Portable low-cost emulator for 8-bit micros

5th October 2006

Toshiba

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Toshiba has expanded its family of embedded systems tools with the launch of a low-cost and compact ‘all-in-one’ emulator for the development of applications based on the company’s low-power TLCS-870/C 8-bit microcontrollers.

The new RTE870/C Light real-time emulator is a compact and highly integrated development tool comprising emulator, debugger, emulation chip, probe and target connector. All of the emulation functionality - including the 64kb emulation memory, interfaces for the MCU probe and the connection to the host system - is housed in a compact and portable unit measuring just 120mm x 100mm x 30mm.

The RTE870/C Light emulator is fully compatible with Windows XP and Windows 2000 operating systems and connects to the host PC via a USB2.0 full-speed interface. Maximum emulation frequency is 16MHz. As the component parts of the RTE870/C Light system are standardised, users can easily change the target MCU by changing a probe, a target connector and an emulation chip.

Providing an easy-to-use graphical user interface (GUI), the debugger software allows the developer to rapidly identify and rectify software problems by setting break points and event triggers, stepping through code and activating a trace function with a capacity of up to 1280 frames. A timer function offers a resolution of 1µs for up to 17 minutes and 100ns for around seven minutes.

To ensure a truly low-cost emulation solution, the price of the RTE870/C Light includes the cost of the debugger software licence. The latest version of the debugger software can be downloaded from the Toshiba website.