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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2001
Manfred Bartz, Snohomish, WA (US);
Marat Zhaksilikov, Snohomish, WA (US);
Kenneth Y. Ogami, Bothell, WA (US);
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A data driven method and a system for monitoring resource usage for programming a microcontroller. The microcontroller design system includes a configuration and design system with integrated datasheet information and having three independent, but integrated workspaces to provide a programmer an organized way of displaying configuration and design information. The three workspaces include a user module selection workspace, a user module placement workspace and a user module pin out workspace for allowing the programmer to select desired function components for a target microcontroller device. The configuration and design system includes data files that specify hardware resources that are tracked as the designer selects user modules to program the microcontroller. Resource usage values are cumulatively tracked and displayed interactively in a resource manager workspace to enable the designer to keep constant track of the type of resources and the amount of resources used.