Express Logic and IAR Systems Team Up to Provide ThreadX RTOS Support in IAR Embedded Workbench IDE for Freescale ColdFire

IAR Systems tools provide comprehensive ColdFire IDE including kernel aware debugging for ThreadX RTOS

SAN DIEGO -- March 31, 2008 -- Express Logic, Inc., the worldwide leader in royalty-free real-time operating systems (RTOS), and IAR Systems, the world-leading supplier of tools for 8-, 16-, and 32-bit microcontrollers, today announced that IAR Embedded Workbench now supports Express Logic’s ThreadX RTOS. Developers using ThreadX now can elect to use IAR Embedded Workbench IDE for their ColdFire software development tools.

IAR Embedded Workbench, with support for ColdFire V1, V2 and V3 cores, is a set of highly sophisticated and easy-to-use development tools—C/C++ compiler, assembler, linker, librarian, text editor, project manager, and debugger—combined in an integrated development environment (IDE) for programming embedded applications. With its built-in chip-specific code optimizer, IAR Embedded Workbench generates very efficient and reliable flash/PROMable code for ColdFire devices. IAR Embedded Workbench includes a ThreadX-aware debugger that helps developers view kernel objects (threads, queues, semaphores, mutexes, etc.) during application development.

Express Logic’s ThreadX RTOS is a popular small-footprint, fast, easy-to-use RTOS for ColdFire-based applications. ThreadX supports ColdFire application development with a preemptive real-time scheduler, memory allocation/deallocation, fast interrupt handling, and many other RTOS services. ThreadX helps developers speed application development and time-to-market with its intuitive API and excellent documentation and support. With over 450 million ThreadX-powered products deployed, ThreadX is one of the most widely used RTOSes for embedded systems in consumer electronics, medical equipment, industrial automation, wireless networking, and automotive applications.

“IAR Systems consistently provides superior tools and support to its customers,” noted William E. Lamie, President of Express Logic. “That support for ThreadX is included in IAR Systems’ initial offering is a tribute to the reliable nature of our RTOS. Our combined resources on the ColdFire platform will speed product development.”

“Many of our existing customers have enjoyed using ThreadX in their ARM-based designs, making ThreadX support a clear priority for our new ColdFire tools,” noted Anders Flodin, Director of Business Development at IAR Systems. “We are very pleased to be able to enable developers to choose this excellent tools-RTOS combination for ColdFire-based applications.”

Shipping and Availability

ThreadX support for IAR Embedded Workbench for ColdFire is available from Express Logic, and IAR Embedded Workbench for ColdFire is available from IAR Systems. ThreadX licenses, with full source code, start at $12,500 with no run-time royalties. For details, contact Express Logic (sales@expresslogic.com) or IAR Systems (info@iar.se).

About IAR Systems

IAR Systems is the world-leading supplier of software tools for embedded systems that enable large and small companies to develop premium products based on 8-, 16-, and 32-bit microcontrollers, mainly in the areas of industrial automation, medical devices, consumer electronics and automotive products. IAR Systems has an extensive network of partners and cooperates with the world’s leading semiconductor vendors. Established in 1983, IAR Systems is part of the Nocom Group since 2005. For more information, please visit www.iar.com

About Express Logic

Headquartered in San Diego, CA, with field offices in Redditch, UK, and Hanover and Munich, Germany, Express Logic offers the most advanced run-time solutions for deeply embedded applications, including its popular ThreadX® RTOS, the high-performance NetX™ TCP/IP stack, the FileX® embedded MS-DOS compatible file system, the USBX™ Host/Device USB protocol stack, the PEGX™ GUI development kit, and the TraceX™ real-time graphical event trace and analysis tool. All products from Express Logic include full source-code and have no run-time royalties. For more information about Express Logic solutions, please visit www.expresslogic.com, call 1-888-THREADX, or email inquires to sales@expresslogic.com.