Press Release

01 Dec 2004

CMX Supports Keil µVision3 for ARM

Jacksonville, FL, and Plano, TX: CMX Systems, well-known designer of real-time operating systems, TCP/IP software, CANopen protocols, and Flash File Systems and Keil Software, the leader in 8- and 16-bit development tools for 20+ years, today announced the availability of nine CMX software products that are fully integrated with the powerful Keil µVision3 for ARM tool suite. CMX offers small footprint and extremely fast embedded software for a wide variety of 8-bit, 16-bit, 32-bit processors and DSP's.

The following CMX software is now available for the Keil tools for ARM devices:

• CMX-RTX is a truly preemptive, multi-tasking RTOS and offers the smallest footprint, the fastest context switching times, and the lowest interrupt latency times available on the market today.
• CMX-Tiny+ is a real time kernel specially designed for processors with a small amount of RAM embedded on the processor's silicon. This allows the user to develop application code and have it run under an RTOS using only the onboard RAM that the processor provides.
• CMX-MicroNet is a TCP/IP stack with an extremely small ROM requirement ranging from 3.5K to 16K bytes (depending on configuration and processor), this networking tool resides and runs directly on the processor with no gateway required.
• CMX TCP/IP is a portable, ROM-able, reentrant, and multi-tasking TCP/IP stack for embedded processors. It is a fully RFC compliant system offering full functionality to support most embedded systems networking requirements.
• CMX-FFS is the standard edition flash file system for embedded systems developers and includes 100% Failsafe, Multiple volumes, Wear-leveling, Directories, Boot sector support, and Standard drivers for NOR Flash chips as well as RAM.
• CMX-FFS-NAND is a NAND Flash driver for CMX-FFS and CMX-FFS-FAT and includes 100% Failsafe, Wear-leveling, and ECC algorithm.
• CMX-FFS-FAT is a full-featured file system for embedded systems developers who wish to add devices to their products that require FAT12/16/32 compliant media to be attached to them and includes Long filenames, Multiple Volumes, and the following Drivers: Compact Flash (True IDE and Memory I/O), MMC/SD (SPI S/W or H/W) and RAM.
• CMX-FFS-THIN is a scalable, reduced footprint file system designed for integration with 8-bit or 16-bit embedded processors with limited resources and includes FAT 12/16/32, Long file names, and the following Drivers: Compact Flash (True IDE and Memory I/O), MMC/SD (SPI S/W or H/W) and RAM.
• CMX-CANopen allows for optimized implementations of CANopen conformant devices and was developed to allow for maximum task optimization, especially when used with an RTOS such as CMX-RTX.

Chuck Behrmann, president and CEO of CMX, said, "We are very pleased to be working with Keil for the important ARM development platform. CMX and Keil can now offer their mutual ARM customers an unmatched combination of flexibility and ease of use for their embedded systems development."

"CMX and Keil have a long history of providing quality development tools to the embedded community. The Keil development tools and the CMX real-time operating system provide a foundation for successful product development using popular ARM-powered microcontrollers," said Jon Ward of Keil Software.

All CMX software is licensed with a one-time, economical fee and features full source code, no royalties on shipped products, and free technical support and software updates. Pricing for the ARM series of processors starts at $2,900.00 and all software is available immediately.

The Keil µVision^® 3 IDE provides complete project management, automatic compiler/assembler/linker configuration, JTAG debugger support, and accurate device simulation that drastically reduces the amount of time embedded designers spend testing code. Keil currently offers single-user licenses of µVision3 for ARM. Site licensing will be available early 2005. All Keil tools come with 1 year of maintenance and includes access to an online Knowledgebase containing over 2,000 solutions and examples, telephone and e-mail support, and FREE product updates and upgrades.

About CMX Systems, Inc.

Since its inception in 1990, CMX Systems has focused on providing its customers with all of the tools needed to program their embedded applications. The company's core business is to develop and support real-time, multi-tasking operating systems (RTOS), TCP/IP stacks, Flash File Systems, and the CANopen protocol for a wide variety of 8-bit, 16-bit, and 32-bit microcomputers, microprocessors, and digital signal processors. The company's CMX-RTX, CMX-RTXS, and CMX-Tiny+ real-time multi-tasking operating systems support more than 40 processor families and over 30 C-compiler vendors. CMX also develops and supports products that enhance the user's ability to create, test and debug application code, including CMXKAware™, CMXBug™, and CMXTracker™. CMX TCP/IP™, a full-featured TCP/IP stack for 16-bit, 32-bit, and digital signal processors, also is sold by the company. CMX also offers tiny CMX-MicroNet, which is a unique TCP/IP stack that is targeted for 8-bit, 16-bit and digital signal processor target platforms. CMX additionally offers three different Flash File Systems to best meet the memory management needs of embedded developers. CMX also manufactures the CMX-CANopen protocol stack for those developers requiring CANopen functionality. For more information, please visit CMX Systems' website at http://www.cmx.com.

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 ARM 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.

Trademarks

CMX-RTX, CMX-RTXS, CMX-Tiny+, CMXKAware, CMXTracker, CMXBug, CMX TCP/IP, and CMX-MicroNet are trademarks of CMX Systems, Inc. Keil Software, µVision, µVision IDE, µVision Debugger, Device Database, C51, CARM, and C166 are trademarks or registered trademarks of Keil Software, Inc. and Keil Elektronik GmbH. All other product names are trademarks of their respective companies.