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new products ST introduces 8-bit microcontroller platform STMicroelectronics has released details of a 8-bit microcontroller platform. Combining an 8-bit core and a set of peripherals, the STM8 platform will be manufactured using an ST-proprietary 130nm embedded non-volatile memory technology. The STM8 platform will be the foundation for a number of distinct product families each optimized for speciﬁc application areas, including automotive, industrial, low voltage and batteryoperated applications, as well as application-speciﬁc standard products. The STM8 leverages a Harvard architecture with 16-bit index registers and stack pointer, a 16Mbyte linear address space, advanced addressing modes and other features designed to optimally support C-programming to deliver leading-edge CPU performance in both speed and code density. The core reaches an average of 1.6 cycles per instruction with 20 MIPS of peak performance at 24MHz using a 3-stage pipeline. The STM8 platform offers real embedded EEPROM with a performance in endurance and retention comparable to those of external components, makadd-on modules already available from InterNiche. As a fully-featured TCP/IP stack with a memory footprint of less than 12 kbytes, NicheLite includes a compact TCP layer optimized for simple memory management, data copy prevention, low memory usage and high data throughput. The NicheLite IP layer supports one hardware interface and is compatible with Internet, email and network-management protocols also available from InterNiche. These include NicheStack PPP, FTP, Telnet server, HTTP server, DHCP server, email, and SNMP. Other protocols supported include address resolution protocol, internet control message protocol, user datagram protocol and client bootstrap protocol. Customers developing applications for the STR91x family can implement NicheLite at no charge, with the option to purchase support from InterNiche as required. Included with the stack is the NicheTool debugging and tuning software suite, which provides powerful porting and optimization capabilities. www.st.com ing complex ﬂash-based emulation strategies obsolete. The available onchip ﬂash program memory sizes will range up to 256K. The STM8 peripherals are homogeneous across ST’s 32-bit µC families such as the STM32 range, making the STM8 a perfect complement to ST’s 32bit MCU portfolio. ST will introduce the ﬁrst STM8 family in the ﬁrst half of 2008. ■ STMicroelectronics has made the NicheLit TCP/IP stack available free of charge with its STR91x 32-bit ﬂash microcontrollers for networking applications. ST and InterNiche have tailored the standard stack for optimal performance with the STR91x. The stack capabilities can be extended with Green Hills to support OMAP35x and DaVinci Green Hills Software, has announced plans to support the Texas Instruments (TI) OMAP35x superscalar applications processors. The Green Hills solution for the OMAP3503 consists of MULTI integrated development environment; compilers that claim 15% better code performance and density than ARM compilers; DoubleCheck static code analyzer; TimeMachine debugger, which enables forwardand-reverse code execution; and a fast simulator. The Green Hills tools are notable for their OS-aware development and debugging. The tools have built-in support for Green Hill’s OSes, as well as for Linux. Green Hills also provides extensive multi-core development support, a factor that will valuable as TI rolls out DSP+ARM OMAP processors. Green Hills is also supporting the Texas Instruments (TI) DM355 DaVinci digital media processor. Green Hills Software’s family of operating systems, optimizing C/C++ compilers, advanced debugger, MULTI IDE, and DoubleCheck are available today for DM355. TimeMachine is available today for the integrated ARM instruction set simulator and supports the embedded trace buffer on the DM355. www.ghs.com 41 www.embedded.com/europe | embedded systems design europe | MARCH 2008 041_ESDE.indd 41 6/03/08 17:45:50 http://www.st.com http://www.ghs.com http://www.embedded.com/europe

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