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Serial debugging: New iCARDs for Cortex-M3, MC9S12P32, NEC78K0

iSYSTEM released three new serial debug interfaces (iCARDs) to support Cortex-M3 (including SWD trace), MC9S12P32 (New S12/S12X derivate without XGate) and NEC78K0 (not all NEC78K0 have a serial interface).

Support for Freescale MPC56xx and ST SPC560xx

Both MPC56xx and SPC560xx are a result of a joint development between Freescale and ST Microelectronics. At the moment there is JTAG support only. A Nexus trace will be supported as soon as the appropriate controllers are available.

iSYSTEM becomes AUTOSAR Associated Member

As an expert in emulation and debug technology for real-time embedded software development and test, iSYSTEM expands its activities in the automotive market.

“Since 1990 most of the automotive OEMs as well as Tier1 suppliers use iSYSTEM tool solutions to develop and test ECUs. AUTOSAR becomes more and more important in this market, so iSYSTEM as a tool manufacturer is committed to AUTOSAR. We are now figuring out how to implement AUTOSAR-compliant debug functionality in our products to support the AUTOSAR way of developing software for ECUs. Support for AUTOSAR OS will be standard in our tool software as we already provide it for standard OSEK. We are open to help defining standards for debugging and conformance testing as well”, said Erol Simsek, Director Sales & Marketing of iSYSTEM.

The next step is to study carefully the standard to be able to define an iSYSTEM AUTOSAR related tool roadmap for debugging and test. As iSYSTEM is an expert for development technology on a microcontroller level, this will also include the support of semiconductor vendors to develop low-level drivers etc. iSYSTEM was already involved in some AUTOSAR related projects and is open to add value to the appropriate AUTOSAR working groups