Processor Expert is the first component-based application builder and system integration tool that provides a unified approach to embedded systems design. This high-productivity development environment offers efficient management of the MCU and its peripherals, allowing the building of portable solutions and reducing the time and costs of development. Processor Expert contains, among its many features, an expert knowledge database of MCU models, which is used during the design phase to check the user inputs against the technical specifications of the selected microcontroller.

The world of embedded application development often requires a deep knowledge of both hardware and software to determine what portions should be implemented in hardware and what portions should be implemented in software. With Processor Expert all the work covering the core of the application, the MCU and its behavior becomes a configuration process which can be changed easily at any time. It is a process where changes in the hardware are reflected in the application software configuration, and where changes in peripheral settings are immediately transformed into application source code. The built-in knowledge about the possible hardware settings decreases the learning curve, as well as the number of incorrect decisions. Processor Expert provides detailed information about MCU resources, from package to peripheral and registers allocation. It also assists in setting up timing details and parametric searches of the right derivative for the application.

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