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The Atmel ATM91SAM9 series of microcontrollers is based on the ARM926EJ-S™ processor. This reference Board Support Package for AT91SAM9 Windows Embedded CE based designs includes:

• Bootloader - booting through ethernet, local boot, CE image update in Flash
• Kernel - full support of AT91SAM926x devices, ethernet/serial debugging, watchdog
• HMI - display driver, keyboard and mouse support
• Communications - USB drivers, bus drivers, serial driver
• Storage - SD card driver, HDD, NAND Flash driver with ECC

The NXP LH7A4004 microcontroller is based on the ARM9TDMI® processor, while the LPC3000 series is based on the ARM926EJ-S™ processor. This reference Board Support Package for Windows Embedded CE-based designs includes:

• Bootloader - booting through ethernet, local boot, CE image update in Flash
• Kernel - full support of LPC/LH7 devices, ethernet/serial debugging, advanced power management
• HMI - display driver, keyboard and mouse support
• Communications - USB drivers, bus drivers, serial driver
• Storage - SD card driver, EEPROM driver

The TASKING VX-toolset for ARM® brings to developers the power of Altium's sophisticated, next-generation Viper C compiler technology framework, allowing them to take full advantage of the highly-popular ARM architecture.

With its Viper technology, the TASKING VX-toolset for ARM is able to generate code with the level of execution speed and code density needed for tomorrow's automotive, industrial and telematics applications. The ARM compiler features up-to-date functionalities such as MISRA C and CERT C code checking, profiling through code instrumentation and run-time error checking capabilities.

The TASKING VX-toolset for ARM Cortex-M/R provides:

• Industry standard Eclipse IDE with TASKING toolset plug-in
• ISO C++ compiler, scalable to EC++
• C compiler with integrated MISRA-C and CERT C code analysis functionality
• Very competitive code-generation at an attractive price level
• Support for Cortex-M and Cortex-R microcontrollers
• Compatibility to the widely distributed ARM compiler in Altium Designer
• Eclipse based debugger with two execution environments:
  • Simulator
  • On-hardware debugging with support for J-Link and ST-Link
• Board support for many standard evaluation boards

The GT-1000D, Arium's powerhouse ETM trace port analyzer for the embedded market, supports ARM7™, ARM9™, ARM11™, and ARM Cortex™ processor cores, and XScale, and TI OMAP&trade processors. The emulator delivers an industry-leading trace depth of 1 GByte and a half-clock capture rate of 640 MHz, supporting ETMv1 and ETMv3 architectures with a 44-bit timestamp with 10 ns resolution. The GT-1000D ships with a 38-pin ETM Mictor connector for trace and a 20-pin JTAG connector for straight run control (1 KHz - 40 MHz).

Included with the GT-1000D is Arium's flagship SourcePoint™ debugging software. The debugger interface is part of the company's core technology developed specifically for SoC design and debug. The 32-bit application runs on Microsoft® Windows® and Linux hosts. The GT-1000D, when coupled with SourcePoint™, features fast downloads, a robust command language, and intuitive manipulation and elegant display of code. Designed and developed as a complete solution, the tight integration of the trace port analyzer and the debugger offers developers one of the most robust debug solutions on the market today.

Arium's GT-1000D Linux OS-aware debug solution includes full symbolic, source-level debugging of Linux kernel code (including loadable kernel modules), and applications (including shared libraries). Developers can launch or attach to multi-threaded processes with seamless transitions to and from the kernel and each process, debug the kernel straight out of reset, and dynamically debug loaded Linux kernel modules. In addition, with SourcePoint and the GT-1000D, developers can get Linux console output through the JTAG port, eliminating a serial or Ethernet port requirement.

The HS-1000S, Arium's lightning-fast ETM trace port analyzer sports a trace depth of 256 MBytes and a blazing half-clock capture rate of 680 MS/s, supporting ETMv1 and ETMv3 architectures with a 44-bit timestamp with 10 ns resolution. The emulator ships with a 38-pin ETM Mictor connector for trace and a 20-pin JTAG connector for straight run control (1 KHz - 40 MHz). The HS-1000S is one of the fastest data capture tool on the market today.

Its main features include:

• USB and 10/100base-T host connectivity
• Linux OS-aware debug
• 680 MHz trace capture rate
• Integrated flash programming
• Serial wire debug
• Individual processor control, as well as multi-core and heterogeneous-core debug

The LC-500 represents one of American Arium's most popular JTAG emulators, delivering reliable run control and accurate breakpoint functionality. It is designed for speed, too, with fast file and image downloads and quick stepping through code.

Its main features include:

• Full ARM® and Thumb™ instruction set support
• Execution trace (on-chip)
• Fast symbols finder
• Multiple file format support
• Code profiling
• Integrated flash programming

The complexity of embedded software projects today is growing at an astounding rate. To handle these demands, American Arium offers a number of hardware-assisted debug solutions.

