Overview
The V850 is theApplication systems
Trademark strategy
The V850 is aDevelopment methodology
Architecture
Basic architecture
The basis of the V810 and V850 has a typicalsld
and sst
instructions. 16-bit short-format load/store instructions use element pointer (ep), where the PREPARE/DISPOSE
; jmp n/code> (jmp 31/code> in V810) instruction. Typical CISC processor
A complex instruction set computer (CISC ) is a computer architecture in which single instruction set architecture, instructions can execute several low-level operations (such as a load from Memory (computers), memory, an arithmetic operator (pro ...
s use call and return instructions and push the next PC on their stack memory area.
But V810 and V850 have some microarchitecture differences. The V810 adopts a microprogram operation method for some instructions, such as floating-point arithmetic
In computing, floating-point arithmetic (FP) is arithmetic that represents real numbers approximately, using an integer with a fixed precision, called the significand, scaled by an integer exponent of a fixed base. For example, 12.345 can be ...
and bit string
A bit array (also known as bitmask, bit map, bit set, bit string, or bit vector) is an array data structure that compactly stores bits. It can be used to implement a simple set data structure. A bit array is effective at exploiting bit-level pa ...
operations, while the V850 uses a one-hundred-percent hardwired control
The control unit (CU) is a component of a computer's central processing unit (CPU) that directs the operation of the processor. A CU typically uses a binary decoder to convert coded instructions into timing and control signals that direct the ope ...
method. As a result, for example, the first V850 does not have floating-point arithmetic and bit manipulation instruction sets
Bit manipulation instructions sets (BMI sets) are extensions to the x86 instruction set architecture for microprocessors from Intel and AMD. The purpose of these instruction sets is to improve the speed of bit manipulation. All the instructions ...
, including the "find first one/zero" (search 1/0; SCH1x
/SCH0x
), except for "set/clr/negate a bit" (SET1
/CLR1
/NOT1
). Those extended instruction sets are revived in V850E2x extensions.
Though the V800 series adopts a RISC instruction set architecture, their assembly language
In computer programming, assembly language (or assembler language, or symbolic machine code), often referred to simply as Assembly and commonly abbreviated as ASM or asm, is any low-level programming language with a very strong correspondence be ...
is hand-coding friendly. They adopt a straightforward load/store architecture. In addition, the "interlock
An interlock is a feature that makes the state of two mechanisms or functions mutually dependent. It may be used to prevent undesired states in a finite-state machine, and may consist of any electrical, electronic, or mechanical devices or system ...
" mechanism, both for the data hazards and for the branch hazards, are implemented: in other words, an assembly language programmer does not need to consider any delay slot
In computer architecture, a delay slot is an instruction slot being executed without the effects of a preceding instruction. The most common form is a single arbitrary instruction located immediately after a branch instruction on a RISC or DSP ar ...
s. 32 general-purpose registers provide flexibility for assembly language users. A mixture of hand-assembled codes and C language compiled codes is facilitated by using compiler options, such as "-mno-app-regs
" in the Gnu Compiler Collection.
The IN
instruction of the V810, which enables unsigned-load from memory-mapped I/O, was removed from the first V850s.
Detailed discussions are available in some old journals.
Instruction set extensions
The V850 series added many instruction set extensions, but all the extensions have backward compatibility.
Therefore, old binary software assets work on the new cores.
The first generation of the V850 does not have unsigned (arithmetic), unsigned load instructions, which had been removed from the V810 (where it was implemented with IN.H
and IN.B
). Then, in the second generation V850E (V850E1) Series, such unsigned functionality was again added (with LD.HU
and LD.BU
). In addition, the V850E has some other user-friendly "Complex instruction set computing, CISCy" extensions, such as call table
, switch
, and prepare/dispose
.
In 1996, the V853 was announced as the first 32-bit RISC microcontroller with integrated flash memory.
But its maximum number of "erase and write" cycles was 16.
In 1998, NEC strategically started to expand the V850 product line, to standard, Application-specific_integrated_circuit#Application-specific_standard_product, application-specific_standard_product (ASSP), application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), and system on a chip (SoC) businesses.
In 2001, NEC launched V850ES core, which is an ultra-low-power series, but is ISA-compatible with the V850E.
Around 2001, Java Acceleration IP core for the V850 seemed to be provided to some customers as SoC,
but detailed information is only found in some patents.
