Atollic launches new tools for ARM9 and Cortex-M3 development

Atollic today announced the world-wide release of two new highly integrated and cost-effective professional C/C++ development tools for two ARM9 and Cortex-M3 based semiconductor families:

• Atollic TrueSTUDIO®/STM32 Pro: Development for STM32 devices from STMicroelectronics.
• Atollic TrueSTUDIO®/TX Pro: Development for TX devices from Toshiba.

Atollic TrueSTUDIO® is based on the ECLIPSE™ IDE framework, and include a C/C++ compiler and debugger for the ARM cores, as well as a C/C++ compiler and debugger for Windows PC’s.

Atollic TrueSTUDIO® is designed for quick startup and maximum productivity. A target specific project wizard generates embedded projects automatically, with dynamic adaptations for the board or microcontroller derivative to be used. In some cases, a full device driver library is generated automatically as well.

Modern software engineering practices promote testing algorithms in isolation from other factors such as the embedded hardware platform. Additionally, developers may want to do preliminary development in a familiar environment before embedded hardware is designed and debugged. For this reason, Atollic TrueSTUDIO® contains both an ARM compiler and debugger, as well as an x86 compiler and debugger. Developers can do initial development and testing in a familiar PC environment before moving code modules onto the embedded system.

On-target debugging is a critical factor in embedded development. The built-in debugger in Atollic TrueSTUDIO® contains all execution control features expected, from a contemporary state-of-the-art solution with features such as complex code and data breakpoints, browsing of complex data types, register visualization etc. For maximum flexibility, Atollic TrueSTUDIO® supports JTAG debug probes from many third party suppliers, and also includes a CPU instruction set simulator for ARM9 targets.

Atollic TrueSTUDIO® has been designed from the ground up to support multi-developer, multi-site team collaboration. Atollic TrueSTUDIO® seamlessly integrates GUI clients for many popular version control systems and bug database systems. Most version control system features can be accessed right from inside the C/C++ environment. In a similar manner, GUI clients for many different bug databases (such as Trac, Bugzilla, etc) are fully integrated into the C/C++ IDE.

Atollic TrueSTUDIO® is different from other C/C++ IDEs because it supports end-to-end applications development rather than just the code development portion. Atollic TrueSTUDIO® incorporates requirements capture, design, architecture and documentation using the UML modeling language directly into the IDE. Atollic TrueSTUDIO® includes a number of highly integrated graphical diagram editors for most of the UML diagram types, such as class diagrams, state-machine diagrams, message sequence charts, etc. Both static structure and dynamic behavior can thus be modeled graphically using Atollic TrueSTUDIO®.
A free Lite version is available for download from the Atollic website (www.atollic.com). The Lite versions includes a powerful IDE as well as build and debug tools for the ARM devices. Furthermore, the free Lite version have no code-size limitation or usage-time limitation, and is thus a zero-cost starting point for professional ARM development.

About Atollic
Atollic provides highly integrated software development tools to the global embedded systems market. Atollic cooperate with many of the world’s largest semiconductor manufacturers and have many other partners in related fields. The company’s products are distributed world-wide via an extensive international distributor network. Atollic also offers expert software development services, primarily in the Automotive, Aerospace, Defense, Industrial and Consumer markets. For more information on Atollic, please visit www.atollic.com.

For more information, contact:
Atollic AB Science Park Gjuterigatan 9 SE-553 18 Jönköping Sweden
Tel +46 36 196050

Primary point of contact for media:
Magnus Unemyr Vice President of Sales & marketing magnus.unemyr@atollic.com

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