SourcePoint, the company's flagship debugger, along with the company's JTAG emulators and ETM trace port analyzers, operates on Microsoft® Windows® and Linux hosts, giving the embedded developer unsurpassed visibility to and manipulation of code via a series of intuitive screens and dialogs with numerous viewing and customization options.

Arium SourcePoint debug solutions deliver feature-rich, real-time debug, from the way views are rendered to the way the command language scripting works, to the speed with which tasks execute. Run control is state-of-the-art. Trace is integrated. Performance analysis data match the real execution time of the program being run. There is also the capability of multi-core and heterogeneous-core debug, along with individual processor control.

Arium's Linux OS-aware debug solutions include full symbolic, source-level debugging of Linux kernel code (including loadable kernel modules), and applications (including shared libraries).

The Amontec JTAGkey is a USB-JTAG adapter for in-system debugging. It support full speed USB2.0 and a JTAG Baudrate of up to 6Mbits/sec.

The Amontec sdk4arm is a complete software development kit for ARM processors, and is based on GNU tools. It includes an IDE, a compiler, a debugger and a JTAG server; and support the ARM7 and ARM9 processors.

The ARM debug value pack is a low-cost JTAG interface emulator which can operate at speeds of up to 8MHz. It supports devices based on the ARM7, ARM9 and ARM10 processor families.

Ashling's Opella-XD JTAG Debug Probe is an ultra-high-speed debug probe for embedded development on ARM™ RISC processors.

Advanced features of Opella-XD include:

• Fast, easy-to-install USB 2.0 High-Speed Interface
• Opella-XD supports all popular ARM™ processors, using ARM Ltd.'s EmbeddedICE&grade; or EmbeddedICE-RT™ on-chip debug interfaces.
• Semi-hosting, DCC, RT and RealMonitor debug support
• Unique Auto-conditioning Probe provides maximum possible download speed to target with fastest JTAG clock frequencies
• Hot-plug support allows post-mortem debugging

Opella-XD is supplied with Ashling ARM RDI Drivers – Software that allows Opella-XD-ARM to be used with third-party debuggers, such as ARM's RealView, GNU GDB, Keil uVision and IAR's Embedded Workbench - all RDI compliant debuggers are supported. In addition, the software includes a GDB Server allowing Opella-XD-ARM to work with the open-source GDB based debugger.

All ARM processors in the ARM7, ARM9, ARM9E, ARM10, ARM11 and Cortex-A processor families are supported. In addition, Opella-XD supports devices from the following ARM licensees: Atmel, NXP, OKI, Samsung, Sharp, Sony and TI. Other devices are continuously being added, please contact Ashling for latest support information.

BICEPS-ARM is a powerful real-time emulation tool for ARM7 processor-based microcontrollers. It offers full featured real-time debugging via JTAG and sophisticated real-time trace via ETM (embedded trace macrocell) interface.

Highlights:

• Non-intrusive debugging at full system speed via JTAG interface (EmbeddedICEâ„¢ debug logic).
• Real-time trace at full speed with 40 bit time stamp.
• Special real-time trace filter logic expands trace capacity from milliseconds to seconds or minutes.
• Trace capacity: ca. 1M instructions.
• Port replacement unit (no pins are lost for debugging signals).
• Two version available: Basic version can be upgraded by license to Professional version whenever trace features are actually needed.
• 8051 real-time emulator included to open developers an easy way from 8 to 32 bit microcontrollers.
• Attractive bundles with Keil-µVision debugger.

Red Probe is a high speed USB debug probe specially designed for use with ARM-based Microcontrollers using JTAG and/or SWD.

Featuring complete integration with Red Suite, Red Probe allows high speed download to RAM and direct programming of on-chip Flash.

When used with Cortex-M3 targets, built-in support for SWV allows full support for data trace, instruction and exception profiling and application sourced diagnostics.

Together with Red Suite, Red Probe provides a complete development and debug environment for ARM-based microcontrollers.

Summary of Red Probe Features

* USB 2.0 full-speed.

* Self powered from USB host.

* Wide target voltage range: 1.5V - 3.5V.

* Switchable protocol support: ARM JTAG SWD, and SWV.

* Multiple standard JTAG connectors: 20-pin 0.1" pitch, 10-pin 1.27mm(0.05") pitch, and 20-pin 2mm pitch.

* Programmable JTAG clocking.

* Programmable SWV capture.

* Support for Hardware and Software Breakpoints.

* Integrated high-speed FLASH programming with Red Suite.

* One of the fastest download and FLASH programming algorithms in the industry.

* Up to 300k bytes/s download to RAM

* Up to 20k bytes/s flash programming

* Fully integrated with Red Suite.

Red Suite is a highly integrated software development environment for ARM-based Microcontrollers, which includes all the tools necessary to develop high quality software solutions in a timely and cost effective fashion.

The Red Suite IDE is based on Eclipse with many Microcontroller specific enhancements. It also features the latest version of the industry standard GNU toolchain with our own optimized C library allowing us to provide professional quality tools at low cost.