In 2005, NEC Electronics introduced V850E2 core as the V850E2/ME3 product line with super-scalar architecture.
In 2009, NEC Electronics introduced V850E2M as dual-core with 2.56MIPS/MHz and 1.5 mW/MIPS.
In 2011, Renesas disclosed the SIMD extension for the V850 as V850E2H.
As for the SIMD extension, some academic studies were done.
But architectural documentation for this latest product line is disclosed to automotive customers only; it cannot be found on Renesas' website.
Its name seems to have been changed to V850E3 or G3H. The only way to know about its instruction set is to reverse engineering, reverse engineer it with the GNU Compiler Collection.
Power consumption
The original V810 and V850 CPU architecture is designed for ultra-low power applications.
The V810 is described in detail in some journals.
According to Renesas's documentation, the power consumption
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of the V850ES/Jx3-L implementation is about 70% of ARM Cortex-M3.
The V810 was one of the most low-power 32-bit microcontroller products of the early 1990s. It operates at from 2.2 V to 5.5 V with a 5 V 0.8 μm (CZ4) fabrication process.
Measured with Dhrystone MIPS, power dissipation is 500 mW at 15MIPS and 40 mW at 6 MIPS, at 5 V and 2.2 V, respectively. This specification can be achieved both by well considered instruction-set architecture and by precisely tuned 5-stage 1-clock pitch pipeline microarchitecture, both of which are the benefit of a simplified RISC architecture.
This ultra-low-power architecture was succeeded by V850/Sxn product line, which are still being mass produced after 20 years. Most of the improved chips are produced using a 3.3 V, 0.35μm (UC1) fabrication process, where the CPU core is precisely tuned to operate from 1.8 V to 3.6 V, working at 32.768 kHz (sub-oscillator) to 16.78 MHz (main-oscillator) with internal oscillator amplifier plus external resonator (crystal or ceramic).
Its power dissipation is 2.7 mW/MIPS at 3.3 V when made with a 0.35 μm (UC1) fabrication process, and 3.6 mW/MIPS at 5 V with a 0.35 μm (CZ6) fabrication process. "Software STOP" stand-by mode for the mask ROM version of V850/SA1, whose internal watch timer operates at 3.3 V with 32.768 kHz sub-oscillator (IDD6), consumes typically only 8 μA electrical current. Subclock normal operation mode at 3.3 V with 32.768 kHz consumes 40 μA typically, 140 μA at the maximum. (IDD5)
Its 1.8 V typical CPU operating current at 32.768 kHz might be 22 μA (40 μA ÷ 3.3 V × 1.8 V), where power dissipation should be 40 μW. It corresponds to 1.0 mW/MIPS (40 μW ÷ 0.032768 MHz ÷ 1.15 DMIPS/MHz ÷ 1000).
The V850/Sxn product line is also tuned for low noise, with both EMI
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and with Electromagnetic spectrum, EMS. The V850/SB1 and SB2 are especially tuned for low EMI noise with a 5 V internal voltage regulator, which facilitates high sensitivity in receiving Radio frequency, RF for car radios.
In 2011, NEC launched the 3rd generation microarchitecture V850ES ultra-low-power series, which achieves 1.43 mW/MIPS at an operating voltage range of from 2.2 V to 2.7 V,
but this first implementation of V850ES microarchitecture seems to be incomplete compared with later generations of the same architecture.
Its "Sub-IDLE" stand-by mode for the mask ROM version of V850ES/SA2 and V850ES/SA3, whose internal RTC operate at 2.5 V with 32.768 kHz sub-oscillator (IDD6), consume typically only 5 μA electrical current. But, Subclock normal operation mode at 2.5 V with 32.768 kHz consumes typically 40 μA, 100 μA at the maximum.
Its 2.2 V typical CPU operation current at 32.768 kHz might be 31 μA (40 μA ÷ 2.5 V × 2.2 V), where power dissipation should be 68 μW. This is about 1.7 times that of V850/SA1. It corresponds to 1.6 mW/MIPS (68 μW ÷ 0.032768 MHz ÷ 1.3 DMIPS/MHz ÷ 1000).
