Development suite for embedded applications

This integration allows developers of embedded systems built on Coldfire MCUs to benefit from the features provided by the Freescale MQX Software Solution and to quickly add working communication capabilities, file system and a number of operating system utilities to their designs.

Freescale MQX Software Solutions comprises an RTOS, a file system, USB host and device stacks, and a TCP/IP communication stack.

The integration between IAR Embedded Workbench for Coldfire and Freescale MQX Software Solutions consists mainly of three parts.

The first part of the integration has been to port the source code for the software to make it available for direct inclusion in an IAR Embedded Workbench project where it can be built, downloaded to target, and debugged together with the rest of the application.

The second part has been to add RTOS awareness in IAR C-Spy Debugger.

A plug-in provides information about the operating system's internals during a debug session.

It makes it possible to watch, for example, tasks, semaphores and mailboxes.

The third part has been to create a number of example projects that will give users a flying start to using the MQX software in a project built with tools from IAR Systems.

Freescale MQX Software Solutions is an RTOS, File System, and communications stack solution available under license from Freescale and can be downloaded from Freescale's website.