Automated techniques for designing programmed electronic devices

One or more computer-readable storage media including instructions that, when executed by one or more processing units, cause the one or more processing units to design a programmed electronic device by performing the steps of:

• generating a circuit that includes a plurality of instances and one or more connections between the plurality of instances based on one or more mappings, wherein a first instance included in the plurality of instances is an instance of a first electronic component, a second instance included in the plurality of instances is an instance of a second electronic component, and each mapping specifies a trigger and an action;
• for each mapping, generating one or more first code fragments that are associated with the trigger and one or more second code fragments that are associated with the action;
• generating firmware based on the one or more first code fragments and the one or more second code fragments generated for each mapping;
• and
• generating assembly instructions for the circuit based on the one or more connections between the plurality of instances;
• wherein the circuit is subsequently included in the programmed electronic device to cause the programmed electronic device to execute, for each mapping, the action in response to the trigger specified by the mapping.

A system comprising:

• a memory storing a device generator;
• and
• a processor that is coupled to the memory and, when executing the device generator, is configured to:
• generate a circuit that includes a plurality of instances and one or more connections between the plurality of instances based on one or more mappings, wherein a first instance included in the plurality of instances is an instance of a first electronic component, a second instance included in the plurality of instances is an instance of a second electronic component, and each mapping specifies a trigger and an action;
• for each mapping, generate one or more first code fragments that are associated with the trigger and one or more second code fragments that are associated with the action;
• generate firmware based on the one or more first code fragments and the one or more second code fragments generated for each mapping;
• and
• generate assembly instructions for the circuit based on the one or more connections between the plurality of instances;
• wherein the circuit is subsequently included in the programmed electronic device to cause the programmed electronic device to execute, for each mapping, the action in response to the trigger specified by the mapping.