine the fastest stan-dard product version (25MHz) of the

Atmel AVR microprocessor core-execut-

ing out of on-chip SRAM, with between

5K and 40K gates of FPGA and up to

36KBytes of on-chip SRAM. The on-chip

SRAM is partitioned into program and

data SRAM and the exact partition of

SRAM are user- defined during code

compile. In the two larger FPSLIC

devices (AT94K10 and AT94K40) the

SRAM can be partitioned 4 ways as fol-

lows: 20KB program and 16KB Data,24KB Program and 12KB data, 28KB

Program and 8KB data and the default

32KB Program and 4KB data. In the

smaller AT94K05 device the partition is

similar, but with a smaller amount of

standard program memory: 4KB program

and 16KB Data, 8KB program and 12KB

data, 12KB program and 8KB data, and

the default 16KB Program and 4KB data.

The memory partition is designed this

way to ensure maximum flexibility for

the on-chip SRAM. During code compile,

options can be set to determine the mem-

ory partition used in the FPSLIC device

(see figure 1). If the application calls for

more data, SRAM and a little programcode space, embedded systems designers

have the flexibility to make that trade off.

Additional off-chip SRAM can be sup-

ported for data storage through the on-

chip FPGA resources if needed.

Up and running in no time

Converting existing C code to FPSLIC is

easily supported, and even the most com-

plex systems have been verified and suc-

cessfully targeted to AVR FPSLIC using

the IAR compiler, with minimum changes

required. In addition, the ioat94K.h file

contains all the I/O details required to

rapidly complete the AVR FPSLIC code.

Most code conversion issues are associat-

ed with running the AVR at a higher

clock speed (certain delays expected),

interfacing the AVR with the FPGA and

non-volatile memory support. The AVR

FPSLIC contains 129 powerful standard

AVR instructions including support for a

2-cycle 8x8-hardware multiplier on chip.

Unlike other standard AVR devices, how-

ever, FPSLIC does not have any on-chip

EEPROM or FLASH, so the

FLASH/EEPROM programming instruc-

tions have been removed. The IAR com-piler is awareof these issues and com-

piles the code accordingly. Non-volatile

memory storage is easily supported using

the Atmel Configurator device which is

used to load the FPSLIC FPGA, program

code and data SRAM at system power-up

(just like an FPGA). The AVR code is

basically shadowed from the configurator

into FPSLIC on chip SRAM for execution.

The unused parts of the serial configura-

tion memory can be accessed easily from

the FPSLIC device for non-volatile memo-

ry storage using the FPSLIC on-chip

industry standard 2-wire serial interface.

Application notes are available, which

include software drivers to access the

configurator non-volatile memory, and

have been verified with the IAR compiler.

These application notes show how this

device capability can be used as a simple

file server or data storage device. In addi-

tion, remote updates of the complete

FPGA, Data and AVR program code per-

sonality can easily be performed using

this mechanism, by remotely updating the

program code stored in the configuration

memory.

12

IAR Embedded Workbench for AVRfully supports the Atmel FPSLIC

Partitioning the memory of the FPSLIC is easily done with the IAR Embedded Workbenchfor AVR.

Interested in

FPSLIC?

See www.iar.com for information

about the current EWAVR offering

to FPSLIC customers!


13/16

IAR Systems recently released a new ver-

sion of its highly compact Embedded

Bluetooth Protocol Stack. With enhanced

support for advanced features and sup-

port for more Bluetooth chip-sets, theBluetooth protocol stack from IAR is

clearly the premium choice for embedded

developers!

IAR can offer one of the most compact

Bluetooth protocol stacks in the world,

enabling small and medium sized embed-

ded systems developers to exploit this

impressive new wireless communications

technology. And with the help of our IAR

MakeApp stack configuration and opti-

mization tool, you can make development

even faster and easier while lowering pro-

duction costs.

Versatile Profile support

The stack supports the most commonly

used profiles for data and voice applica-

tions, such as the Generic Access Profile

(GAP), Service Discovery Application

Profile (SDAP), Serial Port Profile (SPP)

and Headset Profile (HSP).

Furthermore, Object Exchange

(OBEX) and the File Transfer Profile

(FTP) for exchange of files and other data

objects are being developed, as are the

LAN Access Profile (LAP) for wireless

Internet and Network access. The

Handsfree Profile (HFP) will soon be

released for automotive voice applica-

tions too.

