February 18, 2002 - SofTec Microsystems announces the availability of three new development tools for the ST FIVE 408 family of Intelligent Controller Units (ICUs). The ICD-ST52 Series of In-Circuit Emulators consists of three models for the support of ST52x410/420, ST52x430 and ST52x440 devices, respectively. Together with the VISUALFIVE development environment, they provide you with everything you need to write, compile, program, in-circuit emulate and debug user code. In-circuit emulation allows you to use the actual inputs and outputs of your target system during simulation of your code.
ICD-ST52 Series In-Circuit Emulators are connected to the host PC through a parallel port, while the emulation pod fits into the target microcontroller’s socket. A full-featured experiment board is also included.
ICD-ST52 Series In-Circuit Emulators offer you the following benefits:
- True in-circuit emulation, with full I/O and peripheral simulation
- Step-by-step execution modes and breakpoint handling
- Tracing of the source program, read/write memory and registers
- Full-featured programming utility (DataBlaze) included
- Built-in programming ZIF socket for easy device insertion and extraction
The VISUALFIVE IDE offers you a user-friendly way to program ST FIVE ICUs, in a Windows environment. The visual and graphical approach provides you an innovative and timesaving solution to develop your project, minimizing your Assembler code writing and focusing on your control and systemistic aspects. All peripherals configuration can be graphical. The whole project is developed as a flow chart of interconnected blocks, like those managed by ST52: Fuzzy Sets, Fuzzy Algorithms, Mathematical and Assembler Instructions, Boolean conditions, Peripheral settings, Interrupt routines.
The tools are available at the price of EUR 299. Each model's package includes the emulation/programmer unit, a full-featured experiment board, a device sample, the VISUALFIVE IDE, a printed user’s manual and detailed device datasheets.
