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8 Hardware Products
There are several hardware connections available to suit the needs of the most demanding. CodeWarrior has
built-in drivers to communicate with these different interfaces and make the function transparent to the user.
Many connections are now available:
- Standard RS232 to Serial monitor (HCS12 devices with flashed monitor)
- Multilink parallel to BDM for HCS12 (will be replaced by USB to BDM)
- Multilink USB to BDM for HCS12
- CyclonePRO serial/USB/Ethernet to BDM (HC12 and HCS12)
- SofTec inDart USB to BDM for HCS12
CodeWarrior Development Studio for HCS12(X) Release 3.x can also support any third party hardware
connection compatible with CodeWarrior General Debug Interface (GDI) integrated in the debugger.
8.1 Multilinks
The Multilink is an easy to use, low-cost development tool for Freescale’s
HCS12(X) Flash MCUs. It provides the interface for in-circuit emulation,
debugging and programming through the HCS12(X)’s standard BDM serial
debug/breakpoint interface. There are several versions of the Multilink target
interface (see above)
8.2 Cyclone and CyclonePRO
The CyclonePRO version is available that supports multiple host-target interfaces:
serial, parallel, USB and Ethernet to BDM.
8.3 InDART (SofTec Microsystems)
USB-based inDART-HCS12(X) takes advantage of Metrowerks’ CodeWarrior
Development Studio for HC12 and the ISP (In-System Programming) feature to
program the FLASH memory of the target microcontroller. Together with
CodeWarrior, inDART-HCS12(X) provides you with everything you need to
write, compile, download, in-circuit emulate and debug user code. inDART-
HCS12(X) Design Kits come together with an Evaluation Board to permit an easy and fast start-up. C and
Assembly examples are available for a first debugging process. Contact SofTec Microsystems or Metrowerks
distributors directly.
9 Hardware Products: Part Numbers
Existing hardware products must be upgraded to be RoHS compliant by June 2006. As the RoHS compliant
products become available old part numbers will be marked as “No Longer Manufactured” on the Freescale
WEB. The RoHS compliant products can be ordered by adding an “E” to the end of the old part number.