Summary of Red Suite 2 features:

* Sophisticated Eclipse-based Integrated Development Environment.

* Device-specific support for more than 180 microcontrollers from NXP and Luminary Micro

* Unique Red Trace capabilities giving unprecedented visibility into microcontroller execution.

* Wizards to create microcontroller programming frameworks, fast.

* Peripherals views of all supported microcontrollers.

* Full support for both JTAG and low-pin count SWD debugging.

* No-fuss, single install for complete product.

* Included 1-year of support with each licensed seat of the tools.

* Fully functional 90-day evaluation.

* Available for Windows XP and Windows Vista.

* Discounts available: 20% for 2-5 copies, 25% for 6-10, 30% for 11+

Sourcery G++™ is CodeSourcery's complete C/C++ development environment based on the GNU Toolchain. Sourcery G++ includes the GNU C and C++ compilers, the GNU Debugger, the QEMU™ simulator, the Eclipse™ IDE and much more.

Sourcery G++ for ARM supports the ARM7™, ARM9™, ARM11™, Cortex™-A8, Cortex-A9, Cortex-R4, Cortex-R4F, Cortex-M1 and Cortex-M3 processors, runs on GNU/Linux® and Windows® host systems, and targets GNU/Linux, uClinux or EABI (bare board) systems. Sourcery G++ also includes a Debug Sprite for debugging applications with RealView® ICE, UNLINK2®, SWD, GDB Server or QEMU.

Sourcery G++ Professional Edition features unlimited support from CodeSourcery's expert engineers and additional C/C++ runtime libraries, inlcuding VFP-optimized and big-endian libraries. Personal Edition is affordably priced for individuals and small development teams.

A free 30-day evaluation version of Sourcery G++ can be downloaded from here.

eCos® is a mature open-source RTOS for deeply embedded applications. The eCosPro Developer's Kit is targeted at professional developers looking to integrate eCos within commercial products. It includes all the tools and runtime functionality necessary to develop general embedded applications.

Its main features include:

• ISO C and standard C++ libraries
• Posix and uITRON compatibility layers
• lwIP and BSD TCP/IP stacks including PPP, DHCP, HTTPD, etc
• Comprehensive file system support: RAM, ROM, JFFS2 Flash, and FAT
• Extensive device support: Flash, Ethernet, serial, watchdog, RTC, I2C, SPI, SD, MMC, CF, IDE, PCI, framebuffer
• eCos configuration, memory analysis, and execution profiling tools
• Industry standard GNU C/C++ toolchain
• Eclipse-based IDE with integrated eCos remote target support

A range of middleware is also available to further extend the capabilities of the CosPro Developer's Kit.

RedBoot™ is a comprehensive debug and bootstrap firmware solution for the development, deployment, and management of embedded devices. It supports a wide variety of embedded application types ranging from native stand-alone, proprietary and eCos RTOS based applications, through to embedded Linux based systems.

Its main features include:

• Network and serial based communications
• Flash memory management for applications, OS and data
• Optional file system support for FAT, JFFS2, and ext2
• Application download and debug support for GDB and Eclipse IDE
• In-field application updates

RedBoot is fully open source, and free of royalty and product license fees.

eBinder is a powerful integrated development environment for application development based on PrKERNELv4 and eT-Kernel from eSOL. The eBinder Core Package provides a comprehensive range of development tools and software libraries including:

• ARM RVCT 2.x compiler and GCC for other non-ARM architecture
• Configuration and build tools
• Multicontext & multitask debugger
• Dynamic loader
• Target-based shell command line interface
• Thread-safe standard C library
• Realtime profiler
• System events analyzer
• System snapshot browser
• Platform package creator

SCADE Display™ is a leading embedded graphics design environment dedicated to mission- and safety-critical display systemsm and is DO-178B qualified up to level A for Military and Aerospace industries.

Its features include:

• Advanced graphical prototyping and specification capabilities
• Integrated enhanced simulation capabilities
• Performance optimization and methodological rule enforcement with SCADE Display checker
• Integrated simulation with SCADE Suite

SCADE Display combined with SCADE Suite in the SCADE Certified Software Factory, form the only integrated and industrialized tool suite spanning algorithm, logic and displays design, merging formal verfication and certified code generation.

SCADE Suite™ is a market-leading, model-based development environment for safety-critical embedded software development.

It provides overall model-based software development support, from requirements to target, with rigorous semantics of modelling, proven code generation algorithms, and formal proof technology wrapped in a user-friendly tool. Other features include:

• Architecture design capture with SCADE Gateway for SysML/UML
• Integrated requirements management and traceability
• Debugging and simulation at the model level with SCADE Simulator
• Coverage analysis and resolution at the model level with Model Test Checker

SCADE Suide development environment provides a common representation between systems and software teams sharing models, and generates portable C or Ada code which is RTOS, hardware and bus platform independent.

CMX-FFS Flash File Systems is a suite of five products which address memory management needs for a wide variety of target storage media types used in embedded designs.

