The DEMO board has a built-in two-channel logic analyzer. This analyzer allows the IN0 and IN1 signals to be captured by the PC and displayed for the user. The IN0 and IN1 signals may be connected to any of the MCU signals which the user would like to view. By default, they are connected to the PTC0 and PTC1 pins of the MCU by jumper J11. At the time of this release, the logic analyzer runs at a capture rate of 10khz.

This PC-based application is used to display the logic analyzer data on the PC. The logic analyzer data is displayed in real-time and each waveform may be paused, zoomed, and printed.

If the microcontroller-based Quick Start Application is programmed into the MCU, the IN0 channel will show the PWM output on pin PTC0 whose duty cycle is controlled by the potentiometer (W1). The IN1 channel shows the PWM output on channel PTC1 which drivers the buzzer.

This PC-based application will graph serial data output from the microcontroller-based serial accelerometer application. The graphed data includes the magnitude of the X, Y, and Z accelerometer signals, as well as the current processor loading. For this application to work properly, the microcontroller-based serial accelerometer application must be programmed into the microcontroller which is plugged into the DEMO board.

The data that is graphed may come from either the PC serial port or the virtual serial port on the DEMO board. The serial port of the microcontroller on the DEMO board is routed to either serial port hardware or the virtual COM port based upon the setting of jumpers J6 and J7.

This PC-based application acts as a standard serial port terminal application on the PC. It works with standard serial ports as well as the virtual serial port on the DEMO board. The application includes settings to adjust the COM port number, baud rate, parity, and number of data bits. There is a button to take a file on the PC and transmit it out of the serial port. There are also delays which are automatically inserted in the transmission output to prevent overruns. It is recommended that these defaults not be changed.

The terminal window may be set for full duplex or half duplex. In full duplex mode, only received characters are displayed in the terminal window. In half duplex mode, both transmitted and received characters are displayed.

This PC-based application is a more generalized version of the accelerometer demo application. It may be used with the microcontroller based serial accelerometer application or customer microcontroller code which transmits data in the correct format. The serial graphing utility allows incoming data on the PC serial port, or one of P&E's virtual serial ports, to be automatically graphed in time or displayed upon a series of bar graphs. The virtual serial port exists on several of P&E's embedded USB multilink designs including the DEMO board.

All data to be displayed must be in hexadecimal format. The data can be accepted and displayed either as incoming byte values ($00-$FF) or word values ($0000-$FFFF). The data format indicates whether the data is byte or word data. The graphical components automatically size their range depending upon the incoming data.

P&E's Cyclone PRO is an extremely flexible tool designed for debugging, testing, and in-circuit flash programming of Freescale's ColdFireV1, HC08, HCS08, RS08, and HC(S)12(X) microcontrollers. The Cyclone PRO connects your target to the PC via USB, Ethernet, or Serial Port and enables you to debug your code, program, and test it on your board. After development is complete the Cyclone PRO can be used as a production tool on your manufacturing floor.

For production, the Cyclone PRO may be operated interactively via Windows-based programming applications as well as under batch or .dll commands from a PC. Once loaded with data by a PC it can be disconnected and operated manually in a stand-alone mode via the LCD menu and control buttons. The Cyclone PRO has over 3Mbytes of non-volatile memory, which allows the onboard storage of multiple programming images. When connected to a PC for programming or loading it can communicate via the ethernet, USB, or serial interfaces.

Coming Soon - P&E will offer an advanced EVB board which works for several CFV1/HCS08 processors, includes a logic probe on every pin, and features a prototyping area, LCD, and other on-board peripherals.

P&E's ColdFire PRO Developement Packages are complete, powerful, and inexpensive C-level Windows-based development suites for Freescale ColdFire MCF5xxx microcontrollers. The packages include P&E's in-circuit debugger, flash programmer, development environment, GCC C Compiler, assembler, register decoder, and a choice of one P & E hardware debug interface. The P & E debug interface connects to a standard Freescale ColdFire debug connector and provides the ability to debug your target in real time.

P&E's 68HCS08 Development Packages are complete, powerful, and inexpensive C-level Windows-based development suites for Freescale's 68HCS08 microcontrollers. The packages include P&E's in-circuit debugger, flash programmer, development environment, assembler, register decoder, and a choice of one P & E hardware debug interface. The hardware interface connects to a standard 6-pin BDM header and provides the ability to debug your target in real time.