Partnership eases design with Freescale 8-bit MCUs
The XL_STAR development environment for 8-bit microcontroller designs is the result of a strategic partnership between element14 and Freescale Semiconductor.
The XL_STAR, an 8-bit MCU based development environment, debugger and accelerometer demonstration board has been developed by cooperation between element14Â and Freescale Semiconductor. Â
The XL_STAR is a multifunction development tool for both hardware and software engineers that aims to simplify and speed up the development of code and movement detection functionality in portable, low power designs.
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The XL_STAR development environment combines a Freescale’s 8-bit MC9S08MM128 MCU and a free version of Freescale’s CodeWarrior for microcontrollers, now capable of generating up to 64Kbytes of object code from either assembler or C source code.
This update to CodeWarrior allows more than 80 percent of Freescale’s HCS08 8-bit MCU family to be targeted for code development free of charge.
XL_STAR also supports Freescale’s Flexis family allowing for migration to 32-bit MCUs for higher performance without the need for PCB redesign.
The XL_STAR features a number of pre-programmed demonstrations designed to show some of the applications you can perform with the on-board accelerometer.
Through this strategic partnership with Freescale, XL_STAR is now available in the Americas through Newark, Farnell in Europe and element14 in Asia.