Greetings from Technological Arts! I'd like to let everyone in the
HCS12(X) community know about several free development tools that have been
released recently. This announcement will be especially interesting to those
who are not using C or assembler.
Several months ago, programmer David Armstrong released a FIG-Forth compiler and
IDE for the 9S12XDP (http://mamoru.tbreesama.googlepages.com/). In the process
of developing it, Dave ported the Serial Monitor of Freescale AN2548 to the
9S12XDP512, and created an enhanced version of our free Windows-hosted uBug12x
user interface, supporting loading and simple debugging functions. Both the
Serial Monitor and uBug12x are available from
http://support.technologicalarts.ca/docs/Adapt9S12X/Code/. The uBug12x manual
is available here:
http://www.technologicalarts.ca/shop/documentation/63-debugging-tools/132-ubug12x-user-manual.html.
Dave also worked with Dirk Heisswolf to enhance his HC(S)12 IDE for Linux, found
here: http://home.arcor.de/hotwolf/ I think special recognition should go to
both Dave and Dirk for all the effort they have put into perfecting these
excellent tools!
Several years ago, when Freescale was about to launch the 9S12C family, we
commissioned GenerExe (creator of XPad tools: a "design, simulation,
programming, documentation suite" for HC11 and other MCUs) to develop an
object-based multi-tasking programming language for the Freescale MOD912C32 (the
32-pin DIP module that we developed-- now called NanoCore12). Unfortunately,
due to other obligations, that software development went on the proverbial "back
burner". However, we have now decided to make it freely available to 9S12C
users, on www.nqBASIC.com. We hope you'll find it useful!
Another recent development is an MCU-resident BASIC programming environment
created by Rich Testardi. Rich was 2nd-place winner in Freescale's "Can
Your Badge Do This?" contest last year. Over the past few months, we have
worked extensively with Rich to port his StickOS BASIC to run on 9S12DP512, and
make a number of enhancements. We have dubbed the 9S12 version soBASIC, and it
can be found at www.soBASICsoEasy.com.
Finally, in February of this year, Frank Voorburg, of Feaser LLC, released a
port of the open-source Eclipse IDE for HC11 & HC12 GNU C/C++. It can be found
at http://www.feaser.com/store/eclipse_m6811.php
As we have been for the past 15 years, Technological Arts is still committed to
supporting the HC11/HCS12(X) user community. Your comments and suggestions are
always welcome!
Best regards,
Carl Barnes
www.technologicalarts.com
Evaluate * Educate * Embed