The V850ES/JG3-L product line has ultra-low-power variants, the μPD70F3792, 793, and the μPD70F3841, 842. They can operate from 2.0 V to 3.6 V with typical electrical current of 18 μA at 32.768 kHz,
which should be 22 μW at 2.0 V (18 μA × 2.0 V ÷ 3.3 V × 2.0 V). This corresponds to 0.52 mW/MIPS (22 μW ÷ 0.032768 MHz ÷ 1.3 DMIPS/MHz ÷ 1000). In addition, their sub-clock idle mode power consumption, with watch timer, should be typically 3.4 μW at 1.8 V (3.5 μA ÷ 3.3 V × 1.8 V × 1.8 V).
The power consumption of the NA85E2 (V850E2) core is much larger compared with the NU85E (V850E1) core using the same CB-12L (UX4L)
fabrication process.
The reason is that the V850E2x core has a 128-bit instruction prefetch bus and more than one Instruction pipelining, instruction prefetch queue,
while the average instruction length of the V800 series is 16 bits.
It means 16 instructions can be fetched from the memory at once, and the memory and prefetch circuits sleep fors 3 to 7 cycles for dual-pipeline superscalar architecture.
This gap enlarges electrical current amplitude differences.
In addition, the peak electric current exceeds allowances for the voltage stabilizers of mobile gadgets.
As for V850E2M CPU core, it is publicly introduced as 1.5 mW/MIPS, 3 times that of former generations, although it should be able to take advantage of new Semiconductor device fabrication, fabrication process technologies.
Some mobile equipment avoids using dual-instruction execution (dual-pipeline superscalar), adopting the single-instruction (single-pipeline) execution setting to reduce electrical current amplitude differences.
Instruction opcode table
Each opcode, opcode (operation code) table is from ''User's Manual: Architecture'' (refer to #External links, external links.).
V810 (obsoleted)
*1st map opcodes
: All opcodes (operation codes) of the hardwired control unit, hardwired control operation are contained within the first 16-bit Word (computer architecture), half-word of an instruction, from the most significant bit (MSB). A 64-word depth Read-only memory, ROM structure with Branch (computer science), branch condition code table is enough for Central processing unit#Decode, decoding hardware. If a 16-bit literal operand is required, it is located in the second half-word. Microprogram control operations, bit strings, and floating-point arithmetic instructions are also located in the second 16-bit half-word. As a result, all the instructions have 16-bit and 32-bit 2-way form length. Unsigned load form memory mapped I/O is implemented as the In
instruction. Arithmetic and Logical connective, logical instructions are not fully, but relatively, Orthogonal instruction set#RISC, orthogonal.
: The V810 does not have saturation arithmetic instructions, but 1 additional instruction in format II, such as SAT
which checks flags (Overflow
, Sign
, Zero
, and Half-word
) and rewrites the specified register, might be enough both for signed and unsigned, and for word and half-word, arithmetic operations.
:
: NOP
is an alias of Non-BR
.
V850 (1st Gen.)
* 1st map opcodes
:
:: NOP
is an alias of MOV R0,R0
.
* 2nd map opcodes
:
V850E/E1/ES
* 1st map opcodes
:
: † NOP
is an alias of MOV R0,R0
.
* 2nd map opcodes
:
List of the ''V800 Series'' CPU cores
SoC solutions
SoC IP cores
In 1998, NEC started to provide the V850 family as an Application-specific integrated circuit, ASIC core, to expand its ASIC business.
In addition, both the V850E1 CPU core named Nx85E
and the V850E2 CPU core named Nx85E2,
are also used for expanding its ASIC products business.
Various System on a chip, SoCs utilize this core. In 2003, for example, Dotcast, Inc. used the NU85E core for a set top box receiver of Datacasting#MovieBeam, digital datacasting based on the dNTSC (data in NTSC video method). This core is fabricated with CB-10 0.25μm 5-layered-metal process technology.
The NA85E2C core, which is developed using a 1.5 V 150 nm CB-12L (UX4L) fabrication process,
has many errata (4 pages appendix in preliminary architecture manual,
plus a further, 7-page restrictions document),
but which doesn't seem to matter, because this is a product with a long lifespan.
NEC also expanded production of a core using a 130 nm CB-130 (UX5) fabrication process,
cell-base IC.
Synopsys DesignWare IP core for V850E was once announced,
but support has been discontinued.
