Mar 2009 30
Custom Trim Now Supported In Cyclone PRO Image Creation Utility
Corporate News , ColdFire Processors , In-Circuit Flash Programming , HCS08/RS08/HC08 Micrcontrollers
P&E has updated its Cyclone PRO Image Creation Utility to provide a
way for users to set a custom trim frequency for HCS08, RS08, and CFV1
devices that have an internal reference clock. To use this feature, the
user must first select a programming algorithm, because not all devices
have the same maximum and minimum internal reference clock
frequencies. Click through for more information about setting a custom trim frequency...
Did you know that P&E offers full chip simulation for all 8-bit Freescale
devices? This powerful tool allows you to jump start device evaluation
and firmware development. You can start writing code without having
access to the actual device. All aspects of 8-bit devices from
the CPU to external I/O can be analyzed in a full-chip
simulator. 
P&E’s PROG programming software will sometimes prompt the user to
enter a “Base Address”. In this article, we discuss what the base
address is and why it exists. For situations where the flash can be relocated, the PROG software will always move the flash so that it begins at address 0. However, the developer may not have an object file that matches this new memory mapping. To account for this, the “Base Address” (specified by the user) is subtracted from all addresses in the object file prior to programming.