µVision User's Guide

This User's Guide describes the µVision^® IDE & Debugger. It contains the chapters:

• About µVision describes main features, the folder structure, development cycle, how to request assistance, and contains a link to the release notes.
• User Interface describes the IDE interface with an extended section about using the Editor.
• Creating Applications describes the creation of projects using Software Components, shows features to edit and compile source files, fix errors and warnings, and generate executable code. This chapter includes a section with advanced techniques such as invoking external tools, creating a custom Device Database, or including library modules.
• Debugging describes the µVision debugger, the debugging windows and dialogs, and expressions that can be used in debugging commands. The chapter includes a section with advanced debugging techniques for accessing peripherals.
• Debug Commands describes debug and trace commands that can be entered in the Command window.
• Debug Functions describes built-in, user, and signal functions that extend the debugging capabilities of µVision.
• Simulation describes and provides examples of signal functions for simulating the input/output of digital, analog, and communication signals.
• Flash Programming describes the configuration options for downloading applications to Flash, provides information about Flash programming algorithms, and explains the use of pre-download scripts for configuring a device.
• Dialogs describes dialog fields, buttons, and parameters.
• Utilities describes built-in utilities such as Find in Files or the Source Browser, and shows ways to use third-party utilities such as PC-Lint or software version control systems.
• Example Programs describes standard example projects.
• Command Line describes the options for invoking µVision from the command prompt or from a batch file.
• Appendix provides information about file types, Device Database parameters, error messages, and search expressions.