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Most recent changes:
For a list of all the latest information, see What's New.
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uM-FPU V3.1 Floating Point Coprocessor |
The uM-FPU V3.1 Floating Point Coprocessor chip. The new chip extends the feature set of the original uM-FPU V3 chip to include serial I/O support, NMEA sentence parsing, block transfers, additional matrix operations, enhanced string support, and many other enhancements.
See the uM-FPU V3.1 product page for full details. |
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uM-FPU V3 Integrated Development Environment (IDE) |
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The uM-FPU V3 IDE (Integrated Development Environment) makes it easy to develop uM-FPU V3 code, by providing a code generator, debugger and function programmer.
The code generator takes traditional math expressions and automatically produces uM-FPU code for any one of the many microcontrollers and compilers supported. The debugger lets you step through uM-FPU code to trace instruction execution and display register values. The function programmer provides support for storing user-defined functions in Flash memory.
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The uM-FPU chip is featured in an article by Jon Titus in the March 19, 2007 edition of Design News magazine. The article entitled, Micromega Chip Does the Math provides an excellent overview of the uM-FPU floating point coprocessor.
If you've read the article and are looking for more information, there's lots of information here. See the
products page for product information, and the
downloads
page for documentation and software.
Also, check out the
uM-FPU V3 Integrated Development Environment (IDE), and browse through the
Application Notes for additional information and some interesting examples.
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The uM-FPU chip is featured in a previous article by Jon Titus in the August 1, 2006 edition of ECN magazine. The article is entitled, MCU Math Chip Adds Up.
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The uM-FPU V2 chip is featured in an article by Jon Williams in the July 2005 edition of Nuts & Volts magazine (page 26). The article, entitled Stamp Applications - Getting Hot, Hot, Hot, describes using the uM-FPU with the DS1620 temperature sensor.
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What's New |
September 22, 2008
Application Note 43 - Speed and Power Considerations for uM-FPU V3
September 4, 2008
EAGLE PCB library for uM-FPU V3.1
August 29, 2008
V3.1 support added for Microchip MPLAB dsPIC and PIC24 C Compiler
June 27, 2008
Beta 6 release of uM-FPU V3 IDE Release 2.0
May 14, 2008
Application Note 42 - Drawing Graphs on a Serial Graphic Display
April 17, 2008
Support added for ARMexpress/ARMmite with ARMbasic Version 7
February 28, 2008
updated uM-FPU V3.1 Datasheet and Instruction Set documents, see Downloads
February 11, 2008
support software updated for Atmel AVR / WinAVR
added support for additional Atmel AVR processors and I2C interface
December 11, 2007
Beta 5 release of uM-FPU V3 IDE Release 2.0
November 13, 2007
V3.1 support added for Atmel AVR using WinAVR compiler
Application Note 41 - Comparing WinAVR math and uM-FPU V3.1 math
updated Application notes 36 and 39 with PicBasic Pro and WinAVR examples
October 12, 2007
V3.1 support added for PICBASIC PRO compiler
updated reference guide for using uM-FPU V3.1 chip with the ARMmite and ARMexpress
October 4, 2007
Application Note 40 - Frequency Analysis Using ADC and FFT
Beta 4 release of uM-FPU V3 IDE Release 2.0
August 28, 2007
Javelin Stamp support software released for V3.1. Includes new GPS demos.
August 23, 2007
Beta 3 release of uM-FPU V3 IDE Release 2.0
August 22, 2007
Support added for OOPic® microcontroller
August 13, 2007
Beta 2 release of uM-FPU V3 IDE Release 2.0
August 9, 2007
Support added for ARMmite and ARMexpress controllers
ARMmite/ARMexpress example added to Application note 39.
July 26, 2007
Application Note 39 - Calculating Great Circle Distances
July 24, 2007
Application Note 38 - Calculating Sunrise and Sunset Times
July 23, 2007
an article by Jon Titus, Micromega Chip Does the Math
, was published in the March 19, 2007 issue of Design News
added code examples to Application Note 36 - Reading GPS Data
Application Note 37 - Working with Dates and Times
July 12, 2007
PICAXE support software updated for V3.1. Includes new GPS demo.
July 10, 2007
Beta 1 release of uM-FPU V3 IDE Release 2.0
June 18, 2007
Application Note 36 - Reading GPS Data
June 1, 2007
uM-FPU V3 IDE release 1.3 software is available with support for uM-FPU V3.1
see revision history on uM-FPU V3 IDE page for additional details.
uM-FPU V3.1 opcode definitions added.
Basic Stamp support files updated for uM-FPU V3.1
May 31, 2007
uM-FPU V3.1 general release.
see uM-FPU V3.1 Release Notes (pdf) for a list of features and changes
May 1, 2007
added links to Customer Products on the Products page
Customer Product: Micro-IDE Atmel AVR compiler and IDE
December 16, 2006
Application Note 34 - Measuring Water Level with the MPXM2010GS Pressure Sensor
Application Note 35 - Fast Fourier Transforms using the FFT Instruction
December 1, 2006
new FAQ page added to website
App Note 33 - Sensirion SHT11 Temperature and Humidity Sensor
November 30, 2006
documentation is available for the uM-FPU V3 IDE.
