The simulators and textbooks are in a continual upgrade cycle. Whenever you purchase, you will have the latest enhancements and bug fixes, without having to wait for the next version. Note that for classroom use, nothing will ever be removed, so class plans can be based on the current revision without worry about future changes.
EMAIL Support at support3@hcs12text.com. Note that this address changes occasionally to prevent spam. However one can always use the address without the number at the end of "support".
Revision 5 was generally released August 9, 2008, however a few schools received copies as early as June. The error corrections were minor.
In example program part015.asm, the bset CRGFLG #$80 instruction should be a bclr CRGFLG #~$80, although in this case the program will work either way. Additionally, in the printed text (and PDF file) movb #$13 RTICTL should be movb #$23 RTICTL.
In the printed text (and PDF file), on page 293, the ldab SPI0DR should be changed to tst SPI0DR to match the CD version. Either will work, but using the tst instruction is the best practice.
The chapter on the IIC interface needs to be more explicit in that the status register must be read before accessing the data register. Assume that the example programs have executed tst SP0SR or something similar first.
The second question for System Clocks should read "What parts of the 68HCS12 will always operate at the crystal frequency?"
Revision 4 is complete. Many enhancements to simulator, including SPI simulation, drag-and-drop of ASM and S19 files, ability to change various defaults, and support for the MC9S12C family of microcontrollers. The CD-based text has new fonts and lists that are set off from the text, a new section on the MC9S12C family, assumption that the crytal is 8 MHz (formerly 4 MHz), and some additional text in the SCI and SPI sections. There are now study questions associated with each section, with some answers provided. Other small modifications were made.
A new installer program was provided that works correctly with Windows Vista.
Added movb #2 DDRJ to part017a.html program.
In part023b.html, Other Serial Interfaces, in the figure showing bit stuffing, the original value is $FE08, not $E8.
In part023a.html, Inter-Integrated Circuit Bus Interface, the phrase "being 0 instead of 1" should be "being 1 instead of 0"
It happened again -- another defective copy of asm12.exe (the 68HC12 assembler) made it out in AsmIDE. This defective asm12.exe will dump out the source listing when a listing file is specified but there are errors. If you see this problem, which is probably in CDs distributed after June, 2006, then do the following. Download the corrected assembler here. Unzip the archive to get a replacement as12.exe program for the file of the same name in the folder in which you installed the Designing with Microcontrollers CD. This is usually c:\Program Files\HCS12Text\.
In part018c.html, The Timer Module -- The Special Case of Channel 7, the next to last program (which is also runnable from the browser) has the wrong output frequency, 3 MHz. The line movw #3 TC7 should be movw #11 TC7. A typo, HS12, at the end of the page should be changed to HC12.
File 68HCS12Text_Printable.pdf has been revised to fix the errata to date.
Some minor changes were made to the simulator -- 1 megabyte was removed from the simulator's "footprint," corrected timing error when performing a non-aligned word read from flash ROM (it wasn't adding an additional memory cycle), and corrected a problem with links in the documentation.
The installer has been revised to use the latest version of the Java 1.4 runtime.
Note that Most CDs shipped during February have the changes below made on the CD but not in the installation. If you purchased in this period, you can copy these files from the CD over the older versions in Program Files.
In part010d.html, Decision Trees and Logic Instructions - Bitwise Boolean Summary - Clearing Bits, last line, the bset instruction should be bclr.
In part022b.html, Serial Communications Interface and Buffering -- Polled Operatiion of the Serial Communications Interface, in the last example, the two tstb instructions should be bitb.
The printed version of the text has not been revised.
Some minor changes were made to the simulator -- changing the PC register, memory display address, and code viewer address fields will automatically update when the field is left without need to press Enter first. An empty error message (when loading an S19 file with bad syntax) has been fixed. The order of the registers in the register display has been changed to be more conventional.
Revision 3 of the CD is now complete. It has new sections called Other Serial Interfaces covering the BDLC, CAN, and BDM, and Alarm Clock Example, and application example in C.
The printed version of the text has been revised to match the revised CD version and is now labeled "Second Edition".
In the chapter Load Store and Move Instructions the sentence "There are two instructions which are synonyms for leax A,X and leay A,Y, namely abx and aby." changed to readread "There are two instructions which are synonyms for leax B,X and leay B,Y, namely abx and aby."
The printed version has not been updated.
