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User Guide
XE8000 ProStart II
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INSTALLING AND USING RIDE DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT
3.1 INTRODUCTION
This chapter gives you the guidelines to install and use the Graphical User Interface RIDE.
3.2 HIGHLIGHTS
•
RIDE
installation
•
Reference
documentation
•
Getting started with RIDE
•
Using the ProStart II with RIDE
3.3 RIDE
INSTALLATION
3.3.1 RIDE
Software
There are two version of the RIDE environment:
RIDE Lite features (free):
•
Editor
•
Compiler, Linker, Assembler
•
ROM Monitoring
•
Simulator limited to 4k Instructions
RIDE Entreprise features (license needed):
•
All RIDE lite features plus
•
Simulator
for
8kInstructions
•
Multi-project management
•
Scripting
support
•
Code
Compressor
3.3.2
Minimum System Requirements
Windows 98/NT/2000/Me/XP (Windows 95 is NOT supported)
3.3.3
Installing the Software
Both versions are available on Raisonance web site
www.raisonance.com
, simply download the latest version from the
download section and follow the instructions.
3.4 REFERENCE
DOCUMENTATION
This chapter is enclosed in the manual named
Getting Started with the Raisonance Development kit for the XE8000
family
that comes with RIDE.
Because of one limitation of the GNU tools, it is strongly recommended that you install the software in its default
location. (GNU is the base of several elements of RIDE-Pro, including its compiler. This implementation of GNU tools
requires a specific syntax for file naming and paths.)
After installation, you may find it on the environment menu bar
Help > PDF > XE-TOOLS > Getting Started XE
or on
your hard drive on C:\RIDE\DOC\Getting_Started_XE.PDF or in the directory where you choose to install RIDE.
