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MQX Embedded Announces MQX RTOS Availability for New Freescale Semiconductor ColdFire MCF532x and MCF537x Processors
MQX Embedded™ Proven Software Technology Supports New ColdFire MCF532x and MCF537x Processor Families Targeted at Industrial Applications Requiring a Human-Machine Interface
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Mentor Graphics' EDGE Tool Suite Earns the Synchromesh Computing Validation and Seal of Approval for Freescale's i.MX Applications Processor Family
Mentor Graphics announced that Synchromesh Computing has validated the EDGE Tool Suite on the Freescale Semiconductor i.MX family of applications processors. The third-party validation, which was conducted under the "Cool Tool Experience" program, provides software developers with assurance that the EDGE software effectively supports the Freescale technology, including a complete and trouble-free, out-of-the-box experience.
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Freescale Introduces Industry-First Flash-Based 32-bit Microcontroller Families for Single-Chip Connectivity
Freescale Semiconductor is enhancing its 32-bit leadership with the introduction of two 68K/ColdFire(R) microcontroller product families for industrial control applications ranging from remote data collection and security enhancements to home automation and environmental monitoring. The MCF5223x device family is the first 32-bit microcontroller to deliver a Fast Ethernet Controller, Ethernet PHY and flash memory in a single-chip solution. It delivers the industry's smallest form-factor solution for Ethernet-based networking. The MCF5223x also includes the cryptographic acceleration unit, an instruction-level ColdFire co-processor that helps speed functions critical to increasing cryptographic algorithm performance.
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Freescale, Motorola pull out of UWB Forum
Freescale Semiconductor is pulling out of the UWB Forum which it co-founded with Motorola and Pulse-Link. A spokesperson at Freescale also confirmed for EE Times that Motorola is also pulling out.
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Freescale Opens QUICC Engine Technology to Embedded Developers
Freescale Semiconductor has introduced the Open QUICC Engine™ developer program for third-party developers and customers who want to optimize the communications functionality of applications that leverage Freescale's QUICC Engine technology. The program is designed to enable developers to customize Freescale microcode that runs on QUICC Engine technology to support a wide range of industry-standard communications interfaces and protocols.
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Enea's OSEck DSP RTOS First to Support Freescale's New MSC8144 Multicore DSP
Enea, the world leader in advanced device software, announced the availability of its OSEck real-time operating system (RTOS) for Freescale's MSC8144 multicore digital signal processor. The OSEck RTOS, optimized for signal processing applications, takes full advantage of the MSC8144's multicore architecture and high-speed packet processing capabilities. OSEck also provides high-performance, message-based LINX interprocess communications (IPC) services, which greatly simplify the design of complex telecom infrastructure applications spanning multiple MSC8144 cores and processors.
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Macraigor Systems Announces USB 2.0-based On-Chip Debug Support for Freescale ColdFire Processors
Macraigor Systems LLC today announced support for Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.'s ColdFire family of 32-bit microprocessors. Debugging and control of these processors will be supported by Macraigor's usb2Demon background debug mode (BDM) interface device for ColdFire Version 2, 3, and 4 cores. Macraigor's OCDemon family of products offer the industry's most advanced price-sensitive, solution for designing, debugging and programming embedded hardware and application software.
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Mentor Graphics Nucleus RTOS and EDGE Tools Now Available for Developers of Wireless Mobile Devices Using Freescale's i.MX31 Applications Processor
Mentor Graphics Corporation (Nasdaq:MENT) announced that its Nucleus(R) PLUS real-time operating system (RTOS) and the Eclipse-powered EDGE(TM) integrated development environment (IDE) and debugger now support the i.MX31 multimedia applications processor from Freescale Semiconductor. As a result, users of the Nucleus PLUS RTOS and EDGE tools can develop i.MX31 processor-based applications that include video and audio media players, mobile gaming consoles, GPS systems, smart phones, PDAs, ultra portable handheld computers and other wireless mobile devices.
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QNX Announces Advanced Realtime Support for Freescale's i.MX31 Multimedia Applications Processors
To meet the growing demand for multimedia support in the burgeoning consumer-oriented embedded products market, QNX Software Systems announced it will expand its support to include Freescale Semiconductor's i.MX31 applications processors. Currently, QNX Software Systems supports Freescale products aimed at networking, in-car infotainment, and general embedded applications.
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Macraigor Systems Announces Low-Cost Debug Interfaces for Freescale ColdFire and DSP Processors
Macraigor Systems LLC announced availability of its usb2Sprite devices for Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.’s, ColdFire and DSP 56300 families of microprocessors. The usb2Sprite provides embedded design engineers with a low-cost USB 2.0 interface to the on-chip debugging features of these processors. Macraigor’s OCDemon family of products offers the industry’s most advanced, yet price-sensitive, solution for designing, debugging and programming embedded hardware and application software.
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eCosCentric announces eCosPro(R) for MCF5213 ColdFire(R) microcontroller
eCosCentric Limited, the eCos and RedBoot experts announced the availability of the eCosPro(R) real-time operating system for the Freescale Semiconductor MCF5213 ColdFire(R) microcontroller. Each M5213EVB evaluation board will be distributed with an eCosPro Starter Kit allowing end-users to rapidly evaluate eCos and begin building applications based upon it. The eCosPro Starter Kit is a commercial-grade distribution of the eCos RTOS for deeply embedded systems, including a GNU-based compiler/debugger toolchain and graphical eCos Configuration Tool.
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Freescale Debuts Multi-Core Audio DSP to Support High Definition Audio Standards
Responding to the demand for increased memory and performance in advanced audio applications, Freescale Semiconductor has unveiled two digital signal processing (DSP) chips designed to support multiple high definition (HD) audio standards. The Symphony DSP56720 and DSP56721 dual-core DSPs represent the first offerings in a family of multi-core 24-bit audio processors from Freescale, further broadening the company’s expansive audio portfolio.
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