All stack profiles expose an easy to

use, high-level Application Program

Interface (API) which the application pro-

gram can use to easily access Bluetooth

functionalities, such as virtual serial

ports, voice or file transfer capabilities.

Enhanced core features

The latest version of the IAR stack con-

tains a new Security Manager with sup-

port for Authentication, Pairing, Bonding

and Encryption, as well as a Power

Manager that controls the Park, Sniff and

Hold modes. Support for Role-switching

and a new Connection Manager have

been added too, providing facilities for

fine-grained control of the stack be-

haviour from the application program.

Extensive chip-set supportIAR is striving to provide the best

Bluetooth protocol stack solution for

embedded systems developers. Our stack

works with most major Bluetooth chip-

sets, such as ALPS, CSR, Ericsson, Taiyo

Yuden and Xemics. It also supports dif-

ferent transport protocols, such as USB

and UART.

13

Embedded Bluetooth Protocol Stack

Design choices

FPSLIC offer more design choices than a

standard MCU. FPSLIC devices also

have a more involved design flow than a

standard microcontroller, due mainly to

the flexibility made available with the on-

chip FPGA. All FPSLIC devices comewith a fixed set of AVR peripherals (2

UARTs, 3 Timers/counters, industry stan-

dard 2 wire interface, Watchdog timer, 2

I/O ports, a hardware multiplier and sup-

port for 4 external interrupts). Most

developers use the on-chip FPGA in one

or more of three different ways:

Firstly, peripheral set expansion can be

performed to easily add an additional stan-

dard AVR peripheral to the FPGA part of

the FPSLIC device. Additional ports,

timers, UARTs etc can quickly and easilybe added to the FPGA to support the AVR.

Secondly, application acceleration can

be supported by performing cycle inten-

sive data-crunching algorithms in the

FPGA. If you have nested FOR loops

with inner loop calculations, converting

that code to FPGA logic with its inherent

parallelism may significantly acceleratethe application. Data values can be taken

from the on-chip SRAM (which is acces-

sible from both he AVR and the FPGA)

or streamed from the AVR to the FPGA

(and results streamed back).

Thirdly, interface logic is often imple-

mented in the FPGA to allow the FPSLIC

device to operate as a bridge. The pow-

erful AVR can easily implement (bit

bang) several interface standards on one

side of the bridge and the FPGA may

contain logic to implement the other sideof the bridge.

Seamless integration of tools

find out more!

The IAR compiler is tightly integrated

into the Atmel SystemDesigner tool flow

and seamlessly interfaces with the other

tools provided in the complete FPSLIC

development suite. Code examples for theIAR compiler as well as code macros are

available, which allow FPSLIC capabili-

ties to be quickly and efficiently exploited

by the embedded system designer. More

information on the application notes men-

tioned in this article can be found at

http://www.atmel.com/atmel/products/pro

d318.htm or can be obtained by e-mailing

[email protected] . More information on

the IAR Embedded Workbench for AVR,

including a 30-day evaluation version,

can be found at http://www.iar.com

Get started

with Bluetooth

development!

Purchase our Embedded

Bluetooth Protocol Stack before

the end of May, and get a test run

in IAR PreQual free of charge!

Our Bluetooth protocol stack is

extremely compact, delivered in

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14/16

IAR Systems has begun to successfully

face the Asian challenge. Close coopera-

tion with our Asian distributors andactive promotion of our embedded system

development tools managed to increase

our sales in Asia by unprecedented

numbers in 2001 compared to 2000.

Major market for telecom and

consumer products

Asia is the worlds biggest hidden market

for telecommunication and consumer

products, due primarily to its large popu-

lation and increasing power consumption.

And since last year, when China andTaiwan entered the World Trade

Organization, commerce between

European and Asian countries has

increased significantly.

The decrease in sales of 8 and 16-bit

microprocessors, however, made the year

2001 difficult for the semiconductor

industry in Asia. The rapid increase, on

the other hand, in the sales of 32 bits,

DSP (Digital System Processing) and

SOC (System on Chips), especially pow-

erful chips for wireless communicationdevices such as Bluetooth, is pro-

mising. ARM chips, for example, are suit-

able for wireless communication, and

Atmel AVR, 8051, TI MSP430 chips are

particularly useful for consumer devices.

Thus the embedded systems product

research and the design market are partic-

ularly promising. And it appears that most

design services in this area will focus on

the telecommunication and consumer

market in the next few years.

