IAR IDE for Toshiba ARM Cortex-M3

IAR Systems AB have announced the release of a new, low-cost development kit for the ARM Cortex-M3 in partnership with Toshiba Corp.

Toshiba was the first Japanese semiconductor manufacturer to release a 32-bit ARM Cortex-M3 core-based microcontroller with the TMPM330FDFG in late 2008. It uses the Cortex-M3 core to provide a high-performance, low-power general-purpose MCU with a large flash memory, real-time clock, 10-bit analog-to-digital converter, and three-channel SIO/UART, all housed in a compact LQFP package. The TMPM330FDFG is optimized for use in consumer, industrial, security, and general low power applications.

The IAR KickStart Kit for the TMPM330FDFG contains all the hardware and software elements necessary for the design, development, integration and testing of specific applications. It includes a TMPM330-SK evaluation board with a TMPM330FDFG ARM 32-bit Cortex-M3 device, an IAR J-Link for Toshiba's Cortex-M3 family, an IAR PowerPac board support package, a Micrium board support package, and a set of example applications.

The kit's TMPM330-SK evaluation board comes with a JTAG connector (as defined by ARM) for programming and debugging, USB and RS232 drivers, an audio jack (3.5 mm, mono), and a power supply. It has a TFT LCD display and outside extended SDRAM, NAND flash, NOR flash, USB OTG (On-the-Go), a SD/MMC card connector, speaker, and buzzer.