Method and system for data-driven display grids

A computer system comprising a processor coupled to a bus and a memory coupled to said bus, said memory containing instructions to implement a method for displaying configuration information within a design system for configuring a microcontroller, said method comprising:

• responsive to a user selection of a sub-system of a plurality of sub-systems of a microcontroller, accessing a computer file comprising a description of said sub-system of said microcontroller, said sub-system comprising a plurality of parameters;
• automatically rendering and displaying said plurality of parameters in a two-dimensional display grid comprising a number of rows and a number of columns that are determined by parameters stored in said computer file;
• receiving user input of a value corresponding to at least one parameter of said plurality of parameters;
• and
• storing said value in said computer file, wherein said computer file is accessible by said design system for configuring a microcontroller.

A method of displaying a two dimensional array of information on a computer system, said method comprising:

• responsive to a user selection of a sub-system of a plurality of sub-systems of a microcontroller within a microcontroller design system, accessing a computer file comprising data associated with said sub-system and defining a two dimensional array including a predefined number of rows and a predefined number of columns;
• automatically rendering and displaying a grid with said predefined number of rows and said predefined number of columns of cells;
• receiving user input of a value corresponding to at least one cell of said grid;
• and
• storing said value in said computer file, wherein said computer file is accessible by said microcontroller design system.

A design system for configuring a microcontroller wherein said microcontroller has a plurality of parameters, said design system comprising:

• a computer file specifying a sub-system of a plurality of sub-systems of said microcontroller, said computer file accessible in response to a user selection of said sub-system of said plurality of sub-systems and comprising a plurality of parameters;
• a first computer program for automatically rendering and displaying a two dimensional grid comprising a number of rows as determined by a vector data structure stored in said computer file;
• a second computer program for receiving user input of a value corresponding to at least one cell of said grid;
• and
• a third computer program for storing said value in said computer file, wherein said computer file is accessible by said design system for configuring a microcontroller.