Targets

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=155 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="1f364643.gif"> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="GenerExe Home of XPad crosscompiler tool"><U><B><IMG SRC="22b99940.gif" border=0 width="153" height="148" ALT="GenerExe Home Page" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="5" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="102" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="86"><div> <B>Targets</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 129 WIDTH="86"><div> <A HREF="id93.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Microchip PIC14"><U>Microchip PIC14</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id95.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="68HC11"><U>68HC11</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id128.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="MCS51/AT89CX051"><U>MCS51/AT89CX051</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id94.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="PalmOS"><U>PalmOS</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id96.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Java"><U>Java</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="1ef64643.gif"> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="666" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFFF80 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 27 ><NOBR> <SCRIPT language=JavaScript src="menusrc.js"></SCRIPT><SCRIPT language=JavaScript src="menudef.js"></SCRIPT> <SCRIPT language=JavaScript>drawToolbar();</SCRIPT> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <TABLE BORDER="5" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="566" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="NONE" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 36 ><NOBR><div> <B>An XPad target is a plug-in module you can load from XPad's target-menu.</B></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 619 WIDTH="550"><div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>E</B></FONT>ach plug-in module of XPad has a compiler supporting a specific<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><I> family of devices</I></FONT> and comes with a large number of libraries. </div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>F</B></FONT>or each family <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><I>target-definitions can be developed (by GenerExe or by you)</I></FONT>, customizing the plug-in for specific device and/or (inhouse) platforms. Easy to understand script-files are used to add:</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c811111100.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">fully graphical hardware<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><I> configuration editors</I></FONT>,</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c811111100.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">fully graphical <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><I>simulation panels (traces)</I></FONT>,</div> <div> <I><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ff000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">wizards and platform-specific template models</I><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Arial" >.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>T</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Arial" >arget-family and/or device specific libraries can be easily added to </FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><I>extend XPad's library suite!</I></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>A</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > loaded target adds the following target-specific functionality to XPad:</FONT></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ff000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">A</B></FONT>n environment/hardware <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>configuration editor</B></FONT>, allowing you to specify the "physical" context of your software: hardware interfaces/protocols for embedded targets, but also Windowed user interfaces for Windows-CE and PalmOS targets; Most targets allow you to highly customize the configuration editor to match the look and feel you prefer and/or that fits the specific target-device of the family of devices supported.</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ff000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">B</B></FONT><B>uilt-in libraries</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > of functions which can be called from blocks in the flow-diagrams. These will show up when you use the function-editor to insert/edit an entry in a flow-block. With some knowledge of the target's native instruction-set it is easy to </FONT><B>add your own libraries</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >;</FONT></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">"<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>T</B></FONT>arget variables" in the data-browser, which represent global configuration/execution registers of the target. Most of the time you won't need to access these variables. I.e. you can find the status-register of a microcontroller here or some scheduler-option for a higher level environment (i.e. which comes with an Operating System API supported by  XPad);</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ff000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">T</B></FONT>he <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>simulator</B></FONT> and control-windows to monitor and control the software's environment during simulation;</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ff000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">R</B></FONT>esource-editors for targets that support <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>graphical user interfaces</B></FONT>;</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ff000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">T</B></FONT>arget specific <B>help-files</B> explaining how to use the different features/functions of this target;</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ff000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">A</B></FONT>n optimizing <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>compiler</B></FONT> generating either assembly (for micro controller targets) or runtime executables which can be loaded and executed on targets which come with built-in operating systems (i.e. for PalmOS).</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ff000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">M</B></FONT>any <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>examples, templates </B></FONT>and <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>wizards </B></FONT>showing how to maximize the use of the different features;</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>F</B></FONT>or some targets, third party <B>freeware tools</B> may be included, you can use to assemble/load native target-files.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 36 ><NOBR><bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>O</B></FONT><B>n the left</B> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >you can browse the targets which are currently available for XPad. </FONT></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 99 WIDTH="550"><div> Note that these targets include both microcontrollers as well as higher level software environments. The latter targets use the existing operating system and their API, allowing you access to built-in -already available- services and sometimes access to third-party (runtime-) libraries. The microcontroller targets -which often consists of bare hardware- generate their own (realtime) executives. XPad's execution model is comfortable and efficient in both types of environments!</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>