The M16C Tool Suite offers many ease-of-use features to speed the development process. Using project spaces, multiple projects are listed in one view to provide improved project management capabilities to better handle increasingly large and complex applications.  Coding tips display function parameters as you type, and code templates can easily insert frequently occurring lines of code.

"With the growing demand for communications and Internet connectivity in consumer, industrial, and automotive applications, TASKING, with its focus on embedded communications, brings an important ease-of-use perspective to the high-performance, integrated features of Mitsubishi Electric’s M16C family," said Richard Sessions, Director of Embedded Systems for Mitsubishi Electric & Electronics USA, Inc. "TASKING has optimized its tool suite to exploit the strengths of the M16C’s architecture and reduce development time for our customers."

"Mitsubishi Electric has packed high-level functionality into the M16C without compromising its power consumption or programming efficiency," points out Brian Mulcahey, TASKING’s Vice President of Worldwide Corporate Marketing. "TASKING complements the strengths that Mitsubishi Electric brings to the table, offering ease-of-use functionality, error-checking capabilities and superior memory resources that enable customers to deliver complex applications on time and within budget. I am confident that continued cooperation between Mitsubishi Electric and TASKING will expand the M16C’s hold on the market."

With innovations like Safer C, TASKING helps developers quickly locate and resolve programming errors. Using a set of configurable C language error-checks, developers can enforce a more stringent level of coding through a system of strict error checking. With improved error-identification features in the CrossView Pro debugger, TASKING gives developers the tools they need to develop error-free code.

The TASKING M16C Tool Suite, V2.0, available now on MS-Windows, Sun/Solaris, HP/UX and PC/Linux, starts at $2,590 for the C compiler and CrossView Pro simulator package. M16C customers with an active maintenance contract may upgrade to this release free of charge. A demo version of the Tool Suite is available from www.tasking.com/M16C or on CD-ROM from any of the TASKING offices or distributors. Release notes and manual files can be downloaded from the technical support area at www.tasking.com/support/M16C.