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 Comparison of PDS900 with other products

Several development tools supporting the P89LPC900 family are now available. The following table compares the features of our PDS900 product with tool offerings from other vendors.

Click here for a comprehensive selection guide showing which emulation and programming system and associated emulation and programming adaptors you will require for all of the LPC900 family devices.


Keil MCB900 Keil EPM900 ESS ICD900 Ceibo FE-900 Acqura PDS900
Class Evaluation board Debugger Debugger Debugger Real-time emulator
Max Speed Not Stated Not Stated Not Stated 12 MHz 12 MHz
Interface Serial USB USB Serial USB
Programmer (see note 1) No Parallel ISP only ISP only Parallel and ICP
User IAP Debug Support No No No No Yes
Production Programming Support No No No No Yes (ICP 5-wire)
Real-time Trace (see note 2) No Yes (limited) Yes (limited) Yes (limited) Yes (112k x 32-bit frames)
User Trace Inputs None None None None 12
Code Memory 7.5k Not stated Not stated 8k 16k
Programmable Vcc No No No No Yes (2.00-3.75V by 50mV)
Programmable Current Limit No No No No Yes (0-250 mA by 1mA)
Programmable Frequency No No No Yes (range not stated) Yes (25kHz-100MHz 0.1%)
Execution Breakpoints (see note 3) No No Yes (software) Yes (software) Yes (hardware)
External Breakpoints No No No No Yes
Trigger Output No No No No Yes (4 modes)
PLCC28 Adapter (see note 4) No No No Included Included
TSSOP20 Adapter No No No Additional - $290.00 Included
TSSOP28 Adapter No No No Additional - $290.00 Included
Price ($US) $59.00 $199.00 $169.00 $690.00 $599.00

Notes

1. Parallel mode programmers are able to overwrite the ISP code in the upper sector of the device. ISP mode programmers which inadvertently overwrite or erase any portion of the ISP code cannot be used to recover a device in this condition.

2. The Acqura PDS900 has a 112k frame deep real-time trace buffer. The trace capability for other vendor's products is based on two trace registers internal to the bondout device and is limited to recording the address of the two most recent instructions that resulted in non-sequential execution.

3. The Acqura PDS900 implements breakpoints in hardware - no code changes are made. All other products implement breakpoints by inserting a breakpoint opcode into the code memory and this places some restrictions on their use.

4. The ESS ICD900 provides DIP28 sockets for both programming and emulation and hence requires additional third-party package adapters for programming or emulation. Both the Keil products require third-party package adapters also.


The above table was prepared using information published by the various vendors. We have not physically evaluated the other vendor's systems.

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