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Model-based visual programming tool speeds application development on TI’s F2806x Piccolo™ floating-point microcontrollers

8th March 2011

Texas Instruments

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Simplifying programming to speed design, Texas Instruments Incorporated and Visual Solutions today announced that VisSim/Embedded Controls Developer v8.0 (VisSim) provides full, model-based support for TI’s new TMS320C2000™ Piccolo floating-point microcontrollers (MCUs). The software enables rapid application development, as it visually supports algorithm creation, bit-true simulation, device initialization, prototyping and production C code generation. A full version of VisSim v8.0 is being offered and is available for use with TI’s F28069 controlSTICK and F28069 Experimenter’s Kit with a free two month trial license. A limited $11 promotional price for the F28069 controlSTICK is also available.

“With up to 100KB RAM, on-chip USB, a floating-point unit, 16 individually triggered ADC channels and faster system clock, the F2806x Piccolo MCUs bring tailored performance that is unheard of in low-cost embedded controllers,” said Pete Darnell, president, Visual Solutions. “We are proud that TI selected our software to help developers fully leverage the capabilities of the F2806x throughout the design process.”

Key features and benefits of VisSim/Embedded Controls Developer v8.0

· Intuitive interface allows development to begin in minutes

· Production-grade C code generator allows high speed sample rates, low RAM and flash requirements, and automatically generates efficient fixed- and floating-point operations

· Easy drop down menus guide the generation of efficient, interrupt-driven code for all on-chip peripherals, including sophisticated modes of operation for the A/D converter and PWMs

* Simulation feature enables developers to verify, debug and tune algorithms while interactively viewing results in graphical plots

· VisSim environment can automatically use TI’s Code Composer Studio™ IDE and emulation – included with the F2806x kits – to compile, link and download algorithms to the target

· USB JTAG hotlink enables downloading and real-time host to target communication for interactively plotting responses and changing parameters during target execution

· Example diagrams for F2806x MCUs include interactive FFT, PSD, motor control, digital power and a range of other applications to jumpstart development efforts

· Existing VisSim diagrams can be easily retargeted to any C2000 MCU without structural changes to the diagram, greatly reducing the engineering cost to support multiple targets

“VisSim/Embedded Controls Developer for TI’s new Piccolo floating-point MCUs simplifies programming by enabling developers to quickly configure and use targeted on-chip peripherals,” Sangmin Chon, director of C2000 MCU marketing. “Further reducing time to market, VisSim’s efficient code generator allows developers to prototype, prove and then program complex digital control systems into a low-cost, floating-point MCU, or any of the other Piccolo or Delfino™ C2000 devices.”