IAR Systems now providing full support for Renesas’ RH850

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Currently the only tool vendor to deliver development tools for the entire line-up of Renesas MCUs, with its latest release IAR Systems now supports RH850 automotive MCUs from Renesas.

The IAR Embedded Workbench for RH850 and IAR Build Tools for RH850 have been upgraded to the latest technology platforms, including the latest C/C++ language (library support for the C++17 language standard), which will allow developers to build far more advanced code to handle more complex tasks.

This release also includes 64-bit IDE & Editor enhancements with Dark Mode, and cross-platform IAR Build Tools streamlined for automated build and test processes in frameworks built on Ubuntu, Red Hat, or Windows.

The release also provides developers with extensions for Visual Studio Code to meet increasing customer demand. The extensions are compatible with the latest versions of IAR Embedded Workbench, and IAR Build Tools for RH850, made available seamlessly at Visual Studio Code Marketplace.

This version of the IAR Toolchain for RH850 supports all the latest Renesas RH850 high-performance and scalable automotive multicore MCUs.

“Our investments in Embedded Development Solutions for RH850 in the latest technology platforms will improve our joint customers´ ability to innovate by simplifying the move to – and use of - high-performance multi-core MCUs”, said Rafael Taubinger, Senior Product Marketing Manager at IAR Systems.

The IAR Toolchain provides design flexibility for embedded developers working with the extensive Renesas product portfolio.  It also enables customers to switch between different architectures and choose the one best suited for a specific application while using the same development tools.