Press Release

17 May 2002

Keil Supports CS-RCS Version Control System

Plano, TX: Keil Software, the leader in 8-bit 8051 software development tools, today announced support for CS-RCS Version Control in the C51 Version 7 release of the µVision2 IDE.

"We recognize the importance of efficient project management, especially when it comes to bigger projects with different developers perhaps working in different locations" said Reinhard Keil, president of Keil Software. "We think that CS-RCS is an efficient and very cost effective tool for this purpose."

ComponentSoftware RCS is based on GNU RCS but offers a modern, user-friendly graphical user interface. Some of the features it offers include:

• Retrieve any revision by any criteria anytime.
• Each revision is marked with a unique revision number, revision date, author name, optional symbolic name, and descriptive comment.
• Conveniently see what was changed between any two revisions.
• Study the evolution of a function throughout its lifetime.
• Never lose any work because you can always backtrack. This is critical when there is a deadline and the last revision worked better.
• Work with binary files. You can maintain revisions of binary files such as MS-Word documents, pictures, drawings, and so on.
• Save disk space. Since only the differences between revisions are saved, the archive file size is kept to the minimum size.

In a workgroup environment:

• CS-RCS avoids the possibility of two users modifying the same file at the same time.
• CS-RCS maintains a "lock" for each file. Optionally, every user can maintain a distinct working area ("sandbox") for editing and testing.
• Know when there is an updated revision of a shared document. CS-RCS notifies you whenever a coworker checks-in a new revision.
• Know who does what and when. This simplifies communication between users, and smoothes out the whole development process.
• Use variety of servers and networks. Any file server can be used to keep the RCS archive files. Network connection can be LAN, corporate wide-area network, dial-up connection and the Internet.

Visit http://www.ComponentSoftware.com for more information about CS-RCS.

About Keil Software

Keil Software makes C compilers, macro assemblers, real-time kernels, debuggers, simulators, integrated environments, and evaluation boards for the 8051, 251, C16x/ST10, and ARM7 microcontroller families. Products available from Keil Software include embedded development tools, evaluation software, product updates, application notes, example code, and technical support. More information is available from www.keil.com.