68HCS08 & RS08 development tools

Freescale have developed a chip family based on the  68HC08 range that uses newer technology the HCS08 its faster and with a lower minimum voltage.  A major enhancement for this new range is that it uses a true BDM interface rather than the MON08 monitor based debugger used on the 68HC08. The latest family of chips released are the RS08 (Reduced S08) this also uses the same BDM interface.

BDM Cables The P&E USB Multilink cables will support and automatically adjust to the clock frequencies and voltages of the 68HCS08 family.  The USB Multilink  interface will also work with the HC12, HCS12 and HCS12X microcontrollers.

Cyclone Pro Interface

This box will connect a PC via Ethernet, USB or Serial ports to an HC08, HCS08, HCRS08, HC12, HCS12,  HCS12X or ColdFire V1.  It can be used as a Debugger or as a Flash programmer under manual or automatic control.  It can even be disconnected from the PC and used as a standalone Flash programmer.  Multiple Cyclones can be driven by a single PC for production environments and their memory can be extended to 128MBytes where very large programs or a lot of them need to be held.  If you are developing applications for any ( or indeed all ) of these Freescale devices it is the only CPU specific hardware development tool you will ever need to buy
For more details of the Cyclone Pro

Separate software packages for all the following functions are available for the S08 and the RS08.

Assembler 

A simple command line assembler adequate for many small applications ( no linker but the source file can have multiple includes).  It provides macros and conditional assembly.

Integrated Development Environment 

WinIDE is a windows package that includes a configurable text editor and provides the ability to launch a range of other programs from within its centralised operation.  Includes the Assembler.

In Circuit Debugger

A windows package that via the cable provides all the services of a debugger providing as it does access to the contents of variables and registers along with control of the CPU's execution via Breakpoints and Run commands.

Flash Programmer

Using the BDM cable to interface between a PC and a target processor this windows software package will program either on chip or external flash memory or on chip EEPROM.
To see which Flash devices are supported follow this link. 

Unit programs

A set of C library calls that provide an API for using the BDM interface.  Ideal for those who need to write their own PC based test or diagnostics programs.  The standard version includes a license for 5 units.  The distribution version provides unlimited production of applications.

Packages

The programs above are available in a number of packages containing  Cable, winIDE, Assembler, Editor, ICD,  RegExplorer and Flash Programmer.