CMX-FFS-FAT is a full-featured file system for products that require FAT12/16/32 compliant media support and provides support for Long filenames, Multiple Volumes, Media Error handling, Mix of Media and Check Disk. CMX-FFS-SAFE-FAT offers that same features as CMX-FFS-FAT but adds protection from unexpected resets.

CMX-FFS-THIN is a scalable, reduced footprint file system designed for integration for designs with limited resources and includes FAT 12/16/32, Long file names, Media Error handling. All versions are provided with drivers for Compact Flash (True IDE and Memory I/O), MMC/SD/SDHC (SPI S/W or H/W) and RAM. Flash Translation Layer options are available for NAND and Atmel DataFlash.

CMX-FFS is a 100% Failsafe flash file system and includes multiple volumes, Wear-leveling, Directories, Bad Block management, ECC algorithms, Boot sector support and RAM Drive. Optional drivers are available for NOR, NAND and Atmel DataFlash. CMX-FFS-TINY is a limited resource failsafe file system available in configurations for RAM, Small Sector Byte Writeable Flash, Atmel DataFlash and ST Serial Flash for Data.

CMX-MicroNet is a TCP/IP stack specially crafted to work with virtually all processors, and features an extremely small ROM requirement and very minimal RAM requirements. The base CMX-MicroNet package includes UDP, TCP, IP, Modem, SLIP, ICMP Echo, IGMP, a Virtual File system, an intuitive Windows GUI Configuration Manager and also includes choice of PPP or Ethernet. Add-On options include: HTTP Server, DNS Client, FTP, SMTP, SNMP, DHCP Client, TFTP Client, Fragmentation, SNTP, Telnet Server, POP3, PPP, CHAP, Ethernet (ARP, BOOTP) and Wireless Ethernet. CMX-MicroNet can work with or without an RTOS and also offers portable drivers for a wide range of integrated and external Ethernet MAC controllers.

CMX-RTX is a truly preemptive, multi-tasking RTOS offering the smallest footprint, the fastest context switching times, and the lowest interrupt latency times available on the market today. RTOS functionality provided in CMX-RTX include: task management, message management, queue management, system management, event management, memory management, resource management, semaphore management and timer management.

CMX-RTX includes the RTOS Configuration Manager, an intuitive Windows GUI which simplifies RTOS configuration. The CMXKAware option provides the developer with the ability to view their programming applications running under the RTOS via In-Circuit Emulators, Simulators or ROM Monitors and to view kernel objects including tasks, mailboxes and cyclic timers.

CMX-TCPIP is a full-featured, 100% RFC compliant, TCP/IP stack which provides virtually all of the protocols, link layers, interfaces, and device drivers that are required for most networking connectivity applications. The basic CMX-TCP/IP stack provides: UDP, TCP, IP, ICMP, IGMP, DNS, ARP, SLIP, Ethernet, an RTOS porting layer, a Standard BSD socket interface and a High Performance Socket Interface. Add-On options include: DHCP, IMAP4, FTP, NAT, POP3, PPP, PPPoE, SMTP, SNMP, Telnet Server, TFTP/BOOTP, Web Client, Web Server and Wireless Ethernet. CMX-TCP/IP can work with or without an RTOS.

The CMX-USB is a suite of modular USB Host and Device software providing a "one stop" solution for designs requiring USB connectivity. All CMX-USB Host and Device stacks offer support for HID, Mass Storage, CDC Class drivers, OTG Switching and a Bootloader. CMX-USB Host software also offers support for the Printer Lite, Audio, MIDI and FTDI Class drivers.

The CMX-USB Host is the USB stack available for USB Host applications. Add On options include a Flash Bootloader, HID support for peripherals including keyboard, mouse or joystick, USB Mass Storage with optimized drivers for MMC/SD cards or other devices, CDC class for standard communications ports, Audio Class supporting a full range of audio features, MIDI support for digital musical interface control and an FTDI driver supporting FTDI USB to serial converter devices. The USB Mass Storage Class is compatible with CMX-FFS-THIN, CMX-FFS-FAT and CMX-FFS-SAFE-FAT File Systems. >/p>

The CMX-USB device stack is supplied with a HID class implementation for supporting peripherals such as a keyboard, mouse or joystick. Add-on options include: a Flash Bootloader, USB Mass Storage class with optimized drivers for accessing MMC/SD cards or other devices, a CDC class implementation supporting standard communications ports, MTP class for movie and music file transfers, the Reliable File Interface for storage devices with USB, an Embedded Pipe for interfacing a USB device with a host application and VCOM, a Virtual Comm port driver for XP and Vista supporting unlimited devices over a USB connection. The USB Mass Storage is fully compatible with CMX-FFS-THIN, CMX-FFS-FAT and CMX-FFS-SAFE-FAT File Systems.

The CMX-USB suite also offers an optional OTG (On-The-Go) Module for applications which require switching between USB host and device functionality. The OTG module is available for those processors which are equipped with an OTG controller.

eCos® is a mature open-source RTOS for deeply embedded applications. The eCosPro Developer's Kit is targeted at professional developers looking to integrate eCos within commercial products. It includes all the tools and runtime functionality necessary to develop general embedded applications.

