Energy Micro selects IAR's Embedded Workbench to drive its ARM based development kit

Energy Micro has selected IAR's Embedded Workbench for ARM for inclusion in its EFM32 Gecko development kit. Based on the ARM Cortex-M3 core, the EFM32 MCU is a low power device and suitable for handheld battery-operated applications.

All the EFM32 MCU kit code examples are based on IAR Embedded Workbench.

IAR Embedded Workbench is developed to deliver high-performance compiled code. The chip-specific code optimizer generates high efficient and reliable flashable code for ARM Cortex-M3 devices.

IAR Embedded Workbench is a set of development tools such as IAR C/C++ Compiler for ARM Cortex-M3, assembler, linker, librarian, text editor, project manager, and debugger combined in an integrated development environment (IDE) for programming embedded applications.

Jørn Norheim, Tools Manager, Energy Micro AS comments, "The highly efficient code generated by IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM is the perfect complement for our EFM32 MCU. IAR Systems' development tools are already well recognised and respected by engineers, and our cooperation will further enhance this for designs where lower power consumption is crucial."

Mike Skrtic, Partner Manager, IAR Systems says, "Our cooperation with Energy Micro marks the latest of our partnerships with silicon vendors. We see a growing demand for both ARM Cortex-M3 and very low power developments, so partnering with Energy Micro is a natural fit for us."

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