Graphical design tools

A good graphical programming interface

design for lower level chip targets makes

it easy to validate product design quality

and increase product design reliability. At

the same time it shortens product devel-

opment time and saves resources for

embedded systems development. IAR can

provide Asian customers with a total solu-

tion for embedded systems development.

Not only do we offer more than 40 differ-

ent types of C compilers and debugger

platforms, but also graphical program-

ming design tools IAR visualSTATE

and the device driver generator IAR

MakeApp; a Bluetooth protocol stack and

testing qualification tool, IAR PreQual.

Collaboration with distributors

We are currently working very closely

with our Asian distributors to promote

and sell embedded systems graphical

design tools and provide total solutionsfor embedded systems development to

key companies in the region, such as LG

Electronics, China Chonghua Telecom.

Many of our Asian distributors have

formed local technical sales and support

forces for IAR visualSTATE and embed-

ded systems total solution services. Our

distributors hold technical seminars,

tradeshows and conferences in their

region and can handle customer support

issues on their own.

At the same time we are developing

our marketing strategy together with our

local distributors whose active sales and

technical forces will be used to execute

the planned activities. Some of the mar-

keting activities already in the pipeline

include university promotion programs,

free training for new customers and eval-

uation license services for target cus-

tomers.

Product task force

Because IARs total solution for embed-

ded systems development is more com-

plex than simply selling a C compiler and

debugger, it places stringent demands on

our distributors understanding of our

products as well as on the kind of sales

and technical support required. By build-

ing up a more professional sales and tech-

nical support force in every Asian coun-

try, IAR can provide better quality prod-

uct services to our local customers and

better promotion of our graphical designtools.

A product task force for IAR

visualSTATE and Bluetooth products was

formed at the end of last year. This task

force will work closely together with our

distributors to provide high quality sales

support and technical training and help

build up a more professional local sales

and technical support team.

Several sales and technical training

workshops for Asian distributors were

arranged by the IAR visualSTATE and

Bluetooth products task force at the end

of 2001 and beginning of 2002.

Cooperation with key customers

IAR will continue to strengthen the good

relationships we have with chip manufac-

tures worldwide. Since we also have

products on the user application level,

such as IAR visualSTATE and Bluetooth

products, we will also develop business

relationships with key customers working

with application development in the Asian

area. By providing professional customer

support, IAR and our Asian distributors

hope to better target customer needs.

14

IAR Systems on the Asian market

Meeting between IAR Systems and Korean distributors.


15/16

The Embedded Systems Show in

Nuremberg reflected the reality of IAR

Systemsbusiness idea: Increased soft-

ware complexity and shorter design

cycles, coupled with higher demands on

generic software documentation and

detailed test reports, are the driving force

behind a new generation of development

tools.

With the successful introduction of IAR

visualSTATE, a graphical programming

tool which can even be run on 8-bit con-

trollers, our customers acknowledged

the importance of better productivity

and design security. Our customers

also flocked to the Bluetooth area,

where ROBBIE, our Bluetooth-controlled

robot, performed together with IAR

PreQual, a tool which enables customers

to automatically document for the

Bluetooth Qualification Board, and where

IAR demonstrated complete support, from

Bluetooth starter kits to complete consult-

ing support.

Last, but not least, our customers were

pleased to see that Generation 3 of the

IAR Embedded Workbench meets their

needs for a more efficient debug-environ-

ment.

15

Onlinepurchase

The following IAR MakeApp

products can be downloaded and

purchased directly over the web:

IAR MakeApp for ZiLOG

eZ80

IAR MakeApp for Mitsubishi

M16C62

The online

purchase prices for

the products are just

$199

excluding the Support and UpdateAgreement which can be pur-

chased separately for $199 per

license and year.

To purchase the product visit

http://www.iar.com/Purchase and

go to the online purchase page for

the product. Fill in your purchase

order and we will email you the

license number and an order con-

firmation. When you confirm the

order you must also choose type

of payment, by credit card orinvoice.

IAR MakeApp

products for Hitachi

Hitachi has recently ordered two

new IAR MakeApp products:

IAR MakeApp for SH

(supporting SH7047 in the

first release)

IAR MakeApp for H8S

(supporting H8S/2633 in the

first release)

The new products will be devel-

oped with the IAR MakeApp

generation 4 technology and will

be available during 2002 Q1 and

Q2.

Embedded SystemsShow in Nuremberg

19-21 February

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16/16

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