Renesas 70 User Manual

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Chapter 2 General Information 
   
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2.3 MR308 Features 
The MR308 offers the following features. 
 
1.  Real-time operating system conforming to the 
µITORN Specification. 
The MR308 is designed in compliance with the 
µITRON Specification which incorporates a minimum 
of the ITRON Specification functions so that such functions can be incorporated into a one-chip mi-
crocomputer. As the 
µITRON Specification is a subset of the ITRON Specification, most of the knowl-
edge obtained from published ITRON textbooks and ITRON seminars can be used as is. 
Further, the application programs developed using the real-time operating systems conforming to the 
ITRON Specification can be transferred to the MR308 with comparative ease. 
2.  High-speed processing is achieved.   
MR308 enables high-speed processing by taking full advantage of the microcomputer architecture.   
3.  Only necessary modules are automatically selected to constantly build up a system of the 
minimum size. 
MR308 is supplied in the object library format of the M16C/70, 80 and M32C/80 series. 
Therefore, the Linkage Editor LN308 functions are activated so that only necessary modules are 
automatically selected from numerous MR308 functional modules to generate a system. 
Thanks to this feature, a system of the minimum size is automatically generated at all times. 
4.  With the C-compiler NC308WA, it is possible to develop application programs in C language. 
Application programs of MR308 can be developed in C language by using the C compiler NC308WA. 
Furthermore, the interface library necessary to call the MR308 functions from C language is included 
with the software package. 
5.  An upstream process tool named "Configurator" is provided to simplify development proce-
dures 
A configurator is furnished so that various items including a ROM write form file can be created by giv-
ing simple definitions.   
Therefore, there is no particular need to care what libraries must be linked. 
In addition, a GUI version of the configurator is available beginning with M3T-MR308 V.4.00. It helps 
the user to create a configuration file without the need to learn how to write it.