FPGA prototyping systems for SoC
FPGA prototyping systems for V850E1, V850E2, and V850E2M core-based SoCs were intensively developed to expand the SoC business. They comprised a V850 CPU core LSI (TEG, or Test Element Group) board and FPGA add-ons. Most SoC products were for mobile equipments, because the power dissipation of original V800-Series RISC architecture was much lower compared with Complex instruction set computer, CISC.
It is similar to the ARM architecture family, ARM architecture that is widely used for mobile gadgets.
*Renesas (NEC): COREBEST (2001)
*Renesas (NEC): Microssp (2006)
*Renesas (NEC): Hybrid Emulator (2007)
*Renesas (NEC): PFESiP EP1 Evaluation Board (2008)
*Renesas (NEC): PFESiP EP1 Evaluation Board Lite (2008)
*Renesas (NEC): PFESiP EP3 Evaluation Board (2010): V850E2M CPU core, max. 266 MHz operation
*Xylon: logicBRICS
Strategic confusion
Around 2011–2014, Renesas Electronics extensively expanded the V850E2 product line,
but this high-paced expansion brought much confusion. For example, as of 2018, some have requested that V850E2/xxn products be replaced with RH850/xnx ones.
In addition, in 2012 Renesas started to intensively promote the migration from ten-year-old V850ES/Jx3 product lines to the newly produced V850E2/Jx4, such as for Ethernet and USB applications,
but the newer products are not listed on their website, as of 2018.
Currently, Renesas Electronics is designing a "dual" "lockstep" system, but its predecessor NEC V60-V80 had "multiple modular" lockstep mechanism called FRM,
either with roll-back by "retry" or with roll-forward by "exception" for each fault detected instruction.
In addition, the NEC V60-V80 has several implementations of UNIX System V port product releases, one of which is "real-time UNIX RX/UX-832"
(here, 832 stands for the μPD70833 (V80), not V832). Its multiprocessor implementation is called MUSTARD (Multiprocessor Unix for Embedded Real-Time Systems), which can operate a maximum of 8 processors simultaneously, and its lockstep mechanism was dynamically configurable.
In 2001, both NEC Corporation
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and Synopsys, Inc., announced they had agreed to promote the V850E as DesignWare IP core.
But as of 2018, the V850E is not listed on DesignWare libraries.
Lucent Technologies and Texas Instruments once licensed the V850 and V850E SoC cores, respectively,
but those devices cannot be found.
In 2006,Metrowerks developed the CodeWarrior compiler for the V850, which was one of the main compilers for the V850,
but around 2010, they discontinued support.
Also in 2006, NEC did not give any roadmap for the V850 family as SoC cores. The V850E2 core, developed in 2004, was described as the last, best core for SoC applications. However, NEC introduced ARM9 (arm v5) and ARM11 (arm v6), especially for mobile equipment.
This decision suddenly decreased the net profit of LSI devices, because of the royalty for using ARM, and thus price competition with other ARM SoC providers. The sales revenue of "V850 total solutions", such as development tools, real-time OS, middle-ware packages, and in-circuit emulators, also decreased. The number of V850 devices sold also suddenly decreased, because mobile equipment manufacturer were the major customers of V850E1 and V850E2 cores at that moment.
In 2008, KMC (Kyoto Mictocomputer), which is one of the major and of the first providers of in-circuit emulators for the V850 family, announced "exeGCC" being updated from Rel. 3 to Rel. 4,
but it excluded the V850 from this updating list, which added PowerPC and ARM v7. KMC chose SH-4A and ARM v7, instead of V850 and RH850,
though it had been working closely with NEC and Renesas Electronics.
The V850 CPU cores run uClinux,
but on October 9, 2008, Linux kernel support for the V850 was removed in revision 2.6.27.,
because NEC stopped its maintenance.
The person in charge of V850 Linux kernel maintenance was moved from NEC to Renesas by its merger, but his new job was compiler design and never returned to Linux kernel maintenance.
This corporate decision prevented the possibility of porting to Android (operating system), Android.
As of 2018, Renesas Electronics mainly focuses Linux kernel support on SH3/SH4 and M32R processors.
Target software solutions
Libraries
* Red Hat, Inc.: The ''Newlib'' for C runtime library (libc.a) and mathematical library (libm.a)
:crt0, C runtime startup routine (''crt0.S'') for the latest v850e3v5 microarchitecture
In computer engineering, microarchitecture, also called computer organization and sometimes abbreviated as µarch or uarch, is the way a given instruction set architecture (ISA) is implemented in a particular processor. A given ISA may be impl ...
is available.
