
NodeBuilder Development Tool
The NodeBuilder Development Tool, Release 3 and newer, manages two
application and target hardware configurations for each project. One is the
development target
and the other is the
release target
. Development targets
are used during development; release targets are used when development is
complete and the device is ready for release to production.
Development Hardware Setup
Application development for a device using an LPT-11 transceiver is typically
performed using an LTM-10A/FT-10 Platform. Using this platform allows you to
develop and test your device application before your target hardware is available.
This platform includes a Neuron Chip with a 32KB RAM that can be used for
running and debugging your application. To use the LTM-10A/FT-10 Platform
during development, define a development target with an LTM-10A RAM hardware
template, and specify TP/FT-10 as the transceiver type. You can select the LTM-10A
RAM device template using the NodeBuilder Device Template Wizard, or you can
select it by dragging the LTM-10A RAM icon from the Standard Templates folder
located in the Hardware Templates folder to the device template Development folder
for the device.
To communicate with the LTM-10A platform, the NodeBuilder computer must have
an LNS compatible network interface with a TP/FT-10 transceiver. Alternatively,
you can use a router between the NodeBuilder computer and the LTM-10A platform
if they use incompatible transceivers.
The LTM-10A platform has a 10MHz input clock. If the release hardware uses a
different input clock rate, the design of the application must be tolerant of the
changed execution performance.
Release Hardware Setup
To build an application image for your production hardware, define a release target
that specifies a TP/FT-10 transceiver, and that specifies the memory map and
Neuron Chip configuration used by your production hardware. Refer the
NodeBuilder User’s Guide
and follow the steps listed in this section, to define the
release target
.
If the final target device does not match the stardard hardware templates, create a
user hardware template. You can copy a standard hardware template by dragging it
to the User Templates folder in the Hardware Templates folder of the Project pane
and then edit the copy, or you can create a new user hardware template.
1
Enter a name for your new hardware template and modify the hardware
template properties as follows: Specify the target hardware clock speed in
Clock
Speed
on the Hardware tab.
2
Specify the address map on the Off-chip Memory tab for the device. For example,
a 32K part will have
Non-volatile End
set to 7FFF and all other fields set to 0.
3
Select the memory part
Type
.
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