Product

IO32 DevTools slashes development times tenfold, creating a major competitive advantage for the developers of software embedded on 32-bit ARM Cortex-M core-based microcontrollers. This intuitive development toolkit opens up STM32 development to a broader audience, including SMBs, where it could potentially drive: - increased creativity - better business competitiveness - access to new markets IO32 DevTools aligns with the STMicroelectronics STM32 lineup. STMicroelectronics is the global leader in 32-bit ARM Cortex-M core-based microcontrollers.

L'histoire du produit

The toolkit was developed in response to a specific issue. On the one hand, microcontrollers are offering more and more power at lower and lower costs ($0.50 to $7). The development of a few hundreds of KB of software, however, costs tens of man-months of labor. These high programming costs make it difficult for SMBs--which, unlike large corporations, tend to address low-volume niche markets--to move into certain markets. The R&D project set out to reduce programming costs via a new toolkit addressing both software and instrumentation. The project consortium, set up with support from Minalogic, included STMicroelectronics, Grenoble University Joseph Fourier School, AIM, Delta Dore and EASI-IC. EASI-IC, as an expert partner on the project, was tasked with measuring the performance improvements obtained for two applications developed by their company (with and without the toolkit). Development was ten times faster with the toolkit. The results of the project demonstrated how bringing together partners with complementary skillsets can get results that exceed expectations.