* Micro Digital Inc.: GoFast for NEC V85x Fast Software Floating Point Library
* The GNU Compiler Collection: Software floating point
* The GNU Compiler Collection: Decimal floating point (libdecnumber.a)
Operating systems
V850 Operating systems are mostly Real-time operating system, real-time.
Some operating systems require a memory protection unit (MPU) to divide Task (computing), tasks (or Thread (computing), threads) strictly for Reliability (computer networking), reliability and safety reasons. In such cases, the v850e2v3 (Gen. 3) microarchitecture
In computer engineering, microarchitecture, also called computer organization and sometimes abbreviated as µarch or uarch, is the way a given instruction set architecture (ISA) is implemented in a particular processor. A given ISA may be impl ...
, or above, is required.
ITRON based real-time OS
''ITRON'' is an open standard specification of real-time OS (RTOS), which is major in Japan.
Its specification is defined under the leadership of Ken Sakamura, as a part of TRON project, the initialr I standing for "Industrial". Because the ITRON specification defines interface and skeleton only, each vendor has its own implementation.
*Renesas:
**''RI850MP Real-time OS for V850E2M Dual Core''
**''RI850V4 V2 Real-time OS for RH850 family''
**''RI850V4 V1 Real-time OS for V850 family''
*TRON project#TOPPERS project, Toppers Project: Open source ''TOPPERS/JSP''
::→ In 2003, on Rel. 1.3, V850 dedicated part bug was fixed.
::→ Kernel update history
*A.I. Corporation: ''Toppers-Pro/xxx''
*TRON project#T-Engine, T-Engine Project: Open source ''T-Kernel'' by TRON project, TRON Forum
*eSOL: ''eT-Kernel''; Extended T-Kernel — RTOS for embedded systems
**''eT-Kernel/Compact'', ''eT-Kernel/Embedded'', ''eT-Kernel/POSIX''
**''eT-Kernel Multi-Core Edition''
*''eCos'': Open source real-time operating system
AUTOSAR, OSEK/VDX compliant real-time OS
''AUTOSAR'' is an open systems architecture of operating system for the automotive industry
The automotive industry comprises a wide range of company, companies and organizations involved in the design, Business development, development, manufacturing, marketing, and selling of motor vehicles. It is one of the world's largest industry ...
. Its purpose is to standardize electronic control units (ECU) for automotive engines. AUTOSAR is an upward compatible specification of OSEK/VDX, which is also a German consortium established in 1993.
In Japan, this research was started in 2006, as a joint project by JAIST and DENSO. Renesas Electronics joined this project in 2009.
Because the current RH850 and V850 processors are principally targeted at the automotive industry, it is a strategical product of Renesas Electronics. However, its documentation is only available in Japanese, as its main customer is Toyota Motor Corporation.
*Renesas: ''RV850'' (documents are in Japanese only)
*ETAS GmbH: ''RTA-OS RH850/GHS'', ''RTA-OSEK V850E/GHS
*Mentor Graphics (formerly Accelerated Technology, Inc.): ''Nucleus OSEK''
*HighTec EDV-Systeme GmbH: ''EB tresos Safety OS''
*Toppers Project: Open source ''TOPPERS/AUTOSAR''
*eSOL: '' AUTOSAR profile''
Other real-time OS
*SYSGO, SYSGO AG:
**''PikeOS''; Embedded Virtualization Hypervisor
*eSOL:
**; Scalable RTOS, Distributed Microkernel Architecture, non-hypervisor type OS
*MiSPO:
**''NORTi Professional''; Real-time OS + TCP/IP stack + Simulator
*SEGGER
**''embOS V850 NEC'', ''embOS V850 Green Hills'', ''embOS V850 IAR''
*Wind River Systems:
**''VxWorks'': Ported in the early 1990s.
The ''Tornado'' IDE is stated that MP licenses has been sold via NEC in 2000, currently Renesas.
*Mentor Graphics
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(formerly ATI, currently A Siemens Business):
**Nucleus RTOS, Nucleus PLUS
Linux
*uCLinux
*Linux kernel
:On October 9th 2008, Linux kernel support for V850 was removed in revision 2.6.27, preventing the possibility of porting Android (operating system), Android.
