Altium TASKING C compiler v2.2r1 for Renesas RH850 automotive controllers

Altium has announced v2.2r1 of its TASKING C compiler suite for the RH850 architecture from Renesas Electronics, delivering support for the microcontroller variants RH850/C1x, RH850/D1x, RH850/E1x, RH850/P1x and RH850/R1x. The compilers are suitable for automotive applications like powertrain, body control and chassis control, including safety-critical applications.

The toolset provides support for the Renesas E1 On-Chip debugging emulator, next to the Instruction Set Simulator debugger. The debugger’s GUI is seamlessly integrated into the Eclipse-based IDE and accessible through the debugger perspective. This brings to the developer a single coding and debugging front-end for RH850 application development. Code generation optimisation includes MIL linking and code compaction (reverse inlining).

The microcontroller family offers rich functional safety and embedded security features for automotive applications. Altium supports these features through its ISO 26262 Support Program, which includes solutions to help users achieve certification for functional safety standards such as ISO 26262 and others. As part of the certification process, a manufacturer has to assess the required level of confidence in software tools such as the TASKING RH850 toolset. Altium enables this through the availability of a Compiler Qualification Kit as well as optional ISO 26262 Compiler Qualification Services.