RS08 support allows C6808 to support the entire range of Freescale '08 parts with one product. If you're moving toward a simpler, less expensive RS08 part, or envision enhanced products with an HCS08 core, C6808 can serve as the core of your development toolchain. Here are the highlights of RS08 support:

• Complete C language support. The only limitations are determined by the target hardware. We offer ISO 18037 support for embedded systems (we were involved in writing ISO 18037). C6808 includes embedded data types, intrinsic functions for hardware-specific operations, and more.

• Threads for embedded C. RS08 has a slightly different interrupt structure than the rest of the HC08s. We've taken advantage of the change in architecture to introduce a novel threaded programming model in the compiler. Threads are C functions that are dispatched in response to both hardware and software conditions. The result is an intuitive way to structure a C program.

• ELF/DWARF support. In addition to the standard executables and symbol files, and the Byte Craft Limited .COD file for communicating debugging information, we've introduced ELF/DWARF executables. This extends the range of toolchain products used with C6808.

• RS08-specific examples. The first is our "three discrete" A/D converter, which makes use of the RS08's onboard comparator.

Byte Craft have put together an Advanced Technical Introduction, that describes RS08 support and shows some examples of RS08 code generation Click Here