Low-Cost Development Kit Fortifies Cyclone III FPGAs

Optimized for Altera Cyclone III field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), the ARM Cortex-M1 development kit fosters seamless integration of ARM processor technology with Cyclone III FPGAs using Altera's Quartus II design software and SOPC Builder tool, backed with ARM's RealView microcontroller software development environment. The kit includes a Cortex-M1 processor, the RealView microcontroller development kit, a compiler, debugger, and an RTX RTOS. The package promises to reduce engineering costs by promoting the standardization of microcontroller products on a single architecture spanning FPGAs, ASICs, structured ASICs, and application-specific standard products. The Cortex-M1 Development Kit will be distributed in the US and Europe by Arrow Electronics in the fourth quarter. ARM INC., Austin, TX. (512) 327-9249.