WITTENSTEIN Speeds Development for Next Generation of 32-bit Embedded Microcontrollers

WITTENSTEIN’s ‘State Viewer’ plug-in provides enhanced kernel awareness with features including a snapshot of the task-switching and resource states, and the ability to check the stack usage of each task. This means that engineers working in an Eclipse environment can develop and debug applications more quickly and with a high degree of confidence. The plug-in works with a broad range of OpenRTOSTM implementations deployed on the new generation of advanced 32-bit microcontrollers including Freescale’s Coldfire and ARM Cortex M3. It can be downloaded free from http://www.openrtos.com/

WITTENSTEIN also today released OpenRTOSTM for Freescale Coldfire V2 supporting Codewarrior v7.x and Eclipse/GCC providing a high level of functionality for this new generation of advanced micro-controllers from Freescale. OpenRTOSTM is fully API-compatible with FreeRTOSTM but provides a robust, commercially supported and licensed kernel. It is available through WITTENSTEIN high integrity systems with licenses starting from as low as $1000 per developer. The highly efficient implementation requires less than 5kB of ROM and fewer than 500 bytes of RAM per task in a typical application. It supports advanced interrupt nesting on the Coldfire v2 architecture, giving maximum flexibility for application developers.

WITTENSTEIN’s Head of Sales and Marketing, David Brook, commented: “The new generation of low-cost and powerful 32-bit architectures demands that software vendors lead innovation. With our integrated approach to open-source and commercial licensing we are providing a completely new level of choice and freedom for all embedded developers.”