Collaboration provides enhanced support for application developers

The latest release of IAR embedded workbench version 5.30 has been designed to provide enhanced support for AT91SAM application developers. The two companies combined forces on the toolkit in a bid to simplify and accelerate application development for Atmel's AT91SAM micros. New features include enhanced debug facilities such as views of core and peripheral registers for all AT91SAM devices, initialisation scripts for AT91SAM devices and all compatible external memories, and debug features in embedded flash memory. Jean-Christophe Zettel, Atmel's applications director for ARM based mcus, said: "The enhanced support for our AT91SAM products provided by version 5.30 is another step forward in the long term collaboration between Atmel and IAR Systems in order to make it easier, faster and cheaper to develop AT91SAM applications. Our large and growing mutual customer base is proof of our success to date and we intend to build on it going forward." Anders Flodin, IAR's business development director, added: "IAR Systems and Atmel have been working together closely for many years, but this higher level of engagement from both sides has added a new dimension of support and ease of use for AT91SAM customers."