Its main features include:

• ISO C and standard C++ libraries
• Posix and uITRON compatibility layers
• lwIP and BSD TCP/IP stacks including PPP, DHCP, HTTPD, etc
• Comprehensive file system support: RAM, ROM, JFFS2 Flash, and FAT
• Extensive device support: Flash, Ethernet, serial, watchdog, RTC, I2C, SPI, SD, MMC, CF, IDE, PCI, framebuffer
• eCos configuration, memory analysis, and execution profiling tools
• Industry standard GNU C/C++ toolchain
• Eclipse-based IDE with integrated eCos remote target support

A range of middleware is also available to further extend the capabilities of the CosPro Developer's Kit.

eCosPro-CAN is an optional middlewaer package for hte eCosPro RTOS, providing standard Controller Area Network support for automotive and industrial applications. It combines a straightforward intuitive CAN API with support for an extensible range of external and on-chip CAN controllers. CANopen protocol stack support is also available as an additional option.

eCosPro-MMFS is an optional middleware package for the eCosPRO RTOS that provides a high performance filesystem specifically designed for streaming high volume and time critical data.

Typical markets for eCosPro-MMFS are personal video recorders (PVR), set-top boxes (STB), harddisk based video cameras, instrument recorders, personal radio recorders (PRR), video surveillance applications, multi-room video and audio, and similar high volume streaming applications.

eCosPro-MMFS provides both random access and streamed reading and writing of files. Streams support simultaneous reading and writing, and read position skipping. This latter functionality facilitates the implementatiom of PVR features such as pause, fast forward and reverse viewing of live video.

The filesystem has been designed to provide near optimal throughput for modern hard disk and disk interface implementations. The performance of the filesystem not only enables improved functionality to be delivered to the end user, but also provides the opportunity to specify lower performance and correspondingly lower cost disks, whilst still meeting application performance goals.

Suitable for deployment in sealed-box consumer designs and other high reliability applications, the filesystem features automatic self initialization, self checking, and self healing. eCosPro-MMFS is shipped as an integral part of NXP STB220 set top box development kits.

eCosPro-SecureShell is an optional middleware package for the eCosPro RTOS that provides an SSH-2 compatible Secure Shell daemon. This enables secure network access to embedded targets for configuration, control, data transfer and other purposes. The SSH protocol supports encryption to provide confidentiality and integrity of data, and uses public-key cryptography to authenticate incoming connections. Secure Shell clients are available for all mainstream host operating systems.

InfraBed is a portable RTOS that has been ported to the ARM7 architecture using the Keil tools.

eT-Kernel is a new operating system standard for high-end embedded applications. eT-Kernel is available in three profiles to fit any system size and purpose - from a compact model with high real-time performance similar to micro-kernel, to a model with memory protection and a process model like Linux.

The three profiles are:

• Compact: Multitasking kernel compliant with T-Kernel
• Standard: With T-Engine standard drivers
• Extended (+POSIX option): Memory protected and process model

eT-Kernel Multi-Core Edition supports two scheduling modes, True SMP Mode (TSM) and Single Processor Mode (SPM), providing for a blended multiprocessor RTOS.

This provides software developers both the scalability and high throughput efficiency of Symmetrical Multiprocessing (SMP), with the more deterministic and real-time characteristics of Asymmetrical Multiprocessing (AMP) - within a single, tightly-coupled multiprocessor solution, supporting POSIX 1003.1. 2003, T-Kernel/OS/SM/DS functions and T-Kernel Standard Extension APIs.

PrCONNECT/Pro is a reentrant embedded TCP/IP protocol stack supporting a wide range of Internet protocols including PPP. PrCONNECT/Pro is RFC-compliant and features a modular design which allows developers to minimize code size in the target environment.

PrCONNECT/Pro is preconfigured and ready-to-use with PrKERNELv4 and eT-Kernel. Sample serial and Ethernet drivers are included.

PrFILE2 is a file system compliant with FAT12/16/32 & VFAT, and designed to be flexible and easy to use on multiple platforms. PrFILE2 is fully integrated with PrKERNELv4 and eT-Kernel. Code pages samples and RAM disk driver are included. SD and MemoryStick drivers are available as an add-on option.

PrKERNELv4 is a fully preemptive and deterministic multitasking kernel for 32-bit RISC processors. It provides high performance with low interrupt latency, is scalable for a low footprint, and provides features required by high-end applications such as dynamic resource generation and priority inversion protection.

PrKERNELv4 complies with the µITRON 4.0 standard.

PrUSB/Device is a driver for USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 devices and supports low speed, full speed, and high speed operation.

PrUSB/Device is integrated with PrKERNELv4 and eT-Kernel, and supports three transfer types: Control, Interrupt and Bulk transfer. Sample code is provided for a mass storage class device.

