NEC Electronics Europe introduces 32-bit microcontroller demonstration kit

DUESSELDORF (Germany), February 10, 2006 — Following the launch of the new V850 All Flash 32-bit microcontrollers, NEC Electronics is pleased to announce a dedicated demonstration kit, EB-V850ES/HG2, which is also now available to support this product range. V850 All Flash brings you three microcontroller families comprising a total of 23 new 32-bit devices, offering 29 MIPS performance from a V850ES RISC core combined with up to 640K of embedded Flash memory, up to 48K of RAM and an abundance of general purpose peripherals. The range includes a 5V family with up to 24 A/D channels (V850ES/Hx2), a high performance low voltage line-up (V850ES/Jx2) and dedicated motor control devices (V850ES/Ix2).
The V850 All Flash 32-bit microcontroller range is ideally suited to both entry-level and next-generation 32-bit designs, and this new demonstration kit is ideally suited to exploiting 32-bit functionality in our customer’s next application without delay.

The EB-V850ES/HG2 V850 All Flash Demonstration Kit provides on-board debugging, Flash programming and the real-time execution of application programs, making it ideal for the development of simple applications as well as the demonstration of V850 32-bit microcontrollers’ capabilities. With its easy-to-use device demonstration capabilities, it is comfortable to evaluate input and output functions such as push buttons, 7-segment LED outputs, A/D reference voltages, I/O lines, analog inputs, serial interfaces and much more. The board is also ready-prepared for all I/O ports to be connected to user hardware for more application-specific evaluation.

The demonstrations kit’s on-board debug function allows Flash programming and standard debug functionality such as code execution, single stepping, software breakpoints and memory manipulation without the need to connect to additional hardware. It is also easy to connect the kit to NEC Electronics’ low-cost MINICUBE emulator to take advantage of the on-chip debug features of the device itself.

The demonstration kit comes complete with NEC Electronics’ FPL Flash programming software, an appetizer version of the IAR Systems Embedded Workbench and C-SPY debugger. All of this plus the inclusion of a USB cable enables up and running functionality in no time, without the need for an external power supply! More details can be found under www.eu.necel.com/v850allflash .

EB-V850ES/HG2 V850 All Flash Demonstration Kit is available now.

About NEC Electronics NEC Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723) specializes in semiconductor products encompassing advanced technology solutions for the high-end computing and broadband networking markets, system solutions for the mobile handset, PC peripherals, automotive and digital consumer markets, and multi-market solutions for a wide range of customer applications. NEC Electronics Corporation has 26 subsidiaries worldwide including NEC Electronics America, Inc. and NEC Electronics (Europe) GmbH. In addition to marketing, selling and supporting NEC Electronics products to customers in their respective regions, NEC Electronics America and NEC Electronics Europe also operate local manufacturing facilities in Roseville, California, and Ballivor, Ireland, respectively. Additionally, NEC Electronics America for North America and NEC Electronics Europe for Europe are the sales and marketing channels of NEC AM-LCD modules. For additional information about NEC Electronics worldwide, visit  www.necel.com.

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