Using the uM-FPU V3 Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
November 18, 2006
uM-FPU V2 IDE release 2.2 software is available.
November 15, 2006
A user forum for uM-FPU help and discussions has been started on Yahoo Groups
see the Support page for an easy sign-up form
November 14, 2006
uM-FPU is available in Australia through MicroZed Computers on-line store.
November 2, 2006
uM-FPU V3 IDE release 1.2 software is available.
SX/B and PICmicro support added to uM-FPU V3 IDE
updated uM-FPU V3 software and documentation for SX Microcontroller
October 26, 2006
uM-FPU V3 software and documentation available for SX Microcontroller
uM-FPU V2 software updated for SX Microcontroller
October 19, 2006
uM-FPU V3 IDE release 1.1 software is available.
October 18, 2006
uM-FPU V3 software and documentation available for PICAXE
September 21, 2006
uM-FPU V3 software and documentation available for Basic Stamp
App Note 30 - converting uM-FPU V2 code to uM-FPU V3
App Note 31 - uM-FPU V3 Floating Point Calculations
App Note 32 - uM-FPU V3 Long Integer Calculations.
August 25, 2006
uM-FPU V3 IDE release 1.0 software is available.
August 11, 2006
uM-FPU V3 general release.
see What's New in V3 for a list of features
August 1, 2006
an article by Jon Titus, MCU Math Chip Adds Up
, is published in the August 1, 2006 issue of ECN magazine
uM-FPU V2 available in RoHS compliant packaging
May 19, 2006
updated PICmicro support files to fix FWRITEA/FWRITEB definitions
May 18, 2006
new version of uM-FPU V2 IDE available. See Release History for details.
includes PicBasic Pro support, fixes and updates.
May 12, 2006
uM-FPU is available through World Educational Services on-line store.
September 21, 2005
updated Javelin Stamp package
September 1, 2005
updated Javelin Stamp Float32 compatible package
July 15, 2005
new uM-FPU Debug Adapter released
new Micromega RS-232 Adapter released
uM-FPU is available through Hobby Engineering on-line store.
July 5, 2005
uM-FPU V2 IDE general release
Application note 9 - Adding a Serial Connection to uM-FPU V2
June 21, 2005
new version of uM-FPU V2 IDE posted (beta 0.7)
final release of IDE scheduled for the end of June
uM-FPU V2 Datasheet, Instruction Set documentation updated
Basic Stamp, Javelin Stamp and SX Microcontroller documentation updated
June 8, 2005
SX/B software and documentation released for the SX microcontroller.
new Javelin Stamp software package and documentation released.
Basic Stamp software updated for BS2px
May 24, 2005
Javelin Stamp Float32 software and documentation updated for uM-FPU V2.
Support page added for Javelin Stamp
May 5, 2005
Application note 7 - Developing a SPI Interface
Application note 8 - Developing a I2C Interface
April 22, 2005
new version of uM-FPU V2 IDE posted (beta 0.5)
April 20, 2005
uM-FPU is available in Italy through Robot Italy on-line store.
April 6, 2005
new version of uM-FPU V2 IDE posted (beta 0.4)
March 31, 2005
Application note 6 - Measuring Temperature using Thermocouples
March 28, 2005
Application note 5 - Calculating Polynomials
March 26, 2005
Web site reorganized, new microcontroller support pages and application notes added.
Application note 1 - Floating point calculations
Application note 2 - Long integer calculations
Application note 3 - Trend line calculations
Application note 4 - Distance measuring with the Sharp GP2D12 and GP2D120.
March 4, 2005
V2 software and documentation released for the Comfile PICBASIC microcontroller.
January 31, 2005
uM-FPU is available through HVW Technologies on-line store.
January 24, 2005
V2 software and documentation released for the PICAXE microcontroller.
January 21, 2005
V2 software and documentation released for the PicBasic Pro compiler.
V1 software released for the PicBasic Pro compiler.
January 17, 2005
uM-FPU is available in France through Lextronics.
uM-FPU est disponible en France par Lextronics.
January 11, 2005
uM-FPU V2 general release.
new features include: I2C support, 32 byte instruction buffer, faster interface, new instructions
V2 software and documentation released for Basic Stamp® microcontrollers
V2 software and documentation released for PICmicro® microcontrollers
December 15, 2004
uM-FPU V2 beta released.
October 18, 2004
uM-FPU is available through Spark Fun Electronics on-line store.
software and documentation released for PICmicro® microcontrollers.
August 15, 2004
surface mount version of the uM-FPU V1.0 is available.
August 11, 2004
uM-FPU IDE (Integrated Development Environment) beta is released.
July 15, 2004
uM-FPU is available through Revolution Education on-line store.
July 8, 2004
software and documentation released for the PICAXE family of microprocessors.
May 18, 2004
uM-FPU is available through Parallax on-line store.
May 8, 2004
uM-FPU Converter software released.
Apr 28, 2004
uM-FPU V1 released.
software and documentation released for the Basic Stamp®.
software and documentation released for the Javelin Stamp™.
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