Middleware packages
Various middleware application softwares are provided from various vendors.
*Renesas: SD Memory Card Control
Software development tools
Compilers and assemblers
Most of the compilers, for both for the V850 family and the RH850 family, are exactly the same product, and extended Instruction Set Architecture, ISA targets are controlled by command line options.
Compilers for the V850 family and the RH850 family include:
* The GNU Compiler Collection (the name is still ''v850'' for RH850) developed both:
** by "Red Hat, Inc." (formerly "Cygnus Solutions") as a part of the ''GNUPro Developers Kit''
** by "KMC (Kyoto Micro Computer)" as a part of the ''exeGCC''
** by "CyberTHOR Studios, Ltd.": Free pre-built binaries can be downloaded by registration.
* Renesas:
**C Compiler Package for V850 family
*** ''CA850 C compiler'' for V850E1 and V850ES (v850e1 and/or v850es, a.k.a. Gen. 1)
*** ''CX C compiler'' for V850E2M and V850E2S (v850e2v3, a.k.a. Gen. 3)
**''Software Package for V850 [SP850]'' for V850E2 (v850e2(v2), a.k.a. Gen. 2)
**''CC-RH C compiler package'' for G3, G3K(H), G3M(H)
* Green Hills Software, GHS (Green Hills Software): The ''Green Hills Optimizing Compilers''
* Wind River Systems: ''Diab Compiler''
* IAR Systems: ''Embedded Workbench''
*Altium Limited: ''Tasking; RENESAS RH850 SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TOOLS''
* HighTec EDV Systeme GmbH: ''HighTec Development Platform''
* GAIO Technology: ''XASS-V Series cross development tools
* Metrowerks: ''CodeWarrior'' (obsoleted)
Disassemblers
Usually, dis-assemblers are provided as a part of C compiler or assembler packages.
*The GNU Binutils: ''objdump'' (''v850-elf-objdump'' or ''v850-elf32-objdump'')
*''Radare2'': Radare2 is a set of command-line programming tools for reverse engineering. Open-source source code, code is available from GitHub Repository (version control), repository.
*''IDA Pro'': Interactive Disassembler, ''IDA Pro'' is a freeware disassembler for hobby use. A Plug-in (computing), plugin for V850 is available. Download site is gray for securities.
GUI based debuggers
Graphical user interface, GUI based Computer program, program debuggers are mainly provided for debugging of compiled source codes. Usually, it is used with instruction set simulators or in-circuit emulators.
*Renesas:
**''ID850'': For the combination of ''CA850'' compiler and ''SM850'' instruction set simulator.
**''ID850NW'': For the combination of N-Wire based in-circuit emulators.
**''ID850QB'': For the combination of probing-pod based emulator ''IEQUBE2''
*NDK (Naito Densei Kogyo Co. Ltd, Group): Operation started in 1950 as subsidiary of NEC.
**''NW-V850-32''
*Green Hills Software, GHS (Green Hills Software): ''Multi'': General-purpose debugger.
*Red Hat, Inc.: ''Insight (GDB-Tk)'': GUI front-end tightly combined with ''GNU Debugger''.
*Mentor Graphics
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(formerly Accelerated Technology, Accelerated Technology, Inc.): ''code, lab'' Developer Suite
*By N-Wire based in-circuit emulator vendors:
**KMC (Kyoto Microcomputer) and Midias Lab.: ''PARTNER''
**Sohwa & Sophia Technologies:''WATCHPOINT''
**DTS INSIGHT (formerly YDC, Yokogawa Digital Computer): ''microVIEW-PLUS''
**Computex: ''CSIDE''
Instruction set simulators
''Instruction set simulator'', in other words, ''Virtual Platform'' is provided to perform debugging without equipment's Computer hardware, hardware before testing on a real machine.
*Renesas: ''SM850''
*''Open Virtual Platform'': Instruction set simulator
*Synopsys: ''VDK for Renesas RH850 MCU''
Automated code reviewers
''Automated code reviewer'', in other words, ''Source code, source code analyzer'' qualify the level of completeness of written software source code. This method is classified as ''dynamic code analysis'' and ''static code analysis''.
