IAR Systems today announced IAR KickStart Kit for NXP LPC11C14. Recently introduced by NXP, the LPC11C14 device adds a controller area network (CAN) 2.0B-compliant controller complete with on-chip CANopen drivers to the LPC1100 family of Cortex-M0 based microcontrollers. Based on the previously announced IAR KickStart Kit for LPC1114, the new kit has a CAN interface on the evaluation board to support the features of the LPC11C14 device.

IAR Systems today announced support for the Renesas RX Application Binary Interface (ABI) in IAR Embedded Workbench, allowing compatibility with other tool chains for the Renesas RX family. Component based application development is simplified when compiler barriers are brought down to allow software reuse, saving both development time and project costs.

IAR Systems today announced that IAR Embedded Workbench for TI MSP430 device has been selected by On-Ramp Wireless for their latest Ultra-Link Processing(TM) wireless technology.

IAR Systems today announced the availability of IAR J-Link Ultra debug probe. Designed for use with ARM Cortex devices, this JTAG/SWD probe supports IAR Systems' recently announced pioneering power debugging technology available within IAR Embedded Workbench. The J-Link Ultra JTAG/SWD debug probe features higher performance with USB 2.0 Hi-speed interface, SWO frequency up to 25 MHz and JTAG speeds up to 25 MHz.

IAR Systems today announced that it has incorporated its newly developed power debug and analysis tools within IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM. Bucking the software industry's trend of charging for new software features, IAR Systems has opted to include its innovative technology as standard.

By providing a single tool chain for well over 5,000 different microcontroller devices across 10 product families, independent tool vendor IAR Systems supports more than 80% of Renesas Electronics' microcontrollers. Stating that no other software tool vendor can match this, IAR Systems believes that this makes IAR Embedded Workbench the standard tool chain for software development on Renesas Electronics' microcontrollers.

IAR Systems today announced that Freescale MQX Software Solutions has been integrated together with IAR Embedded Workbench, to provide a reliable and powerful development tool suite for embedded applications running on Freescale's ColdFire devices.

Earlier this year IAR Systems released support for the ARM Cortex-M4 processor core. Now support has been added for Freescale's Kinetis family, which is the first microcontroller family based on the new core to reach the market.

IAR Systems today announced the availability of an integrated development kit for the Freescale i.MX25 family of low power ARM®9-based microprocessors. The IAR KickStart Kit for Freescale Semiconductor i.MX25 contains an i.MX25-SK evaluation board, software development tools together with a hardware debug probe. The evaluation board, using a i.MX257 device, features 32 Mbyte of SDRAM, 1 Gbyte of Flash memory and a 320 x 240 colour TFT LCD displa...

IAR Systems today announced the launch of their new RTOS & Middleware Partner Program for IAR Embedded Workbench. By selecting some of the best and most recognized RTOS products from around the world, the Program will provide a broad and comprehensive development tools ecosystem of RTOS and middleware products, all highly integrated with IAR Embedded Workbench.

IAR Systems, fournisseur leader d’outils logiciels pour systèmes embarqués, annonce ce jour le support des circuits SmartFusion d’Actel qui intègrent sur une seule puce un FPGA, un sous-système microcontrôleur à cœur ARM Cortex-M3 et des fonctions analogiques programmables. L’atelier IAR Embedded Workbench se marie sans heurt avec un écosystème de middleware (logiciel intermédiaire) optionnel, ce qui présente un avantage majeur ...

IAR Systems today announced that IAR Embedded Workbench is now available for STMicroelectronics STM8 microcontrollers. Support for the STM8 family extends the support already available for the ARM® Cortex-M3 based STM32 range of microcontrollers. The consistent tool chain for STM8 and STM32 microcontrollers allows developers to use the same reliable and powerful tools for developing embedded software across both architectures.

IAR Systems today announced it has added support for the ARM Cortex-M4 processor to IAR Embedded Workbench. Building on the support already offered to other ARM Cortex processors, this latest release of IAR Embedded Workbench also adds software performance for the signal processing capabilities found in the ARM Cortex-M4 processor.

IAR Systems today announced an innovative technology specifically designed to enable software developers to reduce power consumption in embedded systems. With a rapidly increasing demand for low-power solutions in embedded systems, IAR Systems' new technology signifies a great leap in embedded software development, and advances the product leadership of the company. The technology will start with new functionality in our world-leading product IAR...

IAR Systems today announced support for Actel's SmartFusion devices that integrate an FPGA, ARM Cortex(TM)-M3-based microcontroller subsystem and programmable analog on a single chip. IAR Embedded Workbench seamlessly combines with an eco-system of middleware options, a major advantage for end users adopting these new devices. SmartFusion devices offer a compelling solution in a wide variety of applications, including motor control, system and p...

IAR Systems today announced that their integrated development environment IAR Embedded Workbench® has been selected as a part of Fujitsu's SK-86R03 'Jade-L Starterkit' package. The MB86R03 'Jade-L' SoC device incorporates a powerful 32-bit ARM926EJ-S(TM) CPU core as well as Fujitsu's 'Coral PA' graphics processor. Based on Fujitsu's proprietary 90nm CMOS process technology, MB86R03 'Jade-L' is optimised for applications requiring high CPU perfo...

IAR Systems today announced that IAR Embedded Workbench is now available for Renesas' SH-2A and SH2A-FPU MCU architectures. IAR Embedded Workbench for SuperH is a comprehensive and easy-to-use set of embedded development tools for applications employing the Renesas SH-2A and SH2A-FPU family of devices. The toolset comprises IAR C/C++ Compiler, assembler, linker, librarian, text editor, project manager, and IAR C-SPY Debugger in a single integrate...

Express Logic, Inc., a worldwide leader in royalty-free real-time operating systems (RTOS), and IAR Systems, a leading provider of software tools for embedded systems, today announced a commercial-grade integration for developers of serious applications. The integration combines Express Logic's ThreadX® RTOS and IAR Embedded Workbench® IDE in a form that is easily used out-of-the box by developers of embedded applications. Both Express Logic an...

IAR Systems today announced they have entered into a 3 year enterprise software licence agreement with Landis+Gyr, the leading provider of integrated energy management solutions tailored to energy company needs. The agreement establishes IAR Systems as the preferred vendor of software development tools, and provides the ability to switch software licenses between all the different MCU architectures available.

IAR Systems has been selected by Rescue Alert, a manufacturer of personal medical alert systems aimed at helping people with medical conditions. Rescue Alert's new product is called the 'MXD Personal Response System'. It comes in the form of a base unit combined with a small transmitter button worn on a wrist band or on a necklace. The MXD device features two way voice communications between the user and the monitoring service, has a transmitter ...