Freescale Semiconductor is a global leader in the design and manufacture of embedded semiconductors for the automotive, consumer, industrial, networking and wireless markets. The company is based in Austin, Texas, and has design, research and development, manufacturing or sales operations in more than 30 countries.
Their unparalleled portfolio of power management solutions, microprocessors, microcontrollers, sensors, radio frequency semiconductors, analog and mixed signal circuits and software technologies are embedded in products used around the world.
The Cyclone PRO is part of P&E’s line of stand alone programming hardware. The Cyclone PRO is able to debug and program Freescale’s 68HC908 targets in-circuit via the monitor ROM (MON08 port). In addition the Cyclone PRO is able to program and debug the Coldfire V1, HC(S) 12(X), HCS08 and RS08 families of Microcontrollers through the on-board Background Debug Modules of these processors. The Cyclone PRO acts as a debugging/programming tool. It can communicate with a PC through either RS-232, Ethernet, or USB interfaces. In addition, the Cyclone PRO can function as a stand-alone programmer – once configured properly, it can program target devices independent of a PC.