NXP Semiconductors and Segger Microcontroller have announced that the emWin graphic library will be offered for free with NXP ARM microcontrollers.
Developed by Segger, the emWin graphical user interface (GUI) design can be carried out via a stand-alone tool which separates the interface design from firmware development.
Likely LCD applications are in consumer electronics, home appliances, medical devices and industrial equipment.
Compatible with both single-task and multi-task environments, emWin is ideal for use with the LPC1788, the industry's first Cortex-M3 microcontroller featuring an integrated LCD controller, as well as other NXP Cortex-M0, Cortex-M3, Cortex-M4, ARM7 and ARM9 MCUs.
NXP and Segger are showcasing the emWin graphic library this week at ESC Boston, Sept. 26-29, 2011.
This week, Segger Microcontroller announced that the IAR Branded J-Link emulators will be discontinued. It will continue to provide J-Link support from the IAR Embedded Workbench.
This follows IAR's decision to acquire Signum, which effectively gave it the option to sell one of two competing products: Their Signum emulator or the IAR branded version of the Segger J-Link.
“This acquisition took us by surprise. We regret that we have to do this, but we feel forced to discontinue production of IAR branded yellow J-Links," said Rolf Segger, founder and CTO at Segger.
"We hope that IAR understands the decision and expect that they will continue to fully support the broad base of J-Link users with the Embedded Workbench," said Segger.
J-Link is the a commonly used ARM debug emulator, supported by all major tool chains for ARM cores. The Segger J-Link is independent and will work with IDEs from: Freescale, IAR, KEIL, Mentor Graphics, Rowley, Renesas, Tasking, Phyton and others.