PrUSB/Host provides host controller device drivers and class drivers to enable your system to act as a USB host.

PrUSB/Host supports the OHCI, UHCI, and EHCI host controller standards. It is compatible with USB 1.1 and USB 2.0, and supports low- speed, full-speed, and high-speed devices. Sample code is included for a Human Interface Device (HID) class.

FileX is an MS-DOS compatible FAT file system for embedded devices. FileX supports all microcontrollers based on the Cortex-M1/M3 and ARM7/9 processors. FileX is used in millions of consumer devices (printers, cameras, media devices), as well as in medical and industrial applications. FileX is small in size, is provided with full source code, and is royalty-free.

NetX Duo is a full IPv4/IPv6 dual-TCP/IP stack, with applications including AutoIP, DHCP, DNS, FTP, TFTP, SNMP, PPP, Telnet, and a BSD-compatible socket layer. NetX supports all microcontrollers based on the Cortex-M1/M3 and ARM7/9 processors. NetX is small in size, making it ideal for embedded applications. NetX is provided in full source code form, and is royalty-free.

ThreadX is a small, fast, easy-to-use RTOS which supports all microcontrollers based on the Cortex-M1/M3 and ARM7/9 processors. ThreadX is used in over 500 million electronic products from:

• wireless - baseband, bluetooth, WiFi
• networking
• consumer devices - printers, cameras, DTV
• medical devices - defibrillators, blood analyzers
• automotive and industrial applications

ThreadX is provided with full source code, and is royalty-free. ThreadX can be used with ARM RealView, Keil, IAR, or Green Hills tools.

The Atmel ATM91SAM9 series of microcontrollers is based on the ARM926EJ-S™ processor. This reference Board Support Package for AT91SAM9 Windows Embedded CE based designs includes:

• Bootloader - booting through ethernet, local boot, CE image update in Flash
• Kernel - full support of AT91SAM926x devices, ethernet/serial debugging, watchdog
• HMI - display driver, keyboard and mouse support
• Communications - USB drivers, bus drivers, serial driver
• Storage - SD card driver, HDD, NAND Flash driver with ECC

The NXP LH7A4004 microcontroller is based on the ARM9TDMI® processor, while the LPC3000 series is based on the ARM926EJ-S™ processor. This reference Board Support Package for Windows Embedded CE-based designs includes:

• Bootloader - booting through ethernet, local boot, CE image update in Flash
• Kernel - full support of LPC/LH7 devices, ethernet/serial debugging, advanced power management
• HMI - display driver, keyboard and mouse support
• Communications - USB drivers, bus drivers, serial driver
• Storage - SD card driver, EEPROM driver

The economial Cyclone III FPGA Starter Kit is an easy-to-use and ideal way for users who have never designed with FPGAs to get to grips with the FPGA design flow, or for experienced FPGA designers to check out the Cyclone III architecture. Several design examples included in the kit make for a quick "out-of-the-box" evaluation experience.

The Cyclone III FPGA Starter Development KIt is RoHS compliant, and features:

• Cyclone III starter board
• External power supply (US compatible plug with EU and UK adaptors)
• Example designs targeting the Cyclone III FPGA starter board
• Complete documentation

Evaluation Board for ADuC7000 Device Series.

The SAM3N-EK is for evaluation and code development of the Cortex^TM-M3 based SAM3N series devices. The board features a 32-megabit Serial DataFlash, a 2.0 inch TFT color LCD display with backlight, one UART port with level shifter IC, a Micro SD interface, Reset buttons, left and right user buttons,  Atmel^® QTouch^® buttons for Left, Right, and Slider, one JTAG port, one on-board power regulation , two user LEDs, a power LED and a ZigBee^® connector.

This kit lets designers quickly evaluate and develop code for applications running on Atmel SAM3S microcontrollers. The board features the SAM3S4C chip in LQFP100 package with optional socket footprint, a 12 MHz crystal, a 32.768 KHz crystal, an optional SMB connector for external system clock input, NAND Flash, 2.8 inch TFT color LCD display with touch panel and backlight, a UART port with level shifter circuit, a USART port with level shifter circuit multiplexed with RS485 port with level shifter circuit, microphone input and mono/stereo headphone jack output, an SD/MMC interface, a reset button, user buttons: Left and Right, QTouch® buttons for  Up, Down, Left, Right, Valid and Slider, one full-speed USB device port, one JTAG/ICE port, on-board power regulation, BNC connector for ADC input, BNC connector for DAC output, a user potentiometer connected to the ADC input and a ZigBee® connector.

This kit allows designers to quickly evaluate and develop code for applications running on Atmel SAM3U microcontrollers. The board features a SAM3U4E QFP chip with optional socket footprint, 12 MHz crystal, 32.768 KHz crystal, Optional SMB connector  for external system clock input, PSRAM, NAND Flash, Backup Battery, 2.8 inch TFT color LCD display with touch-panel and backlight, UART port with level shifter IC, USART port with level shifter IC, Audio codec with input and output jacks (stereo headphone out, stereo line in, mono microphone in), SD/MMC interface, 3D accelerometer sensor, Temperature sensor, JTAG port, On-board power regulation with shutdown control (by the SAM3 chip), BNC connectors for ADC input, User potentiometer connected to the ADC input and ZigBee® connector.

