Press Release

16 May 2005

Keil MCBSTR7 Board for STR7 ARM Devices

Plano, TX: Keil Software extends its development tools portfolio for ARM with the MCBSTR7 Evaluation Board. This board uses the new STMicroelectronics STR710FZ2 ARM-powered microcontroller which is a superset of several other STR7 devices. The STR710Z2 offers 256+16KB Flash ROM, 64KB RAM, various 32-bit timers, 4 channel 12-bit ADC, USB, CAN, UART, SPI, I2C, and 48 I/O ports.

MCBSTR7 Evaluation Board

Getting started with new ARM devices can be difficult and time-consuming. Hardware that allows developers to experiment and learn about the new device is required. The Keil MCBSTR7 Board provides everything that is required for a single-chip STR7 system — USB, CAN, and two UART interfaces, analog input (via potentiometer), and eight LEDs.

An evaluation version of the Keil Development Suite for ARM is provided with the MCBSTR7. It allows engineers to create ARM programs for the evaluation board. Extensive program examples introduce ARM7 family programming and are provided ready-to-run on the MCBSTR7. The STR7 Software Library provides a collection of drivers for the STR7 peripherals including complete examples that work with the Keil ARTX-ARM Advanced RTOS. For programming and debugging, the Keil tools support Flash programming and software debugging via the JTAG interface and the Keil ULink USB-JTAG Adapter (available separately).

While other ARM Development Kits rely solely on the Embedded ICE, the Keil µVision Debugger adds accurate simulation of the instruction set, on-chip peripherals, interrupts, and other characteristics of the STR7 device series. The advantages of complete device simulation include: detailed trace and timing analysis and automated input patterns for regression testing. These extensive simulation capabilities support detailed analysis of complex algorithms that interface to peripherals and help embedded developers overcome challenges unique to embedded systems projects.

About STMicroelectronics

STMicroelectronics is a global independent semiconductor company and is a leader in developing and delivering semiconductor solutions across the spectrum of microelectronics applications. See www.st.com for more information.

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.