SIMPLE INTERFACE ALLOWS DEBUGGING OVER 2-WIRES FOR 8051
MICROCONTROLLERS
Moorpark, Calif. – September
15, 1996 – Signum Systems, a leading manufacturer of embedded system development
tools has released S-tag™ Target Interface Unit TIU-51™. The TIU-51 provides an
RS-232 connection to the host PC running the development tools and an S-tag connection to
the embedded system being developed. S-tag is a proprietary 2-wire debugging interface
developed by Signum Systems. S-tag allows 8051 microcontroller-based embedded systems to
be connected to Signum Systems’ debugging, testing and rapid prototyping tools. All
that is required to incorporate an S-tag(R) interface into an embedded system are two pins
(one input and one input/output) and a small monitor. The RISM-compatible monitor is
provided in 8051 source code form for easy linking with the rest of the user’s
application. S-tag does not impose any timing requirements on the target system and has
zero CPU usage when not active
TIU-51 allows systems that do not have a spare serial communication
device (UART) for debugging purposes to be easily connected to any RISM-compatible
debugger. The TIU-51 can also act as a logic-level converter for systems that do have a
spare UART, but do not have the necessary RS-232 interface logic.
TIU-51 is priced at $250.00.
About
Signum Systems
Founded in 1979, Signum Systems has from its inception positioned itself in the mainstream
of the embedded emulation market. Signum Systems supplies full featured in-circuit
emulators (ICE) and simulators to developers of microcontroller and DSP (Digital Signal
Processor) based systems. Its major customers include hard disk drive makers (e.g.,
Seagate, Maxtor, Ministor, Syquest, Micropolis, Conner, IBM) and microcontroller chip
manufacturers (e.g., Intel, Texas Instruments, National Semiconductor, Zilog, Silicon
Systems).
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S-tag and TIU-51 are trademark of Signum Systems Corp. Other brands
and products are trademarks of their respective holders. |
