IAR Systems has a new version of its development toolchain IAR Embedded Workbench for RX. Version 2.60 contains stack usage analysis functionality and several other new features that make the toolchain for Renesas RX microcontrollers even more powerful. Calculating the stack space is notoriously hard for all but the smallest embedded systems. Worst case maximum stack depth is very useful information in most embedded projects, as it greatly simpl...

IAR Embedded Workbench for Renesas RL78 microcontrollers has been updated to include several new features. These additions aim to further enhance and simplify development of applications based on Renesas low-power RL78 microcontrollers.

IAR Systems’ high performance toolchain IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM has been selected by Freescale as a featured integrated development environment for the next generation of Kinetis microcontrollers (MCUs). IAR Systems and Freescale share an effective history, providing designers with the tools to simplify development and to harness the advantages of the Kinetis MCU portfolio.

Following the release of the latest addition to the Freescale Kinetis MCU portfolio, IAR Systems has announced that its IAR Embedded Workbench has again been selected as a featured IDE for Kinetis MCUs. IAR Systems and Freescale share an effective history, providing designers with the tools to simplify development and to harness the advantages of the Kinetis MCU portfolio.

IAR Systems has updated its toolchain IAR Embedded Workbench for HCS12. Plenty of new functionality is added to further improve ease of use and make the workflow more efficient for developers working with the 16-bit HCS12 microcontrollers from Freescale. In addition, the IAR C/C++ Compiler incorporated in IAR Embedded Workbench for HCS12 now uses the ISO/IEC 9899:1999 standard, known as C99, as the default C language.

An extension to the company's existing embedded development tools, IAR Systems announces the fully integrated and high-performance C-RUN runtime analysis product. This gives developers unique possibilities to analyse their code at an early step and improve development workflow in an instant.

Available through IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM, support for the STMicroelectronic's STM32L0 series has been announced by IAR Systems. The Workbench has been recently enhanced with major new features including multicore debugging.

Multicore debugging and automatic NEON vectorisation functionalities have been added to the enhanced version of IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM. Version 7.10 of the development tool offers new functionality and support for the latest ARM devices, which help to significantly strengthen the development of complex applications.

IAR Systems is once again presenting  technical seminars during the Embedded World exhibition and conference in Nuremberg later this month (Feb 25-27). Focus on Your Code is the headline topic for a series of non-stop, 20 minute, free technical seminars. The seminar schedule will be the same on all three days.

Including several new features to simplify ease of use, IAR Systems has announced an updated version of the embedded development toolchain, IAR Embedded Workbench for Renesas SuperH. Additionally, this version features improved optimisations, updated device support and example projects.

IAR Systems has unveiled a new version of its state machine tool suite IAR visualSTATE. Version 7.2 includes several new features for further simplifying large design projects for embedded applications based on state machines, as well as updated user guides and a new license management system.

Updating the popular toolchain to version 6.30, IAR has announced the new version of its complete C/C++ development toolchain, IAR Embedded Workbench for AVR. This version includes improved compiler optimizations as well as new device support and updated user guides.

Expanding its support for the low-power RX111 microcontrollers from Renesas, IAR Systems has unveiled the IAR KickStart Kit for RX111. Based on the Renesas Promotion Board, the KickStart Kit can be used to evaluate the tools and the microcontroller, and also to design, develop, integrate and test applications.

IAR Systems has named Steve Egerter as Director of Global Customer Support. He was previously US Technical Support Manager. Egerter has a long experience in the embedded industry including more than 10 years with IAR Systems. Previously, he worked in the security electronics industry in various technical roles.

IAR Systems and Renesas Electronics Europe have teamed up to offer a development toolchain for Renesas’ 32-bit RX microcontroller platform that facilitates compliance with the international umbrella standard for functional safety IEC 61508. The build chain of IAR Embedded Workbench for RX has been tested and approved according to the requirements on support tools put forth in IEC 61508, as well as the standard for automotive safety-related ...

IAR System has today introduced IAR Embedded Workbench for MSP430 version 5.60, an embedded development toolchain which delivers leading benchmark results, increased by around 40%, for Texas Instruments’ MSP430 core. EEMBC CoreMark results published by Texas Instruments depict a score of 27.70 CoreMarks running at 25 MHz, resulting in a normalized score of 1.1 CoreMark/MHz.

An updated version of the complete C/C++ development toolchain IAR Embedded Workbench for 8051 has today been released. IAR Systems new toolchain update includes high-performance compiler and debugger tools with extensive support for a wide range of microcontrollers from manufacturers such as Atmel, Intel, Infineon, NXP, Silicon Labs and Texas Instruments.

IAR Systems has today announced full development tools support for Renesas' new, high-performance 32-bit RX CPU core for embedded devices in the consumer, industrial, and office equipment fields, the RXv2. The only tools provider covering the entire range of Renesas 8-, 16- and 32-bit microcontroller families, IAR Systems can offer early support for the new core in the C/C++ development tool suite IAR Embedded Workbench.

IAR Systems has today introduced new starter kits for the high-performance STM32F429 microcontroller series from STMicroelectronics. Providing hardware, example projects and evaluation versions of IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM, there are several kits available which can be used to evaluate the tools and the included microcontroller, as well as to design, start develop, integrate and test applications.

IAR Systems has today announced version 6.70 of the complete C/C++ development toolchain, IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM. Version 6.70 brings improved integrations and new functionality, including the on-demand download of example projects, as well as new device support.