Microcontroller development tool using software programs
OwnerYung-Ping S. Chien, William D. S. Connor +1inventors
InventorsYung-Ping S. Chien, William D. S. Connor, Christopher D. Jeffares
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Abstract
A software development tool is provided for Texas Instruments microcontrollers which provides register initialization, register information, and register editing in conjunction with Windows.RTM.-based forms generated by programs written according to well-known software programming languages. The editor function of the software development tool functions without the use of an emulator.
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A software development tool, operable to run on a computer for microcontrollers comprising:
- a plurality of Windows.RTM.-based computer forms generated by programs which are commercially-available and non-proprietary to the microcontroller manufacturer, operable to generate code, of a selected language, capable of programming information into selected registers of a microcontroller in connection with information entered into said forms from a computer, said development tool being operable to insert said code into a selected location of a main program of said microcontroller without the use of an emulator.
A software development tool, operable to run on a computer, for microcontrollers comprising:
- a plurality of Windows.RTM.-based computer forms generated by programs which are commercially-available and non-proprietary to the microcontroller manufacturer, operable to generate code, of a language selected from the languages consisting of assembly, C, or a variation thereof, capable of programming information into selected registers of a microcontroller in connection with information entered into said forms from a computer, said development tool being operable to insert said code into a selected location of a main program of said microcontroller without the use of an emulator.
A computer-implemented method for providing register initiation code for a microcontroller comprising the steps of entering register information into a display register form using visual basic in a micro-controller development tool;
- causing said tool to generate register initiating code;
- and, within said tool, copying said code to a selected location within a main program.
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