September 8, 2003 - SofTec Microsystems unveils its inDART-HCS08 Series of In-Circuit Debuggers/Programmers, a new family of low-cost development tools for the Motorola HCS08 Flash Family. The inDART-HCS08 Series is based on a universal emulator/programmer unit and a number of device-specific evaluation boards.
inDART-HCS08 takes advantage of Metrowerks CodeWarrior HC(S)08 Integrated Development Environment and the BDC (Background Debug Controller) feature to debug the user program. Together with CodeWarrior HC(S)08, inDART-HCS08 provides you with everything you need to compile, download (program), in-circuit emulate and debug user code. Full speed program execution allows you to perform hardware and software testing in real time. inDART-HCS08 is connected to the host PC through a USB port, while the 6-pin BDM connector of the product fits into the target’s standard BDM connector. Design Kit packages also include a full-featured experiment board for a specific HCS08 microcontroller.
inDART-HCS08 offers you the following benefits:
- Real-time code execution without probes--works with all packages (BDM-compatible connector);
- In-circuit debugging;
- Built-in FLASH programmer (DataBlaze programming utility);
- 1.8 to 5.5 V devices supported;
- Standard chip used--no bondouts, 100% electrical characteristics guaranteed;
- Working frequency up to the microcontroller's maximum;
- Jumperless hardware mode setting;
- Automatic target frequency detection;
- USB connection to the PC;
- Metrowerks' CodeWarrior IDE with editor, assembler, C compiler and debugger.
The tools are available at the price of $249 (emulator/programmer unit alone) and $299 (emulator/programmer unit plus a device-specific evaluation board). Each evaluation board features a BDM connector, various I/O demo controls and a prototyping area.