The figure showing the clock PLL should say "multiply by" instead of "divide by". Clarified that RTR bits are in RTICTL register in description of the Real Time Interrupt. Link to section before External Memory/Peripheral Interfacing corrected. Corrected small error in figure showing memory expansion in MC9S12DP256.
The printed version of the text has not been updated as changes are minor.
The fixed version of the AsmIDE program is now being shipped on the CD. The simulator has a new feature -- it remembers the last directory accessed the last time the simulator was run.
The chapter on the Analog to Digital Converter contains a number of small errrors in describing the operation of the converter, as well as a few register name errors. Basically, when I rewrote the chapter for the 68HCS12 I missed a few things. All is now corrected. The printed version of the text has not been updated.
There have been problems with the latest AsmIDE not working properly when new files are opened. Please check http://www.ericengler.com/AsmIDE.aspx for updated versions of this program. While it appears that it may have been fixed, I haven't had the time to verify and incorporate into the distribution.
A change in the ASM12 assember, version 1.2e, causes the listings it creates to not be sensed by the simulators (both the 68HCS12 and 68HC12) for the purpose of displaying source code. An easy solution is to download the modified assembler here. Unzip the archive to get a replacement as12.exe program for the file of the same name in the directory in which you installed AsmIDE.
Corrected an error in the simulator for the STX, STY, and STS instructions using auto pre/post increment/decrement indexed modes with the same register. This isn't a likely use, which is why it hasn't been spotted until now. Basically, when executing, for example stx 2,+x the value of X after incrementing was stored rather than the value before incrementing.
Some cosmetic changes were made to the simulator. Some changes will give better font sizes when the DPI setting is changed in Windows, and the overall appearance is improved when run under Mac OS X and Linux. There were no functional changes.
Errata corrected -- "third argument" changed to "second argument" in two occurances in text file part021e.html. "SPIF" changed to "SPRF" and "LSBF" to "LSBFE" in part023.html.
Fundamental changes were made that now allow starting the example program simulations directly from the text in Firefox, or other browser that prevents running executable programs.
The AsmIDE, ASM12 programs, and the Freescale documentation have all been brought to the latest versions (as of June 2005). Simulator has been improved. Changed textbook references to refer to the new S12CPUV2 Reference Manual where appropriate.
A new section on the IIC was added to the text.
An interrupt, a mixed addition, and a floating point example programs added. Two C language example programs added (buffered SCI driver and RTI interrupt counter), as well as C language code segments in several locations. There is added text to help clarify beginning student issues concerning big versus little "endian", byte versus word, and signed versus unsigned. Some additions and changes made to the description of the assembler to clear up confusion and match the latest AS12 version.
In the example under Pulse Width Modulation, Connecting Channels for 16-Bit Counters, the example code should move 2 into PWMCLK and not 1. The example program part18d.asm has a couple of coding errors which do not appear in the text example.
The time to do an ATD conversion was incorrectly stated as 18 clock cycles (rather than 14 clock cycles) at one location in the text.
Some changes have been made to the simulator to improve appearance when running on other than Microsoft operating systems. An error in handling the FIFO bit in the ATD simulation has been fixed.
"stab DAC" should be "staa DAC" in the last example of binary scaled arithmetic. This change not in all CDs shipped.
February 27, 2005 - Simulator revised. Some issues with display initialization for parallel ports T and H fixed. The simulator now matches the Dragon-12 Revision E board in that port J pin 1 must be driven low to enable the row of LEDs. Previously, the simulator matched board revisions A-D.
February 7, 2005 - Change references of location $800 and $801 to $1000 and $1001 in files part003b.html, part009.html. Change references of location $4000 to $2000 in part009.html. Change reference to instructions tsta and tstb to bita and bitb in file part010d.html.
Change "l2: lsr $1900 ; Shift $800 to the right" to "l2:
lsr $1000 ; Shift $1000 to the right" in part010c.html.
December 23, 2004 - Many typographical and grammatical errors corrected. A change in the simulator code makes it up to 30% faster simulating interrupt driven programs. A PDF file of the textbook is now provided. Sample program LST files now provided so the source lines appear in the simulator. A bug in setaccess was fixed. Previous customers desiring the fixed setaccess.exe, revised simulator JAR file, or the PDF textbook file be E-mailed to them should contact me. (Note that the textbook PDF is several megabytes when mailed.)
September 24, 2004 - Motorola Semiconductor has been changed to Freescale Semiconductor in the text and the assembler and simulator documentation. A newer version of AsmIDE is provided on the CD. There are no other changes to the text, and the most recent AsmIDE is freely available from the authors website, here.
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