IAR Embedded Workbench Provides Multicore Debugging for New NXP Dual-Core Series

Published on November 13, 2014 at 3:47 AM

IAR Systems^® announces that its development toolchain IAR Embedded Workbench^® for ARM^® provides excellent performance and multicore debugging for the new ultra-low-power LPC54100 microcontroller series from NXP Semiconductor.

The series is targeted for applications with demands on always-on sensor processing and high sensor density, typically seen within implementations for wearable health and fitness applications, gaming, and industrial applications such as environmental monitoring, home and building automation, lighting and robotics.
IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM includes leading code optimization techniques that produce the fastest performing code on the market. The fast performing code has a significant impact on keeping the application’s power consumption to a minimum. Using IAR Systems’ probe I-scope™, developers can also test and tune their applications for power optimization and extend battery lifetime by learning the power consumed by individual modules and detect code design flaws causing unnecessary power consumption.
The LPC54100 series features an asymmetric dual-core architecture based on ARM Cortex^®-M4F and ARM Cortex-M0+. For maximal power/performance efficiency, developers can use the low-power ARM Cortex-M0+ core for sensor data collection, aggregation, and external communications and the ARM Cortex-M4F core for more math-intensive algorithms.
“We are excited to see early tools support in IAR Embedded Workbench for our new LPC54100 series microcontrollers,” says Brendon Slade, Director, Tools and Embedded Ecosystems, Microcontroller business line, NXP. “The advanced code optimization capabilities along with power analysis features enable users to extract the full potential of the LPC54100 series for always-on sensor processing applications, such as wearables, mobile devices, gaming, robotics, and more.”

NXP quotes...

n a major leap forward for sensor-based product

many older MCU sensor-processing architectures are just too power hungry or do not scale efficiently as the number of sensors increase.

We are excited to see the low power advancements made in NXP's LPC54100 series," said Shunnan Liou, general manager for CyweeMotion. 

 to offer the lowest power consumption for sensor processing than any other microcontroller in its class.

I know its NXP talking, but......................................................................................
Me,  I so happy that the current best implementation of M0+/M4 is a paltry 20% lower power than an M4 alone.

Compute intense stuff, like Indoor location may use the M4 more and shrink the savings down and down......

Its the

The Emperor's New Clothes 

is one conclusion.

But there are a LOT of folks who can code in C so it will be nice when QUIK can do that too?
QUIK keep that S3 on track....thanks in advance.