Raisonance 8051 Tools on Ride7 and Windows7

Ride7 for 8051

New Raisonance 8051 toolset with support of Ride7 and Windows7

Latest release of 8051 compiler toolchain offers all the advantages of the state-of-the-art Ride7 integrated development environment

23 March 2010, Montbonnot France - With this new release of RKit-51 with Raisonance 8051 C compiler, users have all the features of Ride7 including seamless integration of C compiler tools, project manager facilitating access to complex activities such as bank switching, flashing and multiprocessor debugging, plus integrated simulator, syntax highlighting editor and much more. All of these features are provided in an ergonomic user interface that facilitates personalization to fit users' preferences. In addition, users benefit from support of Windows7 operating system and support for numerous new devices from manufacturers such as Silicon Laboratories and Micronas.

Ride7 provides a common interface for working with microcontrollers from a wide range of manufacturers and based on a variety of core technologies including 8051, ARM (Cortex-M3, ARM7TDMI, ARM966E), PowerPC, STM8, and more. Ride7 is provide free of charge and can be downloaded at www.mcu-raisonance.com.

The Raisonance software tools operate under a range of Windows-base operating systems including Windows XP, Vista (including 64-bit) and Windows7 (including 64-bit).

The new version of RKit-51 software tools adds support of a variety of new devices from SiliconLaboratories and Micronas to the wide range of supported devices which includes MCUs from leading manufacturers such as Analog Devices, Atmel, Cyprus, Dolphin Integration, NXP and Texas Instruments. For a listing of newly added variants, refer to the RKit-51 release notes. For a listing of all supported devices and variants, install Ride7 and the free RKit-Eval51. The listing is provided under Options>Project Properties>80C51 Options>Processor>Device.

The RKit-51 is a commercial product that includes Raisonance 8015 C compiler, Simulator, ROM monitor*, RTOS and CodeCompressor post-link optimizer. It is available in the following packages (feature comparison):

  • RKitL51:           449 Euros - Compile/debug up to 32 Kbytes of code
  • RKitE51:         1595 Euros - Unlimited Compiler, Simulator, RTOS, plus CodeCompressor
  • RCA51:            890 Euros - Unlimited Compiler

 * ROM monitor is not currently supported under Ride7. Support is being integrated for a future release in 2010.

Owners of licensed versions of the 8051 toolset may benefit from this upgrade if they have an active support contract. For support contract status and upgrade information, contact info@raisonance.com with a product serial number.

 

About Raisonance brand tools from IoTize SAS

IoTize SAS (www.iotize.com) provides a range of IoT connectivity solutions for microcontroller-based embedded systems (IoTize M-line) and systems implementing an industry standard system BUS (IoTize S-Line). IoTize solutions are designed for plug'n play retrofit of existing system designs thus reducing time-to-market and risks associated with migration to the IoT.

The Raisonance brand application development tools from IoTize support designers in creating, editing, debugging and programming their embedded microcontroller applications. Available under the Raisonance brand since 1988, this business unit serves customers that include leading component manufacturers and professional engineers worldwide. With expertise in both hardware and software design, the company offers innovative, high quality, cost effective tools that include compiler tool sets, integrated development environment, hardware starter kits and promotional products for 8 and 32-bit microcontroller technologies. Supported core technologies include industry standard ARM, 8051 and PowerPC, as well as several proprietary architectures.

Contacts

Steve Gussenhoven
contact@iotize.com
tel: +33 (0)4 76 41 87 99