µVision4 IDE/Debugger

February 2009; Keil announced at Embedded World, Nuremberg, the Keil™ µVision®4 IDE for creating, simulating and debugging embedded applications on microcontroller and smartcard devices. The MDK (microcontroller development kit) ships with uVision4 as the new standard user interface since mid 2009.

The flexible window management system introduced in µVision4 enables developers to use multiple monitors and provides complete control over window placement anywhere on the visual surface. The new user interface makes better use of the screen space and organizes multiple windows more efficiently; delivering an uncluttered, efficient environment to develop applications.

µVision4 builds on the success of µVision3 adding

• System Viewer windows providing device peripheral register information which can be changed directly from within the System Viewer windows.
• Debug Restore Views allow multiple window layouts to be saved, enabling quick selection of the most suitable debug view for program analysis.
• Multi-Project Workspace provides a simplified way to work with numerous concurrent projects such as boot loader and application programs.
• Data and instruction trace capabilities for ARM® and Cortex™ processor-based MCUs.
• Device Simulation has been extended to support many new devices such as ARM Cortex-M3 processor-based MCUs from Luminary, NXP, and Toshiba; Atmel SAM7/9, and new 8051 derivatives such as  Infineon XC88x and SiLABS 8051Fxx.
• Supports interfaces for many debug adapter interfaces including ADI miDAS Link, Atmel SAM-ICE, Infineon DAS, and ST-Link.

More information about µVision4 is available at: www.keil.com/uv4

 "The µVision4 IDE builds on the success of what is widely acknowledged as the most popular development environment for microcontrollers," said Reinhard Keil, director of MCU Tools, ARM. "With the introduction of µVision4, we have significantly extended its capabilities to meet the ever increasing demands of embedded software developers."

Availability

The Keil µVision4 is available now for evaluation here:
http://www.keil.com/demo/eval/arm.htm

All Keil software development tools, including Keil Cx51, C166 and MDK-ARM are shipping with integrated µVision4 since Q2/09.