Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction........................................................................................... 4

1.1 Features.................................................................................................................................... 4

1.2 Versions.....................................................................................................................................4

1.3 Tools localization.......................................................................................................................5

Chapter 2 User Interface ......................................................................................6

2.1 Start Development wizard......................................................................................................... 6

2.2 Creating, saving, and opening a configuration.......................................................................... 6

2.2.1 Creating a new configuration...................................................................................................... 7

2.2.1.1 Creating a new standalone configuration.......................................................................................7

2.2.2 Saving a configuration.................................................................................................................7

2.2.3 Opening an existing configuration...............................................................................................7

2.2.4 User templates............................................................................................................................ 8

2.2.5 Importing sources........................................................................................................................9

2.2.5.1 Importing configuration................................................................................................................ 10

2.2.6 Exporting sources..................................................................................................................... 11

2.3 Menu bar................................................................................................................................. 13

2.4 Toolbar.................................................................................................................................... 15

2.4.1 Config tools overview................................................................................................................ 16

2.4.2 Update code..............................................................................................................................17

2.4.3 Functional groups......................................................................................................................18

2.4.3.1 Functional group properties......................................................................................................... 18

2.4.4 Undo/Redo actions....................................................................................................................18

2.5 Preferences............................................................................................................................. 19

2.6 Configuration preferences....................................................................................................... 21

2.7 Problems view......................................................................................................................... 21

2.8 Registers view......................................................................................................................... 22

2.9 Log view.................................................................................................................................. 23

Chapter 3 Pins Tool............................................................................................. 24

3.1 Pins routing principle............................................................................................................... 24

3.1.1 Beginning with pin/internal signal selection...............................................................................24

3.1.2 Routing of peripheral signals.....................................................................................................24

3.2 Example usage........................................................................................................................29

3.3 User interface.......................................................................................................................... 32

3.3.1 Pins view................................................................................................................................... 32

3.3.2 Package view............................................................................................................................ 33

3.3.3 Peripheral Signals view.............................................................................................................35

3.3.3.1 Filtering in the Pins and Peripheral Signals views....................................................................... 38

3.3.4 Routing Details view..................................................................................................................39

3.3.4.1 Labels and identifiers................................................................................................................... 40

3.3.5 Expansion Header.....................................................................................................................42

3.3.5.1 Expansion Board..........................................................................................................................46

3.3.6 Power groups............................................................................................................................ 48

3.3.7 Highlighting and color coding.................................................................................................... 49

3.4 Errors and warnings................................................................................................................ 52

3.4.1 Incomplete routing.....................................................................................................................52

3.4.2 Power groups voltage level conflicts......................................................................................... 53

3.5 Code generation......................................................................................................................53

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