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25 Feb 2011

Keil PK166 with extended Infineon XE166 Support

Keil extends the C166^® product line with support for the Infineon XE166 Low-end and Ultra Low-End series. The XE166 Low-end and Ultra Low-End series expands Infineon's 16-bit XE166 microcontroller family to provide more scalable performance for cost-sensitive industrial applications which typically run with an 8-bit microcontroller.

The new family members called XE160, XE161 & XE162 offer the following specific features in addition to well known timer, capture-compare and communication peripherals:

• 12-bit ADC for high accuracy measurements for Sensor applications.
• Window Watch Dog for safe supervision of algorithms.
• Small packages like TSSOP-38, QFN-48, QFP-64 for space optimization on the PCB
• Integrated safe and fast Flash memories from 32kByte up to 160 kByte with MPU.
• DSP functionality and up to 80 MIPS performance.

The µVision IDE directly interfaces to Infineon DAVE™ a code generation tool for peripheral initializations and basic low level drivers. It is very easy to import the generated code into µVision and to synchronize both tools.

The XE166 Low-end and Ultra Low-End series features a single pin DAP (Debug Access Port) that connects to µVision using the Infineon miniWiggler. The µVision IDE/Debugger supports Program Debugging and Flash Programming including the Boot Mode Index (BMI). All device features can be programmed and tested in a single environnment which eliminates the need for external tools or utilities.

"The Keil C166 Professional Developer's Kit is a very popular compiler solution for C166^®-based microcontrollers. The latest version produces very high code quality for the Infineon XE166 Low-end and Ultra Low-End series," said said Manfred Choutka, Regional Marketing Manager for Microcontrollers at Infineon Technologies. "With its µVision IDE, Keil also provides complete support and a direct interface to work with the Infineon code generation tool DAvE and with the miniWiggler which features an innovative single-pin debug interface DAP."

Availability

• C166 v7.04 is available for Evaluation and Updates

About Keil

Keil™, the tools division of ARM^®, makes C/C++ compilers,debuggers, integrated environments, real-time kernels, simulation models, and boards for ARM, 8051, C166, and 251 processor families. The comprehensive range supports standard microcontrollers (MCU), smartcards, application specific standard parts (ASSP), and complex system-on-chip (SoC) devices. More information on Keil is available at http://www.keil.com/.

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