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interface, thus simplifying their reusability.
e far-reaching modi -
cations and optimizations carried out in the course of the introduc-
tion of the Version 4 of DAVE have resulted in incompatibility with
the previous development environment and DAVE APPs. However,
system performance and response have been improved on the basis
of the optimized data models for chip con guration and resource
management. With the launch of Version 4, In neon will provide
an extensive package for a quick introduction or transition to DAVE
(Version 4) development environment that includes sample projects
for XMC Lib and DAVE APPs, videos, tutorials, application notes,
and migration guidelines for the further use of con gured and gen-
erated source codes with a third-party tool. DAVE and commercial
ARM development environments will work hand in hand during
this process.
Source code generated by DAVE and the XMC Lib made available are
both suitable for use with compilers of GCC, ARM, Tasking, and IAR.
It can be used with the Altium, ARM/Keil, Atollic, IAR Systems, and
Rowley development environments. From evaluation to end product,
the user can continue to use the free DAVE or the code con gured with
DAVE with a commercially available ARM development environment.
is forms the foundation for the so ware scalability and reusability, as
well as for programming at a high level of abstraction and achieving an
e cient development process without the necessity of acquiring exten-
sive development knowledge of MCU hardware or real-time so ware.
With its comprehensive code repository and modularity and scalabil-
ity, DAVE supports an e cient so ware development process based
on established methods in the area of PC or server-so ware develop-
ment. On the one hand, this provides the user with a free of charge and
extremely e cient tool for code generation and so ware development
for XMC microcontrollers. On the other hand, the user is also able to
optimally utilize the available peripheral performance and real-time
ability of what in the future will be more than 160 XMC derivatives.
Figure 4. e ARM-based XMC microcontrollers are suitable for vari-
ous industrial applications, including factory and building automation,
transportation, power and energy, and simple motor controls, such as
those for the home and professional sector
Product News
Green Hills demonstrates secure platform
for automotive consolidation on i.MX 6
Green Hills has extended its INTEGRITY
automotive consolidation platform to the
Freescale i.MX 6 series Smart Application
Blueprint for Rapid Engineering (SABRE) for
automotive infotainment board, giving car-
makers and their suppliers another processor
choice on which to safely and securely consol-
idate multi-domain cockpit so ware – digital
instrument cluster, entertainment, navigation,
driver assistance – into smaller, simpler and
less costly con gurations.
Mouser: SensorTag kit connects
sensors to the cloud in minutes
Mouser Electronics is now stocking the Sim-
pleLink multi-standard SensorTag develop-
ment kit from Texas Instruments. Enabling
quick and easy integration of sensor data
with wireless cloud connectivity, the Sen-
sorTag helps jump-start development for
Internet of Things applications by offering
flexible development with multiple wire-
less connectivity options, including Blue-
tooth low energy (BLE or Bluetooth Smart),
6LoWPAN and ZigBee.
