Easy on-chip peripherals management

Processor Expert knows exactly the relation between the allocated peripherals and the selected components.

When you select a peripheral in the component properties, Processor Expert proposes all the possible candidates but signals which peripherals are allocated already (with the icon of the component allocating the peripheral). PE also signalizes peripherals that are not compatible with the current component settings (with a red exclamation mark). In case of an unrealizable allocation, an error is generated.

Unlike common libraries, Embedded Components are implemented for all possible peripherals with optimal code. The most important advantages of the generated modules for driving peripherals are that you can:

• Select any peripheral that supports component function and change it whenever you want during design time.
• Be sure that the component setting conforms to peripheral parameters.
• Choose the initialization state of the component.
• Choose which methods you want to use in your code and which event you want to handle.
• Use several components of the same type with optimal code for each component.

The concept of the peripheral allocation generally does not enable sharing of peripherals because it would make the application design too complicated. The only way to share resources is through the components and their methods and events. For example, it is possible to use the RTIshared component for sharing periodic interrupt from timers.