Dynamic code analyzers with simulators
*Renesas: ''TW850''
:''TW850 Performance Analysis Tuning Tool'' is a general utility to improve effectiveness of software.
*Renesas: ''AZ850''
:''AZ850 System Performance Analyzer'' is a utility for RX850 real-time operating system to evaluate effectiveness of application programs.
*Gaio Technology: ''Coverage Master winAMS''
:''Coverage Master winAMS'' is a source code, source code coverage measurement tool.
Static code analyzers
*GHS (Green Hills Software): ''DoubleCheck'' ISA (Integrated Static Analysis) tool
*Rogue Wave Software, Inc: ''Klocwork''
IDE (Integrated Development Environments)
Integrated development environment, ''IDE'', ''Integrated Development Environment'', is a framework to provide software development functions.
*Renesas: ''CS+'' (formerly ''CubeSuite+'')
*Green Hills Software, GHS (Green Hills Software): ''Multi''
*Eclipse (software), Eclipse Plugins
**''GNU Compiler Collection (GCC)'' and ''GNU Debugger (GDB)''
**''Wind River Systems#Products, Wind River Workbench'' (formerly Tornado)
Hardware development tools
ICE (In-circuit emulators)
Most in-circuit emulators, such as Renesas's ''IE850'' (formerly ''IECUBE2''),
can be used for both the V850 family and the RH850 family, but may require firmware updating.
The latest "trace function" of the JTAG
JTAG (named after the Joint Test Action Group which codified it) is an Technical standard, industry standard for verifying designs and testing printed circuit boards after manufacture.
JTAG implements standards for on-chip instrumentation in ele ...
(''N-Wire'') based in-circuit emulator is upgraded from the ''N-Trace'' (single-ended signaling)
to the ''Aurora (protocol), Aurora Trace'' (differential signaling).
Full probing pod type
Full probing pod type in-circuit emulator is sometimes called ''full ICE'' or ''legacy ICE''.
*Renesas ''IE850'' (formerly ''IECUBE2'')
*Naito Densei Machida Mfg. Co., Ltd. (Operation started as NEC's subsidiary.)
**''Asmis'' brand for custom LSIs.
ROM emulator type
*Lauterbach (company), Lauterbach: ''ROM Monitor for V850''
*KMC (Kyoto Microcomputer Co., Ltd.): ''PARTNER-ET II'' (obsoleted)
JTAG N-Wire and N-Trace type
N-Wire and N-Trace
is a JTAG
JTAG (named after the Joint Test Action Group which codified it) is an Technical standard, industry standard for verifying designs and testing printed circuit boards after manufacture.
JTAG implements standards for on-chip instrumentation in ele ...
-based debugging interface specification, which circuit implementation is called TAP Controller (Test Access Port controller),
primarily compiled by Philips N.V. (currently NXP Semiconductors). But it is perhaps not disclosed publicly in its earlier stage. As the result, each semiconductor and in-circuit emulator vendor implemented similar interfaces independently. Nowadays, it is standardized by ''IEEE 1149.1 Working Group''.
*Renesas
**''E1 Emulator'': USB#USB 2.0, USB 2.0 based affordable compact housing equipment.
**PCMCIA N-Wire Card ''IE-V850E1-CD-NW''
*Naito Densei Machida Mfg. Co., Ltd. (Operation started as NEC's subsidiary.): ''Asmis'' brand.
*Midas Lab.: ''RTE-2000H'' with ''PARTNER'' debugger
*Lauterbach (company), Lauterbach: ''Trace32''
*: ''BlueBox iC5000 and iC5700''
*IAR Systems
*DTS INSIGHT (formerly YDC; Yokogawa Electric, Yokogawa Digital Computer): ''adviceLUNA II''
*Computex: ''PALMiCE3 V850''
*Sohwa & Sophia Technologies: ''Universal Probe Blue'' with ''WATCHPOINT'' debugger
*KMC (Kyoto Microcomputer Co., Ltd.): PARTNER-Jet (obsoleted)
Nexus and Aurora trace type
''Nexus (standard), Nexus'' or ''IEEE-ISTO 5001-2003'' is a standard debugging interface for embedded systems.
''Aurora (protocol), Aurora'' is a high speed signal transfer specification. Its data link layer communications protocol is a point-to-point serial communications, serial links, and physical layer is a high speed differential signaling.
