Renesas Technology America, Inc. (San Jose, CA) offers the E8a emulator, an onchip debugging emulator for developing embedded systems that use Renesas microcontrollers. It allows referencing and modification of memory, on-chip I/O, and memory contents while a program is being executed. The tool allows C source-level debugging to be carried out with a microcontroller in the M16C, H8/Tiny, or H8/Super Low Power series, operating at full speed in the system. The device also can be used as a programmer to load code into the internal flash memory of many Renesas microcontroller families. The programming voltage range is 1.8 to 5 V, and the unit features a clock oscillator to enable asynchronous communication in line with a microcontroller’s operating frequency. The case measures 92 × 42 × 15 mm.

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