This kit lets designers quickly evaluate and develop code for applications running on an Atmel® SAM7SE microcontroller. The board features the Atmel SAM7SE512 (128-pin LQFP package), 32 Mbytes of SDRAM memory, 256 Mbytes of NAND Flash memory, one USB device port interface, one DBGU serial communication port. one additional serial communication port with RTS/CTS handshake control, one JTAG/ICE debug interface, one Atmel AT73C213 Stereo Audio DAC, one power LED and two general-purpose LEDs, one joystick and two user input pushbuttons, and one EBI expansion BGA-like footprint connector.

This kit lets designers quickly evaluate and develop code for applications running on an Atmel® SAM7X microcontroller. The board features the Atmel SAM7X256 (100-pin LQFP Green package), a USB device port, a DBGU serial communication port, an RS232 serial communication port with RTS/CTS, a JTAG/ICE debug interface connector, multiple serial CAN communication ports, an MII Ethernet 100-base TX with auto MDIX capability, buffered analog input and PWM output, one power LED and general-purpose LEDs, a DataFlash® card slot, an expansion connector, an Atmel serial DataFlash and one footprint for Atmel Serial EEPROM (MN11).

This kit lets designers quickly evaluate and develop code for applications running on an Atmel SAM9260. The board features 64 Mbytes of SDRAM memory, 256 Mbytes of NAND Flash memory, one Atmel serial DataFlash®, one Atmel TWI serial EEPROM, one USB device port interface, two USB Host port interfaces, one DBGU serial communication port, one complete MODEM serial communication port, one additional serial communication port with RTS/CTS handshake control, a JTAG/ICE debug interface, a PHY Ethernet 100-base TX with three status LEDs, an Atmel AT73C213 Audio DAC and one DataFlash, SD/MMC card slot.

This kit allows designers to quickly evaluate and develop code for the Atmel® SAM9261. The board features 64 Mbytes of SDRAM memory, 256 Mbytes of NAND Flash memory, one Atmel serial DataFlash®, one USB device port interface, two USB host port interfaces, one DBGU serial communication port, JTAG/ICE debug interface, one Ethernet 100-base TX with three status LEDs, one Atmel AT73C213 Audio DAC, one 3.5"" 1/4 VGA TFT LCD Module with TouchScreen and backlight, one power LED and two general-purpose LEDs and one DataFlash SD/MMC card slot.

This kit lets designers quickly evaluate and develop code for applications running on an Atmel SAM9263 microcontroller. The board features 64 Mbytes of SDRAM memory, 4 Mbytes of PSRAM memory on EBI1, 256 Mbytes of NAND Flash memory, one NOR Flash memory (footprint only), one 1.8" Hard disk connectors, one TWI serial memory, one USB device port interface, two USB Host port interfaces, one RS232 serial communication port, one DBGU serial communication port, one serial CAN 2.0B communication port, one JTAG/ICE debug interface, one Ethernet 100-base TX with three status LEDs, one AC97 Audio DAC, one 3.5" 1/4 VGA TFT LCD Module with touchscreen and backlight, one ISI connector (camera interface), one DataFlash®/SD/SDIO/MMC card slot and one SD/SDIO/MMC card slot.

The Atmel SAM9G15-EK lets designers get a quick start on application development on the ARM926-based Atmel SAM9G15 microprocessor. The kit features the 400MHz SAM9G15 CPU, 1 Gb DDR2-SDRAM, 2 or 4 Gb NAND Flash, one HS (EHCI)/FS (OHCI) USB Host port multiplexed with HS USB Device via Micro AB connector, one HS (EHCI)/FS (OHCI) USB Host port via standard type A connector, one FS only (OHCI) USB Host port via standard type A connector, two Ethernet 10/100 interfaces with on-board MAC controllers and RJ45 socket, two high-speed SD/MMC interfaces, one TFT-LCD module interface, one stereo CODEC interface with line-in and headphone jacks, one telephone/modem interface with RJ11 connector, two serial interfaces (1x USART, 1x UART), one Two-wire Interface (TWI), one ZigBee® extension port and one 5.0" TFT-LCD module with 800x480 resolution, backlight, resistive touch panel, 24-bit RGB interface and four additional QTouch® buttons on board.

This kit lets designers quickly evaluate and develop code for applications running on the Atmel SAM9G20. The board features 256 Mbytes of NAND Flash memory, one Atmel serial DataFlash®, one Atmel TWI serial EEPROM, one USB Device port interface, two USB Host port interfaces, one DBGU serial communication port, one complete MODEM serial communication port, one additional serial communication port with RTS/CTS handshake control, a JTAG/ICE debug interface , a PHY Ethernet 100-base TX with three status LEDs, one on-board Audio DAC and two DataFlash SD/MMC card slots.

