Development kit works with 80C51XA microcontrollers.

An extended-architecture (XA) software-development tool kit saves on 8-bit 8051C microcontroller code and gives increased processing performance for the 16-bit XA. The package includes a compiler, an assembler, a linker/locator, and a CrossView debugger integrated in the vendor's embedded development environment. The tools are offered on PC, Sun, HP 9000/700, and Digital platforms. Prices start at $1200. Philips Semiconductors, Sunnyvale, CA. (408) 991-2000.

68HC08 real-time kernel fills 3 kbytes.

Intended for embedded applications using the 68HC08 microcontroller, the MCX-08 real-time multitasking executive provides 36 kernel services in 3 kbytes of ROM. The MCX-08, which is written in assembly, performs pre-emptive, time-sliced, or round-robin task scheduling; intertask communication; synchronization with counting semaphores; and time management. You can host application development on PC-compatible systems running under Windows 3.1 or 95 and Motif on Unix-based platforms. The development kit, including a C-interface library, costs $3000 per seat for PC hosts and $3750 per seat for Unix hosts. Embedded System Products Inc, Houston, TX. (713) 561-9990.

VMEbus board sports 60-MHz TMS320C40 DSPs.

The Hydra II, a VMEbus board that uses four TMS320C40 DSPs running at 60 MHz, performs at 240 MFLOPS and 1.3 billion operations/sec. The board is configured with eight banks (up to 4 Mbytes/bank) of local SRAM. Each C40 processor accesses two memory banks via 32-bit, 100-Mbyte/sec global and local memory buses. The global memory buses on two of the C40s are available as external ports, as are 16 of the processor's parallel I/O ports. Hydra II also offers a VSB interface with full bus mastering. The quad board costs $11,495, with eight 256-kbyte memory banks. Ariel Corp, Highland Park, NJ. (908) 249-2900.

Software smoothes distributed emulation.

Distributed-emulation software lets you keep up with µP technologies by allowing emulation components to be reused. By combining the HP B3740A software analyzer with an HP logic analyzer, you can view high-level source code as it was written. Software probes provide run control and code downloading and inspect and modify memory. Processor-specific pod components attach to a target for distributed emulation. A modular logic analysis system costs $18,000; a benchtop analyzer costs $5900. The HP B3740A software analyzer costs $2000, software probes cost $3995, and pods range from $500 to $8000. Hewlett-Packard, Santa Clara, CA. (800) 452-4844, ext 1349.

Software debugs DSP56000 processor cores.

A software-development tool kit for Motorola's 16- and 24-bit DSPs, including all variants of the DSP56000 family, provides ANSI C and C++ compilers and a Motorola-compliant assembler with pipeline optimization. The DSP56000 tool set comes with the CrossView source-level debugger integrated within the embedded-development environment for push-button control of development processes. The CrossView Windows debugger works with the DSP56000's on-chip emulation debug facilities through Motorola's ASD board. Prices for individual tools start at $1500. BSO/Tasking, Dedham, MA. (617) 320-9400.

Tool analyzes PCI-bus signal integrity.

You can make simultaneous analog and digital measurements of systems based on the PCI bus with the FSPCI64LS PCI LogicScope Preprocessor. Used in conjunction with Hewlett-Packard's MultiProbe system, the analysis tool lets you view PCI-bus activity, measure setup-and-hold violations, characterize software, verify compliance, and measure performance specifications. The PCI LogicScope serves as the mechanical and electrical interface to the MultiProbe control module and to HP logic analyzers for passive PCI-bus state and timing analysis. The device also provides an oscilloscope for automated analog-signal-integrity measurements and acts as a worst-case PCI load. The PCI LogicScope costs $3500. FuturePlus Systems Corp, Colorado Springs, CO. (719) 380-7321.

VMEbus board supplies fiber-optic-communication link.

Occupying one slot in a standard VMEbus card cage, the Model 6110 C40 communication-port adapter provides two receive and two transmit channels to connect the vendor's DSP products with compatible peripherals, including A/D and D/A converters, digital telecommunications equipment, and SCSI devices. The board's 1300-nm transmitters and receivers transfer data at rates as high as 17.5 Mbps over low-cost fiber-optic cable, using simplex terminator, coaxial connectors. A 1-kbyte FIFO memory buffer provides elastic storage for the receiving port. The Model 6110 costs $2495. Pentek Inc, Norwood, NJ. (201) 767-7100.

Software helps build 80C51XA-G3 applications.

The XTEND-G3 development kit for the 16-bit 80C51XA-G3 microcontroller includes thoroughly documented extended-architecture (XA) assembly-language software and an internal XA-G3 monitor program that enables host communication with a PC. The standard kit costs $199 and comes with 64 kbytes of external memory, a UL-approved power supply, and an RS-232C serial cable. Future Designs Inc, Huntsville, AL. (205) 830-4116.

Dual-CPU VMEbus board carries camera interface.

The Eurocom 17, an image-processing subsystem on a VMEbus board, combines two 68040 processors, up to 32 Mbytes of DRAM, 1 Mbyte of EPROM, and a graphics interface, capable of displaying as many as 1152×900×8 pixels at a rate of 70 Hz, noninterlaced at a dot clock of 100 MHz. A daughterboard for the Eurocom 17, the IPIN 1900 frame grabber, supplies four Consultative Committee, International Radio (CCIR) or EIA camera inputs, which the daughterboard digitizes and stores in the Eurocom 17's video memory. The system handles block transfers at 32 Mbytes/sec. The image-processing subsystem costs $2460. American Eltec Inc, Princeton, NJ. (609) 452-1555.

Real-time clock module runs at 32 kHz.

The V3025 combines real-time clock functions, 32-kHz quartz digital-frequency trimming, battery switch-over, and both Intel and Motorola 8-bit interfaces in a compact DIP or small-outline package. Access time is 60 nsec max with a standby current consumption of 1.2 µA typ. The clock module operates over a supply range of 2 to 5.5V and a temperature range of -40 to +85°C. The DIP18 version costs $3.90, and the SO28 configuration costs $4.45 (100,000). EM Microelectronic USA, Rolling Meadows, IL. (708) 981-4751.