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Enter the Renesas
HEW Target Server Design
Contest for your part
of $15,000 in cash prizes!

We’re looking for the best designs using HEW Target Server (HTS). Enter the contest, get a free kit, design and submit your application, and you could win a share at $15,000 in cash prizes.

HEW Target Server is a Windows COM object that allows your custom Windows programs to interface with the Renesas HEW development tools and any Renesas MCU through the debug interface. Think of the possibilities:

Communicate with your MCU without additional hardware or software in your design.
Automate HEW for control of builds, downloading, debugging, etc.
Create custom plugins, virtual interfaces, test beds, stimulus systems, user interfaces, and much more.

HEW Target Server (HTS) is an easy to use Windows COM object which provides a powerful interface between a Windows Application and the Renesas Development Software (HEW).

In this example, a Windows program operates a motor controller. The link from GUI to controller is done over the USB debugging link. No communication hardware was added to the design. The GUI sends commands to the controller and gets status back such as RPMs and current.

How about a custom Function Generator? Using a Renesas Starter Kit and HEW Target Server, a custom Windows program could setup the timers on a low cost Renesas Starter Kit’s MCU to produce a wide range of waveforms. You could even modulate one timer with another or output complex arbitrary waveforms directly from files on a PC or in Matlab.

What will you design with HTS?

Want to know more about HTS? Click here for a tutorial.
Ready to begin? Click here to register or click the Register button on the right.
Already registered for the Contest? There are several options to support you:

Downloads & Links– Here you can find HTS example projects, the latest HEW toolchain, and links to download Microsoft’s free VisualStudio Express tools.

Tips & FAQ– More info to help your design go smoothly and frequently asked questions about the HTS Design Contest.

View Entries– Size up your competition, show off your design, and vote on your favorite idea!

Forums– Discuss the Design Contest, HTS, and all things Renesas, find answers, or answer questions.