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The COP8 microcontroller from National Semiconductor is an 8 bit CISC core microcontroller, whose main features are:

Large amount of I/O pins. Plenty of Flash memory/ROM for code and data (up to 32 KB). Very low EMI. No known bugs. Many integrated peripherals (meant as single chip design). In-System Programming Free assembler toolchain. Commercial C compilers available. Free Multitasking OS and TCP/IP stack. It has a machine cycle of up to 2M cycles per second, but most versions seem to be overclockable to up to 2.8M cycles per second (28 MHz clock).

Source: Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COP8)

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    • The COP8 microcontroller from National Semiconductor is an 8 bit CISC core microcontroller, whose main features are:

      Large amount of I/O pins. Plenty of Flash memory/ROM for code and data (up to 32 KB). Very low EMI. No known bugs. Many integrated peripherals (meant as single chip design). In-System Programming Free assembler toolchain. Commercial C compilers available. Free Multitasking OS and TCP/IP stack. It has a machine cycle of up to 2M cycles per second, but most versions seem to be overclockable to up to 2.8M cycles per second (28 MHz clock).

      Source: Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COP8)

      (Note: The Electronic Engineers Toolbox provides an alternative set of featured links for this word at http://www.cera2.com/cop8.htm)

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      The Macroassembler AS

      AS is a portable macro cross assembler for a variety of microprocessors and -controllers. Though it is mainly targeted at embedded processors and single-board computers, you also find CPU families in the target list that are used in workstations and PCs.
      http://john.ccac.rwth-aachen.de:8000/as/

      Byte Craft Demonstration Versions

      These demos are fully-functional compilers; they can compile C sources and produce listing files, which display the generated machine code and C source side-by-side. 68HCxx, COP8, Microchip PIC, Ubicom/Scenix, ZiLOG.
      http://www.bytecraft.com/depot/depot.php

      Processor Expert (IDE) Demo and Download Site

      First integrated environment using Embedded Beans with application source code generation and hardware knowledge base. Processor Expert boosted by Embedded Beans provides both connectivity around of microprocessor (like usual E-CAD) and functionality. Processor Expert is drag and drop style and user interface targeted system for easy building of embedded applications. Support for 68HCxx, COP8, PowerPC, Fujitsu 16LX, and Freescale DSP.
      http://www.processorexpert.com/

      COP8 resources from National

      COP8 product families documentation, selection guide, application notes and free design tools. WEBENCH for COP8® - A complete online development environment for producing fully functional COP8 applications code, featuring Processor Expert from Unis. (Processor Expert is a trademark of Unis s.r.o., Czech Republic)
      http://www.national.com/appinfo/mcu/

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