RELEASE NOTES

for IAR Embedded Workbench for 8051 version 9.30.2

Read about the latest features, new device support, and program corrections in the release notes.

• Highlights
• Important information
• Release notes for individual components
• Product packages
• Installation and license activation

Highlights

Service Pack 9.30.2

• Compiler update
  This update corrects an error in the compiler.
• New example for the S8051XC3 device from CAST
  An application example for the Terasic DE0-Nano evaluation kit equipped with the S8051XC3 core from CAST has been added.
• Complementary documentation about device support
  A guide which describes how to add support for new devices and how to modify characteristics of already supported devices has been added.

Version 9.30

• C-STAT
  The add-on product C-STAT for static analysis is now supported. C-STAT features innovative static analysis that can detect defects, bugs, and security vulnerabilities as defined by CERT and the Common Weakness Enumeration, as well as help keeping code compliant to coding standards like MISRA C:2012/2004 or MISRA C++:2008. For more information, see the C-STAT Static Analysis Guide.
• New tool for converting Keil µVision projects
  A converter tool for porting projects from the Keil µVision environment to IAR Embedded Workbench has been added together with a Migration Guide. Conversion of project files and optionally also C/C++ source code is supported.
• New examples for Silicon Labs EFM8 devices
  Application examples for the EFM8 Busy Bee and Sleepy Bee MCUs have been added.
• New and updated device support
  Support has been added for the following devices:
  • Nuvoton -
    N76E616, W78E052D, W78E054D
    For a complete list of supported devices, refer to the IAR Systems web page.
• Updated user documentation
  The IDE Project Management and Building Guide has been updated to reflect the product changes.

Important information

• Upgrade information
• Before you install
  

  To avoid any problems, do not install this release in a directory where you have previously installed any older version of IAR Embedded Workbench. It is recommended that you either uninstall an earlier product, or install this release in a separate directory. As before, however, it is possible to install different products, all using the same version of the main application, in the same root directory.

• License renewal
  

  The upgrade to this version might require a license renewal. This is performed by starting the IAR License Manager and selecting License>Check for License Renewal.
  Note, if you have a network license, this must be performed on the license server.

• Microsoft Windows
  

  Windows Vista and newer operating systems have a security mechanism called UAC (User Access Control). Disabling UAC will automatically grant you permission when a task requires administrative rights but this is not recommended because it will reduce the security of the computer. It is not necessary to run the IAR Embedded Workbench IDE as an administrator. However, if you are not, modifications to the installed product tree in C:\Program Files\IAR Systems might not work as intended and could give unexpected results. One example is opening and building projects directly from the installed product tree. The build will succeed, but the resulting files (object, list, ...) will not appear where expected. Instead all output files will be redirected by the OS to C:\Users\\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\IAR Systems. To avoid this, the preferred way is to copy the examples to a location outside Program Files, either manually or automatically by opening them via the IAR Information Center.

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