The SAM9G25-EK Evaluation Kit enables evaluation and code development of applications running on an Atmel SAM9G25 device. It features the 400MHz Atmel SAM9G25 CPU, 1 Gb DDR2-SDRAM, 2 or 4 Gb NAND Flash, one HS (EHCI)/FS (OHCI) USB Host multiplexed with HS USB Device via Micro AB connector, one HS (EHCI)/FS (OHCI) USB Host via standard type A connector, one FS only (OHCI) USB Host via standard type A connector, two Ethernet 10/100 interfaces with on-board MAC controllers and RJ45 sockets, two high-speed SD/MMC interfaces, one ISI interface, one stereo CODEC interface with line-in and headphone jacks, one telephone/modem interface with RJ11 connector, three serial interfaces (2x USART, 1x UART), one Two-wire Interface (TWI) and one Zigbee® extension port.

The Atmel SAM9G35-EK lets designers get a quick start on application development on the ARM926-based Atmel SAM9G35 microprocessor. The kit features the 400MHz SAM9G35 CPU, 1 Gb DDR2-SDRAM, 2 or 4 Gb NAND Flash, one HS (EHCI)/FS (OHCI) USB Host port multiplexed with HS USB Device via Micro AB connector, one HS (EHCI)/FS (OHCI) USB Host port via standard type A connector, one FS only (OHCI) USB Host port via standard type A connector, two Ethernet 10/100 interfaces with on-board MAC controllers and RJ45 socket, two high-speed SD/MMC interfaces, one TFT-LCD module interface, one stereo CODEC interface with line-in and headphone jacks, one telephone/modem interface with RJ11 connector, two serial interfaces (1x USART, 1x UART), one Two-wire Interface (TWI), one ZigBee® extension port and one 5.0" TFT-LCD module with 800x480 resolution, backlight, resistive touch panel, 24-bit RGB interface and four additional QTouch® buttons on board.

This kit lets designers quickly evaluate and develop code for applications running on the Atmel SAM9M10 or the Atmel SAM9G45. It is delivered with free packages for Android™, Microsoft® Windows® and Linux® to enable rapid application development. The board features two high-speed USB hosts and one high-speed USB device port, one Ethernet 10/100 interface, two high speed multimedia card interfaces, an LCD TFT display (480*RGB*272), one composite video output, camera interface, several communication peripherals such as a Universal Synchronous/Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter (USART), Serial Synchronous Controller (SSC), Two-Wire Interface (TWI). The external memory block is made of DDR2-SDRAM, NAND Flash and NOR Flash.

This kit lets designers quickly evaluate and develop code for applications running on the Atmel SAM9R64 and SAM9RL64 microcontrollers. The board features 64 Mbytes of SDRAM memory, 256 Mbytes of NAND Flash memory, an Atmel serial DataFlash®, an Atmel TWI serial EEPROM (footprint only), one USB High Speed device port interface, one DBGU serial communication port, one additional serial communication port with RTS/CTS handshake control, a JTAG/ICE debug interface and one MCI SD/MMC card slot.

The SAM9X25-EK Evaluation Kit enables evaluation and code development of applications running on an Atmel SAM9X25 device. It features the 400MHz Atmel SAM9X25 CPU, 1 Gb DDR2-SDRAM, 2 or 4 Gb NAND Flash, one HS (EHCI)/FS (OHCI) USB Host multiplexed with HS USB Device via Micro AB connector, one HS (EHCI)/FS (OHCI) USB Host via standard type A connector, one FS only (OHCI) USB Host via standard type A connector, two Ethernet 10/100 interfaces with on-board MAC controllers and RJ45 sockets, two high-speed SD/MMC interfaces, one ISI interface, one stereo CODEC interface with line-in and headphone jacks, one telephone/modem interface with RJ11 connector, three serial interfaces (2x USART, 1x UART), one Two-wire Interface (TWI) and one Zigbee® extension port.

The Atmel SAM9X35-EK lets designers get a quick start on application development on the ARM926-based Atmel SAM9X35 microprocessor. The kit features the 400MHz SAM9X35 CPU, 1 Gb DDR2-SDRAM, 2 or 4 Gb NAND Flash, one HS (EHCI)/FS (OHCI) USB Host port multiplexed with HS USB Device via Micro AB connector, one HS (EHCI)/FS (OHCI) USB Host port via standard type A connector, one FS only (OHCI) USB Host port via standard type A connector, two Ethernet 10/100 interfaces with on-board MAC controllers and RJ45 socket, two high-speed SD/MMC interfaces, one TFT-LCD module interface, one stereo CODEC interface with line-in and headphone jacks, one telephone/modem interface with RJ11 connector, two serial interfaces (1x USART, 1x UART), one Two-wire Interface (TWI), one ZigBee® extension port and one 5.0" TFT-LCD module with 800x480 resolution, backlight, resistive touch panel, 24-bit RGB interface and four additional QTouch® buttons on board.