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SEGGER Microcontroller, a provider of software solutions for embedded applications, and Energy Micro have announced that SEGGER’s high-performance embedded middleware suite will now support Energy Micro’s range of ultra low energy ARM Cortex-M3 based EFM32 Gecko microcontrollers.
The comprehensive software suite from SEGGER is able to deliver an easy-to-use environment for embedded systems development, offering low memory requirements, that help to minimise Bill-of-Materials costs and enables significantly reduced power consumption overall. The middleware also enables lower clock speed to further reduce system power consumption.
Specific tools from SEGGER supporting the Energy Micro EFM32 Gecko MCUs include: the real-time operating system "embOS" which offers multitasking with minimal resources and true zero interrupt latency; the embedded file system "emFile" which is optimised for minimum RAM memory consumption supporting SD-card, NAND and NOR flash memory with wear levelling; and the efficient "emWin" user interface, an LCD controller-independent graphical user interface (GUI) for applications requiring a graphics display. The high-quality graphical software, which runs with any display or any MCU, delivers flicker-free animation, optimised drawing routines with optional anti-aliasing, and a GUI builder for Window Objects (Widgets).
All Energy Micro development and starter kits are supplied with SEGGER’s J-Link emulation technology, and the latest Leopard and Giant Gecko development kits also include SEGGER´s advanced J-Trace.
“This is a key alliance for Energy Micro,” said Oyvind Grotmol, VP of Simplicity at Energy Micro, “SEGGER brings exceptional know-how in delivering high-quality and highly efficient embedded software tools that are easy to use, straight from the box.”
