uTasker allows simple upgrade from NE64 to Coldfire M5223X

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uTasker allows simple upgrade from NE64 to Coldfire M5223X

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mjbcswitzerland
Specialist V
Hi All
 
I have just put a demo of the new Coldfire (M52235EVB) on-line.
 
The demo project runs on the NE64 and also on the Coldfire, allowing upgrades from the NE64 to the Coldfire by simply changing a compiler define.
 
Contact the demo project at
http://212.254.22.36/
and see the board via web cam at http://212.254.22.36:8080
 
The demo (using uTasker Operating system with integrated TCP/IP stack) allows you to type in your email address and it sends you a welcome mail. It allows control of the LEDs on the EVB on the I/O web page and allows various setups and statistic monitoring on other web pages.

It also supports FTP (for loading and changing web pages) and TELNET (with an example menu control of various set-ups). Try it and see what you think.
 
The Coldfire is available as samples and on EVB and Demo boards. It comes with a 128k limited ColdWarrior version and BDM for as little as $99 for the demo board. (See freescale anouncements and seminar details).

The demo project occupies about 64k FLASH on the Coldfire, so the evaluation CodeWarrior version is adequate for powerful projects!!
 
By the way, the uTasker is free for educational and hobby use - including free email support - and is available for MC9S12NE64 and the new Coldfire M5223X family (swap and change projects with a simple define!!). The uTasker real-time simulator alone reduces real development times by over 60%.
 
A commercial, royalty free project license costs $485 incl. 3 months personal email support and pays for itself in a day. The NE64 project comes as ready-to-run IAR, GNU or CODEWARRIOR project and the COLDFIRE project comes as ready-to-run CODEWARRIOR project.
 
See the simple licensing terms (with application for free educational license) here:
http://www.mjbc.ch/documents/uTasker/License.txt
To learn about the operating system basics, see the following document:
http://www.mjbc.ch/documents/uTasker/uTaskerV1.2.PDF
A tutorial can be found her, including code size comparisons between various compilers:
http://www.mjbc.ch/documents/uTasker/NE64/uTaskerV1.2-Tutorial.PDF
 
If you like what you see or have any questions, simply contact me!
 
Regards
 
Mark Butcher
www.mjbc.ch
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DavidS
NXP Employee
NXP Employee

Very nice demo, nice looking product and application, and thank you for supporting Freescale microcontrollers!

I've forwarded your post to many within Freescale.

Regards, DavidS

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mjbcswitzerland
Specialist V

Hi DavidS

Thanks indeed.

Anyone with the M5223XEVB or the DEMO board can try out the uTasker demo project on their own board by loading the following file

http://www.mjbc.ch/software/uTasker/M5223X/uTaskerV1.2beta005_m5223X.s19  

It can be downloaded to the M5223XEVB/DEMO board using CF Flasher V3.1.1 (free Flasher from freescale) (make sure the newest version is used!!)

The default IP address is 192.168.0.3 and it supports web, ftp, Telnet and SMTP (SMTP test will however try to use my provider so will fail…). The settings can then be modified via Telnet or via web browser once the web sides are loaded.

To load the web pages, copy them from the on-line demo at ftp://212.254.22.36/ and then load them to your local board, also using FTP. Use IE6 in non-passive mode and drag-and-drop from the on-line demo directly to the local board should be possible.

The demo project can be completely simulated using the uTasker simulator (in real-time on a real network). Don't forget that educational and hobby use of the uTasker is completely free, including email support and regular newsletters.

uTasker projects run on the NE64 or the M5223X - simple set one compiler switch and compile for the target of your choice!!

Regards

Mark Butcher
www.mjbc.ch

 

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