Media Alert

11 May 2010

Keil Supports Nuvoton Cortex-M0 Devices

Cambridge, UK: Keil™ announce immediate support for the Nuvoton NuMicro family of devices in the Keil MDK-ARM (Microcontroller Development Kit).

Nuvoton was established in July 2008, as an offshoot from Winbond, to extend its Computer Logic IC product line. Today, Nuvoton offers a range of MCU devices based on ARM7/9 and Cortex™-M0 processors.

The Cortex-M0 processor is ARM's smallest, lowest power, and most energy-efficient processor. Its ultra-low gate count, small silicon area and minimal code footprint make it suitable for applications traditionally addressed by 8- and 16-bit processors.

Nuvoton's NuMicro family of Cortex-M0 devices offers up to 128KB Flash, high-speed UART, SPI, CAN, USB device, and mixed-signal capabilities. Numicro is aimed at data communication, automotive, and industrial control applications.

MDK-ARM

The latest release of MDK-ARM supports all NuMicro Cortex-M0 devices and includes setup files, device-specific views and example projects. MDK features the industry-standard compiler from ARM, the Keil µVision4 IDE, the fully functional RTX RTOS, and sophisticated analysis tools. MDK provides a complete development environment for creating, debugging and verifying embedded applications.

Availability

MDK-ARM v4.11 is available for download now.

About Keil

Keil™, the tools division of ARM^®, makes C/C++ compilers,debuggers, integrated environments, real-time kernels, simulation models, and boards for ARM, 8051, C166, and 251 processor families. The comprehensive range supports standard microcontrollers (MCU), smartcards, application specific standard parts (ASSP), and complex system-on-chip (SoC) devices. More information on Keil is available at http://www.keil.com/.

About ARM

ARM designs the technology that lies at the heart of advanced digital products, from wireless, networking and consumer entertainment solutions to imaging, automotive, security and storage devices. ARM's comprehensive product offering includes 32-bit RISC microprocessors, graphics processors, video engines, enabling software, cell libraries, embedded memories, high-speed connectivity products, peripherals and development tools. Combined with comprehensive design services, training, support and maintenance, and the company's broad Partner community, they provide a total system solution that offers a fast, reliable path to market for leading electronics companies. More information on ARM is available at http://www.arm.com.

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