*Lauterbach (company), Lauterbach: Trace32: PowerTrace for NEXUS
*: BlueBox iC5000 and iC5700 (Nexus), iC6000 (Aurora)
Flash ROM programmers
Because the V850 family is developed as a single chip microcontroller, every product integrates non-volatile memory. In its first stage, it was one-time programmable or UV EPROM type, but in V853, V850/xxn Series, and later, it becomes flash memory type.
Gang writers (gang programmers)
A ''gang writer'', or a ''gang programmer'', is an old terminology for programmable ROM Programmer (hardware), writers, or programmers. Its name comes from that it steals the binary code from one device, and write it to several others simultaneously. This ''read device'' is sometimes called a ''master device''. For mass production use, a dedicated attachment board with "a set of sockets", i.e. "a gang", is needed. As usual, instead of a programmed master device, an object code file can be copied from a PC via download cable, or from a USB stick. Most ''gang writers'' accept ASCII-format files such as ''Intel HEX'' and SREC (file format), Motorola ''SREC'', or binary format files such as ''Executable and Linkable Format, ELF''.
This method is suitable for mass production.
*TESSERA Technology Inc.: ''Stick GANG Writer''
Programming service providers
Flash ROM programming service providers exist in most countries.
*Minato Holdings, Inc.
::ja:ミナトホールディングス, Minato Holdings, Inc. (in Japanese) is a Japanese company that started as an automated test equipment vendor for memory LSIs. Nowadays, it provides flash ROM programming services for various devices, including V850 and RH850, with its own ''gang writers'' and ''full automatic device handler'' machines.
On board programming with ICE
Most JTAG
JTAG (named after the Joint Test Action Group which codified it) is an Technical standard, industry standard for verifying designs and testing printed circuit boards after manufacture.
JTAG implements standards for on-chip instrumentation in ele ...
-based in-circuit emulators have an ''on board'' flash ROM programming function via a debug port,
which may be according to ''IEEE standard 1532-2002'', a standard for in-system configuration of programmable components.
Direct connection via RS-232C
If the target board has a ''RS-232C'' connector and a transceiver (driver/receiver) IC, such as ''ICL32xx'',
for the ''UARTx'' peripheral function of V850 device, flash ROM programming with a directly connected Personal computer, PC might be available (depends on devices
).
The ''Renesas Flash Programmer'' software ''V2''
or ''V3''
is required.
Dedicated on board programmer
On-board programming is also available via ''UARTx'' or ''CSIx+HS'' peripherals on V850 devices by using dedicated programmer hardware (depends on devices).
*Renesas: ''PG-FP6''
Ancient PROM writers
To program V851
and V852, an ancient Programmable read-only memory, PROM programmer with dedicated adapter is required.
*Renesas ''PG-1500'' (obsoleted)
:Renesas ''PG-1500'' is a programmable ROM writer compatible with ''27C1001A'' devices, UV EPROM, or Programmable read-only memory, one-time PROM (OTP). This writer reads a ''silicon signature'' from each device before programming, by asserting 12.5 V to the ''A9'' (address #9) terminal. It must NOT be used for modern flash ROM burning.
Gray zone tools
Some gray zone hacking tools exist for V850 on car dashboards.
*VVDI PROG.:
**OBDexpress
Evaluation boards
*Renesas: ''TK-850'': The name is influenced by nostalgia for the TK-80 8080-based training kit.
See also
*NEC V60
is a Japanese multinational information technology and electronics corporation, headquartered in Minato, Tokyo. The company was known as the Nippon Electric Company, Limited, before rebranding in 1983 as NEC. It provides IT and network soluti ...
*RL78
*78K
*IEBus
IEBus (''Inter Equipment Bus'') is a communication bus specification "between equipments within a vehicle or a chassis" of Renesas Electronics. It defines OSI model layer 1 and layer 2 specification. ''IEBus'' is mainly used for car audio and ...
References and notes
External links
Die photo of V850 (V851 maybe) introduced 1994 by Nikkei BP
(in Japanese, registration required)
(in Japanese)
Present Status of the Embedded CPU in SoC Design, ''NEC Tech. Journal'' 1-5 pp.38-45 (Dec. 2006)
Renesas: V850 Architecture Overview, High performance and Energy Efficient
User’s Manual, V850 Family 32-bit Single-Chip Microcontroller Architecture
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